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Especially if you lose the title by a point! But I really don’t see that happening.
As for Sunderland they are doing a tremendous job. I suspect they won’t maintain their current form throughout the season, but they will stay up. Something not many would have predicted at the start of the season.
Agreed, Sunderland are doing an excellent job, - and I don't doubt that they will stay up, which I would be delighted to see happen); moreover, I recall my brother's joy when the current owner (and later, the current manager) took charge of the club
Furthermore, I was very sorry when Granit Xhaka left Arsenal (and read that Mikel Arteta also regretted his departure), he had been a terrific servant of the club, and he is doing an incredible job in Sunderland.
City 2-0 up against Liverpool at the half time mark. I don’t fancy Liverpool’s chances of a good result today…
Yeah, with Columbus being knocked out by a late goal in the third leg of the playoffs last night despite an aggregate of 5-2 that doesn't count (0-1, 4-0, 1-2, stupid bush league MLS format 'tweaks'), and Liverpool being swept aside by Man City today, my interest has dimmed considerably.
Some dodgy decisions re-disallowed goal. But LFC have been dismantled here. That result yesterday has really got City believing.
Liverpool meanwhile haven't been great...again. Salah underwhelming, Bradley overwhelmed, Konate poor, Wirtz missing etc
But the next run of fixtures seem kinder so maybe they can go on a run
Liverpool meanwhile haven't been great...again. Salah underwhelming, Bradley overwhelmed, Konate poor, Wirtz missing etc
But the next run of fixtures seem kinder so maybe they can go on a run
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The reality is beating Arsenal and Man city is probably not critical to winning the league. It’s beating everyone else more reliably that matters more. Man City’s title challenge faltered last season due to a series of losses against bottom half teams.
Don’t worry. Liverpool face us next. I’m sure you’ll get back to winning ways!
I totally agree on this. Being offside due to the smallest of margins, a toe, a knee does not constitute an advantage in my opinion. It's purpose is to deny a team a goal or at least a goal scoring opportunity. Even football pundits have for ages agreed with VAR, going to great lengths to show on their analysis screen a player was offside because of their toe or a knee and thus accepting it was the right call. No it wasn't. Football pundits should be calling this out for the abomination it is, offside due to a toe or a knee.
The tool VAR is an excellent introduction into the game in my view, the problem is it does not get used properly. There was a recent WSL Arsenal game where Arsenal was denied a goal because the linesman raised their flag and the ref blew for handball by the goal scorer. Replays showed the ball never hit her arms, it clearly hit her chest. VAR was used and it upheld the call!!!!. How the hell is it that TV replay camera's can show it hit the players chest and not the arms and VAR camera's cannot? Or did the VAR camera show it hit the players chest but the person on VAR decided to deny the goal. Those who view VAR on game day have been caught out not giving the right call because they wanted the other team to be at a disadvantage. If memory serves me right two people who work on viewing VR got caught out doing this. How many more are doing it but have not been caught out?
Arsenal's draw with Sunderland brought back the heartache of 2005/06 season where Man United was steam rolling into Chelsea's points advantage, having won 9 games in a row to get within a few points of Chelsea. United play relegation elect Sunderland, a team United was expected to win but yet they come away with a shock draw. That ruins United's momentum, allowing Chelsea to get back in it and thus take the league title.
Granted Sunderland are not as bad as they were in 2005/06 but still, Arsenal was expected to beat them, just like United was expected to beat them in 2005/06.
Granted Sunderland are not as bad as they were in 2005/06 but still, Arsenal was expected to beat them, just like United was expected to beat them in 2005/06.
No, Arsenal was "not expected" to beat them, not least, as they are a very well run - and energised - team who were playing at home, and - do note - are in such form that they are currently lying in fourth place in the league table after eleven games.
Everyone expected that this would be a very hard fought match.
Naturally, I would have liked to have seen Arsenal emerge victorious, but Sunderland deserved their point.