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How many points do you get per nutmeg?
>>144645063In my 5-a-side we say that if you get a nutmeg in the build-up to a goal, it makes the goal count for 2.
>>1446450635 black excellency points per United costumer and 2 Zidane comparison points per ex United pundit.
It's blatantly obvious that they're just deliberately trying to start a forced rivalry between Man City and Arsenal. Everyone was bored of the whole mutual respect thing between Pep and Klopp/Arteta, so they deliberately told Michael Oliver to make a bunch of stupid decisions (that fucked both sides) in order to spice things up and now they're shilling it as the new Man U/Arsenal rivalry.
Morgan Rogers will be a 100 milly player by the end of the season
>>144645163I agree. He is the new Ross Barkley
>>144645125feels very forced I give you that especially after the 0-0 draw at the Etihad last season could and should have sparked the same responses because Arsenal actually came with the intent to park the bus from minute one. This time their hand got basically forced. Anyone complaining about using every trick in the book against the best team in the league when you are down to ten men is just trolling.
>>144645163At least 1 club will offer £60m for Duran in January
>>144645170Except Arsenal were at those tactics from the off. Scoring a fluke blooter when the other team were out of position and a set piece where White and Shitvertz are allowed to barge the keeper at will doesn't change Arsenal's negative approach throughout.
>>144645170Even last season, there was a lot of outrage at how Arsenal were happy to play for a draw (even though a draw away to City was an excellent result for them at that point in the title race). It seems like Sky Sports wants their "blockbuster" heavyweight clash to be exciting, and they couldn't risk another semen slurper.
>>144645184give it a rest shitty, both goals were legit and got checked and discussed plenty of times now.
>Ten Hag on Luke Shaw: "Back before October's international breal? Possible, probably... but can't say 100% sure. I can't guarantee that now".
>counter attacking against a team that is better on the ball then you is LE BADnobody cried about it when wolves beat city last season doing exactly the same thing. beat them with 3 shots on goal and 30% possession, and that was with 11 men on the pitch.
>>144645236Wolves didn't spend £700m putting the team together
>>144645206>even though a draw away to City was an excellent result for them at that point in the title raceno it wasn't
>>144645263It kept them one point ahead of City and only 2 points behind Liverpool (who were inevitably going to collapse later on in the season because the team was running on fumes due to injuries).
>>144645278>it was excellent because hindsightno
>>144645267Tottenham fans are the very definition of customers
>>144645291Everyone who wasn't a deluded Liverpool fan could see that they were eventually going to crash and burn last season, Klopp did really well to take the team as far as he did in his final season but their squad was objectively not good enough to compete with City or Arsenal that season with all the injuries they had.
the City draw was fine, losing to Villa at home when on this run of form while had won 1 of their last 5 is what cost Arsenal the title
>>144645311while *Villa* had won 1 of 5
>>144645309that's a lot of words for your own head canon mate, the reason people criticised it is because it wasn't viewed as an excellent result you thick cunt
>>144645311Great set of results still. Just can't afford an off-day when you're up against 130.
>>144645311It was mainly their poor form in the first half of the season that cost Arsenal, when they were insisting that Havertz was a midfielder. Arsenal may have been near-perfect since January, but City were near-perfect since December.
>>144645040i remember Ribery doing 5 nutmegs per gameplayers nowadays just don't have the sauce anymore
>>144645311>>144645326important to note the Villa game was the only game on the where Arsenal had it in their hands after the City draw and promptly bottled immediately
>>144645321You have to be thick as pigshit if you think a draw away against the most dominant side in PL history is a bad result in any way.
>>144645346I never said it was a bad result idiot
>>144645309the injuries weren't that bad desu, it was games like the palace one at anfield, city at home, arsenal at home or luton away where they missed sitters after sitters, and there were probably other similar games that i miss
>>144645354Well it's still an excellent result to stay ahead of City and deny them 2 points, regardless of what sort of mental gymnastics you want to do.
>>144645368>Well it's still an excellent resultno it isn't, that's why people criticised it, it's an OK result, you shouldn't set out to achieve an OK result and is certainly worthy of criticism if you do
>>144645365Yeah Liverpool have been extremely lucky with injuries for years.
>>144645381People were criticising it because the match was utterly dreadful to watch, not because the result was "OK" for Arsenal. But Arsenal (or any team for that matter) have absolutely no obligation to entertain neutrals, their only objective will be to get whatever result they deem necessary.
>>144645397ok so don't get rattled when all the neutrals rightly criticise your team then and say how shit they are to watch and how they play anti-football ala mourinho
>>144645390it eventually evens out because when they get one it's really bad >van dijk and the whole defense >mane and coutinho during klopp's first full season>jota and diaz during the qatar WC season
>>144645184They were not though. Man City started brilliantly and would have pushed back any team. After 20 minutes Arsenal were very much into the game and won duels high up the pitch and keeping possession. The red card changed everything.>>144645170Pep also played very defensively last time they met. Barely moved the ball forward or flooded the area with people. It was a bore draw that both managers wanted.
>>144645420I'm not an Arsenal fan, just pointing out that there's nothing wrong with defensive football. There was nothing wrong with Mourinho's football either.
arsenal fans would 100% moan about anti football dark arts PGMOL shit when they'll get shithoused (eventually) against forest or any other cloggers
>>144645236>counter attackinguh...
>>144645397they were crisiticised for showing absolutely zero ambition to win the match and by their own design lose first place in the league
>>144645556Arteta was completely justified because in the end Liverpool collapsed and Arsenal won the league
>>144645502They're moaning about Haaland being mean right now after defending their dark arts shit.I don't want City to win again but all their challengers are complete crybaby wankers.
>>144645564kek
>>144645566are you implying city aren't crybabies?
>>144645236Arsenal had less possession than that and aren't Wolves btw
>>144645579They aren't really, I never seevtheir fans whining about refs oppressing them or whatever. There's no way you can equate city fans with the crying victimhood of an Arsenal or Liverpool
>>144645591>I never see something that doesn't existCrazy
>>144645591they've been booing the champions league anthem for about 10 years lmao
>>144645585yeah and they played 55 minutes with 10 men.
>>144645613they didn't have anybody sent off in March mate
>>144645628it's almost like you don't watch arsenal play and are just complaining like a little faggot. they're not a possession team. >had less possession against atalanta, tottenham and brighton this season>last season they had less possession against almost every team in the top 10
>>144645643>had 27.5% v City and showed zero interest in winningkek
>Arsenal fans are NPCs - anonI kinda get it now.
I hate Arsenal fans
>>144645311Based Ollie Watkins
>>144645566yeah the inter game would be interesting, it'll be their first game of the season playing against a proper dogged and rigid counterattacking team (with some divings here and there like a typical latin team), though knowing arteta he'd probably go for a 0-0
>>144645692Why? Why do you hate everyone that supports Arsenal?
>>144645420>>144645502There is no such thing as "anti-football", this is just a cope made up by entitled fans of "big" teams when another team doesn't roll over and let them win.
>>144645922so arsenal aren't a "big" team?
