Liverpool have 2nd sewn up - EPL 2018/19

Xpost Looks good business, still only 20 with plenty of experience and a big way in the commercial side of the US, only worry for Chelsea is are they preparing for hazard wanting to go to Madrid in the summer

Not necessarily, Pulisic can play on the right and would still represent an upgrade on Willian or Pedro.

Would be vmic for Chelsea to sign one young talent to replace another, and the replaced one end up being the better player

I mean it's happened three or four times this decade so...

Our game was moved to tonight from yeserday. Assumed that was because TV, but doesn't look like it. I was supposed to be going for dinner and match as a birthday treat but couldn't make it cos of new job rota. I mean, we'll probably scrape a draw, but ffs life

grats on new job and bday anyways

Danke D

Mounie! congrats on our dynamic strikeforce breaking their duck in January.

ffs Hadj is a liability.

job's fucked now Pritchard has been sacrificed for Schindler's sending off. Mike Dean is a proper cunt.

Bournemouth Watford sounds fun

actual assault

Absolutely scandalous Shelvey hasn't been sent off for that. pic.twitter.com/5Y6HIAa7Zw

— Andrew Cunneen (@Cunneen92) January 2, 2019

ffs

ive no idea what to make of this league tbpfh

tell me about it

wolves sticking to their beat the good teams lose to the crap ones script

had a nasty feeling that would happen tbh

it looks like we are signing Jason Puncheon on loan. Maybe if I blast out some ASAP Rocky and pretend I'm still under 40 I can fool myself that it's 2011, and this is a cracking signing for our league one playoffs push.

lol how u like them apples imago

but lol @ me pretending to derive any smidgeon of pleasure from football tbh

Man City v Liverpool: A game which staggers under weight of its own significance

By Phil McNulty

Chief football writer

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St0ked 4 da madn3ss!

Ramsey signing for Juve then. Fair play

Comedy capers. Should've been 0-1.

that was something alright

Oh fuck was it over the line?

computer says no

that's the greatest goal-line tech decision of all time lol

https://i.imgur.com/q3qc4gP.jpg

Beautiful

should've been a red for big kompany imo

damn

no one does that like Aguero. Amazing

some finish that

i was so sure it was side netting, what an angle

Looking at this it was probably a mistake for Klopp to have gone with Milner and Hendo over Fabinho and Keita.

Hard to say, definitely a bit more dynamic and attacking but City could've picked us off a bit easier too

Fabinho made a difference but Keita is more of an idea than a footballer so far. He's contributed nothing to Liverpool's season

that must be the highest quality game this season by some distance, despite some shaky defensive play from city, pep parking the bus at the end and liverpool running out of ideas

Rally? I thought it was lacking in quality, some nice goals aside. Both teams seemed very nervous

There was a lot of flailing around in the box alright, but apart from the goal and the Sane incident, Liverpool barely created anything and City looked fairly shambolic at both ends most of the time

It was certainly exciting though

it was cagey and tense but occasionally explosive and the movement and pace were excellent. I thought it would be more cautious and likely to be defined by some individual error but it was surprisingly satisfying and balanced. my mate at the game was v effusive in his praise & excitement, seemed a good atmosphere. I am enjoying this city-liverpool/pep-klopp rivalry, it is less odious than any of the other Big Club PL rivalries I can recall

we dont have any rivalries ;_;

There were a lot of errors but I think to some extent that was due to the pressing that was going on - it was excruciatingly hard to get out of your own half at times, I found that fascinating to be honest, the weird passing necessary to escape and get to midfield.

I think despite City dominating I felt Liverpool would score at some stage, it was a pity they lost the heads a little in the last five minutes but even before that they did actually have a few chances, the Salah one and that goalmouth scramble slightly after.

It was disappointing to concede so soon after equalising. For a moment or two it looked like Liverpool would go on and win at that stage.

Fabinho made a massive difference - demanded the ball from the centre backs and wasn't afraid to use it positively. I can understand not trusting him just yet to start but I'd say from now on he should. Henderson just isn't technically good enough for this kind of game, and I'm not necessarily against him in general.

Lovren was ignored a bit in the 9-gamd winning streak but always was going to be a problem sometime again.

Robertson was completely brilliant yet again imo.

I was pretty deflated afterwards last night but the next few fixtures should give Liverpool a chance to apply some pressure.

I mean barring any psychological meltdown obviously, lol.

Yeah, Liverpool's only significant test for the next two months is Utd away (unless our wheels have come off by that point...) whereas City have a few tough ones. They're still very much in pole position

Also I'm just not convinced by City this year for whatever reason. They seem to have lost a certain x factor. The long-term absence of de Bruyne obviously hasnt helped

his return hasn't either tbh

i think its in the bag. spurs playing for fourth and thats fine.

Unsurprisingly I agree with ogmor rather than number none. This was a high quality game notable for the technical ability and willingness of both defences to play out from the back. It was a game defined by the finest of fine margins. Fine margins and Dejan Lovren.

They were doing fine without De Bruyne, not at last season's level but still right up there with Liverpool. I mean anyone would miss him, he's the best player in the league, but I think it was the absence of Fernandinho that really blew a hole in their title challenge. They don't have another player like that and he's essential to the way they play. If he's there to win back possession City will dominate, because it's so hard to get the ball off them, but without him their defence is very susceptible to being run at, including by direct mid-table teams.

I'm not arguing that these aren't excellent teams as they obviously are. But City's passing was noticeably sloppy and Liverpool largely failed to put execute the slick attacking moves that have typified their games this season A symptom of all the pressing that was going on? Sure. But it wasn't a high-quality game overall, let alone the best of the season or whatever