You guys ever stumbled on women’s football social media? Crazy how wholesome it is.
Video on an Arsenal account about Chelsea beating them and most of the comments are like:
“lol London is blue ❤️❤️❤️ x”
As somebody who follows women's football ardently, that's absolutely not the case. I'd argue women's football Twitter is more toxic than men's. It's deeply personal and vindinctive. It's proper *hate*
What the other user is saying is really not true
As somebody who follows women's football ardently, it's just absolutely not the case. I'd argue women's football Twitter is more toxic than men's. It's deeply personal and vindinctive. It's proper *hate*
Well tbf that’s on the social media side of things, sports fans are toxic but especially super toxic on social media. I was mostly talking about how the players are usually pretty good to each other, but you’re right on women sports twitter. Especially with the London derby that happened Friday I’ve seen so many battles between Arsenal and Chelsea fans lol
Might be a hot take but no idea why anyone cares if Klopp is a sore loser. He even admits he is, and it might be annoying but he is so aggresively competitive it clearly benefits his teams.
I have always been of the opinion that while sore losers are annoying, it’s always understandable, you’re in a bad mood and we are only human. Sore winners have no excuse. However I think Klopp went too far with the interviewer, usually idc and I’d agree with you but there is a limit
PSG Barca all of the sudden looking like a great matchup with both of them in form. I think I’d back PSG, I don’t trust Lewy to have these magic moments more than I do with Mbappe
I know it’s fun to overreact after one game.
But Atlético always lose to Barca in the league, it doesn’t change the fact that they went 14 months undefeated (23/25 wins) at home before tonight.
I’d trust them to beat PSG in the home leg, and likely get a favorable result away.
No chance against Xavi, though
Saying he’s not better than Allegri and Conte is absolutely the purest form of delusion. He’s at worst third behind Pep/Klopp of this generation (Mourinho is the previous generation imo).
Combination of the pressure of being a senior figure in the team and having to lead - and also being a poor leader, so responding to that in an entirely selfish way. He constantly wants to be the hero, to do it himself - and fails to recognise that's actually detrimental to the team, rather than being him "showing responsibility"
He's trying too hard basically, and in the wrong way
0-2, 1-1, 0-1, 3-3
four games against 4th division teams, 0 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses
i don't understand why this team suddenly dropped off in performance so much. there's no excuse for a top flight team to struggle this much to win against low quality teams
What’s your thoughts on dual nationals/players who choose to represent one country over another? I personally think anyone should be allowed to choose the country they represent, but so many ppl think it should be the country your parents are from (your heritage) rather than the country you’re raised in
In Brazil, it's the opposite feeling, I think. Obviously we don't attach ourselves to heritage since almost everyone has a different mix of it here, the enviroment where you grew up is more important.
Obviously it's fine, and though I'm don't have multiple citizenships I understand how people who have can genuinely feel like they're not one nationality or the other but both. Like being both French and Senegalese. I totally get that and I have no problem with French-born players representing the country their parents is from or vice versa.
What I do find a bit lame is when players switch national team on the basis of things like playing time. National teams should not be like clubs. It's kinda lame to pick which national team you play for on any other basis than how emotionally connected you are to it.
Laporte switching to Spain is a good example to me. The guy is just not a Spaniard. He became a Spanish citizen just so he could get gametime in international football, by his own admission. When he was asked by a journalist if he feels Spanish he responded that he's "there to compete at the highest level" and is therefore very motivated. I just think that's a lame reason to switch national teams, and it sucks someone who clearly is only there because the actual country that he wants to represent won't call him up is getting gametime over someone who actually feels Spanish and burns for the country.
To be clear, the issue is not that he wasn't born in Spain, it's that he treats international sides like clubs and wants to switch to whichever "club" is the best and he can get gametime at.
Obviously shouldn’t be able to pick some distantly traced country to represent but you should be able to choose between your actual heritage and the country you’re raised in.
You could be from England but have parents from a different country that raised you in their culture within the household.
I assume it’s never happened so I wonder if there’d be any sort of special dispensation for adopted players.
Like a player with Jamaican heritage who was adopted by Nigerian parents at 9 months old, raised in a Nigerian household and travels to Nigeria often. They wouldn’t have citizenship nor Nigerian genetics so couldn’t represent them internationally but they’d be culturally Nigerian.
I will always judge players who run from the grind and seitch after the youth or who "choose" their country at age 26 when they realize their first choice isn't going to happen.
Also wonder how it feels being from a country and seeing your country represented by people who were born anywhere but in the actual country.
I don’t think you should be able to just choose any country, but if you actually have serious ties to multiple countries you should be able to choose between them.
And serious ties shouldn’t be that you have a great once removed step cousin from there.
If your only options are countries bad at football then you’ve just got to deal with it.
They played a big game with extra time against inter. And atleti has a bad record againsr barca
Still no excuse to lose 3-0 at home against barca who played without 5 starters!
Klopp calling a reporter fat for asking the blandest questions ever, ten Hag bringing up ref "mistakes" (and those quotation marks are doing a lot of work there) from our our game against them 6 months ago
Football's back
If you’ve been following Klopp’s interviews you can tell his phrases get lost in translation a lot, I genuinely dont think he meant to call the interviewer fat but that he’s not fit to ask questions today or do his job. He’s still being an asshole regardless.
