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thorrvik55:
Lol.. Where should I start from?

If u watched the game, u won't be asking such a rhetorical question.

The onfield ref + VAR ref had a very very bad game

Please, be my guest. I watched the game.

Joezinho:
If that was a penalty then the foul made by Ederson on Odegaard in the first half should have been given.

Too many penalties decisions going the way of Shekpites and man shitty this season..

Ederson fouled Odegaard? That is news to me. Sure, he got the player and the ball, but VAR is not going to overturn the refs decision on the pitch since he got the ball.

Unlimited22:
Lol. You can't be serious.

I am.

airmark:
Rodri should have collected his 2nd card and sent off.

Ref obviously backed Man city with the bookies.

What should have been his first?

Joezinho:
Smh. Let's give the league to VAR city..

Stupid ref.

What did the Ref do?

thorrvik55:
And this stvpid ref would still officiate another Premier League game

What decision did he get wrong?

Ibime:
I vaguely recall seeing something like that somewhere. Anyway his longer throat is already established given his relationship with Raiola. Maybe Jay-Z has even more to offer. Raiola is not the only shark out here.

He fired Mino after he moved to United over Chelsea. Romelu was not happy about it as he preferred Chelsea and Conte but Mino went with United because they paid him more as an agent.

donjazet:
I love how our high profile fans are lambasting Lukaku.
No sensible person would defend Lukaku's actions.
It's abominable. It's the height of disrespect.
If Tuchel doesn't bench Lukaku next tomorrow. I'll be strongly tuchelout. It would spell out how weak he is, how incapable he is of punishing renegades.

If you bench him and you lose, it will be a bigger mess for TT. TT's duty is to pretend like it is being blown out of proportion, win something else this season and use it as leverage to either sell R9 or freeze him out like Conte treated Costa.

olabode89:
Raiola does not represent/manage the affairs of Lukaku anymore. Lukaku is represented by Roc Nation Sports Management.

I wondered when someone was going to tell Ibime this.

Theuniverse:
ibime you sef, you no dey do like confirm chelsea fan, so all the team dem, wey dem postpone their match no get 13 players abi, you sef na bad guy, so you wan laugh and enjoy our sinking on sunday abi? chai ibime, pray for postponement oooh!!!! because after the match, na you,donjazet and others go still come here, dey complain,and shout.

I don't know why TT is whiny. Brighton had many players out as did Leicester against Liverpool. Every team has had to deal with injuries, COVID19 and suspensions. Rather than deflecting and passing blames, TT has to concede that winning a long and painful 38 game long season in the EPL is no light work. He is intelligent enough to learn but he has to be sportsman enough to accept it.

Roland17:
I wouldn’t go that far to underestimate Tuchel and Chelsea against Liverpool. Tuchel has earned his respect amongst top managers in the EPL. Despite his current situation, he is a very good tactician and understands how to counter the tactics of top managers. It will absolutely not shock me if he outwits Klopp when they match up.

You don't think Liverpool would want to respond to the Leicester loss?

Draymond Green makes a solid argument and the Nuggets should have forfeited the game. But the NBA is run by idiots and there is nothing else to say about that.

benji93:
Are you alright?

If you win all the regular season games, it is just a regular season game. If you lose a game (with your best defender out), they will make reference to that same regular season game.

macjireh:
have u seen d latest news? they want to start with a partial ban on crossover service

https://www.nairaland.com/6908066/crossover-services-threatened-fg-restricts

I saw it and remembered the prophecy.

darkelf:
Let them know

Notice how this thread goes quiet anytime GSW wins but comes lively with analysis when GSW looses with predictions of doom and gloom

They are really pained

Yup. We would have been reading how CP3 is a good leader and what not. SC steady shaming them. All those injuries on his team and the man is leading from the back, front and center.

The future of the Spanish national team depends on 3 players. Ansu Fati, Pedro Lopez and Ferran Torres. Barcelona had 2 of them already so they wanted to add the third. If you read Pep's interview on the sale of the player, you would know that had Torres not declared he wanted to leave, City would never have sold him. At his current age, he is a better finisher than everybody at Manchester City. It is the physical nature of the EPL that made Pep select games to use him in. He is not as stout as Aguero was but Ferran has equal potential in terms of finishing chances. There is not one player in this current Barcelona team that finishes chances better than him. I understand that you fans feel like your lean budget can be better managed, I doubt it. You are not going to get Haaland or Mbappé. You need a finisher. The Sevilla guy you acquired, Depay, Braithwaite etc are not better finishers than Ferran. Football fans and being reactive.