>>144645922it's a cope when big six customers use it because there aren't any proper anti football teams in the prem, at the very worst they are busparkers or hoofball shithousers like brentford but anti football is an actual thing, simeone is the perfect example, basically a combination of busparking, roughing up your opponents, organized diving, and time wasting
>>144645922I don't care when teams like sheffield united park the bus because they've spent about £2.50 on their squad but arsenal have spent like £800m on their squad and they're playing with the mindset of a shitty championship team
>>144646095there is absolutely nothing wrong with playing like that away from home versus good opponents. Arsenal scored like 90 goals plus last season, you can’t tell me the play ‘anti football’.
>>144646061They used to be like that during Wenger's latter years when they'd complain that Stoke and West Brom didn't let them play "muh beautiful football". Now they're actually good at defending, they are happy to do it all match. The point is that there's no right or wrong way to play football, all that matters is getting a result.
arsenal have turned the league into a complete laughing stock
The amount of hate Arsenal are getting for not wanting to concede a goal is crazy.
>>144646293Arsenal fans have a large social media presence, so the best way to get engagement is to wind them up. Man United also get a lot of attention for the same reason.
my Manchester United have kept 3 cleansheets in 5 PL games (the rest conceded 5 goals though)
>Wolves defender Yerson Mosquera out for "significant period" after suffering serious knee injury against Aston Villa
>>144646643players getting so many freak knee injuries just in last week alone.him, Rodri, Ter Stegen.
>>144646206>>144646293that’s what happens if you don’t properly defend vs City when you have one player sent off.
>>144645606complete cope and you know it
Reminder. That. These. Arsenal. Fans. Were. Complaining. About. Eddie. Howe's. Defensive. Tactics. Just. Last. Season.
>>144646911they're massive hypocrites
Will man city just send their D team against watford so they dont have to worry about more midweek games and more potential injuries? Same for chelsea, aston villa, and leicesterCan watford, barrow, walsall and wycombe make it? Or do such upsets only happen in the FA cup?
>>144646206This webm alone should get Man City banned from the league.
>>144646075Arsenal then
How are shitty customers THIS butthurt still
>>144645591It's easy to take the moral high ground when your team ends up coming out on top more often than not. If Liverpool ended up winning 3 PLs and 3 CLs under Klopp instead of coming 2nd on 4/6 occasions, I'm sure they'd be a lot less bitter.
>>144647079Not sure Villa have enough players to even put out a B-team
>>144647084what are they supposed to do when arsenal sit 10 men in the box who refuse to even attempt to challenge for the ball?
>>144646911Didn't Arteta do the exact same thing the following game or the game later?That whole "dark arts" thing was some of the most bizarre cope of recent times. Acting like Eddie Howe invented timewasting and keeping the ball near the corner flag. Weirder that the whole media were in on it.
>>144647286they just need to start Duran and fill the rest with their academy players
>>144647308Give the ball to someone that can shoot outside the box instead of just passing it sideways to your CBs who can't do anything dangerous. Or move the ball out wide and stretch Arsenal's defense instead of trying to autistically walk the ball in through the middle.
>>144647343>Give the ball to someone that can shoot outside the boxinsane they just decided not to even think to do that, even if it went outside, Arsenal going ultra defensive means they wouldn't be able to keep the possession for so long after Raya's goal kick.
>>144647308Shoot or dribble.
>Fan question to Ange Postecoglou: "Is it time to show more pragmatism in games. Teams that win trophies have solid defences as well as attacks?" Ange: “You’re spot on mate but it won’t be us. “As much as we want success there is a Spurs way and I won’t deviate from that."fuck sake angeat the very least dont say "spot on mate"
>>144647343>>144647368yeah amazing just shoot through a wall of about 15 players in the boxthey also had two players camped on each winger to stop crosses coming itbut the equaliser did eventually come from a cross so arsenal played like retards for 45 minutes for nothing
>>144647437>"I am not allowed to win trophies because that's not Spurs™ way"bold to say that on public
>>144647450If you can't get a shot off from the edge of the box with an extra man, then you're shit. Simple as.
>>144647437>we want success there is a Spurs way and I won’t deviate from thatThis is like saying I want a tan, but I need to sunbathe at night
>>144647476they got plenty of shots off20 actuallymost of them hit a player in the box
>>144647495Yeah that means City are shit.
>>144647450>but the equaliser did eventually come from a crossSo you are admitting that going wide did help them break Arsenal down? Maybe if they tried that earlier then they might have made more opportunities to actually win the match.>arsenal played like retards for 45 minutes for nothingThey got a draw away at their main title rivals, despite being down to 10 men for half the match and missing their captain and main creative player. That's not "nothing" by any stretch of the imagination. Even if they were dissapointed to concede a late equaliser, Arsenal would have been the happier of the two teams with that result (as evidenced by all the City players being so rattled after the final whistle).
>>144647502no it means that shooting into a wall of 15 players will usually not result in a goal
>>144647450So City are just shit?
>>144647529>15Try again.If you can't find space to get a shot off when you have an extra man, it means you're shit and can't adapt.
>>144647528I never denied that playing it wide was the right callbut arsenal had two players camped on the wide players for the whole of the second halfit took the genius of grealish to open them up one time
>>144647536if the same team that have won the PL 4 times in a row are shit then what does it make the other teams?
>>144647546no it means that arsenal sat 10 men right in front of the goal for 45 minutes and never even attempted to play footballalso raya was playing out of his skin in the second halfcity should easily have had at least 3 goals
>>144647569Not cheaters with actual unironic records of paying referees that referee their matches and protect them from losing points.
>>144647579Defending is football.
>>144647582the same ref that pulled walker out of position for arsenal's first goal and ignored a foul on the keeper for their second?
>>144647569You tell me lad. You just said Arsenal played like retards and it took City 45 minutes to get a draw against them at home.
>>144647593yes defending is an artdefending isn't just sitting all your team in front of the goal that's called parking the bus like a league one club would
>>144647598>foul on the keeperGet a grip mate.
>>144647308Have a shot.
>>144647609clear and obvious foul and only an arsenal cultist would argue that
>>144647608>defending isn't just sitting all your team in front of the goalIt can be, as proven by it working against Man City in the Arsenal game.>>144647618Get a grip mate. You're soft as fuck.
>>144647552Arsenal's game plan as soon as they went down to 10 men was blindingly obvious to everyone. Had Pep brought on Grealish earlier, he would have caused Arsenal a lot more problems throughout the match.
>>144647605yes because football is footballcity should have scored 3-4 even with arsenal sitting in front of their goal but they were very unlucky in the endjust the way it goes
>>144647625it worked one time out of 10 and they still didn't win the match9 times out of 10 city win that gameit's a retarded tactic from a retarded manager
>>144647643If my granny had wheels mate.
>>144647633>football is footballSo Arsenal did nothing wrong then. Glad we agree.
>>144647646I'm just saying it was pure luck that arsenal didn't losenothing to do with their tactics whatsoever
>>144647651no it means that arsenal got very luckynot even trying to have a man sitting further up to release the ball to is 9 times out of 10 asking to lose
>>144647656>nothing to do with tacticsSo if, after going down to 10 men, they had instead put all 9 outfield players in Man City's box and didn't budge, that would've also resulted in a draw? Fascinating stuff, Pep.
