Leicester than zero? - Premier League 2018/19

[hobbes]

Ah right. Didn't see it. I left a couple of minutes early to beat the traffic.
The Guardian described it thus:-

95 mins: Rose launches it into the box, and it rebounds to Son, who should probably hit it first time, but tries to open up a better angle and loses control. That’s probably that.

[Jah Womble]

No complaints here, Liverpool deserved that - the scoreline flattered us, to be honest. Disappointing to see a Spurs performance more reminiscent of where we were 4-5 years ago - we allowed the opposition to cut through us time and again. And hobbes will doubtless be stunned to learn that I'm in agreement that the disallowed goal was probably okay. (Would need to see it again though - which I don't think will happen any time soon.)

That said, the goals that we did concede couldn't have been softer had they been handcrafted from marshmallow and wrapped in goose feathers. Vorm, I'm afraid, isn't quite up to the required standard. But today the whole team was as lily(white)-livered as they were overly arrogant at Watford. The injuries to Lloris and Alli didn't help, but a lack of mental strength all round, I'm afraid...

[hobbes]

Oh dear. I hate to contradict you what with this spirit of detente you're displaying. Firmino's goal was rightly offside even if Mane didn't make contact. He tried to and that's what made it offside.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

I've got to say that Vertonghen's assault on firmino was extraordinary. You see Sylvester Stallone do that move every 30 seconds or so in Cliffhanger.

That was quite a good game. That's Shit on a stick 2.0. Two teams trying to do broadly the same thing, in broadly the same way, at broadly the same stage in their development cancelling each other out, until the game is turned by an event/set piece. The difference between this and Shit on a stick 1.0 is that both teams have a plan for what to do with the ball. Definite penalty at the end but only visible on the replay. I don't think it helped Son that based on his track record, there was a very high chance that his shot would have ended up there without any assistance from Mane.

[Jah Womble]

Oh dear. I hate to contradict you what with this spirit of detente you're displaying. Firmino's goal was rightly offside even if Mane didn't make contact. He tried to and that's what made it offside.

Ha ha - had to be! Now I need to see it again, yet...can't...quite...bring myself...

[Jah Womble]

I don't think it helped Son that based on his track record, there was a very high chance that his shot would have ended up there without any assistance from Mane.

Which 'track record' is that? The one of almost fifty goals from the wing in three seasons?

Ooh, just seen it again. Definite pen.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

If Liverpool could have passed the ball to each other in midfield today just once or twice it would have been nice. And as for the front three, none of them are on the same wavelength yet. Someone's going to tear this side to shreds soon, it may well be PSG on Tuesday. At least if they do it that's something that can be recovered from.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

And as someone who has suffered a cornea scratch, it's no fucking laughing matter, I can tell you. The Spurs lad should have got a straight red for that. You could see he meant it.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Which 'track record' is that? The one of almost fifty goals from the wing in three seasons?

Ooh, just seen it again. Definite pen.

Son has to decide if he's going to be the new arjen robben, or the new emile heskey. Right now he has the most wildly inconsistent shooting of any top player out there. Sometimes he's hammering the net off with laser like accuracy, sometimes it's like he's got toblerone shaped feet.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

And as someone who has suffered a cornea scratch, it's no fucking laughing matter, I can tell you. The Spurs lad should have got a straight red for that. You could see he meant it.

It was like watching Hans Gruber falling off the Nagatomi building.

[Jah Womble]

Son has to decide if he's going to be the new arjen robben, or the new emile heskey. Right now he has the most wildly inconsistent shooting of any top player out there. Sometimes he's hammering the net off with laser like accuracy, sometimes it's like he's got toblerone shaped feet.

Baffling analysis but you're free to entertain whatever notion you choose. Son's not actually an out-and-out striker, so if he can maintain the finish rate as described above, well, he's welcome to stick the (very) occasional shinner into Wembley High Road.

[hobbes]

[Toby Gymshorts]

Yowzer.

[Toby Gymshorts]

Chelsea going top on goal difference. Thanks a lot, Colin.

[Jah Womble]

Verts might well see a retrospective punishment for that. Why do they do it, ffs?

Meanwhile, Utd doing to Watford what we 'should' have been doing a fortnight ago. (So far, anyway.)

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

filling the team with giants and pumping the ball in at set pieces? I got a whatsapp asking if I knew what the United Pack weight was.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Andre Gray pulls one back as man utd's midfield completely loses their shape.

[Diable Rouge]

Matic deservedly sent off for a blatant hackdown, but United hold out for the three points.

[Patrick Thistle]

Yep, Son should have had a penalty there.

[Patrick Thistle]

Harry Maguire benefiting from his post world cup fame there. Should have been a second yellow and an early bath.

[Patrick Thistle]

Lukaku scores with his tum.

What is this Man Utd change kit meant to be? It seems to be helping their fouls go undetected.

[blameless]

Harry Maguire benefiting from his post world cup fame there. Should have been a second yellow and an early bath.

"England's Harry Maguire" to give him his full name. Wes Morgan committed two near-identical fouls and was rightly sent off, but then again he chose to play for Jamaica so he doesn't get the benefit of the England Hero Red Card Nullifier (© Football Association 1998-present)

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

oh it's much older than 1998

[blameless]

Oh I realise that England internationals have been getting friendly decisions from FA-appointed refs for longer, but it's only really been this blatant for the last 20 years or so (ever since Alan Shearer escaped punishment for kicking Neil Lennon in the head).

[Toby Gymshorts]

West Ham take the lead at Goodison with a decent counter-attack goal from Yarmolenko.