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Well there's some truth to it. It's a combination of cartel clubs having more pull due to their popularity abroad, and PSR preventing us paying the really top wages.

Yeah, comments about him running around like a dog chasing a paper bag etc, while I can see where they are coming from, it's also part of his strength in that he runs hard at people and tries to cause carnage. He lacks polish, but he can hurt teams and offers us the pace we are missing as an option with Isak gone and Wissa out of action.

No doubt Arsenal have more bench strength but in general even when we have our elite midfielders operating for 90mins, we are dominating lesser sides but come up a bit short against the very best, this season so far at any rate. I'm not sure if that is down to Bruno being tired, Joelinton maybe being found short technically in the really big games, or might just be us falling short in other areas of the pitch. Early days mind, but we haven't quite clicked for possession against the better teams yet.

Our centre backs are all class like.

Frankfurt are no mugs, they have a fantastic record for buying young strikers and developing them. We thought we had hit the jackpot with £28m but now we are getting a glimpse of what they saw.

Barca committing suicide with the high line there.

Even more important given Tino is out for two months, he provides that extra pace and cover for Tripps who can get upfield confident there's cover behind him.

He's back and because Burn's been so good in his absence, easy to forget just how good Botman is. He's been imperious, and I think he will take some shifting now he's got the shirt.

Considering Schar and Burn have been so consistently solid for a year, it's really gratifying to see their successors in Thiaw and Botman look so imperious when stepping in and showing their class.

Their fans must be raging reading those words while watching him light up the stage in the Premier and the CL.

Haaland bangs in another CL goal. Since moving to Liverpool Isak's status as top dog in the PL has crashed to earth and today Haaland stands head and shoulders above the turnip Swede.

He was running harder in exra time than when we kicked off.

They were actually far tougher opponents than I expected, this is a team that cost 75m euros. But I think they have some connection with Tony Bloom so they might be a lot better than at first glance. They really pressed us hard, to come away with a 0-4 away from home is a brilliant result. We struggled a bit in the first half despite the two goal lead, but we were superb in the second. Could easily have run out 6-0 winners.

I don't even think he played that well today. But that's the thing, even if he messes up a couple of times, he is a constant danger. He's the diametric opposite of Gabriel Obertan.

Brilliant performance even without the goals. But they were also two very well taken pens.

Had to hold off commenting after the roasting he got when he came on against Arsenal, but I thought it was unfair. The goal he set up today showed the same qualities for his goal against Bradford, sheer strength and pace to hold off the defender, then that was a pearler of a pass slid through for Barnes goal.

Gordon was superb tonight even without the goals. He did a lot of good work inside when he dropped deeper as well, people are only looking at his wing play. As for Elanga, he did run the ball out of play a couple of times, but he also scared the living daylights out of them. Got us the pen for the opening goal as well.

His best display for us yet. Not an easy game to hold the ball as we could see with many other players struggling, but he could have done a lot more damage if everyone else had been on that wavelength in the first half.

Superb from Osula.

Another shit ball from Bruno.

Could have been either tbf

Superb.

And had a hold of Wolt's shirt for good measure. Pen Pen PEN.

Well deserved we've been much better this half.

Pen twice over that one, he was pulling his shirt as well