Football (Soccer)

[Crit_Obs]

Glorified friendlies, but the league does hold significance in determining who gets to enter the Euro 2020, so regularly depriving us of our weekly Premier League action is not its only function.

Plus Finland won their group and will move up a ladder for next year's edition. :o

[louisbosco]

^yeah i kinda feel that there's many other ways to do a qualifier. there's too many breaks in the premier league season and a high risk of players getting injured during these international "friendlies" as well..

[501IH]

It's been the best year in living memory so far for the Bayern hater. Defeat follows draw at home, they currently rank fifth (unheard of), and there is every hope that the arrogant sods will go without even proximity to any title this season. I sure hope so.

The last home game had a priceless moment at the end, when the visiting team (Fortuna Düsseldorf) equaled the score in extra time, virtually at the very last moment. To appreciate how utterly inappropriate the annoyed facial expressions on Mssrs Hoeness (for our German readers I only add one word: Hackfresse) and Rummenigge faces were, one should recall the countless incidents when Bayern scored at the very death, coining the term "Bayern Dusel", rather inadequately translatable as "undeserved serial luck time and again".

They play a very mediocre season and still feel this absolute sense of entitlement. I so hope for many happy returns of causes for very major annoyance. Ha!

[Dion]

Massive three points for 4rsenal today. The Spurs can vanish to the lower middle of the table and stay there, if you ask me. Let's see what Liverpool-Everton has to offer…

[Dion]

…wasn't disappointed. Crazy Klopp running across the pitch :D. Seriously, I'd rather see LFC take the crown and not Pep Citeh. Maybe in the same manner as today's game.

[neph93]

Farcical and magical all at the same time.

[Crit_Obs]

Way to rob Digne off his well-deserved 9 pts. on FPL. ::) Pickford's a muppet, can't wait for José United to pick him up for £70M after DDG effs off to somewhere, anywhere that is not José United.

[theshigster]

@501/IH:

It's been the best year in living memory so far for the Bayern hater. Defeat follows draw at home, they currently rank fifth (unheard of), and there is every hope that the arrogant sods will go without even proximity to any title this season. I sure hope so.

me too…

I so hope for many happy returns of causes for very major annoyance. Ha!

Hope Neuer will see to it… gotta love 'Hackfresse' !!! Made my day... 

[Dion]

Salah's goal against Everton was great, no doubt, but does it really deserve to be the goal of the season?

In my opinion Bale's goal was way more spectacular and in a CL final:

[neph93]

Obviously I’m biased but I’d suggest that a bicycle kick demonstrates one (all be it impressive) skill, where as Salah puts half the Everton defence on their arses with a turn and a couple if feints. Then, in addition, the finish has a superior level of accuracy and skill involved.

[Dion]

It's a wonderful curler and MS really left the defenders no chance before he scored. Impressive for sure. I just feel that one can see a curler way more often than an overhead kick like Bale's or CR7's against Juve for that matter. Additionally both were scored in the CL knockout stage: final and quarter-final respectively. Maybe the FIFA just wanted to award him the title for the astonishing but titleless season he's had.

[Dion]

Another wonderful goal that went mostly unnoticed, I think:

[nurunuru]

@Dion:

Another wonderful goal that went mostly unnoticed, I think:

Outstanding.

[Crit_Obs]

That’s one magnificent strike, Neves channeling his inner Joe Cole ca. 2006. The resemblance is uncanny (but the way Neves flicks the ball to tee himself up is even more brilliant):

[neph93]

As a Liverpool fan, I have to say it is nice to be top of the table again. Obviously this was a home game against a mediocre, mid-table team, without much ambition this season, but  my boys were a long way from their best. Still good enough for the 3 points though.

[AlanJ]

Shaq really is the bargain of the season. 

[neph93]

@jonesy4885:

Shaq really is the bargain of the season. 

Salah+Shaq>Coutinho

[Dion]

@neph93:

Obviously this was a home game against a mediocre, mid-table team, without much ambition this season

#shotsfired

[neph93]

@Dion:

@neph93:

Obviously this was a home game against a mediocre, mid-table team, without much ambition this season

#shotsfired

I feel like there needs to be a «troll» emoji [emoji848]

[manufc10]

@Dion:

@neph93:

Obviously this was a home game against a mediocre, mid-table team, without much ambition this season

#shotsfired

No shots fired, that's just facts.  That's exactly what we are and we are exactly where we deserve to be in the table.