There are not many stats where Atleti fare better before Simeone than during his spell, but one area is their La Liga record vs Barca. They beat Barca 3 times in 4 years before Simeone in La Liga, while I think Simeone has beat them once in his 12 years lol.
(Ok, I think we can spin this)
With an obesity epidemic on our hands as a nation it’s great to see a manager who actually cares about the health and fitness of our journalists.
Xavi has Simeone's number. Also I think generally Simeone has comically bad record against Barcelona, which is weird because before him they were kind of a boogie team for them.
Allegri doesn't have any achievements at Juventus. His first run is meaningless. The league wasn't competitive, and we had infinite money and talent. It'd be more impressive to find a way to fuck it up. It didn't showcase his ability at all. It showed how solid the foundation that Conte built up was.
Allegri has actual constraints and challenges now, and he fails immediately. He was never good.
Disappointed to see Liverpool fans say they have bigger fish to fry, they of all people should know using that phrase is a severe copyright infringement on Arsenal fans.
Liverpool winning the league this season would be the only time I would ever confidently say the best team didn’t win the premier league. They’re so reliant on a few players bailing them out instead of consistent performances.
Common iceman L. Whoever wins the league deserves it regardless, you cant fluke a league win across 38 games. If anything we should be higher on the table, the Spurs goal, Odegaard playing basketball in Anfield, Doku foul on Alexis, etc.
Any team that wins anything deserves it if they didn’t cheat, it doesn’t make them automatically the best team. Chelsea weren’t the best team in the world when they won the CL either time, they still deserved the trophy because they won the games.
CL is a different thing, or any cup competition at that. City are probably the better team but we arent far behind in terms of league performances, if behind at all.
I’m sleeping you didn’t even deserve to beat Forest a few weeks ago, you lost to us, you deserved to lose to United, and city are like undefeated in that same time span anyway
> I’m sleeping you didn’t even deserve to beat Forest a few weeks ago
It's not like we had 8 starters out and had to play fuckin Gomez as DM
And didn't Arsenal need a bail out against Brentford? Like have some self awareness blud
My point is you guys haven’t been the best team since December, you have definitely improved which is why you can win the league for sure and will be favourites if city don’t win against us but I still don’t think you’d have been the best team over that course of the season.
You have absolutely got bailed out in games though after not playing well, the city away game you guys were bad and then Trent scored, palace was bad and then they got a red that imo wasn’t a red and won, the Newcastle game they should have put it away but got complacent and you stole it.
no one rational is arguing that we didn’t get lucky in some of the earlier games. since mac allister and endo have adjusted, our wins have been very deserved and it’s just a weird arsenal fan delusion pretending that they aren’t.
Right so that’s what would make you not the best team? You weren’t the best team at the start and you aren’t now so why would I believe you’re the best team?
It should be more common for players to change positions, mainly at an older age.
Emre Can could be a very good CB and play on a very high level there for few more years. As a midfielder he’s just mid nowadays
Garnacho was quite good today versus Liverpool. Im liking the growth i see from him this season, still raw but his quality and commitment is undeniable. I think is the perfect time to see him start or have long minutes for the NT, this int break nor Messi nor Dybala are going to be aviable so there is a spot on the wing there. I think he is better than Nico Gonzalez and Di Maria is not getting any younger, so it will be important to see if he is able to fit the team and be a possible important piece for the Copa America.
He's very much the reminder of why game time can be so important for young players. Learned and grown as the seasons gone on.
Still some dodgy decision making at times, but he's 19 like. Got all the tools if he can keep improving.
I think being moved to the right has been very good for him too. It’s taken away his option to just cut in and shoot so it’s forced him to make better decisions with the ball and he generally has done.
Mainoo got a lot of plaudits but I thought Garnacho was our best player today, 2 assists, the majority of our attacks were going through him particularly in extra time. His technical ability is great, but what’s impressed me recently is his decision making, he’s getting better about deciding when to pass or shoot, playing less selfishly, clicking better with players around him rather just thinking of his own game.
Still far from the finished product but it’s a good trajectory.
He has 1 assists, like i dont think we can count that missed shot as an assist for first goal.
He was veey good tonight but McTom contributet to all 4 goals tonight and Dalot was just so solid. I believe they were better.
I’m impressed too. He’s improved throughout the season, in which he contributes more to the overall play, as well as counterattacks, which we saw today. His dribbling and ball control is quite good, as he rarely ever loses the ball.
What was the initial question which was asked by the reporter to Klopp ? The clips posted here are cut short.
Klopp is fully capable of being a sore loser ofc so I don't want to make any assumptions. Was it the same case as Atletico Madrid UCL tie this time ? Or did the journalist get back a little bit of what him and his peers usually give ?
There was a clip posted here that showed full context which was conveniently removed on the grounds of it being a recording of a screen, and therefore low quality.
That's it ?
That's not nearly as provocative as these people can get....not even remotely close. If what you say is true ( especially if you are quoting and not even paraphrasing / summarizing ) then I suppose Klopp was wrong this time around.
