Le maillot, la vibe, les joueurs, la 1ere saison de flick, le piège du hors-jeu, les Classico, les remontada, les Atletico Barça bref la saison d’une vie
🚨 Mourinho on Arsenal being knocked out by Southampton in the FA Cup:
“Southampton are 7th in the Championship… and they’ve knocked out the league leaders in the Premier League. That tells you something.
I said before, if this league restarts, I’m not sure Arsenal finish in the top four. They are only there now because they are protecting a lead.
And when a team plays like that… sometimes they don’t finish the job. I wouldn’t be surprised.
I’ve watched them play, and honestly… I don’t enjoy it.”
🚨🗣️ Thierry Henry on Virgil van Dijk’s display in the clash between Liverpool and Manchester City.
“People are going to get emotional about this, but I don’t care, Virgil van Dijk is living off a reputation he built years ago. Tonight exposed it. When Manchester City turned up the intensity, he didn’t look like a leader… he looked like a liability.
We keep hearing ‘world-class, world-class’ based on what? Aura? Because I didn’t see dominance, I saw hesitation. I saw a defender who doesn’t want to get exposed 1v1 anymore. The real top defenders embrace those moments, they don’t hide behind the system.
And let’s be honest, if his name wasn’t Van Dijk, we’d be having a very different conversation right now. At Liverpool FC, that standard should be ruthless. But somehow, he keeps getting protected while others get blamed.
For me? That performance wasn’t elite. It wasn’t even good. It was average… and average doesn’t win you big games.”