Should have been definitely more. The time wasting of Gladbach was disgusting.
The referee helped too. Giving Sané a yellow card when he is clearly fouled just at the edge of the penalty box.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
The referee helped too. Giving Sané a yellow card when he is clearly fouled just at the edge of the penalty box.
Bayern had 33 shots and 20 shots on target 
Most saves of a goalkeeper (atleast in the Bundesliga) since data is counted...Bayern had 33 shots and 20 shots on target
Sommer made 19, saves. The highest number of saves ever made since the beginning of data recording.
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Yann Sommer perfect 10/10 on whoscored 
Whata baller.
Whata baller.Business as usual against Bayern for himYann Sommer perfect 10/10 on whoscored
Including today Gladbach got 3W 2D 1L in their last six games against Bayern... really Bayern's Nemesis at the moment.
Not exactly the most sensible statements. If you shoot at goal 30 times and only score once, it's definitely more your fault than one or two fouls not given.
Absolutely. Müller's statement was much more sensible, but Nagelsmann is just behaving like a spoiled child.
Marvin Schwäbe, if he continues like that he‘s national team material.
But he was right that the tendency all match was towards favouring Gladbach. The goal for Mane would have stood firm in every other match, too.
But Bayern lost simply because they did not convert. Else they probably did nothing wrong. Apart from Upamecano's mistake it was a very good defensive show, too. They are much more solid on the back than they have been in the last 2 or 3 years.
Sane blocked the defenders' line of vision, directly affecting their ability to clear the cross. I don't know whether it would always get VAR'd, but I'm sure they'd take it back most of the time.
Not with 17 other teams in the league...
Yes, the great ref conspiracy against Bayern
hard times for Bayern supporters
Bremen-Frankfurt is great entertainment right now. 40 minutes played and just the 2-3 was scored, both teams go on all guns blazing.
And here I am watching Spurs park the bus against Nottingham. Changing the channel now.
You should always watch Bremen if you want to see some action. They are back to their classic spectacular identity and are the team in the BL in whose games the most goals are scored (
While posting Bremen scores a penalty
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He didn't block the vision of Sommer and he didn't have a chance to catch the ball anyway.
There was a similar decision a couple of weeks ago. There is no offside even the player in offside position blocks the vision of the goalie, if he had no chance to save the shot anyway. (Strange take but that are this season's rules).
If you add defenders who might have been hindered, then every goal with a player in office position should be disallowed.
Well you're just making up your own rules..
If you want to talk about the actual rules: https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/offside/#offside-offence
He neither blocked Sommer's vision nor interfered with any defender who could have stopped the goal.
There was a similar situation in Cologne's match last week and that was given after VAR interference.
He moved towards the ball, then he arched his back out of the way at the last moment. I assume that the latter qualified as an "obvious action" and in doing so he interfered with (the line of vision of) the two Gladbach defenders, who were otherwise well positioned to challenge the cross.
The situation in Köln wasn't similar at all, first of all because the offside player remained passive throughout, which moves it into a much grayer area.
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Oh please don’t give me the „Bayern are poor victims“ crap. That is a ludicrous statement
It's been quite the crazy weekend in terms of xG, hasn't it? In a lot of games the end result (in terms of points) remained the same, but for example Leverkusen getting a seemingly convincing win instead of a draw must be huge for their momentum, as is Schalke's result, who could have been quite happy with 5 points, but have an entirely different feeling about their start now.
These look amazing. Not sure about the €140 price tag though.
| Fixture | xG over/underperformance | "xResult" vs actual |
| Freiburg-Bochum | -3.41 : -1.13 | win -> win |
| Leipzig-Wolfsburg | -1.79 : -0.52 | win -> win |
| Mainz-Leverkusen | -1.62 : +1.4 | draw -> loss |
| Hoffenheim-Augsburg | -1 : -0.46 | win -> win |
| Hertha-Dortmund | -0.35 : -1.97 | loss -> loss |
| Schalke-Union | -0.87 : +4.93 | win -> loss |
| Bayern-Gladbach | -2.17 : +0.45 | win -> draw |
| Köln-Stuttgart | -0.39 : -1.98 | loss -> draw |
| Bremen-Frankfurt | +1.11 : +2.13 | draw -> loss |
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These look amazing. Not sure about the €140 price tag though.
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So this discussion sent me to have a look at the xG for this week's games on fbref and serioisly, WTF happened?!?!?!?