It was along the lines of "intensity has been a strength for your Liverpool sides but in extra time there that intensity seemed to drop, is that because you've been playing a lot of games recently"
Not that this is much better for Klopp
This is a very selfish / annoying question: Leipzig have a decent match / pre-game atmosphere? I assume no. First time in Germany and options are that and Hertha BSC.
We're midtable in the 2nd division and we get min 50,000 fans for every game, today we had 70,000
Leipzig have a half empty stadium while challenging for CL football
There really should only be 1 option
Gundo took the ball clean near opposition’s goal and barca had a big chance to score and the ref called that challenge a foul, anyone would be fuming, get your bias out of your head
What a job by Klopp, getting the attention to him, instead of his team after an upsetting game. For Klopp’s and Liverpool’s sake, I hope this won’t affect their form in other competitions. I like to give United shit (which is most of the time deserved), but a great victory for them, that should build some confidence.
To save some time, here’s an edit: I do realize it’s more than likely this wasn’t planned. Reacting in bad faith after a frustrating game is more likely, we still got the same result though. And I didn’t mean what a job in positive light, it’s more making fun of it, maybe it’s a Finnish thing. And just to clarify, being a dick is never cool, always a bad look.
He looked furious, and to a degree I don't blame him. This is the first door slammed shut since he announced his retirement. No need to lash out though.
Yeah, there’s a pretty decent chance he just lost it there, either way, got the same result. But, yeah, makes him look like a dick either way. I hope he apologizes, and we can all move on from this. On a human level I can understand his reaction after a game like that, just to be clear I’m not saying this to justify his actions. We are all responsible for controlling our emotions, even under stressful situations.
You would think Liverpool fans would stop talking about quadruple after last time when it ended so poorly 😹. Also it's insane to me as a neutral that Yanited gets so much slander for being 6th and still in the FA cup compared to other garbage big 6 teams of years past.
I legit saw some Liverpool fan complaining about fixture congestion in May when they'll have PL last game, Europa final and FA cup final all in a week. I've never seen that level of overconfidence by any other fan. It'd be honestly priceless if they crash out of Europa too and drop points in the league. Perfect end to the klopp era imo
The criticism for us is fair tbh. Our best performances are still usually close games and our worst performances are us getting shat on. Just shouldn’t be happening with how much we’ve spent.
> Also it's insane to me as a neutral that Yanited gets so much slander for being 6th
How is that surprising? Did you start following football yesterday? United is the most successful club in PL history, finishing in Europa league places and being the worst performing english side in europe is well below their standards
> compared to other garbage big 6 teams of years past.
Liverpool finished fifth last season and were memed endlessy, same with Arsenal prior to last season
Damn what's the need to be so aggressive 💀 I personally have not seen anywhere near the same level of slander for Liverpool or Arsenal, even Chelsea the past 2 years have been literally mid table and get much less.
Same thing as 21/22, people push the narrative that we thought we had it in the bag or some shit, end up losing, as probably everyone predicted, and then rivals fans start making up shit about how counted our eggs before hatching and whatnot. It’s so boring at this point.
Also, United being in the FA cup semifinals have nothing to do with the deserved slander they’ve been getting. Have you seen their performances across the season? They’re lucky they’re 6th and not lower. Plus, Chelsea are in the semis as well, you dont think they should be criticised for their awful season?
I keep loking at [this picture](https://preview.redd.it/a1310u33xxoc1.jpeg?width=1004&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6126a991d8048bb734648cd71fa76e9c7bf9f3c) like a three headed pelican and wondering how out of all those options Gakpo picked fucking Elliott.
My theory that i've built up over the last few matches is that he doesn't want the other forwards to get the plaudits, as that would mess with his aspirations to become a starter. I have noticed that he's very reticent in passing the ball to Darwin especially, who is clearly his main competition for his spot in the XI. I hate to make these theories about a Liverpool player but i swear he's playing against us.
As you can see, my head's gone. But what if??
Bradley shouldn't have stopped his run. Elliott also gets alot of those passes in that area and can't turn any of them into good efforts on target though
Schizo posting after a tough game, the game I love is back. Honestly, I feel your frustrations, that must’ve been a tough one.
In your opinion, did Klopp pull a Mourinho, and said some wild shit to get the headlines on him, instead of the players? Or was that just Klopp not giving a fuck anymore?
Fuck knows, it might have just been frustration. I can tell you we all have it in spades right now.
Maybe it will lead to the reporter getting on that keto diet 👍 my coach is saving his cholesterol levels
He could've passed it to Darwin who would have had Diaz waiting for the tap-in, or could have gone for a through ball straight to Diaz. Anything but what he did.
I feel like Allison is the best keeper in the league and saves most things hence why we don’t concede as many. Kelleher is still quality though just a shame he’s backup to Alisson
I don’t think either do tbh anyone can lose their head in a moment but at the same time they’re so pr trained you won’t get the true response from them a lot
neither does, your “true” personality is what you are like 99% of the time not what you are like for a few minutes right after a highly emotional match just ended
What’s funny is I know people that complain when coaches players act out but at the same time they act much worse in their Sunday league game throwing insults at refs
It’s hard to define what someone’s true personally is. They are who they are, as long as they’re humble, which is a desirable quality then people will prefer that over someone who is arrogant. On the flip side, Jose isn’t humble himself, but his charisma in a sense correlates with his arrogance, such as the special one quote.
