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  1. United created enough in normal time to have won the game. The eye test is backed up by the stats too - United had an xg of 3.1 vs Liverpool's 1.9 after normal time. Xg of 4.2 vs 2.1 after extra time.
  2. That was probably the best game we've played for a long while. But we still made hard work of it. Should've had Liverpool finished off in normal time.
  3. The thing with Bayern is that it's not just a Tuchel problem. Quite a few of the Bayern stalwarts have been phoning it in domestically this season but they might just rouse themselves enough to actually put in the effort in a big CL knockout tie. So potentially a difficult tie for Arsenal since Bayern still have plenty of top class players.
  4. Favourable draw for Liverpool. They will be very happy about how the EL and CL draws played out. Liverpool vs Atalanta Benfica vs Marseille Benfica/Marseille vs Liverpool/Atalanta semifinal Milan vs Roma Leverkusen vs West Ham Milan/Roma vs Leverkusen/West Ham semifinal
  5. Atleti, Dortmund, Barca and PSG will all be very happy with their draws and route to the final. All the tournament heavyweights are on the other side of the draw.
  6. Can I just say that I'm not a fan of the bonus CL spot going to the 5th placed side in the league. Since this extra spot is determined by an associations collective performance in European competitions over the course of each season, only the teams actually contributing to the coefficient for that season should be under consideration for the bonus spot imo. Basically, the club that accumulated the most coefficient points but didn't qualify automatically for the CL via league position should get the spot. In the case of the PL, that team would currently be West Ham who have accumulated as many coefficient points as Liverpool so far this season.
  7. Inter's atrocious finishing in the CL this season was their downfall. They completely dominated the first leg (Atleti didn't even have a shot on target) and should have won that game by a bigger margin than just 1-0. Barella and Thuram fluffing huge chances with the score at 1-1 last night really was costly. Inter players were rubbish in the shootout as well. He does track back from time to time (when the team is really under the cosh) otherwise tracking back is not something he's being tasked to do. Rashford plays as either a left forward or CF so when we transition into defence, Rashford is usually tasked to stay up top to provide an outlet along with one other player (Hojlund usually when he's fit). Many of those clips seem to be made with an agenda - Rashford is the online United fans favourite scapegoat and those short clips are clearly designed to be rage bait and don't take tactical instructions into consideration.
  8. City would've been given the penalty for that. Not for the first time in a tight title race, City reap huge benefits from terrible refereeing. Employing PL referees to ref games in the UAE is really paying off for them.
  9. Great weekend for Arsenal. City were better in the first half and Liverpool better in the 2nd. Think Liverpool should've edged this one based on the chances they had in the 2nd half. Probably 2 points dropped for Liverpool rather than 1 point gained.
  10. Ederson also made a genuine attempt to play the ball so a yellow card+penalty was appropriate. Not attempting to play the ball (like, say, a shirt pull or cynical trip) in that type of situation would be a red card+penalty.
  11. Looking forward to this. Re: GoT and Benioff and Weiss. I think they did a more than decent enough job in seasons 1-4. There was a significant drop-off between seasons 4 and 5 and things just continued downhill from there. As a result, GoT has zero rewatch value for me seeing as how nearly half the run is mediocre at best. However, it seems to me that a lot of the most vitriolic criticism directed at them for GoT are from people who appear to have taken it as a personal affront and are just rooting for them to fail now. At the end of the day, my own enjoyment of a show is the most important to me and I don't have a beef with Benioff and Weiss so I'm hoping that they can do a good job with this series.
  12. Guaranteed 4th place but not good enough for a title challenge and ending the season trophyless would be my guess.
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