>>144647608If parking the bus was so easy, why do City batter every shit team that comes up against them and tries to defend?
>>144647608Defending is preventing the opposition team from scoring a goal.
>>144647671Idk man. You said Arsenal played like retards and City only got a draw at the very very very end of the game. Sounds like City were just lucky not to lose.
>>144647684city face mostly low blocks during the seasonless so now that pep has started to change football for the better and more managers are trying to actually attackbut they are masters of beating the low blockeven if arsenal's low block was basically piling all their players on the goal line
any time you're feeling bad about yourself, just remember this lad exists >>144647709 lol
>>144647692nah city should have scored at least 3 goalsarsenal were very lucky and are acting like it was a good tactic because they are football delusioniststry playing that tactic again and there is a 90% chance they will lose
>>144647720>should
Declan Rice is probably one of the few remaining segundo volantes in the game.
>>144647727pure luck that they didn't
>>144647720>city should have scored at least 3 goalsBut they didn't>it was a good tacticSounds like it was because even though they played like retards for 45 minutes with 10 men against City who are at home, they still managed to not lose.
>>144647731>didn't
>>144647728him and Tim Ream yeah
>>144647734again they only didn't lose through pure luck not judgementplay that game over again and 90% of the time they lose
>>144647742Tim Ream obviously isn't a Segundo Volante. But that afternoon in Saint Louis, he absolutely was a Segundo Volante.
>>144647750>didn't lose
>/skysix/ generalnot for me, lads
>>144647750Sounds like bollocks to me lad. They played like retards for 45 minutes, remember? And City couldn't score until the last minute. City got lucky no matter how you look at it.
>>144647768luck
>>144647775arsenal got extremely lucky that city didn't score 3 before their equaliser
>>144647776>luck
Honestly don't think it's worth talking to anyone that hasn't played a full 90 against Declan Rice tbqhwy
>>144647783You mean the equaliser that took City 45 minutes to get against 10 men playing like retards at their home? Man, City got away with that one, huh?
>>144647790excellent post
chelsea are doing great for a while but for some reason they keep turning their brains off whenever it's not PL matches so I expect some hilarity against the mighty Barrow
>>144647802actually arsenal didthrough sheer luckshould have finished 5-2
>>144647790shut the fuck up. you can shit on my experiences and what I've accomplished in life all you want but it doesn't distract me from this simple fact: None. Of. You. Have. Played. A. Full. 90. Against. A. Current. Pro.
KINO
>>144647826shit
>>144647783City have failed to beat Arsenal in their past 4 meetings. Sharteta has got Pep's number and Pep has no idea how to counter Arsenal even when they get a man sent off.
>>144647818Least of all against Declan Rice>>144647826This cannot end well
>>144647826I'm thinking of a 6 letter word
>>144647818I have. I've played hundreds of hours of football against a current pro. He's a pro in the NIFL though lol
>>144647863Is it an anagram of ginger per chance?
>>144647816Idk anon. I just think if someone played like retards for 45 minutes straight when they're a man down and the other team only managed to get a single goal past them and only in the very last minute of the game, I would think the team that scored would be the lucky one. Or they would have to be just fucking awful at football but they can't be because they're the current champions and have been champions for 4 seasons straight. It's really weird.
>>144647877it was actual luck on arsenal's side thoughcity just didn't get the run of the ball in the second halfthey were inches away from scoring multiple times
>>144647863humble?lively?strong?loving?wisdom?gentle?
>>144647888Sounds like Arsenal really defended well then. They must have ran out of steam cause since City only managed to score at the end of the game. Good for City. They deserve some good luck too.
>Arsenal playing 4-4-2 with a big man/little man strike partnershipgame's back
>>144647914not reallythey didn't defend because they never even tried to play the ballthey just camped their goal for 45 miunutes and prayed
>>144647906If that can't stick at least 5 past Barrow then fuck me
>>144647922Havertz is neither a big man or a striker.
>>144647927But City failed to score in 45 minutes anon. That doesn't sound like Arsenal didn't defend. It sounds like Arsenal were either defending extremely well or that City were just shit. And we know for a fact that City aren't shit.
>>144647927They kept City to 1 goal per 45 minutes despite not even defending Christ almighty how shit much City be then? Your words P.S. Start using a trip so we can filter your inane viewpoints
>>144647924where's rodri
>>144647948>>144647958you're acting like arsenal had any say in itthey just camped their goal and hoped to get lucky which they didthey didn't actually participate in any actual football
Game's back.Game's gone.Back.Gone. Back. Gone. Back. Gone.
>>144647931it's possible they'll go full retard when not playing their 1st choice lineup as shown as when they played Servette, so I thought it's amusing Maresca didn't load the bench with at least some actual starting attackers (Jackson, Jsanchz, Madueke) if push comes to shove.
>>144647977Barcelona, Dr. Ramón Cugat's clinic
City went down to 10 men when Rodri was off the pitch, and they immediately switched to having 10 men in the penalty box. The difference is that Arsenal actually decided to take a shot from outside the box and they scored from it.
>>144647985>you're acting like arsenal had any say in itSo you're saying that it was all in City's hands? And they didn't manage to score a single goal even though they had the ball all for themselves against 10 men at home? Until the very last minute of the game? The hell were City doing then? Were they not interested in playing football? That's so weird of them.
>>144647985You're saying that Man City couldn't score 2 goals in one entire half of football even with the other team having "no say" in stopping them? Damn they're worse than I could've ever imagined.
>>144648023city got within inches of scoring about 10 times but were denied by luck, not arsenalany other day they would have scored 6
>>144647863Half of stereo?
>>144648027I mean arsenal just sat 10 men in front of their goal like a fucking training dummyyou try and score past that
>>144648040See >>144648020
>>144648031>>144648040If City can't score goals against a non-existent team that are effectively training dummies, then how shit must they be? If you can be contained by cones, then you're dogshit.
>>144648031You keep trying to imply that City are just so shit at football that they couldn't manage to score against a 10 man Arsenal at home until the very last minute of the game and I just can't agree with you. City are a very good side. An excellent side even.
>>144647906Grime rapper releases a soulful R&B album where he professes his Christian faith.
>>144647924Are they illustrations or photos?It's like I've taken a half paper of acid
>>144648043>>144648044>>144648055city nearly scored about 15 times but pure luck saved arsenal the final score would be 8-2 if they played the game again today
Is the game back, or is the game gone. Call it.
>>144648077>nearly
>>144648077Oh wow, so it wasn't even 10 times. City failed 15 times. Christ man, what the hell were City doing that day? Especially against a team playing like retards. It's like City didn't even want to play football.
>>144648096yesliteral inches away from scoring about 10 times
>>144648098it was just luck nothing to do with city's skill level which is quite apparent seeing as though they have won the title for the last 4 seasons and arsenal haven't won it in 20 years
You're all arguing with 190 btw
>>144648109You're absolutely right anon. City really did get lucky in the end.
