Liverpool are in trouble and Jurgen Klopp looks completely out of ideas. By contrast, Thomas Tuchel has reinvigorated this Chelsea machine. 1) Hindsight is 20/20, but such a painful lack of foresight might never be more hilarious than in 2021. Bambi was bloody well asking for it. 2) This is why Roman Abramovich […]
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16 Conclusions: Chelsea 0-0 Manchester United
1) In the aftermath of a 0-0 draw between Chelsea and Manchester United, there is perhaps no better time to remind everyone that Frank Lampard has still won a Big Six Premier League match more recently than Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The Norwegian has presided over eight goalless draws in domestic competition as United manager: one […]
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Arsenal 0-1 Manchester City: 16 Conclusions
1. First the formalities. That’s the league title sorted, if it wasn’t already. It really is an absurd achievement from City, who as recently as mid-December looked like having a genuinely bad season and were limp and ineffective enough for one hotheaded fool to rule them out of title contention. It was a rash and […]
Liverpool 0-2 Everton – 16 Conclusions
* A first derby defeat in 22 and a half years since September 1999. A first defeat of any sort to Everton in more than a decade. The first run of four Premier League defeats since 2002. And the first time Liverpool have lost four consecutive league games in 98 years. Unlike the Manchester City and […]
16 Conclusions: Leicester 3-1 Liverpool
1) From the first minute to the 70th against Manchester City last Sunday, Liverpool had eight shots to five, 53% possession, five corners to zero and were level at 1-1. The post-match analysis focused on many factors from injuries to form, but the most striking of all was how the champions simply collapsed: in the […]
16 Conclusions: Liverpool 1-4 Manchester City
1) They had us in the first half, not gonna lie. Liverpool and Manchester City fooled us into thinking another clash of the titans would involve 90 minutes of damp squibbery and interminable hours of analysis over refereeing decisions. The opening 45 minutes at Anfield featured tentative sparring instead of heavy punches, interrupted only by […]
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16 Conclusions: Tottenham 0-1 Chelsea
More encouraging signs for Chelsea under Thomas Tuchel, but Spurs are playing some extraordinary football right now. And not in a good way. 1) We’re not going to lie, most of these are going to be about Spurs because… well, bloody hell that was quite something. But we should at least start with the […]