Geordie Ahmed

According to Fabrizio a verbal agreement has been reached for Kessie to join Barca

Without getting too much into the politics of it but since their inception the Saudi's have been an ally of this country (in fact the British Empire helped create the new state with violence might I add) That arrangement suits the house of Saud and it very much suits Britain and the west, that relationship isn't changing. Russia hasn't been an ally so that comparison doesn't work. Also, the fact that the hijackers of the planes were all Saudis yet it's Afghanistan that got bombed to smithereens whilst Saudi was untouched should tell you all you need to know about their relationship with the west

It's on Sky Sports here Wanted to watch Man-U/Atletico but the prospect of watch Bruce lose is so appealing

It's strange Pep didn't make a sub, it was clear they weren't going to score

And there goes another decent chance, they aren't scoring today like

I'd prefer City to win the league but I think Liverpool will, they have the momentum

Surprised Pep hasn't made a change cos at this rate they aren't scoring

Another easy chance missed by City Stat just came up 29 shots without scoring for City, the most this season

They've been getting close all game, it's one of those where they could play for hours and not score

City dominating the ball and creating chances now but they've missed a couple of easy ones Still reckon Palace will take the lead

That City-Liverpool game on the 10th is likely to be the decider

Palace looking dangerous on the counter, City sloppy in defence on a couple of occasions already

I think City will slip up tonight

None confirmed yet but there will be, next game week only has 4 matches so free hit might be worth using, I only have 3 players available

Aye, Xavi has done a wonderful job It's a shame he didn't get the job in the summer

Reckon it's similar to Matt Hancock

I think being in a midfield 2 wasn't ideal especially as Longstaff was the other person Get our normal 3 in midfield and we'll see the best of him Having said that I still thought he was good, won a lot challenges and also won a few fouls. That passage of play which ended with Rudiger needlessly knocking him over was good from him.

He's just not very good with the ball at his feet, in turn this causes us problems as he is easily pressured and he doesn't find a pass easily He's been a good servant for the club and overall should be highly thought of but to kick on as a club he can't be in or near the first team

They still have Liverpool and Man-U to play so there is a couple they can lose But it would be criminal to mess it up from this position

Have to say Arsenal play some really good stuff at times In the big games they are a bit soft so they'll need to address that Hope they make top 4

Completed 6 out of 17 passes, 35%

Class penalty that

I mean it should be given but annoys me we didn't get one awarded, didn't even tell the ref to have a look

VAR tells the ref to go to the monitor, so it is working

It's the struggling to pass it 5 yards that was unacceptable today