>>144648077>if
>>144648101>inches away
>>144648121>>144648128>>144648132yes if the game was replayed today under the same circumstances then city would win 10-2
Any update on the Javi Martinez to Liverpool situation?
/epl/ & /arse/ are about to merge lads
>>144648144>if
>>144648152Always makes me kek
>>144648144That's weird. Why would it take City more than one try to beat Arsenal at home when they only had 10 players for 45 minutes? It's not like City are shit.
>>144648180just pure luck reallythey were inches away from scoring about 15 times in the second half but it just wouldn't go in
>>144648144If I'd go back to uni today under the same circumstances then I'd smash every bird at freshers week
>>144648195But there's no guarantee that City can get lucky like that again anon. Not that City should need luck against a 10 man team playing like retards but still. City really shouldn't rely on luck like that. They're so much better than that.
There's been some shit discussion in /epl/ over the years but never one so BORING
>>144648195You still get points for bad luck right?Please tell me you can appeal that luck to the FA or something?Surely something has to be done.
>>144648216sometimes luck goes against you what are you going to doplay that game again and 99% of the time the final score would be 12-2 to city
>>144648234It's a good thing luck didn't go against City on Sunday huh? I mean, imagine how embarrassing it would be if City had lost at home against a team playing like retards with only 10 men. Thank God luck was on their side that day.
>>144648254I mean the luck was purely on arsenal's sideplus the referee
>>144648265City got really lucky that the ball was deflected in John Stones' path at the end. If you play that game 20 more times, Arsenal would win all 20.
>>144648265But Arsenal weren't the 4 time champions that failed to score a goal in 44 minutes against a 10 man team playing like retards though. Silly anon.
this is Dave-tier autism
>>144648281>>14464828699% of the time city would win 14-2the ref pulled walker out of position for the first goalhe ignored the foul on ederson for the secondhe let arsenal timewaste all of the second half and only added 7 minutes when it should have been 15 minimumit was still 11v11 when you consider that the ref was basically in an arsenal kit
>>144648300But Arsenal played like retards though. And City are 4 time champions. At home. Surely they should be able to win a 11v11, right? Unless you want to tell me that City are shit at football.
Mental how everyone was hoping Arsenal would win the title a couple of seasons ago, but they lined their chickens in a row and started counting them before they could hatch, got far too cocky, started gloating, choked (like always) and instantly became hated overnight.Due to this, shan't be feeling pity for Arsewog and his whining.
>>144648326how can city be shit at football when they have won the league for the last 4 seasons running and have won the CLarsenal haven't won the league in over 20 years and have never won the CL in their entire existence
>>144648354That's exactly what I'm saying anon.
>>144648376so you agree that 99% of the time city would win that game 16-2
>>144646206kek I thought this was a 3-5 second loop at first. Jesus christ football is so fucking shit now. Only zoomers can still watch this shit now surely.
>>144648395blame arsenal for that
>>144648380No, I agree that City have won the league the last 4 seasons running and have won the CL and that Arsenal haven't won the league in over 20 years and have never won the CL. Which makes me think City should really have beaten Arsenal at home who were down to 10 men and playing like retards for 45 minute straight. But all City could manage to do was claw back one point. At the very end of the match. We know City aren't shit so there's no real reason why City should have dropped points there. Especially considering that Arsenal weren't even defending according to you. I don't know about you anon but I think a side of City's calibre should be able to beat a team that aren't even defending and are playing like retards and are one man down at home 100% of the time.
BORING
>>144648431I already explained it to youit was pure luckcity came within inches of scoring 17 times but it just wouldn't go in
>>144648448And I agreed with you. It really is pure luck that City managed to get a draw. How else can you explain not being able to score a goal against a team not even defending when they're down to 10 men and playing like retards? Seems absurd.
>>144648469You don't stick 10 men in front of thr goal for 50 minutes and win by playing footballyou win by pure lucky99.9% of the time you lose
If you have 88% possession and an extra man on the pitch, you have zero excuse for creating just one real chance. Even Gareth Southgate's England wasn't that useless.
>>144648494Weird. I just can't wrap my head around how City couldn't score a goal against a team that apparently were playing like retards, not defending, and turns out not even playing football, were one man down all while having the ball for 45 minutes straight. Were City not interested in playing football either?
>>144648562luck
>>144648577It's really weird that City would need luck to get a goal against such a terrible team that weren't even interested in playing football and in fact didn't even have the ball itself. But that's football for ya.
>>144648562Irishman can't comprehend luck Begorrah
>>144648597sometimes luck goes against you99/9% of the time city win that game 20-2
if mudryk doesn't perform against these part-time stonemasons then he should be sent to poland ekstraklasa
>>144648410Pepball in general is boring af. Give me the wild end to end stuff of old.
>>144648673if it's so boring then why does every team in the league try to copy his tactics?
>>144648640Idk anon. City really shouldn't need luck to beat a team like that. I mean they weren't even defending. Think about that for a second. How absolutely dog shit do you have to be to not score against a team when you have the ball all to yourself for 45 minutes straight against a team that's not even defending? The odds of that are astronomically low. To the point where you have to start asking serious questions about City's commitment to playing football. Surely they just weren't interested.
>>144648152FUCK YOU
>>144648685you're acting as if luck is controllableplay that game on any other day and city win 22-2
>>144648718I think you can make your own luck. And if City got that unlucky then clearly they just weren't interested in playing football. Otherwise they would have easily won.
>>144648681Because unfortunately football is about pleasing shareholders rather than excitement nowadays.
>>144648727city were the only ones playing footballi.e. they were the only ones actually playing with the football in the second halfthe arsenal players could have been replaced by training dummies and nobody would have been able to tell the difference
Do any of the unbeaten teams fall this week?
>>144648799See, so City just weren't interested then. Cause at that point it has nothing to do with luck at all. City should have had a 100% chance to win by literally any amount of goals they wished. The other explanation is that City are shit and we know they aren't. So the only explanation was that City didn't care enough.
>>144648799So first XI Man City couldn't beat ten training dummies over 45 minutes?Interesting.
>>144648857>>14464885810 AI training dummies that are programmed to move towards the trajectory of the ball positioned right in front of the goal like those automatic goalkeeper games
>>144648876But that sounds like defending. I thought Arsenal weren't defending. That makes no sense anon.
>>144648895it's not defending it's just standing in front of the goaldefending is actually playing with the intention of getting the ball back and starting an attackthis is basically what city were doing for the second halfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIV-KtXdBDc
>>144648924No, I would say defending is preventing a goal or stopping a goal scoring opportunity. Starting an attack is starting an attack.
>>144648957defending is the pursuit of winning the ball back to start an attack at the goalstanding in front of your own goal for 45 minutes with no intention of ever starting an attack is just standing
>>144648985Mate, he's done you here >>144648957Try again tomorrow.
>>144648985Weird but you said they weren't just standing there. You said they were moving to towards the ball. If they couldn't start an attack then surely that's because City are just too good and snuffed it out.
