Some pundits will watch Arsenal play and spend the next 24 hours looking for reasons to discredit what they've seen. Then there's Steven Gerrard, who actually watches football, understands the game and gives credit where it's due. Massive respect
I wasn't quite sure how I was going to feel watching a City game for the first time since the guilty verdict. But watching that yesterday - the smug smiles to the camera, the away fans waving cash around, the banners, chants. It's just all a hollow sham. The whole Premier League season is.
It can still be saved, just. But in truth we all know it's probably going to continue to drag for a few months at least before we get anything close to clarity.
So we'll see those scenes again and again this season because they are a great team with great players who are going to keep winning. It's just going to make such a mockery of this season.
Every goal, every celebration, every glance at the league table, you just ask yourself the same questions. What does it mean? What's the point of this all? What's the point of spending our money to watch?
Of course we will still do it and come kick-off of most games. (when City aren't playing in them), we'll probably forget about it and get caught up in what we're watching.
But then the full-time whistle will go and it will start all over again.
So many seasons/moments have been lost for millions of fans around the world already because of what they've done and this season is going to be no different. Such a shame.
Tennis champion @MariaSharapova built her legacy on a fiercely competitive edge.
In this episode of The Winning Formula, she introduces her new podcast, "Pretty Tough", and the mindset that has defined her journey—unapologetic ambition and resilience: https://t.co/EkWBlH8gGu
xP is the probability that a pass will be successful.
xT is the increase in threat (% chance of a shot) that an action has.
Usually, high xP passes are low xT. Simple passes = less threat.
But Arsenal play high xP passes that are also high xT.
Mikel Arteta has built a system that requires fewer risks.
🔗 https://t.co/h4J1QKHwvQ
Arsenal in the Premier League this season:
🥇 Most points (85)
🥇 Most wins (26)
🥇 Most goal difference (+44)
🥇 Most clean sheets (19)
🥇 Most clean sheets in a row (4)
🥇 Most set-piece goals (23)
🥇 Most headed goals (16)
🥇 Most WhoScored MOTM awards (29)
🥇 Fewest losses (5)
🥇 Fewest goals conceded (27)
🥇 Fewest shots conceded per game (8.2)
🥇 Fewest yellow (51) and red cards (0)
Champions 🔴⚪️🏆
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