I find the hatred of this bottom-tier racist, Senator Celeste Amarilla, towards Mbappé especially ironic because there is an asterisk over her own place in the racial hierarchy she appears to worship. As a Mestiza woman, she would not even be considered fully white by the white supremacist purists whose approval her racism seems so desperate to earn.
There is something profoundly pathetic about people who borrow a hierarchy that does not even place them at the top and then use it to sneer at a black man who has surpassed them in wealth, achievement, influence and global stature. That Mbappé’s skin colour can still be treated as a mark against him by people who rank far below him on almost every meaningful ladder of human accomplishment tells you all you need to know about the intellectual bankruptcy of racism.
🇨🇮 Despite losing today’s match was all about Christ Inao Oulaï for me.
What a player.
Won the most duels (10) and completed the most dribbles (5) on the pitch.
- 90% pass accuracy (45/50 passes completed)
- 4 recoveries
- 2 interceptions
Looked so comfortable on the ball. Very press resistant. Aggressive in his duels. Dynamic.
Special player for only 20-years-old.
Ayoub Bouaddi with a sensational performance for the entire match. The physicality & duelling to dominate Brazil’s midfield. He had the composure & press resistance to wait for the right pass to open up. And he even carried over distance. Phenomenal display as Morocco’s 6.
🆕🚨 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: Bournemouth has the answer to Liverpool’s search of the Mohamed Salah successor, and that’s Rayan Vitor Simplicío Rocha (19).
Here’s why the young Brazilian could be everything @LFC are looking for in a winger.
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https://t.co/VEntAxaOMR
Manuel Pellegrini provided a superb summary of James Milner in a 2015 interview with @sidlowe:
“I’m Milner’s No1 fan. Find me a more complete English player. There are players who’re better technically, yes. Quicker players, yes. Players who head better, yes. But show me one who does all the things Milner does well. There isn’t one.
“It’s hard to leave him out. Respect, commitment and performance level: 10/10, fantastic. He’s polyfunctional: full-back – the only position he doesn’t like – attacking midfield, wide. I played him as a forward and the team averaged three goals a game. He gives everything.
“You leave him on the bench and he’s absolutely furious but watch him during the game: encouraging, shouting, supporting. And in the next training session he kills himself.
“Milner’s a phenomenon, a guy with big balls and a heart this big,” Pellegrini continues, opening out his hands. “Intelligent, great mentality, one of those players that when you leave him out you’re left with this feeling of injustice; it hurts because he should always play.”
🇪🇬 | Farewell to a King
Most goals in the Premier League since Mohamed Salah joined Liverpool:
🥇 191 – Mohamed Salah
🥈 135 – Harry Kane
Most assists in the Premier League since Mohamed Salah joined Liverpool:
🥇 93 – Mohamed Salah
🥈 91 – Kevin De Bruyne
Most goal involvements in the Premier League since Mohamed Salah joined Liverpool:
🥇 284 – Mohamed Salah
🥈 173 – Heung-min Son
It's been an absolute pleasure, Mo! 🫡
Congratulations to Arsenal. Built on the foundations of an elite defence, they’ve comfortably been the best team in the league this year. Credit to Arteta, who read where this league was heading better than anyone else. They may not be expansive, but they have an excellent balance of control, technical quality, and physicality.
Introducing Myles Lewis-Skelly into midfield and giving Rice and Eze greater licence later in the season has proven to be a masterstroke. Fair play. Time for everyone else to react next season.
I have witnessed this club go from doubters to believers, and from believers to champions. It took hard work and I always did everything I could to help the club get there. Nothing makes me prouder than that.
Us crumbling to yet another defeat this season was very painful and not what our fans deserve. I want to see Liverpool go back to being the heavy metal attacking team that opponents fear and back to being a team that wins trophies. That is the football I know how to play and that is the identity that needs to be recovered and kept for good. It cannot be negotiable and everyone that joins this club should adapt to it.
Winning some games here and there is not what Liverpool should be about. All teams win games.
Liverpool will always be a club that means a great deal to me and to my family. I want to see it succeed for long after I have moved on.
As I’ve always said, qualifying to next season’s Champions League is the bare minimum and I will do everything I can to make that happen.