>>144649014>>144649027standing around an acting as human practice dummies is not defendingdefending is winning the ball with the intention to transition it into an attackarsenal were just human training dummies for 45 minutesnone of them enjoyed or are proud of what they did
>>144649049You surely cannot be saying that City couldn't beat human training dummies after trying for 45 minutes? Especially when there was one human dummy less than normal. That'd be really silly.
>>14464908410 AI dummies programmed to block the ball plus one ref who handed two goals to arsenal
these can't be real people
>>144649101Damn, so City can't even beat a training program? Nah dude. They're 4 time champions. They won the Champions League. It'd be really stupid if they couldn't even manage to beat a training program. Especially when all the training program was doing was move in front of the ball. And not even attempt to do anything further. That would make it really embarrassing for City to have not won against that. Surely that's not the case here.
>>144649151like I said it was a matter of absolute luckcity missed about 25 chances by a matter of inchesany other day it would have finshed 24-2 to city
>>144648832There's a possibility that all of them except Arsenal get beat this weekend. City are going to a tough away ground without Rodri and possibly without KDB back either. And Chelsea and Fulham are decent enough to beat their opponents. Arsenal's next 3 fixtures are relatively kind and I wouldn't expect them to lose until they reach that run of Liverpool, Newcastle, Chelsea.
>>144649167Damn, so they DID beat the training program? But they just missed lol? 25 times in a row? Nah, you're just messing with me now. Come on man, there's no way City are that shit. That's not being unlucky, that's just being not bothered. City must not have wanted to win. >>144649148AI dummies innit
>>14464919010 AI dummies programmed to stand in front of any shot at goaland city still should have won 25-2 but it was all down to luck not skill
>they are still going wtf lads
Villa looking like an upset on the cards
>>144649275I don't think anyone is truly upset about getting knocked out of the League Cup.
>>144649221You just said City missed by inches. You don't miss by inches without getting past these state of the art AI dummies. And you don't miss 25 chances in a row without being shit. Which City aren't. Like I said if you're missing 25 chances in a row then you're not getting unlucky. You just aren't interested in scoring.
>>144649291Could reset jhon Duran back to walking yellow card machine if he doesn’t score though. And shows that outside of the first team there’s not much talent
>>144649296luck has no interest in your logic
Lad's been at this for 4 hours now
>>144649376You're the one implying that City are so bad that they missed 25 chances in a row anon. Quite frankly I won't stand for it.
>>144649438you can be the best team in the world which city currently are and sometimes you can shoot the ball at 10 AI dummies and not scoreshit happens
>>144649447No, the AI dummies were programmed to move in front of the ball so City beat the AI dummies 25 times. So they weren't just shooting the ball at the AI dummies. Again, you keep implying that City are shit at football anon. I don't like it one bit.
>>144649484yes but city had an AI dummy goalkeeper set to very difficult to get the ball past if they made it through the other AI dummies
oh my godddddddddd SHUT UP
>>144649512Oh, so CITY set the AI dummy settings, huh? So you're saying City set the rules and didn't manage to beat their own program so they basically denied themselves the three points. It's really weird that City weren't interested in winning, isn't it? I wonder why they did that.
We have a Mudryk assist everyone!
I don't know what to make of this chelsea team. They could look strong at the bridge but away from home they haven't convinced me yet despite the last win
>>144649571we're not allowed to talk about chelsea. your only option right now is joining these 2 mongs debating what is defending for the last 4 hours
>>144649571they haven't really played anyone remotely good though, their only hard game vs City they lost and they drew to CP.
>2-1 up>down to 10 men>"HURR DURR WHY ARE THEY DEFENDING SO MUCH?"It can't be that hard to understand
>>144649599>>144649661I honestly don't know what they can achieve this season. They sometimes look elite with so many technically gifted attacking options but there's no telling they won't fall apart by January
>>144649571i think it's fair to say the current manager is doing a better job than the previous one. shrewsbury-hall seems like a bad signing though, he seems like a championship level player
hype
>>144649760Slotto got a wig ?
>>144649760kys indy
>>144649760Slotto's daughter, Isa Slot, posted another selfie?
>>144646206Kek, I remember when my national team (Sweden) did this to Spain in Euros 2020. Everyone knew Spain would just tap it around with safe passes until Sweden got tired of chasing. So Sweden just decided to not chase for the whole game and just stood there defending the area instead of chasing sideway passes. It ended 0-0, 75 % possession to Spain and 954 passes for Spain compared to Swedens 176 passes.The seething was incredible and Sweden won the group.
>>144646206>>144649949End of the day you need a Plan B rather than just pass it around the edge of the box endlessly until the opposition leave a gap.
>>144647362>insane they just decided not to even think to do that,they had 26 shots in the second half lad
The real footy begins tomorrow lads.>>144645040Based mainoo.>Chelsea vs Barrow (19:45)Not even heard of barrow. Would have thought chelsea would have gotten atleast 10. Goes to show how good english teams are now.You'd expect 12-0 if it was Bayern against germany's equivalent of Barrow.>>144645063How many trophies do you get per draw with Man City mate?
>>144650372Should have scored more than 1 of them really shouldn't they. Might want to practice that in training for next time.
>>144649685Arsenal are scum though, they play boring crap footy even with 11Its the Arteta subhuman mentality he instills in his retard players
>>144650436>He doesn't know who Barrowcelona are
Only devout Christians should be permitted to play in the premier league.
If villa sell Duran I will have a paddy
>>144650436They were in the football league in the boomer years for a quite long time, always low down but got to the equivalent of league one at one point. A few years later they were voted out of the league back in the days before promotion from the national league was a given.The main reason behind it was they're based right up on the north west coast near the lake district and there were no decent roads to get there so it was a bastard of a journey for most people in the 70s.It took them nearly 50 years to get back after that.
>>144650789That's a disgustingly racist slur.
>After his recent serious injury, Raphael Varane is considering to retire from professional football. He’s about to terminate his contract at Como, as Le Parisies reports.
>>144651527Whenever Real Madrid sell a player, he is ALWAYS finished afterwards. Prove me wrong.
>>144651539Odegaard, Eto'o, Makelele
>>144651539I don't know how many trophies Juventus won with him but Ronaldo sure as hell scored goals. How would you define someone in that scenario?
>>144645076Tell me you've never played football in your life without telling me you've never played football in your life
>>144645163It's possible but he's noway near the level of 2020 Grealish or 2017 Dele Alli.Jacob Ramsey is the superior Villa talent I think but he keeps either having injury or dip in form.
>>144651670Ozil, Di Maria, Higuain, Robben, Hakimi also had top careers after leaving Madrid.
>>144651939>Ozil, Di Maria, Higuainkek>>144651939>Hakimithe lad was referencing older players, not young lads
>>144651891Stop talking like a faggot redditor and speak like a human instead. Imagine thinking people take a weekly 5-a-side seriously enough that nobody ever makes up rules to make things more funny lol
>>144652014Been playing footy for 20 years and haven't heard of a rule like that, not even in the school playgrounds
>>144652014>>144652088you two should kiss
What's up with foden? He didn't play again right I thought he was out with "illness" but he's been gone for ages.