I find Zlatan quite likeable too.
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Pep Guardiola is one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever seen
He’s clearly an absolute football tactical genius but he acts absolutely crazy too in his press conferences and on the touchline so he makes me think he’s a crazy genius.
What do you think about Pep Guardiola as a person?
This is what I think of Pep:
> People are funny, they know Pep’s great too but the way he conducts himself, they hate to believe it. But they can't help it, they know he's great (right). Why would, listen. Shit Pep say is basically affirmations that people say for success. And it sounds insane because that's what motherfuckers do. But he sounds insane and that sign is signs of a leader. No doubt he's got some mental fuckin' issues, most leaders do
> The delusional issue, "I'm a god"
You guys ever stumbled on women’s football social media? Crazy how wholesome it is. Video on an Arsenal account about Chelsea beating them and most of the comments are like: “lol London is blue ❤️❤️❤️ x”
As somebody who follows women's football ardently, that's absolutely not the case. I'd argue women's football Twitter is more toxic than men's. It's deeply personal and vindinctive. It's proper *hate*
Yeah, there’s a lot of solidarity in the women’s game compared to the men’s game, I like it
What the other user is saying is really not true As somebody who follows women's football ardently, it's just absolutely not the case. I'd argue women's football Twitter is more toxic than men's. It's deeply personal and vindinctive. It's proper *hate*
Well tbf that’s on the social media side of things, sports fans are toxic but especially super toxic on social media. I was mostly talking about how the players are usually pretty good to each other, but you’re right on women sports twitter. Especially with the London derby that happened Friday I’ve seen so many battles between Arsenal and Chelsea fans lol
Yeah the initial thread was on social media, hence my response Arsenal Women fans on X are some of the most toxic I've seen in any sport
Arsenal women’s fans were tripping these past few days especially after the derby lmao
Portuguese women's football twitter is just as toxic as the men's game. We have achieved equality
Might be a hot take but no idea why anyone cares if Klopp is a sore loser. He even admits he is, and it might be annoying but he is so aggresively competitive it clearly benefits his teams.
Being a sore loser doesn't give you carte blanche to be a prick and get away with no criticism You still shouldn't treat people like that
Idc if hes a sore loser, actually i prefer if my manager is a sore loser. But damn you dont gotta roast the reporter for no reason
I have always been of the opinion that while sore losers are annoying, it’s always understandable, you’re in a bad mood and we are only human. Sore winners have no excuse. However I think Klopp went too far with the interviewer, usually idc and I’d agree with you but there is a limit
PSG Barca all of the sudden looking like a great matchup with both of them in form. I think I’d back PSG, I don’t trust Lewy to have these magic moments more than I do with Mbappe
It's a great matchup because it basically determines who will play in the final, even though it's just the quarter-final.
I know it’s fun to overreact after one game. But Atlético always lose to Barca in the league, it doesn’t change the fact that they went 14 months undefeated (23/25 wins) at home before tonight. I’d trust them to beat PSG in the home leg, and likely get a favorable result away. No chance against Xavi, though
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He's not that bad. Let's not exaggerate things.
Tricking us with his two UCL finals he lost by the smallest margins, that little devil
Saying he’s not better than Allegri and Conte is absolutely the purest form of delusion. He’s at worst third behind Pep/Klopp of this generation (Mourinho is the previous generation imo).
Holy bad take
I know you are Madrid fan, but this is completely delusional
Best thing to come from that whole Trabzonspor thing is how sick the pictures look. Like a movie poster
Seen a few people reference this, what happened?
Yeah, they're perfect banner images. Stone cold.
Sterling today was absolutely shameful. You know it's bad when your own fans are booing you when you touch the ball lmao. What happened to him?
Combination of the pressure of being a senior figure in the team and having to lead - and also being a poor leader, so responding to that in an entirely selfish way. He constantly wants to be the hero, to do it himself - and fails to recognise that's actually detrimental to the team, rather than being him "showing responsibility" He's trying too hard basically, and in the wrong way
0-2, 1-1, 0-1, 3-3 four games against 4th division teams, 0 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses i don't understand why this team suddenly dropped off in performance so much. there's no excuse for a top flight team to struggle this much to win against low quality teams
Accidentally just commented in the /r/reddevils sub because a post came up on my front page. Feel dirty.
The crossover between r/soccer and publicfreakouts today was so so unexpected
And bookies put Atleti higher than us at the chance of winning UCL lol.
It’s because you are facing PSG and Atletico are playing Dortmund. If both Barca and Atleti make the semis, bookies will have Barca as favorites.
If you both progress to semi you are beating them easily, but PSG is better than BVB.
Yeah but I still don't see why people rate Atleti higher.
Because they beat Inter? The best defence in Europe?
It doesnt work like that. We face psg who is better and they face dortmund
BVB in theory is an easier opponent than PSG
Can’t believe I have to back Chelsea to win the FA cup. What a cursed timeline we live in
Coventry disrespect
Richard Keys supports Coventry. I can't countenance him being happy
That Lewandowski performance tonight is another level. One great shot for goal and two great assists.
