Mark Antony Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 https://streamable.com/ain6r Torres insane goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Yeah, he scored a screamer only to miss a penalty. Atleti's struggles from the spot continue and Griezmann's record isn't that good either. Great game btw. End to end stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 8 hours ago, Consigliere said: Leicester look like they couldn't buy a goal let alone a win. Well next game against Liverpool will be the best chance they'll get. No-one else looks as vulnerable to a defense and midfield sitting deep and hoping to nick something on a fast counter or a set piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Just looked at the EPL table and realised Burnley are quite something else. Home record: 9-2-3, 29 points from 14 games. Away record: 0-1-10, 1 point from 11 games. If they just played at home all season they would be in 2nd place on the table... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 And if they just played away they'd be dead certs for relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Ok, Chelsea dropped two points (surprisingly) and City is on course. So they are just trailing by 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Notone said: Ok, Chelsea dropped two points (surprisingly) As Jeor highlighted above, it's not that surprising that they dropped points to Burnley in Burnley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Bear in mind, though, that of the 14 home games Burnley have played so far 9 were against teams currently in the bottom half of the table. Before the Chelsea game they'd played four home matches against the current top 7 teams, winning two and losing two. So a draw isn't hugely surprising, and was probably fair from the highlights I saw, but given that Arsenal and Man City came away with three points I think Conte would be slightly disappointed not to have done the same. (Everton and Liverpool are the two top 7 sides to have lost at Burnley: Man U and Tottenham have still to play there.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 13 hours ago, Notone said: Ok, Chelsea dropped two points (surprisingly) and City is on course. So they are just trailing by 8. The league really needs Chelsea to drop a game, or draw two or three more, for this to be interesting again. Maybe it is not as impossible as it seems and they are perhaps entering a bit of a rut? United's been nicely on the rise of late. It would be good for the league if the top 6 is fighting for the title rather than second place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I was hoping that Liverpool and Arsenal would take more points off Chelsea but that was not to be. Had they only picked up, say, one or two points instead of four, that would have reignited the title race. There are a couple of potential banana skins (away to West Ham and Stoke) before they play City so I'm not ready to call a Chelsea procession to the title yet. They have to play us as well but our record against the top six does not make for good reading - (P6, W1, D3, L2) and four of those games were at home. We have a tough run of games coming up and I don't see us picking up many points in our remaining fixtures against the top six -- away to Arsenal, Spurs and City and home to Chelsea -- unless we can really raise our game. On the bright side, at least our top four destiny is in our own hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Gabriel Jesus out for 2-3 months. As much as I want other teams in the top four fight to start dropping off a cliff I was enjoying the fuck out of watching him play. Agueros not a bad back up though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 It's fitting that Jesus will return at Easter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Tough break for the lad. He was on a good run and looks like he has the potential to develop into a world class player. Plus he fitted seamlessly into Pep's system and is better than Aguero at pressing the ball. Aguero is great backup though so City shouldn't be significantly disadvantaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolorous Gabe Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 5 minutes ago, Consigliere said: Tough break for the lad. He was on a good run and looks like he has the potential to develop into a world class player. Plus he fitted seamlessly into Pep's system and is better than Aguero at pressing the ball. Aguero is great backup though so City shouldn't be significantly disadvantaged. Aguero is obviously class but it's not just the pressing that makes Jesus better at playing Pep's system. Kun's actually very good at pressing. It's more the link-up play as the central forward that Jesus was doing significantly better than Aguero. It also looks to me like Aguero has lost a yard of pace, perhaps because of his regular injuries, and is struggling to adapt his game to compensate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 It wasn't just Jesus though. The entire top four looked quite sharp recently. Jesus-Sterling-KdB-Sane So an injured Jesus for City is probably not like Mane going to the AFCON for Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 6 hours ago, Consigliere said: I was hoping that Liverpool and Arsenal would take more points off Chelsea but that was not to be. Had they only picked up, say, one or two points instead of four, that would have reignited the title race. There are a couple of potential banana skins (away to West Ham and Stoke) before they play City so I'm not ready to call a Chelsea procession to the title yet. is this a joke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 43 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: is this a joke? No. I did say "potential". Are you saying West Ham have no chance of even nicking a point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 It was more a comment about the fact that the new stadium is generally considered to be a fucking nightmare for West Ham. Although they have turned it around slightly recently, with 3 wins and a draw in their last 5 at - (you know what, i have no idea what the actual stadium is called). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 It's called The London Stadium, because of course it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Olympic stadium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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