>>144652116zesty boy got the aids
is he related to based Martin Braithwaite?
>>144647146arsenal at least doesn't do organized diving
>Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca insists his side are 'serious and we want to compete' after 5-0 Carabao Cup rout of Barrow
>>144653701Wouldn't that be something you insist if you lost?
>>144653701seems like he is determined to win the league cup.
loves his rapists simple as
>>144645040
>>144652116I've seen people speculating that something has gone on in his private life because he isn't remotely the same player he was last season. Pep is refusing to start him in games and when he comes on he's playing at half capacity. It's pretty weird.
>Varane dead
>>144658473His career was dead the moment he left real for manure
>>144658482Hi please do not use the term Manure or Man U, it is actually a Munich Air disaster insulthttps://hive.blog/hive-190212/@mahirabdullah/the-munich-plane-crash-and-why-man-u-is-a-slang-2-2
>>144657363Imagine that dressing room.
>The way I see it is that ETH took over a squad which had players from 5 different managers all with different styles, bloated wages, and many with bad attitudes.>In two years it's transformed to a squad with phenomenal upside, all young, and technical, and seemingly with a positive mentality.>And won two trophies whilst doing it.>Maybe he works out, maybe he doesn't, but it would be daft to not give him this season to see if he can kick on.>Worst case scenario we don't win anything and finish outside top four. Not great. But whoever does take over will inherit a group of players all technical all young and all with huge potential.
>>144658514kek
>Mykhailo Mudryk is moving closer to leaving Chelsea in January Chelsea fans can stop pretending to rate him now
>>144658491>The word 'manure' in English means dung. The British do not use 'r' very often in the word's pronunciation, which is why their word is pronounced a lot like 'man you'. News to me
>>144652088That's proper sad. Did you never play headers and volleys either because "DATS NOT DA RULEZ!"?
>>144658577who will pick him for probably 1/4th of what Chelsea paid ?
>>144658491>Mahir AbdullahKek.
>>144658811Besiktas
>Southgate’s availability is the one string that’s stopped me going full-scale ETH out>Id take 3 more years of Ten Hag to avoid 3 months of Southgate
Arsenal trying to force a rivalry with City is extremely cringe
remember that time when adebayor scored against arsenal and then sprinted the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of and taunt the away fans? that was good
can we agree that Daniel Sturridge > Harry Kane ?
>>144659048Especially since City already started it
>>144659048it’s the other way around anon
Watford didn't even defend last night and City still only scored 2 goals in yet another home match Maybe /epl/ was right... City aren't good......
>>144659048
>>144658506Every football team I have ever played in is full of people belittling women and boasting about how they were unfaithful to their girlfriends/wives. I wouldn't be surprised if it is the same in big, professional clubs as well to some extent. I'm not saying they are endorsing rape or violence to women but they might not care either as long as you play great football in the team.
>>144659048That is not what is happening. You shouldn't lie on the internet. It creates a cancerous environment and pushes fake news which leads to hate and mistrust. Banter is fine but even banter needs some truth behind it.
>>144659048City spent years trying to force a rivalry with Liverpool and are now doing the same with arsenal
>>144659697That doesn't explain why Kai Hackvertz was trying to injure City players 2 seconds into the game on Sunday
>>144659411are you also the nuggets customer on /nba/
imagine if Varane only moved to United after SJR just took over and immediately revamped the health and fitness department which included a much better fitness equipment compared to the Glazers era.He was already kinda broken in Madrid and then he moved to United with an even tougher scheduling and dodgy fitness regime that had seen so many United players being out injured for so long. Honestly I dislike the talk about 'this player's career is ruined by Man United' but I kinda agree when it came to Varane. well unfortunate circumstances.
https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/injury-update-rodri-63862763>Manchester City FC can confirm that Rodri has suffered a ligament injury to his right knee.>The injury was sustained during the first half of this weekend’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal in the Premier League.>The midfielder travelled to Spain to seek specialist consultation this week, following initial tests in Manchester.>Assessment remains ongoing to ascertain the full extent of the injury and expected prognosis.well was it a cunted ACL or not? ffs
>>144660039>gundogan and stones moved to dm>goes on an unbeaten streak until maynothing personnel
>>144660039I have no love for Man City or Rodri but it is never fun when a top player gets a big injury. And he was complaining that he played to many matches as well. Should he have rested a few games maybe?
>>144660076everyone has been saying the best players who are getting to the business end of all the big tournaments will get career changing injuries because of the absolutely retarded money grabbing from fifa and uefa, and now here it isthey really should give him the ballon d'or as an apology for ruining his careercan't lie though, it happening to a city player is great
>>144660164Maybe Mikel Simeone and his merry band of shithousing thugs should give him an apology for kicking him into an early retirement
>>144659814i rarely visit that shithole
>>144660164I wouldn't blame FIFA or UEFA though. The club should rest a player if he is not ready to play. You have way more than 11 players in a squad.The Guardian referred to some study the other day that 0.31 % of all footballers played more than 60 games last season and only 10 % played more than 40 games. Maybe players who get to the business end of all big tournaments don't have to start every game if it risks injuries.
im tired as hell from overworking so prolly not gonna watch it but please dont let me down. hopefully ten Hag won't feel a single pity to his boyhood club.
>>144660324but they needed Rodri to beat Young Boys and Urawa Reds
Ten Fag is complaining about fixtures this week after starting his first XI against Barnsley at home last week btw
>>144660375final score 2-1 for Twente.
>>144660207dire gimmick
>>144660441That's Twente one though
>>144660453dire is spending half a billion to play like Stoke
>>144660375>wagecucking and paying taxes to this regime
>>144660585i don't really pay taxes tbf since i'm the one who's being paid by taxes
>>144660039It's looking like it's a meniscus tearapparently two doctors have different opinions on whether he needs an operation or notbest case is 2-3 months currently
>>144660831depending on the type of tear he could come back pretty soon. đoković tore his meniscus and was playing less than a month later.
>>144660883depends if he needs an operation or notno operation then the heal time is usually about 2 months depending on the person but he will need a few weeks of training again before playing
>>144660904can't he still have the surgery even if he could heal without it?
>>144661035there is no point in having surgery if it's only a small tear
>>144658898How can you call yourself a football fan and not want to see Southgate at man utd.Don't you want to see Bruno sold so he can start Mount? The whole world could be one huge /mug/
>>144661344>Don't you want to see Bruno sold so he can start Mount?you think this would be a negative?
For me, it was Klopp's Farwell Quadruple.
liverpool on tonight lads
>>144661578For me it was Klopp announcing Caicedo
>>144661578for me it was klopp's kids
Main BBC Sport article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4glr02mwllo>Who could Man City sign to replace injured Rodri?lol
>>144661421>starting Mount You'd only get like 3-4 opportunities a season to do this
>>144662022Zubimendi seems the most appropriate and available.I don't see Guimaraes working at man city
>>144662502More to do with the fact the BBC is suggesting Man City sign someone to replace Rodri instead of using what they've got squad-wise.
>131 minutes played>4 goalsIs he elite?
Who's signing gyorkes?