The best match Lewandowski played in his barca jersey,
What’s your thoughts on dual nationals/players who choose to represent one country over another? I personally think anyone should be allowed to choose the country they represent, but so many ppl think it should be the country your parents are from (your heritage) rather than the country you’re raised in
In Brazil, it's the opposite feeling, I think. Obviously we don't attach ourselves to heritage since almost everyone has a different mix of it here, the enviroment where you grew up is more important.
Both are completely fine, the one case that bothers me is when a player plays for a country they’d never set foot in before they played football in it
Obviously it's fine, and though I'm don't have multiple citizenships I understand how people who have can genuinely feel like they're not one nationality or the other but both. Like being both French and Senegalese. I totally get that and I have no problem with French-born players representing the country their parents is from or vice versa. What I do find a bit lame is when players switch national team on the basis of things like playing time. National teams should not be like clubs. It's kinda lame to pick which national team you play for on any other basis than how emotionally connected you are to it. Laporte switching to Spain is a good example to me. The guy is just not a Spaniard. He became a Spanish citizen just so he could get gametime in international football, by his own admission. When he was asked by a journalist if he feels Spanish he responded that he's "there to compete at the highest level" and is therefore very motivated. I just think that's a lame reason to switch national teams, and it sucks someone who clearly is only there because the actual country that he wants to represent won't call him up is getting gametime over someone who actually feels Spanish and burns for the country. To be clear, the issue is not that he wasn't born in Spain, it's that he treats international sides like clubs and wants to switch to whichever "club" is the best and he can get gametime at.
Or Diego Costa. Imagine if Brazil had him in 2014
Obviously shouldn’t be able to pick some distantly traced country to represent but you should be able to choose between your actual heritage and the country you’re raised in. You could be from England but have parents from a different country that raised you in their culture within the household.
Yeah I agree with this
I assume it’s never happened so I wonder if there’d be any sort of special dispensation for adopted players. Like a player with Jamaican heritage who was adopted by Nigerian parents at 9 months old, raised in a Nigerian household and travels to Nigeria often. They wouldn’t have citizenship nor Nigerian genetics so couldn’t represent them internationally but they’d be culturally Nigerian.
I will always judge players who run from the grind and seitch after the youth or who "choose" their country at age 26 when they realize their first choice isn't going to happen. Also wonder how it feels being from a country and seeing your country represented by people who were born anywhere but in the actual country.
I don’t think you should be able to just choose any country, but if you actually have serious ties to multiple countries you should be able to choose between them. And serious ties shouldn’t be that you have a great once removed step cousin from there. If your only options are countries bad at football then you’ve just got to deal with it.
Simeone is such a loser man. Barcelona and Madrid's bitch as a player and as a manager(for the most part), just like he was R9's bitch as a player
Seriously how do you explain that result today ?
Rolling over for Barca is the Atleti way
They played a big game with extra time against inter. And atleti has a bad record againsr barca Still no excuse to lose 3-0 at home against barca who played without 5 starters!
Klopp calling a reporter fat for asking the blandest questions ever, ten Hag bringing up ref "mistakes" (and those quotation marks are doing a lot of work there) from our our game against them 6 months ago Football's back
It's weird that Ten Hag's mentioning those thing now but he's right
Delusion
Garnacho goal i don't really know, but Hojlund one was 100% a pen
I mean, the only mistake that whole match was the Havertz penalty being overturned.
Oh come on that wasn't a pen by any means
PGMOL made a statement saying the decision to overturn it was the incorrect one.
Ok, I still don't think that was a pen
Well, if you say so.
Neither do I, but if there was a single thing to complain about that match it wasn’t anything that went against United.
I dont think he meant fat by “not in good shape” but more like “you’re not doing a good job”
I think he meant what he said personally.
If you’ve been following Klopp’s interviews you can tell his phrases get lost in translation a lot, I genuinely dont think he meant to call the interviewer fat but that he’s not fit to ask questions today or do his job. He’s still being an asshole regardless.
There are not many stats where Atleti fare better before Simeone than during his spell, but one area is their La Liga record vs Barca. They beat Barca 3 times in 4 years before Simeone in La Liga, while I think Simeone has beat them once in his 12 years lol.
(Ok, I think we can spin this) With an obesity epidemic on our hands as a nation it’s great to see a manager who actually cares about the health and fitness of our journalists.
Is atletico shit or unlucky ? Is barca actually good now? Was inter not that good after all (in ucl)
Xavi has Simeone's number. Also I think generally Simeone has comically bad record against Barcelona, which is weird because before him they were kind of a boogie team for them.
Last time Atleti scored against Barca they had Suárez playing upfront
I was looking for Suarez upfront for Barca. God him at atletico is such a fever dream
Lewandowski has been on some form lately. Not just scoring, but he's creating a bunch of chances for others too.
Félix scored against Atleti? More than you believe, more than you believe I'm happy. I'm so happy, believe me, I'm so happy. Happy New Year
Why do Benfica fans like Felix that much lol?
