Deep down, you can tell he's a genuinely good fella. The way he handled everything that happened off the pitch during the summer was excellent, and that first season was unbelievable. It's sad how it all ended, but he'll always be remembered for delivering that league title.
13 years later...
442 games
257 goals
120 assists
4 Golden Boots
3 POTY
Every major club trophy
Countless records
Mohamed Salah, arguably the greatest player this league has seen.
Not the worst Downing replacement!
And suddenly there's no more opening week goals, no more golden boot runs, no more goals every week, no more Ballon D'OR shouts, Goodbye Salah thank you for changing our lives
Brendan Rodgers nearly won the league then Liverpool sold Luis Suarez and replaced him with Mario Balotelli and Rickie Lambert.
Sturridge missed 44 games through injuries, and that deadly SAS partnership that made us so dangerous was gone overnight.
Rodgers was set up to fail.
Arne Slot won the league and then got backed with £450m. Isak, Wirtz, Ekitike and more. He was set up to succeed and failed miserably.
That’s the difference.
VAR to the rescue for Arsenal's season:
🟥 Havertz narrowly escapes a Red Card for a shocking tackle on Burnley’s Ugochukwu.
❌ Saliba's kick on Barry went unpunished, with Everton missing out on a penalty—PGMOL later acknowledged this mistake.
🟥 Gabriel should have received a red for violent conduct after a head-to-head clash with Erling Haaland.
🟥 Once again, Gabriel should have been sent off for hitting Nick Woltemade with a fist to the face.
❌ West Ham's hopes for an equaliser dashed in the dying moments as Rice and Trossard both rugby tackled opponents.
What else did I overlook? 🤔🤔
🚨 Jarrod Bowen on disallowed goal: “When you look at the screen for five minutes you'll find something”.
“Do I think it's the right decision? No. Where's the consistency? As a fan you don't want to celebrate a goal and then wait eight minutes and it's taken off you”.