Unbelievable

I don't want European football if it's not CL now really. It's utterly achievable from here (without distractions from mid-week European football), and the non-CL competitions will challenge our small squad in much the same way as CL without the added benefit of a substantial increase in TV and commercial revenue. Anything other than top five and CL would be disappointing from where we stand today imo. For me CL was always the season target anyway.

I appreciate the sentiment that we will want to hang on to our best players, and I have consistently maintained that he's by far the most irreplaceable of our "purples", but realistically if we want to progress as a club we will need to send players eventually, and at peak value preferably. Alexander is only just 25 though, so I hope we indeed manage to extend his contract in such a way that it doesn't completely hamstring us strengthening our squad in other vital positions, and have him to enjoy for a few more years at least, until either we are challenging ourselves or we sell him for an absolute bomb allowing a rebuild that will see us challenge. Either way, we have struck gold with this lad, and here's hoping we'll be able to enjoy his mesmerising talent for many more years to come. Maybe one day he will fire us to titles and European glory.

Figures. No way he'd have burried that one on one if he was his normal self.

Which one?

FT: not the best performance, but some sexy goals and an important three points. Onwards and upwards

Tonali’s engine is insane

Almiron almost scores with his right as a parting gift

Almiron running the wrong way

Yep, offside thank fuck

Looks offside

Poor again from Schar and Burn

Ffs

God, then poor, then good, then poor from Burn

Schar and Burn have switched positions for some odd reason

And Osula

How is that a foul BY Schar ffs?

How is this not four!?

Wheels coming off at Forest could be good for us. Bournemouth absolutely looking like candidates for CL now too though

Our press is back, but Bruno was fast asleep there

Post!

Gallery play now, could have been another pen

Isak, how in the world did he control that!?

Pure sex this

Tonali you fucking beauty!