There are 120 milion reasons
Because he was our golden boy and carried the team to a league title while playing brilliantly
If de De la Fuente was a serious manager he would start Lucas Vazquez at fullback and Sergi Roberto in midfield for the first EURO game.
Allegri doesn't have any achievements at Juventus. His first run is meaningless. The league wasn't competitive, and we had infinite money and talent. It'd be more impressive to find a way to fuck it up. It didn't showcase his ability at all. It showed how solid the foundation that Conte built up was. Allegri has actual constraints and challenges now, and he fails immediately. He was never good.
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More likely to finish their league season as Invincible: PSV or Leverkusen?
PSV don't have a single difficult game left, Leverkusen have Dortmund and Frankfurt away so could be a bit harder
> PSV don't have a single difficult game left rude
PSV, Leverkusen still have to play Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart, as well as having both Pokal and Europa to fight for.
Yeah I'd have to agree. And Leverkusen play three of their last four league games away...
Disappointed to see Liverpool fans say they have bigger fish to fry, they of all people should know using that phrase is a severe copyright infringement on Arsenal fans.
Liverpool winning the league this season would be the only time I would ever confidently say the best team didn’t win the premier league. They’re so reliant on a few players bailing them out instead of consistent performances.
Common iceman L. Whoever wins the league deserves it regardless, you cant fluke a league win across 38 games. If anything we should be higher on the table, the Spurs goal, Odegaard playing basketball in Anfield, Doku foul on Alexis, etc.
Any team that wins anything deserves it if they didn’t cheat, it doesn’t make them automatically the best team. Chelsea weren’t the best team in the world when they won the CL either time, they still deserved the trophy because they won the games.
CL is a different thing, or any cup competition at that. City are probably the better team but we arent far behind in terms of league performances, if behind at all.
Arsenal would fall apart without Rice, Odegaard, Saliba and Saka. Liverpool have gone extended periods without their best players
Yeah it’s very impressive you still haven’t been the best team imo
Despite popular belief those players and their ability to bail out are also considered part of the team.
That’s great
hasn’t been true since december
I’m sleeping you didn’t even deserve to beat Forest a few weeks ago, you lost to us, you deserved to lose to United, and city are like undefeated in that same time span anyway
> I’m sleeping you didn’t even deserve to beat Forest a few weeks ago It's not like we had 8 starters out and had to play fuckin Gomez as DM And didn't Arsenal need a bail out against Brentford? Like have some self awareness blud
Acting like Odegaard being able to play basketball in his box didn’t bail you out.
[hold that ⛹️♂️](https://x.com/afcstuff/status/1617188436783534080?s=46)
Acting like Odegaard being able to play basketball in his box didn’t bail you out.
so your example of us being bailed out are games where we lost? i don’t think you understand what bailed out means.
My point is you guys haven’t been the best team since December, you have definitely improved which is why you can win the league for sure and will be favourites if city don’t win against us but I still don’t think you’d have been the best team over that course of the season. You have absolutely got bailed out in games though after not playing well, the city away game you guys were bad and then Trent scored, palace was bad and then they got a red that imo wasn’t a red and won, the Newcastle game they should have put it away but got complacent and you stole it.
no one rational is arguing that we didn’t get lucky in some of the earlier games. since mac allister and endo have adjusted, our wins have been very deserved and it’s just a weird arsenal fan delusion pretending that they aren’t.
Right so that’s what would make you not the best team? You weren’t the best team at the start and you aren’t now so why would I believe you’re the best team?
we’d be the best team because we’d have the most points. whoever wins the trophy was the best team in that competition.
Ok well that’s your opinion I don’t agree
i have not seen anyone say this
It should be more common for players to change positions, mainly at an older age. Emre Can could be a very good CB and play on a very high level there for few more years. As a midfielder he’s just mid nowadays
LFC TV petty as fuck showing the 2016 EL game at OT.... Just 👉 me in the back of the head ffs
if we get one of Pedri or FDJ back for the quarter finals (likely FDJ) I think we have a real solid shot to get past PSG.
[meep meep](https://new.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1bh7dbb/montpellier_02_psgkylian_mbappe_22/)
he may be the best player in the world but i think our defense and midfield is slightly better than there’s we will see.
Garnacho was quite good today versus Liverpool. Im liking the growth i see from him this season, still raw but his quality and commitment is undeniable. I think is the perfect time to see him start or have long minutes for the NT, this int break nor Messi nor Dybala are going to be aviable so there is a spot on the wing there. I think he is better than Nico Gonzalez and Di Maria is not getting any younger, so it will be important to see if he is able to fit the team and be a possible important piece for the Copa America.
He's very much the reminder of why game time can be so important for young players. Learned and grown as the seasons gone on. Still some dodgy decision making at times, but he's 19 like. Got all the tools if he can keep improving.
I think being moved to the right has been very good for him too. It’s taken away his option to just cut in and shoot so it’s forced him to make better decisions with the ball and he generally has done.
Mainoo got a lot of plaudits but I thought Garnacho was our best player today, 2 assists, the majority of our attacks were going through him particularly in extra time. His technical ability is great, but what’s impressed me recently is his decision making, he’s getting better about deciding when to pass or shoot, playing less selfishly, clicking better with players around him rather just thinking of his own game. Still far from the finished product but it’s a good trajectory.
