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But then again, Hazard has heavily benefitted from Alonso's offensive involvement, see the penalty last week and the assist yesterday where created by Alonso moving from the halfspace into the box. It would be interesting to have a more traditonally playing fullback with width and pace etc (aka Emerson) to support Hazard. maybe he would have more space then but I doubt it because every team is double-marking him anyway. And because Alonso is so unconventional it creates all kinds of havoc when he makes his offensive movements. No winger will track him back into his own box that is why he finds himself so much space all the time. The downside is that his side is often open.

I remember how Utd wanted him or Mane and ended up with neither Mane would have been the better signing for us tho which we already knew back then

1 goal 5 assists now. Insane start to the season hes had. Rey improved under Sarri also defensively already albeit the real.tests are yet to come

so good. thanks a lot!

Thy btw that stream is amazing..would you mind letting us in on your stream library?

and back to square 1. expect the geordies to implode now

their equalizer was expectedly lucky and out of the blue but ManCity are not exactly shining this season so far. Have to say we look the best side in the young season despite our obvious defensive flaws but at least we are constantly creating chances and scoring goals, whilst liverpool jus thave pace and luck. And this Dubravka dude looks an absolute gem for the money Nucastle paid for them (3.6m).

Dafuq are newcastle doing. They played outta their skins vs us and with 11 men in and around the box and they give it away to city freely without even closing down spaces

Yaya toure is gonna sign for a London club not Westham..surely not us, Arsenal or Crystal Palace too. Can only see it being Tottenham...well lets see. Mighg still be a nice punt for a 15min cameo every other game..but we are stacked with midfielders. In the end overall Yaya strikes me as a bit overrated..yes he had two seasons where he was unplayable and scored like 20 goals Lamps style but then again transfermarkt has him at only 96 career goals and only 79 in 316 at Mancity where he played very offensively. Great player when at his best but never really caught my eye in the very big games, also sulked a lot and had many many games to forget. Prolly a Mancity legend but not a premier league legend imo

I dont think we struggled breaking them.down..we had like 15 attempts, 9 shots on target. Pedro hat 3 golden chances..hazard 2 and 2 shots from.outside, morata blocked a goalbound shot from azpi, rüdiger hit the bar..even playing through the middle we created chances...just bad luck finishing and a bit of haste And i dont like those screenshots. They are just moments in the game...cometely out of context..there were enough situations azpi went to the byline to cross..overall it was a textbook performance vs a deep block. Just an unnecesaary error fro Luiz, bad refereeing and bad finishing..otherwise it would have been a solid win no one would talk about afterwards

Thats because kdb is a very boring guy..said so himself spending his leisure time at home actively recovering. Model.professional tho. Still absolutely mind boggling how Mourinho passed on Salah and kdb argaubly the 2 best players in the league while spensing 200m on those donkeys Pogba and Lukaku. I wish he never had come back. Might not have won the league in 2015 but we would have had our team set for years.

He just has lost it. This is the guy who failed to see the potential in Kdb and salah but spent 200m on lukaku and pogba who are just above average age players witj a big hype. He has one of the most expensive squads ever assembled and moans that he did not get a 5th cb when he already has 4 very good ones. Sorry this is all on Mourinho. If you cant motivate and find the right tactics you are sinply not a good manager

Our ball retention was class throughout. They could not get sniff when Rüdiger marshalled Rondon like a boss for every long ball they hit out

It's his movement. In crunch time when we need a goal he moves like a forward that is whz he alwazs finds himself in these positions.

We had more than 81% posession. I think in that aspect that was the most one-sided game ever. I think I have never seen such an amazing posession stat not even for Barcelona or Spain

I think the speed in this one was quite fine. We played really franctic in the first half carving them open various times. sure we could be even quicker but i think the speed was not the problem but that it was too hectic and players overcomplicated things in the end instead of putting their feet through the ball esp hazard and pedro from close range.

Let's not engage in whataboutism here... Luiz was shit and committed a crucial mistake as did Kepa. Both were in the same situation but still we should mend them individually

I correct myself its 4 assists 1 goal. pen vs huddersfield, goal and assist vs arsenal, penalty today and forcing the own goal today

How can anyone dare to call this NOT a penalty? He whacks alonso of his feet after clamping to his arm and body´for seconds and by doing so also plays a bit of the ball. That is clear cut penalty no two ways about it.

as said in the match chat, what an amazign start to the season 1 goal 3 assists, 2 of those were match winning contributions. Still for like 60m I would sell him but I don't believe REal will sign him for that much when they have Marcelo

yup that looked suspicious again. I hope he settles his nerves at some point...but when you look at how Alisson handled himself yesterday you start thinking what this price tag does to a head

Alonso what an amazign start to the season 1 goal 3 assists, 2 of those were match winning contributions.

What great mentality to just not give up at any point of the match and score TWO late goals despite their goal being the follow up of a red card elbow-offence on giroud (who you still have stood his ground and simply whacked won the winger)

yeeeeesss fucking yeeeees get tin

hectic stuff in the first half , just making things too complicated and overthining or wanting them too much with those two pedro shots, hazard and the morata block etc. but it is great how we open them up again and again. at some point we will score if we keep this up. pathetic by newcastel btw to play that deep on their own ground tho