Hoffenheim with 6.3 xG against Augsburg????? Bayern has been already covered. Schalke vs Union - 1.8 to 1.3 / 1-6 oooohffff
Hoffenheim with 6.3 xG against Augsburg????? Bayern has been already covered. Schalke vs Union - 1.8 to 1.3 / 1-6 oooohffff
6.3 has to be some sort of error by FBref or Statsbomb. Both Understat (from which I took the stats for the table) and Infogol gave them around 2.So this discussion sent me to have a look at the xG for this week's games on fbref and serioisly, WTF happened?!?!?!?
Hoffenheim with 6.3 xG against Augsburg????? Bayern has been already covered. Schalke vs Union - 1.8 to 1.3 / 1-6 oooohffff
this is indeed a picture of beauty though:
and Infogol's numbers look even more dramatic:
Fecking Gladbach.
Enjoy having Hudson-Odoi. You’re gonna love him @Zehner
Leverkusen going for their sixth winger?
I heard Bailey is available again as well.
I'm still hoping they'll try to bring back Can to strengthen their midfield. Maybe a cheeky bid for Brandt, too.I heard Bailey is available again as well.
They could run a trendy: "The boys are back im Werk" marketing campaign.
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Already sighted in downtown Leverkusen. Trying to win a trophy. Ambitious.
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Thanks, really curious how he'll do for us
I'd take Brandt in a heartbeat. But you can sort that Can transfer out yourselfI'm still hoping they'll try to bring back Can to strengthen their midfield. Maybe a cheeky bid for Brandt, too.
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Already sighted in downtown Leverkusen. Trying to win a trophy. Ambitious.
I just read Schalke's statement regarding the Thiaw sale:
"Board member for finance Christina Rühl-Hamers said: “The transfer fee for Malick Thiaw allows us to meet our financial targets proposed at the start of the window. It offers us more room to manoeuvre financially when it comes to other issues and challenges that still lie ahead.”"
That doesn't seems like the fee will be reinvested into the squad, infact it seems like all they are going to do is loan a kid from Liverpool, who was headed for Blackburn. Their defensive performances so far didn't suggest an abundance of quality even before this switch. If I could I'd even lay a cheeky bet on Ralf Fährmann making his annual comeback.
"Board member for finance Christina Rühl-Hamers said: “The transfer fee for Malick Thiaw allows us to meet our financial targets proposed at the start of the window. It offers us more room to manoeuvre financially when it comes to other issues and challenges that still lie ahead.”"
That doesn't seems like the fee will be reinvested into the squad, infact it seems like all they are going to do is loan a kid from Liverpool, who was headed for Blackburn. Their defensive performances so far didn't suggest an abundance of quality even before this switch. If I could I'd even lay a cheeky bet on Ralf Fährmann making his annual comeback.
Schalke - Union is crazy XG, the goalkeeper has had a shocker surelyIt's been quite the crazy weekend in terms of xG, hasn't it? In a lot of games the end result (in terms of points) remained the same, but for example Leverkusen getting a seemingly convincing win instead of a draw must be huge for their momentum, as is Schalke's result, who could have been quite happy with 5 points, but have an entirely different feeling about their start now.
Fixture xG over/underperformance "xResult" vs actual Freiburg-Bochum -3.41 : -1.13 win -> win Leipzig-Wolfsburg -1.79 : -0.52 win -> win Mainz-Leverkusen -1.62 : +1.4 draw -> loss Hoffenheim-Augsburg -1 : -0.46 win -> win Hertha-Dortmund -0.35 : -1.97 loss -> loss Schalke-Union -0.87 : +4.93 win -> loss Bayern-Gladbach -2.17 : +0.45 win -> draw Köln-Stuttgart -0.39 : -1.98 loss -> draw Bremen-Frankfurt +1.11 : +2.13 draw -> loss
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These look amazing. Not sure about the €140 price tag though.
Ineeed, loaning Schwolow out to Schalke might have been the best transfer business Hertha did for this season.
Schwolow is not clowning in the Hradeckian sense, if you were to look at each of the goals individually you could be tempted to chalk it off to being unfortunate, but if you see the complete picture it's obvious that he's letting in way too much.
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Hoffenheim player Dennis Geiger about their attendance:
"17,000 is a bit weak, I have to say. 17'000 is kind of a joke."
Let's see how Ultras Hoffenheim respond to this disrespect.
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I honestly wasn't awareof your post
To be fair, 17,000 is about five times Hoffenheims population.
Paulinho seems to have fallen out of favor completely, Adli and Bellarabi are injured for another few months (and we already know Bellarabi will injure himself again 3 weeks after his return) and Hlozek in my opinion is not a winger. That leaves us with Diaby. I think CHO can be a good addition being a counterpart to Diaby since we can now attack on both wings with a lot of pace instead of focusing on the Diaby/Frimpong side only. Should make us more unpredictable offensively.