OT: Alphonso Davies (and other European football talk)

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Thursday's results:

West Bromich Albion 0 Everton 1
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Fulham 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1
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Liverpool 0 Chelsea 1
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Thursday's table:

POS	TEAM	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Manchester City	27	20	5	2	56	17	39	65
2	Manchester United	27	14	9	4	53	32	21	51
3	Leicester City	27	15	5	7	46	31	15	50
4	Chelsea	27	13	8	6	42	25	17	47
5	Everton	26	14	4	8	39	33	6	46
6	West Ham United	26	13	6	7	40	31	9	45
7	Liverpool	27	12	7	8	47	35	12	43
8	Tottenham Hotspur	26	12	6	8	42	27	15	42
9	Aston Villa	25	12	3	10	38	27	11	39
10	Arsenal	26	11	4	11	34	27	7	37
11	Leeds United	26	11	2	13	43	44	-1	35
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	9	7	11	28	37	-9	34
13	Crystal Palace	27	9	7	11	29	43	-14	34
14	Southampton	26	8	6	12	31	44	-13	30
15	Burnley	27	7	8	12	19	35	-16	29
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	26	5	11	10	26	33	-7	26
17	Newcastle United	26	7	5	14	27	44	-17	26
18	Fulham	27	4	11	12	21	33	-12	23
19	West Bromwich Albion	27	3	8	16	20	56	-36	17
20	Sheffield United	27	4	2	21	16	43	-27	14

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[Bryanbryoil]

What is going on in Liverpool?

 

[oilers'72]

What is going on in Liverpool?

I don't read the game news but it could be they need a retooling like City's done. Klopp's future with the team is still safe and only if he moved on would Liverpool have some major rebuilding.

 

[Bangers]

What is going on in Liverpool?

Their top players had all played over 100 games over the previous two seasons and had won all of the major trophies, so they needed to strengthen last summer for when key injuries inevitably hit and players lost motivation.

They didn’t.

Van Dijk went down (as did Gomez), and they didn’t have any quality CBs to replace them (they let Lovren go), so:
- their attacking FBs had to play further back, hurting the attack, and
- they played their midfielders at the back, which made their midfielder weaker.

... and I’m loving it.

 

[Bangers]

I don't read the game news but it could be they need a retooling like City's done. Klopp's future with the team is still safe and only if he moved on would Liverpool have some major rebuilding.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Klopp walked away after the season. He seems a bit like Guardiola in that respect.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if Liverpool brought in Gerrard to replace him.

 

[doulos]

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Saturday's fixtures:

EPL Matchday 27

Burnley vs Arsenal @ 5:30 AM
Sheffield United vs Southampton @ 8:00 AM
Aston Villa vs Wolverhampton Wanderers @ 10:30 AM
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Leicester City @ 1:00 PM

 

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Saturday's results:

Burnley 1 Arsenal 1
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Sheffield United 0 Southampton 2
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Aston Villa 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
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Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Leicester City 2
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Saturday's table:

POS	TEAM	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Manchester City	27	20	5	2	56	17	39	65
2	Leicester City	28	16	5	7	48	32	16	53
3	Manchester United	27	14	9	4	53	32	21	51
4	Chelsea	27	13	8	6	42	25	17	47
5	Everton	26	14	4	8	39	33	6	46
6	West Ham United	26	13	6	7	40	31	9	45
7	Liverpool	27	12	7	8	47	35	12	43
8	Tottenham Hotspur	26	12	6	8	42	27	15	42
9	Aston Villa	26	12	4	10	38	27	11	40
10	Arsenal	27	11	5	11	35	28	7	38
11	Leeds United	26	11	2	13	43	44	-1	35
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	9	8	11	28	37	-9	35
13	Crystal Palace	27	9	7	11	29	43	-14	34
14	Southampton	27	9	6	12	33	44	-11	33
15	Burnley	28	7	9	12	20	36	-16	30
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	27	5	11	11	27	35	-8	26
17	Newcastle United	26	7	5	14	27	44	-17	26
18	Fulham	27	4	11	12	21	33	-12	23
19	West Bromwich Albion	27	3	8	16	20	56	-36	17
20	Sheffield United	28	4	2	22	16	45	-29	14

