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Think I’ve decided on my shirt purchases… Joelinton on a Brazil top when he makes the next squad, Isak on the first non-Castore toon kit. Job done.

Fred is doing his best to give the game away.

I don’t understand the Longstaff pen at all, is it because the ball went out? If so, nice to know you can jump on someone’s leg as long as the ball goes out of play first.

It was never going to be a clean game from the start, we did brilliantly to just stick it out.

Think the most impressive thing was that we clearly expected the storm at the start and didn’t get rattled even when we were under pressure. Just knew we had to see it out and we’d get the breakthrough.

Have the guidelines on yellow cards changed or something? Seems you can do some really bad pullbacks and fouls these days.

We absolutely didn’t play shite.

The BT commentators were weirdly depressed.

Pen on Longstaff, red for Maupay, goal for Schar?

He’s my captain

Should he take any? Thought he had his best season for ages?

PL in general is light on Scandinavians. Used to be packed when I was a kid.

Jesus, grim selection. Enjoy the game though

People are determined to make this nervy

Both correct views m8. If someone can show why it is a pen, using the rules, then please do. I would genuinely like to learn.

Looks to me like he just lunges with his leg for a challenge. The ball misses his leg and hits his arm, which is in a natural position and not attempting to make himself bigger. TBH nobody really knows the rules, including me, so it’s a hard debate to have. But that’s my understanding.

Well maybe, but if they did it would be wrong. That’s not really relevant to whether it should be given. Penalty decisions are very random at the moment, I just don’t think this was one.

I haven’t a clue, I hope not. I’m just saying by the rules it’s not a pen. As far as I understand them, which admittedly isn’t very well.

Well he doesn’t mean to dive on the ball, from a couple of viewings anyway. The ball gets trapped accidentally. He lunges forward for a tackle and the ball goes past his leg and hits his arm, which is in a perfectly natural position.

Why aren’t they real?

I’ll never get tired of watching Man City like, they’re amazing. Of course the league would be better with 5 Man City level teams instead of one. What they did tonight was incredible.

They wouldn’t have appointed him if they cared about results. Makes getting rid of Potter even weirder of course.

I don’t think that Thiago one was a handball. He just falls down, it looks bad that his arm traps the ball but there’s nothing unnatural or making himself bigger about it. As far as I understand the rules.

How on Earth is Partey still on? Committed about 12 bookable offences

Find it odd, seems like another Longstaff when a better player needs to come in to move Sean down to squad player. Still, we need bodies in, so just about willing to trust. If true of course, have no idea how good this source is