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Thanks to whoever had a go at Murphy.

We really need to get that second goal. The last part of that second half looked all too familiar to me. Missing big chances vs a team sitting deep.. I'd put my money on us, but I'm more nervous than I should be given the position.

My dad who is a Villa fan wasn't in the slightest doubt. Duran is a hothead, and it would be easy as fuck to make sure he didn't step on him. It was obviously deliberate.

If that red was just an accident, those accidents would happen all the time.. Ofcourse it wasn't an accident, cmon.. Why do we have to discuss that.

Team sitting deep. We miss chance after chance. I've seen this enough times to be nervous.

Villa must have studied our 11 vs 10 games, and told Duran to get sent off.

This interview from Steven Taylor recalling the event is hilarious.

Gotta say Trippier vs Rogers is a bit scary defensively. Hopefully it won't be too bad.

Remember Guardiola said he was convinced they would go on a winning streak now a couple of games ago.

Can't believe they're still 6th.. Ocourse that will change this weekend.

Everton scoring 2 goals in 1 game would be a miracle. Against just about any team (they scored 4 vs Wolves, but they are next level open at the back).

Everton aren't great going forward, though. I fully expected Villa to beat City, but still thought they would take this one. They really are shocking.

I think the problem for them has been defensively. They don't win the ball back as easily, and they aren't solid. As a result their attacking play has also been hurt. Everton will let them have the ball and play the game that they used to be so good at.

Agree, I thought the same. They can just play a very offensive side without having to worry too much, with players who can open up a tight defence. Would be shocked if they drop points again.

Will be interesting to see whether Kovacic back can fix Man Citys midfield "crisis".

Would've atleast played a whole bunch last season. And would probably have been solid enough to stay as a decent rotation player aswell.

I suggested to compare the last 2,5 seasons specifically, meaning since both players arrived in the league. Isak has missed 38 games, Haaland has missed 20. Isak has missed nearly twice as many games. If you look at Willock and Wilson, they weren't much injured at all at the start of their carreer. They became injury prone at some point. We don't know for sure whether it's the norm for him just yet, but it's not uncommon for the problems to start later on. His injury history before joining us doesn't necessarily mean that much. When it comes to Haaland I think it's pretty clear that Man City has better routines in terms of preventing injuries than what he had at Dortmund. Whether that be training or something else. I've allways maintained that there are many things you can do to minimize chances of an injury crisis happening, it's not just luck or bad luck. Man City has their problems this season, but it's unusual for them.

Haaland was considered to be injury prone at Dortmund. It has gotten much better in the last years at Man City. Isak wasn't considered injury prone before he went to us. Compare games lost in the last couple of seasons plus the current one, Isak will be worse off in that.

He has a 1 goal per game ratio for Norway. Was the top scorer in the UCL for Dortmund. He gets more space to use his pace etc, so he just scores in different ways. Obviously scoring goals is his thing, not so much the rest.

Case closed

It makes sense that he has to make a lot of tackles when he plays for you guys. He's also top 1% for "attempted tackles"?

@Froggy is probably the best jinxer I have ever seen, so judging by the comments here Ugarte will turn out to be another flop sitting on the bench.

@leffe186 You still alive?

When regret turns into joy.

You guys should stop appointing managers at all. Just let the players figure it out in between them. You guys paying wages to managers is a waste of money. I'm sure Ratcliffe agrees, he loves cutting costs.