cosmicway

Wan Ngolo Kante's shot going in anyway ?

Aston Villa were a class better than Spurs. But Tuchel (and Lukaku) make the difference. No more ... slow boat to China stuff as was the case under Mou-Sarri-Lamps.

We shall see. Our opponents are City-Paris-Bayern and Real. From the rest we can lose only by chance -like WBA- or if the team becomes tired.

You cannot expect a sparkling performance against a packed defense. You can expect siege warfare. It could have taken 29 minutes of that, it took 69. You may complain that we did n't get a second in the remaining 21 minutes.

Zenit are better than Malmo.

Lukaku versus tap-in Ronaldo:

Lukaku versus tap-in Ronaldo:

... or Spurs.

It was n't a bad performance against a strong team. But in the first half Saul was a constant liability. He 's not ready and he should be given more easy opportunities to adapt.

Mendy 1 - rest of the world 0

Spurs were a nightmare to watch (for the sixty minutes they were eleven).

Name your star player in Saul's position then.

Platini then.

So Saul is an attacking mildfielder, like Mazzola-Francescoli-Becks of old. It's a different style to that of Ngolo, Jorginho we have now. But what exactly is the caliber of this player ? If it is anything like the three names I mention then of course he is a super signing.

Saul is an attacking midfielder and they were expecting him to become the star of the decade in Atleti. But he suffered from an illness and for a long time he was out of action. This is the story I heard. True ?

Last season it was a trick match and the bookies were robbed. The scene was set thus: We win at Villa, we finish fourth no matter what Leicester do against the Spurs. So we go to Leicester and say "listen folks we are going to win and we also have Terry stationed over there - so it's over but let us propose an alternative solution - what about we both lose ?". Leicester scratched their heads and the gentlemen's agreement was reached.

Anyway Liverpool need to eat a lot of soup before they can beat Chelsea as it was proven. If it was Aston Villa under similar circumstances they would have beaten us 4-1.

Now that slow motion is available, it seems James stops the ball with his knee then the ball finds his left arm. But what was the ball's trajectory after hitting the knee and before finding the arm ? In, out or sideways ? It's crucial and we can't see from those replays and it's not at all clear it was going in. At the very least it was clearly not deliberate and therefore punishable with red card.

They scored a goal like Czech republic v. Scotland.

West Brom was different. We went down 2-1, had to play attack when we had to play defense ! We were lost at sea. Also WBA enjoyed a spell of good form those days.

I don't agree with the sending off of the last player in penalty situations. True, next time this happens it will be to our advantage but if you think about it logically it's not fair. Suppose James handled (which he did n't). You give the penalty, the player stays in. Suppose he made a professional foul. A rugby tackle, embraces the opponent. But this is a yellow card offense, why different logic ? Only if the defender makes a vicious foul should be a possible red.

Should have been 3-0 at hafl time. Lukaku made two bad mistakes and Mount is not yet the player of last season.

James never handled. This was equivalent to a win.

Pool and United are out - next year. Bran dipped the Chelsea ball into ice.

Lukaku is a giant. You need a centurion mk2 tank to bring him down. He is going to score many. Leno saved Arsenal from extermination.