PL Week 5 - Welcome Back

[pedro1918]

After the break, Matchday 5 gets underway with LIV-NEW.

Other games today:

BHA-BUR
MUN-LEI
SHU-SOU
Spurs-Palace
WOL-CHE
NOR-City

Tomorrow:

BOU-EVE
WAT-ARS

Monday:

Villa-West Ham


Firminho on the bench to start and Ox and Origi on the pitch for Liverpool.

 

[Time to Mo Vaughn]

Pogba, Martial and Shaw all ruled out against Leicester today. United may need to be happy coming away with a point.

 

[pedro1918]

Well shit. Newcastle up 1-0. Willems in the 7th.

 

[OCST]

Absolute screamer for the goal.

 

[OCST]

Reds just got screwed by a penalty non call

 

[pedro1918]

VAR fails again.

 

[allstonite]

VAR is an absolute joke

 

[67YAZ]

I hope Sergino Dest sees that goals and decides its a safer bet to stick with the USMNT.

Liverpool looking more lively and creative the last few minutes.

And there’s Lascelles clothes lining Matip in the box...no call.

But Mane equalizes!!!!!

 

[Pesky Pole]

VAR is a joke but Mane makes it right.

 

[pedro1918]

Mane!!! Level.

 

[JayMags71]

Manė ties it up with a fantastic finish.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Outstanding strike

 

[67YAZ]

Klopp looks legit bummed for Origi.

Robertson & TAA aren’t getting as far down field as usual, often hanging at the top of the box and sending in early crosses.

But it doesn’t matter - Mane again!

 

[pedro1918]

And Mane again.

 

[Carbo Loading]

Bobby Firmino in for a minute creates that

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Words can't describe my love for Firmino

 

[teddykgb]

I dont know what dark magic Liverpool have employed to make keepers consistently invent ways to screw up but it’s impressive.

Disappointing goal because Liverpool being screwed by VAR and dropping points would be the best way to get this nonsense addressed.

 

[OCST]

Fantasy managers everywhere rueing not having Mane

 

[OCST]

I do t know what dark magic Liverpool have employed to make keepers consistently invent ways to screw up but it’s impressive.

Disappointing goal because Liverpool being screwed by VAR and dropping points would be the best way to get this nonsense addressed.

Why? Because it’s only when sainted mighty Liverpool get screwed that the powers that be will see the light?

Other sides can presumably go scratch?

*bleargh

 

[teddykgb]

Why? Because it’s only when sainted mighty Liverpool get screwed that the powers that be will see the light?

Other sides can presumably go scratch?

*bleargh

Liverpool have a huge amount of media support and are desperate to win the league. It’s not a conspiracy thing as much as an expectation that the pressure on the FA will increase simply due to a larger megaphone being pointed at them

Edit: what was impressive about that goal was Matip who has been sensational this year. Liverpool were actually in a bit of trouble because of a heavy touch and he just smothered it out and found a ball to feet forward

 

[67YAZ]

What did Dani Ceballos say about playing at Anfield?

Liverpool, Ceballos says, was quite a lesson. It takes him a moment to order his thoughts. “I’ve never seen anything like what I saw at Anfield; I haven’t seen a team that plays better, that presses like them, the way the fans carry them along.
“They take the air from you. You spend so much time defending and when you want to do something with the ball, when you want to breathe, they’re back on top of you. They’re very well-drilled.”

I suppose the FA must feel the same pressure when have meetings on the pitch at Anfield.

 

[67YAZ]

Classic Salah.

And a clever little bit of skill from Firmino. Very nice.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

How is Bruce letting Schar back out there?

Lol and he aggravates it 5 minutes later

 

[67YAZ]

Shaqiri lives!

 

[Tuff Ghost]

Some nice goals to start the morning, the Firmino back-heel to Salas was impressive. And he almost had a second back-heel assist a few minutes later! Yeah, Liverpool is pretty, pretty good.

 

[coremiller]

Spurs starting the Winksoko midfield again, with Dele and Ndombele on the bench. Sigh. At least Eriksen is playing. And apparently Serge Aurier is still alive! We'll see whether that's a good thing.

 

[Zomp]

It needs to be said, again, like we say every season, that the NBC Sports app to watch games that aren’t on tv is the biggest piece of shit that exists.

I cannot sign in to my roku to watch, only my tablet. I finally get it on my tv and the sound is not synced up. Just awful.

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Man, I will love Heung-Min Son until the day I die.

Edit: and again

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Spurs starting the Winksoko midfield again, with Dele and Ndombele on the bench. Sigh. At least Eriksen is playing. And apparently Serge Aurier is still alive! We'll see whether that's a good thing.

Pretty good thing so far...nice cross sets up Son

Vertonghen looks terrific. Sissoko has been kind of sloppy thought

 

[Zomp]

Kolo Toure is an assistant coach at Leicester...

 

[coremiller]

Sissoko has been kind of sloppy thought

Evergreen post.

 

[candylandriots]

My friend wants to bring me to every Spurs game now.

 

[Tangled Up In Red]

My friend wants to bring me to every Spurs game now.

We all do, too

 

[Time to Mo Vaughn]

ManU has 4 penalty kicks this year. No other team in the premier league has more than 1.

I think they've all when been legit, but certainly helps to get bailed out by poor/sloppy defending when the majority of those situations like today were probably not going to lead to goals. Probably also the result of having a few very good pacy players up top.

 

[DJnVa]

My friend wants to bring me to every Spurs game now.

Where are you sitting?

 

[coremiller]

My friend wants to bring me to every Spurs game now.

Thank you Spurs for taking care of business and not making me look like an idiot for making fun of Palace this week.

 

[candylandriots]

Section 513, so I’m up high, basically behind the corner flag of the side Palace is defending now (2nd half).

 

[ifmanis5]

Norwich!

 

[allstonite]

NORWICH!

 

[Mighty Joe Young]

City dodged a handball bullet there

 

[Time to Mo Vaughn]

Section 513, so I’m up high, basically behind the corner flag of the side Palace is defending now (2nd half).

You probably couldn't see this because you were up so high, but Palace didn't actually do any defending.

 

[Kliq]

Tammy Abraham is the kind of striker that United thought they were getting when they signed Lukaku. He has been the best English striker of the season so far, as much as that pains me to say.

 

[ifmanis5]

Sloppy in the back from City. Great game for the Canaries.

 

[Soxy]

What the hell is going on in Norwich? This is wild.

 

[Kliq]

Teemu Pukki is my favorite non-Spurs player ever.

 

[OCST]

What the everloving fuck???? Just checked the score. Wha???

 

[Zomp]

Otamendi happened.

 

[coremiller]

What do we think Norwich's win probability 3-1 up with 34 minutes to go is? Is it >50%

 

[PedroSpecialK]

55% right now

I still think city win 4-3

 

[candylandriots]

You probably couldn't see this because you were up so high, but Palace didn't actually do any defending.

They scored all the goals in the first half (I think) and I saw the lack of defense. PVA has been horrible, and today he was atrocious.