Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

Eriksen was on the radio this week. He raised that fact himself and said it was something he is working on, winning that ball not just trying to win it or words to that affect. Must admit I expected more from him yesterday. However he was nullified by Pep throwing the kitchen sink at us. So there is plenty to work on.

 

After 55 minutes I think the 10 outfield players were looking to see what planet Lloris was on!!

 

Credit to Lioris after having had that meltdown he soon regained himself and it was like he was back to his reliable self. Weird surreal period of the game.

 

......Apart from a couple of sliced distributions........ although they kinda count as his reliable self!

 

That was a minor ripple affect after having had the mother of mental breakdowns.

 

On a freeze frame it looked like Sterling was about six inches offside to me.

Watched the Liverpool highlights on MotD and Firmino gave the Swansea player a clear push in the back for his first goal. Not even mentioned in the analysis and as predicted on here neither was Sane's terrible rake on Walker.

 

Never trust a man when he's measuring in inches

 

That'll be about 4 inches then

 

Not sure how reliable this is, but I've seen quite a few sources (including the ES) quoting Poch as saying that Toby's injury "isn't a big issue, it isn't serious", but added that "we will know more in a few days". Sounds hopeful. If the hamstring 'pings' I can tell you from experience, you know it has gone. I'm hoping he was withdrawn as more of a precaution than an actual injury.

 

I thought it was just tight and he asked to come off, rather than risking it going?

 

That's what they said in the BT commentary.

 

Better than keeping him on guaranteeing that it went...as happened when Allarshyte kept Rose on for England when he tweaked his hamstring.

 

Because he failed to call up another left-back. The pillock.

 

But they chatted so much **** you can not take anything those **** wits seriously ... I was expecting to find out he had his leg amputated once they said that

 

Interestingly, the goon Granit Xhaka was sent off for almost an identical tackle to that by Sane on Walker, save that Sanes boot was slightly higher and hence more dangerous. Jon Moss got it right and Andy Marriner so horribly wrong. .

 

Yaya Toure's take on Walker's push: He's too honest, he wants to be proper in these sort of games. If the lad's like that, you can't tell him he's wrong.

Honest? Honest??? Is he jumping on Trump's "alternative facts" bandwagon? You're talking about someone who has spent several seasons theatrically hurling himself to the pitch in games not just under the slightest contact, but when there's no contact at all. That's not honest, Yaya!

 

Sterling obviously thought he would score anyway and knew he wouldn't take the penalty.

 

It's almost as if the ref played the advantage, which they are within their right (and the rules) to do...

 

Was that freeze frame a hard copy?

 

You forget that Sane's was accidental.