Capaldi:
The Stats doesn't agree with your opinion . Chelsea 2 big chances to Villa one says otherwise.

Are you confusing big chances for xG? Big chance is (xG > 0.25). Aston Villa had 1.5 xG (expected goals) and Chelsea had 1.1 xG. I approximated it to 2 for Villa and 1 for Chelsea. However, you are right. Chelsea had 2 big chances to Villa's 1.

Capaldi:
That's a lie. Aston villa never had an xG of 2. In that game. Chelsea created 2 big chances to Villa 1.

You have forgotten all the saves Mendy made in that game especially in the first half. You have forgotten that 2 of R9s goals came from nothing. You have forgotten that that was Saul's first game. Besides, I gave approximates. Not saying those were exact figures.

andrewbaba44:
Where my Barca take see money buy ferran torres ?

Soriano and Guardiola just dey do give away for their former and childhood club. This money fit be to pay in installments for the next 6 years.

GrammarNazi1:
All the chances?

Wow.

I am being hyperbolic obviously but he is a very good finisher. He had the best conversion rate during his time at City.

Debroslink:
Ferguson's 13 EPL titles is a big fluke.

It has to be a fluke too based on their argument style, because Ferguson did not win 13 EPL titles again after doing it once lol

Capaldi:
City xG this season is 40 while Chelsea is 35. Liverpool are the only one far from everyone with 48.

The difference is when you were winning many games earlier, you were outdoing your xG to achieve that. In the Aston Villa game that you won 3-0 their xG was 2 point something and yours was 1 point something which means you should have lost that game 1-2 based on the chances created. But you won with a clean sheet. Now it seems those stats are coming to bite you. Meanwhile, City are on the ascendancy and even though Liverpool have kind of plateaued, theirs is still healthier than yours.

Capaldi:
Are you going to post them or not?

Someone else already did. I got banned when I tried to send a link of their comparison.

Debroslink:
Ferran Torres has never impressed me at City. I hope the 55m investment is worth it.

As a finisher he is better than every body on your current roster. His issue is he is not physically strong on the ball. He can get nudged off easily but all those chances that players throw away on Xavi's set-up, Ferran will score it.

Capaldi:
Then bring them.

So you did not check it out before posting and did not insert a caveat that you did not?

raumdeuter:
Ronaldo could not even crack 70 goals

I don't know why most people have accepted that data as accurate. I am not saying it isn't as I have not checked it. However, a lot of his numbers are also padded by his national team goals against footballing minnows. Messi outscored him in the other competitions more times than otherwise. Never mind the fact that CR7 played more games in total in most of those seasons. Granted, CR7 has been a revolution in the UCL for many seasons.

Capaldi:
James has one less goal contribution in 416mins less than Arnold.

Is Goal contribution the only metric? Interceptions? Blocks? Progressive play? Chances created? Defensive stops?

Capaldi:
No bias. James has been better than Trent this season.

No he has not been.

Look on the bright side, Russell's FG% is 45%.

AnfieldFan:
What business of ours is it if it was a City player or not... Ederson came for the ball, missed and completely cleared out Ryan Fraser and your defense is that if a City player was in Fraser's place, they would still have collided..

A ref will not give Newcastle a penalty if Ederson slapped and body slammed Laporte in his defence. The point is, because a foul is committed in the box does not mean it must be a penalty. If Ederson's action prevented Fraser from getting to the ball, it is a penalty every day. If Fraser was in contention for the ball, it is a penalty everyday. Many times refs ignore holding and pulling during set plays if the player infringed is not in the line of action of the ball. I know it might feel like Newcastle were undone by that penalty that they were not given. So let us agree that the game ended 4-1.

AnfieldFan:
Just tiring...

I watch football while maintaining a degree of rationality(regarding some stupid takes by refs)...
I was just deflated emotionally today, like how can such mediocrity be acceptable in a league that prides itself as the best....

Android17 as usual being his anti-Klopp Liverpool self....

I am never antiKlopp. The argument that Dele did not appeal therefore it is not a penalty is like saying Foden did not appeal when Kilman or whatever the Wolves player's name is who handled the ball in his box couple games back - therefore it is not a penalty. It is VARs duty to do their job. Alli overacted but he was nudged. Referees make mistakes. Foden scored a legit goal against Southampton in that 0-0 draw but VAR ruled it off because they thought Sterling hit the ball. Replays showed that Sterling did not.