Cheers. Just seems ridiculous to have Chelsea, Liverpool and the north London derby play at the same time when ours could’ve just as well been moved to 16.30.
Premier League Gameweek 6
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Cheers. Just seems ridiculous to have Chelsea, Liverpool and the north London derby play at the same time when ours could’ve just as well been moved to 16.30.
No, it's theirs. City 100 pts - United 81 pts, PL 17/18. Mourinho's famous second place.
Liverpool matched ours in 19/20.
Sad days...
Yeah, because Pep will bench you until you get with the program
Forest players have downed tools. Cooper is finished.
Odd thing to say. They're 8th
The only team that can challenge is probably Liverpool (and maybe Arsenal), but imo as long as Guardiola is at City, they're pretty much locked in the top 2 places every year
Been a bugbear of mine for years. This is why players and managers can't really complain about huge amounts of stoppage time. Until they introduce the stop the clock rule, it's the only solution for it.
They are wining a PL game, that they should be wining. Calm down.
Liverpool can only do 1 in every 2 seasons and Arsenal lack the bottle. What's more is City are virtually immune to injuries while Liverpool and Arse aren't. Newcastle might be at that level in 3 or 4 seasons.
That stadium is like a library. Is there a more embarrassing club in world football? I know they get tons of money and get to play with great players but why would any top player want to play for City, football is a game of emotion and there is absolutely zero emotion within that club.
Because in addition to the shit tonne of money, they get to win every possible trophy there is in club football, year after year.
City have picked up one or two injuries, but even then games like today they can win with relatively ease
Their best midfielder is currently out injured.
They’re most likely going to win 4 in a row which has never been done before and will probably win it for the foreseeable future so long as Pep’s there. This isn’t some one off, they’re turning the PL into the Bundesliga through cheating and I expect these 115 charges will amount to nothing as well.
What I mean is if City get injuries they have back ups ready with virtually no drop in quality.
De Bruyne's injury has been insignificant and he's arguably their best player. Imagine Ødegaard gets injured for Arse or Salah for Liverpool, they can't easily replace them.
and it makes no difference to them, which is why they are virtually immune to injuries. Their squad is so good they just bring in Foden as cover.
Please remember that virtually does not mean literally
When they lose the ball the have guys like Bernardo, Foden, Alvarez, De Bruyne, Grealish, Doku, etc, all chasing back. All interested in the off-the-ball responsibilities in both attacking and defensive transitions. They just do the hard work. Money spent just can't guarantee that kind of running. You've got to have the right personalities. They've spent a lot of money but does anyone recall a City player under Pep that had poor work ethic? We've spent a lot too and the list is tirelessly lengthy.
How many would they need to win in a row for everyone who isn’t involved with City to really look to fix and change things?
Virtually no one has claimed that
Literally 2 people misunderstood my post
Its Alvarez who's come in for KDB, and Guardiola's had to change the system to accommodate him.
7 touches for Haaland in that first half I just saw. And he still has a goal, mad.
Not that unusual for a striker
United used to have the same status for a long time. Where teams would show up and expect to take a beating. Teams that play them probably have low shoulders as expectations of getting a results are low. The teams that start out by playing the counter and hoping to play time probably lose most of their hope after a goal against.
I do think that expectations and believe play a big role. The smaller teams have seen that United have weaknesses, especially mentally, that can be exploited. This will give the opposition the advantage of belief and gives an extra push.
Both Liverpool and City have had periods where they have been the first to concede a goal. This is where clear structure, defined roles and individual self esteem allows them to keep focus on the matter at hand.
That being said, Forest has been weak and started so tame that City can execute their plan. And I do not think teams like this have a plan B when being under (especially by more than one goal).
Rodri off
Woiw rodri went nuts
well that escalated fast.
that's him out of the Arsenal game
Wtf Rodri
Rodri lost his head there 
Casemiro got a red card for the same. Let's see if VAR tries to change it.
Great acting from Gibbs-White 
Gibbs-White with the low budget movie reaction time
“Anything Casemiro can do I can do better!”
That's a farcical red card, but worse than Casermiro's, so gotta stick
These guys are getting better and better with the old acting too.
These guys are getting better and better with the old acting too.
At least he will get the rest he has been pining for
Soft red, but the right call.
Well atleast VAR is consistent here. Good. Awoniyi get a hattrick now please.
Far worse than Casemiro, there was a lot of malice in what Rodri just did.
Watching it again it seems fecking mad. I don’t understand how you come out at half time 2-0 in a breeze of a game and do something like that on the back of fecking nothing.