He was so unbelievably mid and the quicker England realized that the better. Glorified babysitter with no tactical nous whatsoever - anyone with a pulse could’ve done what he did (if not more). Best chance we’ve had at a World Cup in my lifetime. Us or Spain. Bookmark it.
Not even close to the best CB in the world this season. Positionally this year very poor, dives in, given away a lot of penalties, still gets away with a ton more (referee leniency). You’re blinded by bias from previous years. Beaten one on one often. He’s rapidly declining.
Liverpool wouldn’t be in Europe next season if it wasn’t for van Dijk.
Plays every minute of every game to the highest possible level.
Still the best centre back in the world.
Just not obvious because Liverpool are often subpar defensively due to the lack of balance/structure.
There were found to be more VAR errors in the Premier League in the recent review.
In gameweek 35 there were three VAR errors and one on-field error that didn't meet the VAR threshold.
@TikiTakaConnor Disagree. You can never state “unbelievable management” when it was his error in the first place that let the game get even. NEVER should’ve moved Rice out of the middle, was a terrible decision and could’ve been season defining. Rectified it sure - but dreadful initial decision
🚨 Arne Slot on boos from the fans: “That's probably got something to do with us not winning”.
“A draw, in the last five games we won three, lost one, and today a draw. That’s not what we want. We want more and we want to win all five”.
My understanding is Pep Guardiola will step down at the end of the season with Enzo Maresca all but agreed to take charge next season.
Let me explain.
Everyone at their club knows this is the direction of travel and they have gone as far as to talk about naming a stand in his honour.
The reason it has not been reported as of yet is because every single credible journalist fears Pep and his erratic nature of making a U-Turn “out of the blue” and you cant attach your lifes work and reputation to such a erratic yet genius human being without being 100000% sure and I respect that.
In summary, City have prepared for life without him with everything in place hoping he says “ we cannoh replace me”
The direction of travel is for him to step down and they have agreed an in-depth package with Maresca.
They will deny it and I respect that but…
Let the chips fall where they may.