izec
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What a goal
Welcome to our nightmareI 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.
They lost 4 points against teams outside the top 6 last year. I can only think of it as an energy-saving strategyI'd say he wants to convert last season's draws into wins & that he won't do it vs stronger teams.
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 thenThing 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.
City will finish on 93 pointsHigh 80's, low 90's will win it this season I reckon.
Better, yes, would not say significantly so thoughObviously 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.
It's the hardest attacking play to defend this side of Messi dribbling past 5 guys and slotting it into the corner from 25 yardsCity'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
Jorginho was very good actually, one of the best in the league in his role. But i agree with your pointHe 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.
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.No chance, players who run a lot tend to clock up max 11-12km a game.