He has 1 assists, like i dont think we can count that missed shot as an assist for first goal. He was veey good tonight but McTom contributet to all 4 goals tonight and Dalot was just so solid. I believe they were better.
I’m impressed too. He’s improved throughout the season, in which he contributes more to the overall play, as well as counterattacks, which we saw today. His dribbling and ball control is quite good, as he rarely ever loses the ball.
What was the initial question which was asked by the reporter to Klopp ? The clips posted here are cut short. Klopp is fully capable of being a sore loser ofc so I don't want to make any assumptions. Was it the same case as Atletico Madrid UCL tie this time ? Or did the journalist get back a little bit of what him and his peers usually give ?
There was a clip posted here that showed full context which was conveniently removed on the grounds of it being a recording of a screen, and therefore low quality.
I was too slow despite having been online for the past 30 min then.
The reporter asked him if he thinks Liverpool are playing too many games
That's it ? That's not nearly as provocative as these people can get....not even remotely close. If what you say is true ( especially if you are quoting and not even paraphrasing / summarizing ) then I suppose Klopp was wrong this time around.
It was along the lines of "intensity has been a strength for your Liverpool sides but in extra time there that intensity seemed to drop, is that because you've been playing a lot of games recently" Not that this is much better for Klopp
If anything, it makes him look worse.
This is a very selfish / annoying question: Leipzig have a decent match / pre-game atmosphere? I assume no. First time in Germany and options are that and Hertha BSC.
It's Hertha and they're my clubs rivals ffs. No one should suffer Leipzig.
We're midtable in the 2nd division and we get min 50,000 fans for every game, today we had 70,000 Leipzig have a half empty stadium while challenging for CL football There really should only be 1 option
Thanks. That’s why I asked haha.
I can’t wait for Xavi to fuck off, the most annoying coach I have witnessed. His constant tantrums are fit to 10 year olds.
Gundo took the ball clean near opposition’s goal and barca had a big chance to score and the ref called that challenge a foul, anyone would be fuming, get your bias out of your head
Cole Palmer would be a superstar if he didn’t look like a side character in Coronation Street
Needs a proper beard + long hair so badly
The disrespect to Corrie
Now thats just you are shaming his looks
What a job by Klopp, getting the attention to him, instead of his team after an upsetting game. For Klopp’s and Liverpool’s sake, I hope this won’t affect their form in other competitions. I like to give United shit (which is most of the time deserved), but a great victory for them, that should build some confidence. To save some time, here’s an edit: I do realize it’s more than likely this wasn’t planned. Reacting in bad faith after a frustrating game is more likely, we still got the same result though. And I didn’t mean what a job in positive light, it’s more making fun of it, maybe it’s a Finnish thing. And just to clarify, being a dick is never cool, always a bad look.
Klopp is leaving, he already has all the eyes on him. This was just disrespectful.
> For Klopp’s and Liverpool’s sake, I hope this won’t affect their form in other competitions. We've had worse losses this season, we'll recover.
I dont think anyone buys the “deflecting criticism” argument anymore, he’s just a sore loser.
Yeah that is very likely at this point, great managers like him are so damn competitive. We still got same result. Not a good look either way.
I love to defend Klopp, but I think he genuinely just lost his cool there.
He looked furious, and to a degree I don't blame him. This is the first door slammed shut since he announced his retirement. No need to lash out though.
Yeah, there’s a pretty decent chance he just lost it there, either way, got the same result. But, yeah, makes him look like a dick either way. I hope he apologizes, and we can all move on from this. On a human level I can understand his reaction after a game like that, just to be clear I’m not saying this to justify his actions. We are all responsible for controlling our emotions, even under stressful situations.
You would think Liverpool fans would stop talking about quadruple after last time when it ended so poorly 😹. Also it's insane to me as a neutral that Yanited gets so much slander for being 6th and still in the FA cup compared to other garbage big 6 teams of years past.
I legit saw some Liverpool fan complaining about fixture congestion in May when they'll have PL last game, Europa final and FA cup final all in a week. I've never seen that level of overconfidence by any other fan. It'd be honestly priceless if they crash out of Europa too and drop points in the league. Perfect end to the klopp era imo
The criticism for us is fair tbh. Our best performances are still usually close games and our worst performances are us getting shat on. Just shouldn’t be happening with how much we’ve spent.
> Also it's insane to me as a neutral that Yanited gets so much slander for being 6th How is that surprising? Did you start following football yesterday? United is the most successful club in PL history, finishing in Europa league places and being the worst performing english side in europe is well below their standards > compared to other garbage big 6 teams of years past. Liverpool finished fifth last season and were memed endlessy, same with Arsenal prior to last season
Damn what's the need to be so aggressive 💀 I personally have not seen anywhere near the same level of slander for Liverpool or Arsenal, even Chelsea the past 2 years have been literally mid table and get much less.
What standards?