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[oilers'72]

Sunday's fixtures:

Matchday 27

West Bromich Albion vs Newcastle United @ 5:00 AM
Liverpool vs Fulham @ 7:00 AM
Manchester City vs Manchester United @ 9:30 AM
Tottenham Hotspur vs Crystal Palace @ 12:15 PM

 

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Sunday's results:

West Bromich Albion 0 Newcastle United 0
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Liverpool 0 Fulham 1
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Manchester City 0 Manchester United 2
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Tottenham Hotspur 4 Crystal Palace 1
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Sunday's table:

POS	TEAM	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Manchester City	28	20	5	3	56	19	37	65
2	Manchester United	28	15	9	4	55	32	23	54
3	Leicester City	28	16	5	7	48	32	16	53
4	Chelsea	27	13	8	6	42	25	17	47
5	Everton	26	14	4	8	39	33	6	46
6	Tottenham Hotspur	27	13	6	8	46	28	18	45
7	West Ham United	26	13	6	7	40	31	9	45
8	Liverpool	28	12	7	9	47	36	11	43
9	Aston Villa	26	12	4	10	38	27	11	40
10	Arsenal	27	11	5	11	35	28	7	38
11	Leeds United	26	11	2	13	43	44	-1	35
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	9	8	11	28	37	-9	35
13	Crystal Palace	28	9	7	12	30	47	-17	34
14	Southampton	27	9	6	12	33	44	-11	33
15	Burnley	28	7	9	12	20	36	-16	30
16	Newcastle United	27	7	6	14	27	44	-17	27
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	27	5	11	11	27	35	-8	26
18	Fulham	28	5	11	12	22	33	-11	26
19	West Bromwich Albion	28	3	9	16	20	56	-36	18
20	Sheffield United	28	4	2	22	16	45	-29	14

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Monday's fixtures:

Matchday 27

Chelsea vs Everton @ 11:00 AM
West Ham United vs Leeds United @ 1:00 PM

 

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Monday's results:

Chelsea 2 Everton 0
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West Ham United 2 Leeds United 0
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Monday's table:

POS	TEAM	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Manchester City	28	20	5	3	56	19	37	65
2	Manchester United	28	15	9	4	55	32	23	54
3	Leicester City	28	16	5	7	48	32	16	53
4	Chelsea	28	14	8	6	44	25	19	50
5	West Ham United	27	14	6	7	42	31	11	48
6	Everton	27	14	4	9	39	35	4	46
7	Tottenham Hotspur	27	13	6	8	46	28	18	45
8	Liverpool	28	12	7	9	47	36	11	43
9	Aston Villa	26	12	4	10	38	27	11	40
10	Arsenal	27	11	5	11	35	28	7	38
11	Leeds United	27	11	2	14	43	46	-3	35
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	9	8	11	28	37	-9	35
13	Crystal Palace	28	9	7	12	30	47	-17	34
14	Southampton	27	9	6	12	33	44	-11	33
15	Burnley	28	7	9	12	20	36	-16	30
16	Newcastle United	27	7	6	14	27	44	-17	27
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	27	5	11	11	27	35	-8	26
18	Fulham	28	5	11	12	22	33	-11	26
19	West Bromwich Albion	28	3	9	16	20	56	-36	18
20	Sheffield United	28	4	2	22	16	45	-29	14

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[oilers'72]

Tuesday's fixtures:

UEFA Champions League, round of 16, 2nd leg

Juventus (ITA) vs FC Porto (POR) @ 1:00 PM
(1-2 on aggregate)
(at Juventus Stadium - Turin)
Borussia Dortmund (GER) vs Sevilla (SPA) @ 1:00 PM
(3-2 on aggregate)
(at BVB Stadion Dortmund - Dortmund)

 

[SnooPac]

Their top players had all played over 100 games over the previous two seasons and had won all of the major trophies, so they needed to strengthen last summer for when key injuries inevitably hit and players lost motivation.

They didn’t.

