The league's gone? 2 whole points off City with 6 to play, and only 3 goal difference behind?!
Europa League / Conference League 23/24
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Bayer Lederhosen winning the Bundesliga and then immediately going out of Europe to Moyes's West Ham would be quite something
Referee giving everything to the scouse
Honestly this has been a very impressive performance against the German champions. I can't ask for more than this. There is definately a more pressing style than normal, which makes sense given the context of the match.
I doubt BL will be as bad though in the 2nd half.
It's his cup final tonight
New Mad Max trailer looks guff.
Yea, it's gone. Six games to go, 2 whole points off City and 8 gd behind Arsenal, neither of whom have the CL to focus on.
Europa League / second-rate European competitions mean more to the smaller clubs, something we found out when we dropped into the competition even in the Fergie days.
Leverkusen spent the last 4 days drinking everyrhing East of the Rhine
Villa are 4th in the PL, playing Lille, 4th in L1, a peer. The PL may be stronger overall but the difference isn't so cut and dry across all teams and leagues. Plus Lille are more used to european competitions and there was probably also an element of surprise on Villa's part at their level
Also, league games are a completely different deal. Mentally they aren't nearly comparable to european KO games. Totally different level of pressure
Smaller clubs like Aston Villa
I obviously hope so, but think it's outrageously dim to be so cocksure. We just saw Arsenal throw away 3 points just like that.
West Ham should be 2 or 3 goals up.
Villa are a strange side in honesty, somehow they beat Arsenal home and away but lost to us home and away in the league this seaon.
Alonso reacts at half time, already did three subs. Now Frimpong and Boniface on the field. Let's see if they now get their shit together.
Well, Pep definitely shouldn't print out my post and display it in their dressing room saying the job's done.
Other than that, if I can't be cocksure on an anonymous forum in a title race where my team has no involvement and I've no interest except some obvious preferences due to football tribalism, when can I?
Liverpool not going for it as much as I thought they would, thought they'd be absolutely hammering atalantas goal
The RAWK thread is going to be fun if it stays like this
When it's properly been ruled out. Then we can all pretend we were certain it was fine.
Can see scousers scoring twice in quick succession, Atalanta not offering much so it's either hold out or bust for them. Terrible mind set, never pays off!
We haven't really done enough to threaten their goal tonight. Chances few and far between.
Leverkusen slowly getting into the game, but overall very entertaining to watch this
It’s safe to say only his team, family and countrymen love him. I cannot see any neutral loving his antics. He takes shithousing to a despicable level.
Atalanta really panicking on the ball
Bowen should probably have gone down there
Yeah, weird you haven't attacked more, Atalanta don't look sharp at all, you could have easily overturned the scoreline from the first leg if yous were playing half decent here
I find him hugely entertaining and would love him to be uniteds no. 1
He's under rated in this country because he plays for villa. How arsenal let him go I don't know he's twice the keeper they have
No point attacking if they can't finish the chances. Could've easily been level.
I’m not watching the game but in general Bundesliga seems to be far more open than Premier League. A lot of Germans teams have insane high lines and play out from the back almost always. Makes for fun watching but I can playing a Moyes team away from home as coming as a shock to the system.
Glad he took Salah off. Stinking the place out again.
Sign koopweiners up
Arsenal have a lot of form for that. I think all of Martinez, Fabianski, Leno, Szczesny have probably been better than the keepers they've actually kept at various times.
I’m going to regret stating this but Nunez has been Atalanta’s best player tonight and he’s only on five minutes… 
By now Leverkusen are much better in the game. And at the beginning it wasn't so much that they were tactically open, but individually just bad. Looked like some of them were still more or less drunk and Kossounou was so bad that he was subbed of after 30 minutes.
Have his legs gone? Doesn’t seem half the player anymore
It's been pointed out recently that he doesn't seem to perform well in these big title run in's but to me, he has slowed down a bit.
This is the second time he's come back from AFCON and looked off it.
Legs, heart, the manager who got the team over performing their true level for about 5 years. All gone.
Liverpool had 3 shots in 10 mins, then had another 6 in 65 more mins. How they didn't push on from the early goal is beyond belief. As if they're actively trying not to go through.
Game's gone a bit flat
Liverpool look tired
Liverpool look tired
Koopmeiners really is class
Koopwiener's been awful.