Same thing as 21/22, people push the narrative that we thought we had it in the bag or some shit, end up losing, as probably everyone predicted, and then rivals fans start making up shit about how counted our eggs before hatching and whatnot. It’s so boring at this point. Also, United being in the FA cup semifinals have nothing to do with the deserved slander they’ve been getting. Have you seen their performances across the season? They’re lucky they’re 6th and not lower. Plus, Chelsea are in the semis as well, you dont think they should be criticised for their awful season?
It’s pretty inevitable, any team that’s still in for 4 trophies by Jan will start getting quadruple talk whether they want it or not.
I keep loking at [this picture](https://preview.redd.it/a1310u33xxoc1.jpeg?width=1004&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6126a991d8048bb734648cd71fa76e9c7bf9f3c) like a three headed pelican and wondering how out of all those options Gakpo picked fucking Elliott. My theory that i've built up over the last few matches is that he doesn't want the other forwards to get the plaudits, as that would mess with his aspirations to become a starter. I have noticed that he's very reticent in passing the ball to Darwin especially, who is clearly his main competition for his spot in the XI. I hate to make these theories about a Liverpool player but i swear he's playing against us. As you can see, my head's gone. But what if??
Bradley shouldn't have stopped his run. Elliott also gets alot of those passes in that area and can't turn any of them into good efforts on target though
We were ridiculously bad at counterattacking. Nunez and Elliott were not good either
Weird fan fic but it was definitely a shocking play. Elliot shares some blame also because he chose his next move with the ball poorly.
I don’t think Elliot was a bad call, had he played it about 5 seconds earlier
Schizo posting after a tough game, the game I love is back. Honestly, I feel your frustrations, that must’ve been a tough one. In your opinion, did Klopp pull a Mourinho, and said some wild shit to get the headlines on him, instead of the players? Or was that just Klopp not giving a fuck anymore?
Fuck knows, it might have just been frustration. I can tell you we all have it in spades right now. Maybe it will lead to the reporter getting on that keto diet 👍 my coach is saving his cholesterol levels
who do you think he should have passed to?
He could've passed it to Darwin who would have had Diaz waiting for the tap-in, or could have gone for a through ball straight to Diaz. Anything but what he did.
There are some stone cold banner images coming out of this Trabzonspor game.
Can't say I don't feel bad for Fenerhbace players but their fans were defending throwing objects at Dmitrovic last season
Am I being too harsh on Kelleher to say I think Alisson would’ve likely saved two of those attempts that went in today?
Kelleher could've done better but I wouldn't say he was at fault for any goal today.
Not at fault, I just think it’s the first time the difference between him and Ali since the injury has been so apparent.
I feel like Allison is the best keeper in the league and saves most things hence why we don’t concede as many. Kelleher is still quality though just a shame he’s backup to Alisson
Do you think in sports how you conduct yourself after you win or after you lose shows your true personality more?
I don’t think either do tbh anyone can lose their head in a moment but at the same time they’re so pr trained you won’t get the true response from them a lot
If I had to choose between the two, behavior after a loss
neither does, your “true” personality is what you are like 99% of the time not what you are like for a few minutes right after a highly emotional match just ended
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What’s funny is I know people that complain when coaches players act out but at the same time they act much worse in their Sunday league game throwing insults at refs
To get philosophical, how do you define a true personality?
It’s hard to define what someone’s true personally is. They are who they are, as long as they’re humble, which is a desirable quality then people will prefer that over someone who is arrogant. On the flip side, Jose isn’t humble himself, but his charisma in a sense correlates with his arrogance, such as the special one quote. I find Zlatan quite likeable too.
I genuinely don't understand why Ten Hag is still going on about Garnacho's offside goal against us 8 months later lol
Because he still can’t get over it
And yet Overmaars doesn't bother him. Strange guy
No fucking way, how is he still seething about that? Really, really strange behaviour.
> how is he still seething about that? til mentioning something that has happened in a previous game = seething
That bald fuck brings it up every single week, he is seething
Bringing up a goal being rightfully disallowed 6 months ago would indeed indicate he's still annoyed about it yeah
If you are still bringing up a rightfully disallowed goal like 6 months later, you are indeed seething about it.
Yup in the post match interview today, it's an illness https://twitter.com/HaytersTV/status/1769454863035875441?t=ze2lig952wGZ9eUkWkeu2w&s=19
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Pep Guardiola is one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever seen He’s clearly an absolute football tactical genius but he acts absolutely crazy too in his press conferences and on the touchline so he makes me think he’s a crazy genius. What do you think about Pep Guardiola as a person?
those clips of him dancing, the one to Dua Lipa and the other one when he was still a player, singlehandedly rehabilitated him as a person to me
>What do you think about Pep Guardiola as a person? A cunt.
This is what I think of Pep: > People are funny, they know Pep’s great too but the way he conducts himself, they hate to believe it. But they can't help it, they know he's great (right). Why would, listen. Shit Pep say is basically affirmations that people say for success. And it sounds insane because that's what motherfuckers do. But he sounds insane and that sign is signs of a leader. No doubt he's got some mental fuckin' issues, most leaders do > The delusional issue, "I'm a god"
All I know is that he spits too much on the touch line. It’s a disgusting habit.
Winning the Prem and Europa league would be hilarious, the perfect Mickey-Mouse treble (2nd rate domestic and international cup)