Premier League Gameweek 1 (9th, 10th, 11th August)

[izec]

What a goal

 

[esmufc07]

Brilliant 3rd goal.

 

[giorno]

I get what you're saying and I would love to be able to enjoy a match on it's own merits. The problem I have is that City have left no room for mistakes to be made. It's great winning a match 4-1 whilst not at your best but when you know that even dropping 2 points is potentially fatal to your goal of winning the league, it leaves you a bit tense when you can see all the problems that a team like City will exploit at will.

Welcome to our nightmare

Plenty of beer, food, some spectacular football, impressive league campaigns that amount to nothing unless you happen to be either perfect of lucky. But we get plenty of CL titles

I'd say he wants to convert last season's draws into wins & that he won't do it vs stronger teams.

They lost 4 points against teams outside the top 6 last year. I can only think of it as an energy-saving strategy

Thing is Klopp is quite known for raising certain players performances. In Dortmund he made the likes of Schmelzer, Großkreutz, Pisczcek looking like world-class fullbacks (especially the latter) or Bender/Kagawa looking like world-class midfielders. Most of your players never looked anything special before their arrival and I think it's quite reasonable that some have doubts about their "true" abilities so to speak.

Henderson was borderline world class in the slip season, VVD had been the best CB in the league for at least a year when they signed him, Trent was one of the highest rated youngster in english football in years, Milner spent many years being a very useful player for city, and all three of Salah, Mane and Firmino were great players on the cusp of making the leap to world class when they signed then

And didn't Pisczecek just have a phenomenal season?

High 80's, low 90's will win it this season I reckon.

City will finish on 93 points

Obviously a good coach improves players, but mostly I just think Liverpool have a really strong squad, and are a significantly better team than Klopp's Dortmund side.

Better, yes, would not say significantly so though

City's football is predictable but so tough to stop. Out of wide, a strong low cross across the box for a tap in/easy shot

It's the hardest attacking play to defend this side of Messi dribbling past 5 guys and slotting it into the corner from 25 yards

He was decent but still it was the same thing as now. Everyone was singing his praises in the early weeks for not doing anything special, and then criticizing the same performances later in the season.

Jorginho was very good actually, one of the best in the league in his role. But i agree with your point

And City are feeling themselves now

 

[Adisa]

Boring league.

 

[Guy Incognito]

3-0. Blimey.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Lovely football again for Jesus to score. 0-3. Are the native going to get restless again?

 

[Kill 'em all]

Nice goal, lovely football, get in!

 

[duffer]

Get Fornals on, I wanna see what the fuss is about.

 

[SirAF]

What a fecking goal!

 

[Ainu]

Business as usual for City then.

 

[Thunderhead]

Lovely football

 

[Irrational.]

Disgraceful defending from West Ham.

Diop

 

[Klopper76]

Jesus, that’s a great goal.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

VAR involved.

 

[Adisa]

Make no mistake, West Ham are a decent side.

 

[The Taurean]

No chance, players who run a lot tend to clock up max 11-12km a game.

Yea, was surprised when i read it. Likely km's. Tbf it was Silva, rodri and another player rounding of the top3 which still speaks volumes about him.
Time to blame the dodgy stream for confusion.

 

[Fooza]

City are too strong, Aguero, Silva, Gundogan, Cancelo all on the bench too. That's when you know you got a top team

 

[El Zoido]

Can already see how the league is going to go. City and Liverpool smashing everyone each week, everyone else fighting for scraps. Boring.

 

[padr81]

Thats a gorgeous goal for 3-0.

 

[izec]

Come on, thats not offside

 

[duffer]

VAR shows it as offside.

 

[Ramshock]

Dippers and Plastics will be even further ahead of the top 6 this season

 

[Fracture90]

That was schoolbook type of goal. WHU are poo-poo.

 

[Mrs Smoker]

Offside. Bless you, VAR.

 

[Irrational.]

Ha! Feck off City.

I take my comment back. Genius by Diop and the West Ham defence playing Sterling offside.

 

[Tom Van Persie]

Disallowed.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Disallowed. Offside.

 

[ivaldo]

Wow! Millimetres!

 

[Guy Incognito]

 

[VorZakone]

 

[Orc]

The scary thing about Liverpool yesterday and City here is how effortless it looks. They look like they're in training here.

Then you look at their bench and see they have a better bench than most PL starting XI's.

 

[Dumbstar]

That move and touch by Silva was brilliant despite it not being a goal.

 

[duffer]

Book them for dissent.

 

[Samid]

 

[esmufc07]

The offside rule needs looking at.

 

[Ainu]

What the feck? Was that really offside?

 

[doodle]

Why does the premier league season start so early compared to the rest of europe?

 

[VeevaVee]

Great goal that. That's what good running and passing gets you.

edit: wowza

 

[acnumber9]

What was offside, an armpit hair?

 

[SqueakyWeasel]

VAR
best
thing
ever