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Decent defending but surely Higuain should come on now

Looks like a video editor is taking the piss drawing that offside line

Please share streams. Not being telecasted in India

Hazard can still leave if the ban is in place

The club will 'shortly' appeal to FIFA and after that process is complete, the club can appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). This should give us 10 months based on what happened with Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in 2016. The club needs to be decisive and quick in its decisions. No time to muck about like the Courtois saga in the last window.

https://twitter.com/mattmcgeehan/status/692044521102778368 This is three years ago. The club has known all along and prepared for this by signing Pulisic and Higuain?

Can CFC appeal and buy time?

Start RLC on Sunday. I am done watching Kovacic and Barkley in midfield.

Kepa Azpi Rudiger Luiz Emerson Kante Jorginho Kovacic TRIPLE H This should be the team Kepa Azpi Rudiger Luiz Alonso Kante Jorginho Barkley Pedro Higuain Hazard This will be the team.

I think this is the tipping point. Even the staunchest Sarriball wonk (including me) was turned last night. Really thought Sarri would eventually mend things - take note of what is happening on the pitch and adjust his tactics, use Emerson, CHO, RLC to an extent. But it is February and the season looks doomed already. I am done. I am looking ahead to the new manager. Actually, I am not even looking ahead. Same shit, different guy, every year. Conte, Sarri, Zidane (?) or whoever comes has a lot of work to do with the squad and I have little hope that the board will be ruthless and do it.

Reminded me of Benitez subbing Ivanovic-Azpi in the Club World Cup final

One man in the box when we are two nil down.

Barkley for kovacic! Who'd have guessed?

Not a single dent on United in 65 minutes. All our opponents are too comfortable lately. Even individual brilliance has dried up. Where will the goals come from?

Like for like subs are here. William for Pedro I think after one season Sarri's job can be handled by a robot programmed to make like for like subs during matches.

Actual chances to score so far : zero?

after 75 mins

He was rested in the Europa League game. Gotta keep our best players fresh

Alonso and Pedro. Take #27

Jorginho is a good player but defensively he is getting no help and attacking wise he is not seeing enough of the ball. Once he is pressed by the opposition attackers, it leaves David Luiz breaking out of defense as the player who sets up the attack and he is very hit-and-miss with his distribution. I know sometimes he pulls of ridiculously good long balls but I would rather have someone with intelligence to pick out pockets of spaces or see where a simple pass can be made rather than have Luiz raise his head and launch it forward every now and then.

Well, at least next season I hope Derby County and Lampard are in the Premier League. Would give something to root for on weekends like this when all the top 6 sides won and we got hammered

Stick with Sarri. All in with Sarri. Give him better fullbacks, couple of new players in midfield and attack. This is essentially what Liverpool and City did anyway.

The fans have been screaming for Hudson Odoi and RLC and Emerson. Maybe we wouldn't have been winning with these three but good chance there would be more phases of play in the City box and would create actual trouble at the back for City. Sigh. I just hope this season can be salvaged now

Alonso is not even serviceable anymore.

Switch off the TV. Find a good book or go to a movie or something. Good night guys