Partly yes but at no point did it feel like we gave everything we had. We were bullied physically from the kickoff and we let it happen. We never put up a fight.
Ignore the sensationalist headline but Van Dijk pretty much admitted as much after the game:
Iâm finding myself actually wanting city to win tonight.
Our challenge is dead & buried, and them losing will just torment the fuck out of us in the last 4 games.
Granted they are a financially doped club, and their fans are a collection of insufferable cunts, but Arsenal winning the title this season is going to be an even worse scenario for us for next season.
Did Virgil include himself in that? Cos he looked like his head had gone from the moment the ref ignored Calvert Lewin pushing him in the box on five minutes.
Honestly, I think that is a great idea that Danns start given how Salahâs form has dropped off the cliff after AFCON.
More to the point, if he said that only Jones was doing what they were supposed to do, isnât that throwing the others under the bus, effectively?
Not sure how thatâs protecting Jones rather than just praising him as the only one who executed the game plan.
He does.
Yeah, he said âeveryoneâ.
I wouldnât even try to describe this pathetic example of defending as giving anything, never mind everything.
Reminiscent of when Gerrard and Carragher downed tools for Rafa
Iâve said many times that I can fully accept being beaten by a better team, or our players just being off form.
But to be out fought and bullied by a team who clearly wanted it more is unacceptable.
He is an easy target because he has form for this sort of thing. Problem is he wasnât the only one doing it.
There was a graphic shortly before their 2nd which said that the score for first touches from set pieces in our box was something like Everton 5, Liverpool 0. Their sixth I think, was Calvert-Lewinâs free header for his goal.
Agreed, he hasnât the only one.
Just the only one I came across a video of
i see its hunting season on players on social media after last nights debacle. Even journalistâs chiming in on whose signing this was and who might be sold when new manager comes in
Which is why anyone with two brain cells to rub together avoids social media.
Except fan forums.
I am disappointed and yet wholly unsurprised that our last weeks of JK will likely be spent bickering with one another.
Hence I took a break today.
Got seven brain cells, me.
So who did you steal the other 6 from?
COG?
Fixed to ensure we all know he didnât gain them by legal means
Thereâs a reason Iâm not on X, FB, YT, Threads, Insta, tiktok, whatever.
Even my WhatsApp chat groups are limited to only a few close acquaintances, no strangers.