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This is a bit more like how Villa set up v us - compact and further back, looking to intercept and break. Wonder if it’s a shuffle after McGinn came on.

Feels like both teams are just playing on the edge of a goal-conceding rick.

Curtis Jones is such a good little player.

Oh that was very much a child of circumstance but hilarious. Nobody has been that ever.

Jesus. Nunez is a parody of himself.

I’ve not seen too much of Villa other than our games, and like I say Emery has been (I think overly) cautious against us. We got a lot of joy by winning possession in their half rather than cutting them open on the break like this. It feels like he’s let them be far more open tonight and it looks great when they are attacking but it leaves them so vulnerable on the break. If this is how they normally play then yeah, it’s more like Angeball tbh. Oof. Should have scored that.

Injury-prone players notwithstanding, it does feel like an inevitable by-product of playing so many high-tempo games. The anomaly is how few injuries Arsenal got last year.

Really enjoyable end-to-end game.

I feel like they’re just not playing too well tonight and Villa are doing a good job. They’re better than this, but yeah, not like peak City

that wasn’t weirdly open, we were just shit, tired and didn’t really care and they were rested and massively up for it. I actually advised people to bet against us beforehand. Listen to any Spurs podcast, we’d have been happy to give them a 3-0’and not play it.

I’d have to watch our last two games again to figure out the difference, but it’s weird how differently Villa play against us than they are playing here. It’s genuinely as if Emery is scared of us - he sets up so much more defensively every time. If he set up and had Villa playing like this against us I feel like they’d be much more successful.

It’s so weirdly open.

Cracking game . Apart from the timewasting bullshit of course.

Annoying colour commentator there. Saying it wasn’t particularly high when the key point is that he was pulling out of the challenge.

That was all normal service . He’s as likely to bang a mental goal in as to fluff a golden chance, which is what they amounted to.

Nunez Nunezing it tonight.

Liverpool’s pressing group were weirdly square there, just asking to be passed through.

Yeah but did the ref go back and book him?

Has the ref booked anyone yet? Because that’s two very clear yellows he’s just refused to give if not.

terrible dive

Yeah, but did the ref go back and book him?

Let the shithousing begin.

Wish they’d stop going on about McGinn. Who’s the Scottish co-commentator? When he was bemoaning McGinn’s absence before the game I was dying for someone to say he’s been dropped because he’s Scottish and therefore not good enough.

I’ve been to a lot of grounds - not quite all - and it’s always been really hard not to think they turn up the mikes on the crowd for games at Anfield on TV.

Quite looking forward to this. I feel like I only really enjoy matches now when I don’t care who wins . Lots of shithousing, injuries and cards please.