Virgil van Dijk as captain of Liverpool is back playing a lot closer to the level we know he's capable of.
He's won 100% of his attempted tackles, he hasn't been dribbled past this season. He's winning 80% of his duels; 82% aerial duels. He has made zero errors leading directly to a goal or shot. 5 clearances and 5 recoveries on average per game.
His passing accuracy is 92% total, 87% in the opposition half. His long pass accuracy is 76%. He has assisted twice.
20 years ago today, the US and UK invaded Iraq.
Over a million killed. Millions more refugees.
Worse birth defects and cancer rates than Hiroshima.
One of the biggest crimes of this century.
0 sanctions, 0 ICC arrest warrants.
Mo Salah - 32 goals/assists in 35 starts. This whilst receiving less touches per match than any of his previous 5 Premier League seasons at Liverpool due to the structural chaos around him. This is what you call all-time greatness.
1,064 days ago.
Liverpool gathered the most points across 38 consecutive league games in any elite European league, ever.
What a phenomenal football team.
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The US Military rained white phophorus and depleted uranium on Fallujah less than 20 years ago. Now the Navy is naming a ship after the operation, and a video game that recreates the massacre is being released.
Civilisation?
Morocco celebrate their win against Spain with a Palestinian flag. Every North African and Middle East team has made sure that the Palestine issue is prominent at every game
The best part about Qatar hosting the FIFA world cup is how the western world is having a complete meltdown realising there exists a world \and culture outside of their bubbles, and exposing their hypocrisy with the sudden concern about human rights violations in the country.
Terrible that England fans can’t get drunk in stadiums at the Qatar World Cup, especially after how impeccably they behaved at the Euros final last year.