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Michael Oliver has referred five matches between these two teams… and Liverpool have never won.
No agenda here, though.
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They didn’t play well enough today to win.
Who did he refer them to?
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Oh well, you wouldn’t have won anyway.
Shame we did not win today. Puts us a bit under pressure to get the three points in the next league match against Forest away from home in 9 days.
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I don’t really buy this, would have been easier going into that game with 9pt gap but we served that up today so maybe pressure is what this team needs.
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I had that same thought, we came into the game knowing that we had little pressure applied this weekend by the chasing pack, whereas Man Utd came in absolutely desperate to get some positive energy.
That maturity we had in recent games was gone today and for a lack of a better phrase I’d say we came into the game with the wrong mindset. Genuinely think some of the players bought the narrative that we were going to knock in 10 today.
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Yup, it felt like we wanted to get a third at 2-1 when a 2-1 win was fine. If we got chance for a third great but if we hadn’t been sloppy trying to look for passes that at best were 30/70 then I really reckon 2 goals would have been enough.
This talk of having to prove themselves, we’ve beat them, if we won by a goal it’s still a win. Hopefully we can sort it, felt a bit like that with Spurs though at least we had an excuse at 5-1.
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We did it earlier in the season by shutting up shop when we were in front, by keeping possession and therefore our shape, I was a little lost why we went gung ho when we never had control of the game.
I was like last year under Jurgen, going all out and ending up like a basketball match.
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van Dijk denied that it was the case.
You have to wonder though if the emotion of the game got to their heads…
Max points as things stand…
Liverpool - 103
Arsenal - 94
Forest - 94
Chelsea - 90
Newcastle - 89
Cheaty - 88
Still in an incredibly strong position, and we are the only team that can claim to have its destiny entirely within its own hands.
On to the next one.
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If we get max points , the other teams won’t.
We haven’t lost a 6 pointer this season so far. We are fine.
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Of course, it is a hypothetical exercise.
High-80s will win this League. We are in a very strong position.
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Well said.
One we wouldn’t realistically have expected pre season.
We are top of the PL, CL and in a cup semi final this week…
Those contracts though…
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Im not too sure high 80’s will be enough ti win the league this year, but I think 93-94 should.
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I saw one simulation-based predictor suggesting we would win with 85 points, with an 89% probability. Arsenal was 2nd at 73. Staggering number of teams (8) with points totals in the 50s.
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Absolutely but our target should be 89 points to wrap it up. 14 wins almost gets us there. Let’s start with one at Forest.
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Why so defeatist?
Let’s go for 101.
18 wins and a 5-5 draw at home to Palace on the last day.
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89 points knocks out Cheaty. We all know none of the other teams have the ability to go on a mammoth winning run. 14 more wins gives us the title - the sooner we get that into single digits the sooner the ‘chasers’ will give up and the better chance we have of being able to avoid a repeat of last season’s fade if we are still targetting multiple trophies
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