They were absolute garbage, barely laid a glove on Man City and let them do what they wanted. For the standard of players they have at their disposal it was a pathetic performance. I thought Man City were good - better than most of this season - but they were given a really easy time of it. 2nd half they were barely out of 2nd gear and still should have scored more.
I still think there's a very good side there that Lampard can lead, but he's going to have to learn quickly.
Danilo looks too long to get booked tonight for Juve. They pick up a fair amount of cards - even in some games they should dominate - and he's in fine kicking/shirt-pulling form. 3 in his last 4 starts, 5 in his last 9.
The ref also likes to dish out cards too.
4/1 looks big - PP.
Also combined with Pereyra for Udinese who is also in excellent cardy form, 3 in his last 5. Double is 24/1 on PP, why not.
In a 60 second period, Davies under no pressure passed the ball to a West Ham player, Bernard fell over for no apparent reason, we lost the ball, West Ham lost the ball, then Davies passed the ball to the ref.
We're 4th.
A tad harsh that at the same time. Since we lost to Arsenal two months ago we've went unbeaten and picked up 23 points from 27 available. Played 9, won 7 and scored 22 goals. We have started some games poorly but have come into them and blew the opposition away with fantastic attacking play.
I think people have been spoiled because of just how good Liverpool and City have been the last couple of years. Liverpool are sitting top of the table after 15 games having won 9, drawn 5 and losing only once. That's not poor at all IMO.
Not specifically talking about yous. We've been shite for a lot of games this season and are 3pts off top. just think it's been a poor standard generally this season, perhaps understandably.
Don't have any other stats to provide more context but thought it was interesting that was the latest winning goal for Man Utd at Old Trafford for 11 years. Maybe don't score as many late goals as made out.
Generally speaking this just again demonstrates what a poor league it is so far. Can play shite for large parts of a lot of games and be a couple of points off top.