>>144662827Back to Brighton.
>>144662628He can be. Probably the best u21 striker in the world right now.
>FC TwentyWhat happened to FC Thirty and FC Forty?
>>144662827Back to Coventry.
>>144662628Luv' mi Jhon
matchy: >>144663111
Which match should I watch tonight lads?
>>144660375My predictions2-1 for yanitedZirkzee and hojlund both score (hojlund being an early europe babby like last year)
>>144663053Merged into FC Sevente
Porto are fucking useless
>>144663252Good post
>>144663262absolute jej
Imagine starting for Arsenal in what is essentially an after school club.Hope this young lad has a good night and makes a few blinding saves.
>The Premier League has acted like a “bully” in its dealings over extra money for the football pyramid, Valencia legend Gary Neville has said
>>144663262based indy shitposting
>>144663262Spreading these conspiracy theories helps hide the fact that Michael Oliver is a horrible referee. Please stop.
>>144663437>horrible refereedoesn't really distinguish him from other PL refs
>>144663647I agree. I still think the whole "everyone gets fucked sometimes", "it evens out" or the talk about conspiracy theorists only help PGMOL to never ever need to make drastical improvements. The talk should be about the bad refereeing. Not banter between clubs when the club you dislike is the subject of bad refereeing.0s0jy
>>144663292Dont care arsewog
>>144663262Arsewogs be like "they only play good against us when we're 4 matches away from winning a trophy"
>>144645040United = Black Excellency Arsenal = Black Failure
>>144664692>pic unrelated
You can tell how fragile Liverpool fans are feeling atm with how they project running into the United match thread to seethe while we are winning.
>>144664793Like clockwork
>>144664793no one other than man u fans even knew man u were playing tonight
>>144665285 /mug/..
>Wet Spam
>>144660375Bald Fraud bottled it at home
I find it flattering that tiny tinpot europoor clubs treat these matches so massively.Wouldnt get that when Arsenal or Spuds play in europe.
>"You've not seen the last of me" threatens the former Spurs and Newcastle utility midfielder.”Jermaine Jenas has spoken out on his presenting comeback after being sacked by the BBC.The ex-Premier League player, 41, was removed from the presenting line-ups of Match Of The Day and The One Show by the BBC last month following complaints about workplace conduct. He previously apologised to his former female colleagues for sending "inappropriate messages", but insisted they were "between two consenting adults" and that his behaviour was not illegal.The BBC has not offered details on why Jenas's contract was terminated.In a video shared to his Instagram Story, Jenas said: "I just thought it was important for me to jump on here actually and just talk to you lot and say thank you for the level of support that you've shown me."It's clearly been a difficult period for me but one I will definitely grow from. We're human beings, it is what it is, you'll learn from it. Become a better person. I think those are the things that are important in life." "None of us are perfect and we've just got to find a way to just keep moving forward, look after our babies and our families in the best way we possibly can and that's something I will be trying to do."He said the level of support he has received has been "nice" and has helped him reconnect with some of his followers after loosing connection with them.Jenas, who also appeared on TNT Sports' football coverage and co-presented a talkSPORT drive-time show, revealed he has been working on getting back to work."There's some exciting stuff that I've been working on so hopefully you'll all have that to look forward to very soon," he said."And also hopefully I'll just be back talking about what I love really which is football."
TERRIBLE night for the homeless
>>144665850>"You've not seen the last of me"fuck's sake
startin to fink that slot is better manager than overrated hack and doper klopp
>>144665850get him locked up with the nonces
>>144665850>two consenting adultswhy did she report you then stupid twatmake it sound like you was havin an affair qhen in fact you was bein an unsolicited sex pest
>>144665887like Klopp never beat West Ham 5-1?
>>144665910uhh if that happened was with much better team.and copious amounts of asthma medication
Very wholesome watching thousands of Twente fans celebrate their draw.Its not really that europeans hate United, they just have this weird jealousy/interest of United as such a big club, they all grew up as United fans and United haters so it's sort of mixed feelings. Flattering really. Playing against United unlocks something in fans and players, makes the sport much more interesting than watching Arsenal sideways passing all match and then losing on penalties.
Tight european game, let down by a player mistake
>man u>lose at home>some team.never heard of
>>144665929Say what you want about Sanjays like this but they're loyal to the club they band wagoned at 8.
>>144665928o rly?
Liverpool are unironically favourites for the title on these performances. And people were doubting Slot. I don't even support Liverpool but they're favourites for the title now. Arsenal did a good job, glad to see Nwaneri scoring, the guy could be great for England seniors eventually. Sterlel scoring was funny as he should have had a hattrick.>>144665961United didn't lose, retard.
>>144665987>its the exact same teamFuck
>>144665850How hard is it to not send pics of your nob to a assistant?
>>144665991It's not that people are doubting Slot, it's that the media decided the storyline of this season is Arsenal vs Man City and Liverpool are kind of being ignored.
>>144665906
>>144665987>>144666014uhhh doping
>>144666041If it wasn't for dodgy referring, Arsenal would be 1st and we might be seeing Arsenal vs Liverpool but alas. Regardless, all those mongs going>waaah you're not signing people waaahLook stupid now.
>more than the capacity of Old Trafford
what dirt does bruno have on ten hag
>>144666047>porto>historical giants
>>144666081India Super Power by 2030
You'd have thought Twente had won looking at this.
>>144666158I don't get this weird depression melty he had just before half time because it was 1-1 at that point
Man United in the Premier League - 11th position, zero goal difference.Man United in the Europa League - 11th position, zero goal difference.
>>144666158Does anybody have the one of him lying down like Rees-Mogg?
>>144666199Never seen one club so autistically obsessed with maintaining a 0 goal difference under all circumstances
Would playing the first XI throughout the EL and having to go to the playoff round be more humiliating than finishing bottom of a CL group with FC Copenhagen and Galatasaray?
>>144666223I'm shocked this wasn't his plan since the only way he keeps his job is if he gets to a final
>>144666223Lol no. They set the English record for worst defence in a CL group stage.
>>144666199Tikkie-Taka football
>>144666186He knew the shart was coming. He was holding the rasengan in his bowels, fighting the inevitable blowout.