Van Dijk went down (as did Gomez), and they didn’t have any quality CBs to replace them (they let Lovren go), so:
- their attacking FBs had to play further back, hurting the attack, and
- they played their midfielders at the back, which made their midfielder weaker.

Basically covers it all ya . When will it stop?
And not just VVD and Gomez lost on defense. Matip is also gone for season. So that's all their real CBs. The 2 midfielders you mentioned that are taking their places, both have had significant injuries, and one of them (who's also the leader of the team) is still gone. So basically they've consistently had to use their 6-8th choices back there...
Even the 2 CB's they bought in January to fill in are injured.

Also don't forget the front 3 (albeit affected by all you said) have been relatively crap since ~Christmas. Only Salah seems to be performing at all. Still leading the league in goals I think, but not even close to his top. Firmino and surprisingly Mané have been pretty horrible.

... and I’m loving it.

Evil!
But don't worry, don't need top 4. We'll still make Champions League next year by winning Champions League this year .

 

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Tuesday's results:

UEFA Champions League, round of 16, 2nd leg

Juventus 3 FC Porto 2 (AET)
(2-1 after full time, tied 4-4 on aggregate, FC Porto advance on away goals)
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Borussia Dortmund 2 Sevilla 2
(Borussia Dortmund advance 5-4 on aggregate)
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[oilers'72]

Wednesday's fixtures:

EPL Matchday 33

Manchester City vs Southampton @ 11:00 AM

UEFA Champions League, round of 16, 2nd leg

Liverpool (ENG) vs Red Bull Leipzig (GER) @ 1:00 PM
(Liverpool lead 2-0 on aggregate)
(at Puskás Aréna - Budapest)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) vs FC Barcelona (SPA) @ 1:00 PM
(PSG lead 4-1 on aggregate)
(at Parc des Princes - Paris)

 

[SnooPac]

Tuesday's results:

UEFA Champions League, round of 16, 2nd leg

Juventus 3 FC Porto 2 (AET)
(2-1 after full time, tied 4-4 on aggregate, FC Porto advance on away goals)
uefa champions league - Google Search

Pretty crazy ending.

 

[oilers'72]

Pretty crazy ending.

I had it on and heard the call for the second yellow on Taremi but didn't see it as I was reading other stuff on HFOil.

 

[SnooPac]

I had it on and heard the call for the second yellow on Taremi but didn't see it as I was reading other stuff on HFOil.

The 2nd yellow was brutal. Such a dumb play.

But don't worry, don't need top 4. We'll still make Champions League next year by winning Champions League this year .

It's happening!!

 

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Wednesday's results:

EPL

Manchester City 5 Southampton 2
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UEFA Champions League, round of 16, 2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain 1 FC Barcelona 1
(Paris Saint-Germain advance 5-2 on aggregate)
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Liverpool 2 Red Bull Leipzig 0
(Liverpool advance 4-0 on aggregate)
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Wednesday's table:

POS	TEAM	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Manchester City	29	21	5	3	61	21	40	68
2	Manchester United	28	15	9	4	55	32	23	54
3	Leicester City	28	16	5	7	48	32	16	53
4	Chelsea	28	14	8	6	44	25	19	50
5	West Ham United	27	14	6	7	42	31	11	48
6	Everton	27	14	4	9	39	35	4	46
7	Tottenham Hotspur	27	13	6	8	46	28	18	45
8	Liverpool	28	12	7	9	47	36	11	43
9	Aston Villa	26	12	4	10	38	27	11	40
10	Arsenal	27	11	5	11	35	28	7	38
11	Leeds United	27	11	2	14	43	46	-3	35
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	9	8	11	28	37	-9	35
13	Crystal Palace	28	9	7	12	30	47	-17	34
14	Southampton	28	9	6	13	35	49	-14	33
15	Burnley	28	7	9	12	20	36	-16	30
16	Newcastle United	27	7	6	14	27	44	-17	27
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	27	5	11	11	27	35	-8	26
18	Fulham	28	5	11	12	22	33	-11	26
19	West Bromwich Albion	28	3	9	16	20	56	-36	18
20	Sheffield United	28	4	2	22	16	45	-29	14

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