Tierney and Hooper tried their best to level the playing field, unfortunately for them Burnley are fucking crap.
Should really have been 4 or 5, but as always winning was the most important thing. A pretty good performance bar a strange ten or so minutes after the second robbery. Darwin has that monkey of his back now with a great finish and Jota is straight back to business.
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Looked pretty slick in the first half and not so much in the second. Good result even with Tierney being a bent prick.
Special mention for Joe Gomez. A lot of āfansā wanted him gone in the summer but heās been brilliant this season.
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Gave MotM to Jota, I have missed him.
Nice try you POS Tierney, but you failed.
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Something truly devilish above Tierny. Some of the calls in this game had to come from a really bad place
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Heās Virgil van Dijkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Heās Virgil van Dijkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.
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Had any officiating team failed to rule it out the pgmol would have had to offer an apology for getting it wrong.
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What pressure in the 2nd half was that exactly they huffed not much else.
Forget the goals, Iām still in shock at our lads getting multiple warnings for moving when taking throw ins meanwhile Burnley were literally running down the line before taking them.
There was one throw in that went out right next ti the corner flag and the lad ended up taking it in line with the edge of the 18 yard box
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Can I choose a draw pls for manc v villa
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Didnāt actually see the touch that set Jota for the goal, delicate little flick by Diaz right into Jotaās pathā¦then the first touch and finish is incredible. Absolutely one of the best finishers around.
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Comfortable four nil win with a normal ref. Nervy late win with that cunt.
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Has it in for Trent. Gave him a yellow for a nothing challenge, but let Burnley off for multiple worse challenges.
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The impact on the keeper is part of the decision making process. Salah had zero impact on the goalkeeper, heās already committed to go to his right hand side.
If Salah didnāt exist nothing about that goal changes.
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Loving this season.
We always come home stronglyā¦
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Which finishes could we have done better from today? Maybe the one Gakpo shanked in the first half, Mo hitting the bar for most players wouldnāt even be a chance. Trafford did well to stifle out the chances we created from being anything more.
We scored 4 brilliant goals today. The Harvey one I can understand why but the Gakpo one is an absolute joke.
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It is, but only as a means for giving offside against a player who isnāt directly in the line of sight. If youāre in the keeperās line of sight, as he clearly was, that is all that matters.
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What irked me about the Elliot goal being disallowed is that it encapsulates everything that is wrong with the current implementation of VAR. I would have had no problem with Tierney making a call that Salahās position unsighted the goalkeeper, and making a call to disallow. That is the sort of decision you expect the on-field officials to make. Instead, they leave that call to VAR.
From there, what should VARās intervention have been instead? Well, Salah was pushed into an offside position by deliberate action of a Burnley defender. Hard to expect a referee to catch that focused on the ball, but it was key to the play.
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Bullshit. Didnāt City get a similar a couple of weeks ago?
Watching the boss interviewed on Amazon, and none of them think it was offside. The fact that the Burnley player literally pushed Mo into an offside position should be considered.
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Villa a decent chance to take top spot?
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