>Arsenal get lower league team in draw yet againLmao of course
>>144666300>Real Invincibles v Poser Invincibleskino
League Cup fourth round draw:Brentford v Sheffield WednesdaySouthampton v Stoke CityTottenham Hotspur v Manchester CityAFC Wimbledon/Newcastle United v ChelseaManchester United v Leicester CityBrighton & Hove Albion v LiverpoolPreston North End v ArsenalAston Villa v Crystal Palace
>the city of spurs
>>144666329corr tik tok pep
>>144666300>arsenal will win the carboa cup and claim arteta as a success epic he's just like my favorite manager ten hag
DO NOT look at how many home draws United have had under Ten Hag
>>144666329another cup spurs won't win lmfaooig they have europa or fa to focus on now
>Ten Hag on facing Twente: "I would have preferred to play against someone else, it's not nice to have to hurt something you love." #MUFCThe arrogance from ten hag yesterday is hilarious
fing is we outplayed pep last time we metwe just lost on purposewe gna knock pep out league cupwe gonna win whole fingit greatit lushand when i say lushi MEANLUSH x
His spectre looms over old Trafford
>>144666406Its inevitable
>>144666385I don't think it's arrogance. There was a BBC article about it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c3rlnwg4q1lo>childhood friend dies in plane crash in Suriname>next year another Twente youth team player dies in car crash>returns to Twente and has to experience a fireworks factory exploding
>>144666262>>144666225>>144666313>>144666362>>144666436>>144666487>>144666504klaus is bullying us again lads
Anonymount played today btw
Actual section of the BBC article on United v 20, written by ringpiece slurper in chief Simon Stone:>Interim England boss Lee Carsley is due to name his squad for the Nations League games against Greece and Finland next week.>With that in mind, while it did seem a little odd Rashford should start two cup games either side of substitute duty for the Premier League trip to Crystal Palace, this was a chance for the striker to impress Carsley, who watched from the directors' box.>It is not clear whether Carsley is a 'flip-flap' skill aficionado, or whether he keeps across viral social media clips.>If either of those things are true, Carsley will get plenty of pleasure from the way Rashford bamboozled former Norwich forward Ricky van Wolfswinkel as he manipulated the ball to the right and left, before sticking it through the forward's legs and carrying on his way.>Sadly for Rashford and United, his cross was intercepted, but it was one of those joyous moments that bring cheers from supporters in the stadium and watching elsewhere.>Rashford had a productive opening period. He embarked on one 60-yard burst from his own half that took him to the edge of the Twente penalty area before he played a pass to Zirkzee with his back to goal, demanding precise close control that proved beyond the Dutchman.>He also provided a return pass to Zirkzee that took the former Bologna man into a position of promise he failed to profit from.>Rashford also threatened the Twente box with another forceful run that was ended by Van Rooij’s desperate challenge.>His exit 11 minutes from time was greeted by appreciative applause from the home fans, which has not always been the case in recent times, and was at odds with the smattering off boos that greeted the final whistle.
Don't you miss Ole sometimes?
>a 1 cm offside against coventry is the only reason ten hag still has a job
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/bruno-fernandes-2024-25-performances.483485/post-32458627
>Ricky van Wolfswinkel
>>144666816I now remember this>signed for €10m>scored 2 goals in 3 years
>>144666883And what makes it even stranger is he has been banging in goals for fun before and since. Very odd.
the lad who played Jay on Inbetweeners is a supporter of Crystal Palace F.C
>>144665987honestly fucking sick of always drawing liverpool at anfield or United at OT in the cupsWe know the draws are rigged so the big clubs dont meet before the QF's, just make someone else be the fodder for once
>>144666403u fink?u fink?u fink?u fink?u fink?u fink?
>Manure Monkey Janny
>janny being a no fun allowed retard again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EeOJzihDAsits over..
>>144667013>>144667067to be fair that thread had completely derailed
Why is the janitor mad at football-related /mug/ threads with many participants interacting with each other, but ok with the autist spamming his Arsenal folder whenever 10hag drops points against Brighton, Crystal Palace and Twente and gets smashed by Liverpool (7 games into the season lol)
>>144666650OK so we can expect to see Rashford back in the squad if he's getting rimmed like this by the press.
someone make a /mug/
>>144667169Have some more. Here's Jamie Jackson in the Guardian:>Rashford, the beneficiary of Alejandro Garnacho dropping to the bench, was a force, as illustrated by another gallop along the left and instant pass to Zirkzee; then a cheeky nutmeg of Ricky van Wolfswinkel that drew “oohs” from the Red Devils’ faithful. He was also part of a three-man press involving Zirkzee and Fernandes whenever Unnerstall looked to begin from the back and, also, the first to congratulate Eriksen on the opener: a bullet of a finish that flew into the left corner.Chris Wheeler in the Daily Mail:>Rashford looked in the mood again, tormenting Van Rooij down the United left and beating Ricky van Wolfswinkel with an outrageous nutmeg at one stage in the first half. He linked up especially well with Joshua Zirkzee and was inches away from presenting him with a goal, but United's the new £36.5million signing couldn't quite reach his cross to the edge of the six-yard box.James Ducker in the Telegraph:>Ten Hag took great offence to Jamie Redknapp’s suggestion that his decision to drop Rashford at Selhurst Park pointed to something “untoward” but, whatever the reasons, the England forward was back here and probably United’s liveliest player in a largely tepid first period. His hard, low cross for Joshua Zirkzee after Twente had been sliced open through the middle was just the kind centre-forwards relish but United’s Netherlands striker could only get a toenail to the ball and the chance went. His intention was good but the finish was not there.
>>144666664We all know it wasn't offside
>>144666925His missus has a hot Scottish accent
>>144667249>xNutmegs on a geriatric former norwich forwardthat settles it, rashingz will get the #10 shirt for englan
>>144667249What is the obsession with Rashford? There are 100 equally or more talented wingers. Who does his pr, Tony Blair institute?
>>144667067Abe Hans sperged out and killed it, about time they range banned the huns.
The refball for Liverpool vs West Ham was insane
>>144667379>Who does his prsame guy who does Ratcliffes
>>144667249>the first to congratulate Eriksen on the openerlmao wtf
>>14466632Guaranteed/mug/Cheeky Brighton win against Liverpool please.
>>144666329BrentfordSouthamptonTottenhamWimbledonLeicesterBrightonPNEVilla
/mug/ status bros?
That Peloton ad in the Liverpool match was determined to give me a fucking seizure
>>144645682>zero interest in winning by defending their leadare you retarded mate?
>>144668064And let's not forget said win was solely down to a stoppage time penalty save
>pay full price for match ticket>leave before the end>miss two goalsI don't get it
>>144668043>defending a lead in a 0-0you retarded mate?
>>144668124>games already over>probably not arsed going anyway but have to use the tickets to get credits for the big games
>>144668174
Dunno how you can be worse than Ole Solskjær in Europe, despite spending like 500m already but here we are
>>144668145okay thanks for confirming your retardedness irishbro. I am not going to call you names because I respect your country for speaking against the jews but don't push me too much
Thing is, a lot of people slag off Spurs for not winning anything
>>144668710They'd probably stop if Spurs won something
>>144666406more like London Stadium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn4wetKzV9Iwatching Wallsall- Leicester City pen shootout, it's amazing how every Wallsall players just shot low to their left, as if they didn't watch Ward kept saving every single pens from the previous taker.non-PL clubs being a massive shitter and jobber at pen taking needs to be studied, i mean it's a fucking pen. you tried to keep your head afloat for 90 straight minutes only to put such pathetic penalty kicks?
>>144668710Spurgatory
if no one makes a new thread even after I'm done with my meeting (approximately 3 hours from now), i'll be using JJK pic to commemorate its ending as OP
>>144666925mental how that logically must be thr only haircut that suits him since he hasnt changed it in 15 fucking years
>>144670730has that mad shaped head innit
>>144667870>>144667870new
>>144674178>>144674178>>144674178bruh
