GWT: PL Matchweek 32

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Antonio Conte blow with Matt Doherty ruled for rest of season with knee injury

football.london understands that the Republic of Ireland international is set to miss the remainder of the season with a knee injury, a blow for the defender who was finding form under Antonio Conte

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Awful news. Spurs most improved player under Conte. Did well on both flanks. Villa tried clattering everybody in that first half.

 

[Savant]

Liverpool getting a draw is their only saving grace, but without getting 3 points today their chance to win the league drastically reduced. It's just the reality of the situation. Obviously weirder things have happened in sports but I wouldn't hold my breath on City tripping up.

I mean here’s the thing. Liverpool still need to win every game, that hasn’t changed. If Liverpool win every game and it comes down to the last day of the season, then so be it it.

If not what can you do? Liverpool is the better team this year. If City win the league by a point you can look at the pints that LFC dropped against Brighton and Brentford and/or you can say that City got all the luck with the refs (PK luck in Wolves, Everton games. Maybe Arsenal game; Tierney disasterclass in LFC vs Tottenham). It happens. LFC still has a lot left to play for though either way. As I said in autumn, LFC and City are the two best teams in the world. It’s a shame they play in the same league.

 

[Burner Account]

I mean here’s the thing. Liverpool still need to win every game, that hasn’t changed. If Liverpool win every game and it comes down to the last day of the season, then so be it it.

If not what can you do? Liverpool is the better team this year. If City win the league by a point you can look at the pints that LFC dropped against Brighton and Brentford and/or you can say that City got all the luck with the refs (PK luck in Wolves, Everton games. Maybe Arsenal game; Tierney disasterclass in LFC vs Tottenham). It happens. LFC still has a lot left to play for though either way. As I said in autumn, LFC and City are the two best teams in the world. It’s a shame they play in the same league.

Liverpool could not win another trophy this season and I would still call this their second best season under Klopp solely because they’re still in every competition in mid April.

In a vacuum, you take a point at the Etihad and run every season but obviously needed all three to control the title race.

City turned Liverpool’s strength (offside trap) into a weakness today. Well played.

 

[Savant]

Liverpool could not win another trophy this season and I would still call this their second best season under Klopp solely because they’re still in every competition in mid April.

In a vacuum, you take a point at the Etihad and run every season but obviously needed all three to control the title race.

City turned Liverpool’s strength (offside trap) into a weakness today. Well played.

Easily. And they still play at least one more time this season.

Either way, still a lot of story to be written

 

[robertmac43]

Much harder schedule for Liverpool down the stretch. Thinking this is a City title but it will be close.

 

[Live in the Now]

About Everton cause I'm going through their extended highlights. I think I should point out that Everton were 16th with Benitez and did not have Calvert-Lewin. Now they have him and a different manager and they're even worse. That's an amazing achievement tbh. This guy scored 16 league goals last season and they've gone down a spot even when they were basically as low as they could go.


Also yes I know they won but Rangnick has been a disaster as a manager so that could have gone either way from the start.

 

[Machinehead]

Liverpool getting a draw is their only saving grace, but without getting 3 points today their chance to win the league drastically reduced. It's just the reality of the situation. Obviously weirder things have happened in sports but I wouldn't hold my breath on City tripping up.

They went from 1 point back with 8 to play to 1 point back with 7 to play.

"Weirder things have happened."

If it does happen, it wouldn't be the weirdest thing to happen that day.

It's essentially a dead heat. We're talking about City like they haven't lost in ten years.

 

[Live in the Now]

What a player Ivan Toney is. Some top 6 club should absolutely sign him in the summer. He has link up play, playmaking, physical dominance, intelligence and now he is showing he can score a lot at the PL level too which was my only concern in the first half of the season.

You should just straight out say he's good enough for your team because they can't score dick and he can. That's what I would have said anyway. They should sign him.

 

[S E P H]

This version of LFC reminds me of their team like four seasons ago or so where everything just went right for them. They get severely outplayed the entire match, but one "off" moment by Citeh and Mane scores to tie it. Arsenal is just like this, but on the opposite end of the spectrum leading to losses, while it saves Liverpool from losses or draws.