City and Arsenal off to great starts, now both 2-1 behind, lucky the away goals don't matter now for Arsenal, need to actually show in the CL, especially with the team they have just now.
Very large element of luck on the Madrid goals
Had to be him, didn't it? Bet he loved that.
I think Arsenal were a bit naive and lucky to come away with a draw, I think Bayern will probably beat them in Germany.
It was never a penalty either, the one on Saka. He dangled his leg out hoping for contact - good job the brave English lads never dive eh.
Agreed, it was a very good decision by the ref in real time to spot it. Arguably could have been a foul in the other direction for kicking Neuer.
Not sure why Saka wasn't booked. Simulation is a blight on the game.
I was surprised Rio and Keown felt it was a pen, the 5 live pundits didn’t.
Was hoping Ipswich could take advantage of last nights result for Leicester and Leeds but had to settle for a draw ourselves. It's still tighter than a tight thing at the top of the championship
Squeaky bum time at the Birmingham City end of the Championship... 🙁
**Was hoping Ipswich could take advantage of last nights result for Leicester and Leeds but had to settle for a draw ourselves. It’s still tighter than a tight thing at the top of the championship**
Opposite for me (as a Leeds fan) - I still can't believe how tight it all is – there are three very nervous teams out there. Despite the gap to fourth, Southampton could still pip one of them to an automatic promotion spot.
Pretty sure Norwich will beat Ipswich in the play off finals at Wembley....
Surprised a Wolves season ticket holder at work when she asked me if I'd be disappointed if Ipswich didn't go up - I told her I'd have been happy with fourth from bottom back in September, all this is just a bonus
Timo Werner has just missed a sitter that a traffic cone would have put away.
Big case of squeaky bum time at the top of the championship! Southampton right back in it with their games in hand.
Wow, that's one of the worst penalties i've seen given under the new 'handball' rules!
Yep, shocker. If you give that why not the one on Maguire 10 minutes earlier? He arguably had more time to react.
Every cloud though - if United salvage a draw or scrape a win there’s more chance of ETH staying.
Big case of squeaky bum time at the top of the championship! Southampton right back in it with their games in hand.
It's as if no one actually wants to get automatic promotion - somehow Ipswich are top again
That’s a good point for United - another disjointed performance, I’ve rarely seen a team pick up as many points playing poorly week in week out. Trust the process though, Eric will say.
United need a new keeper, Ohnono getting beaten at his near post was poor.
Newcastle beating Spurs has made it interesting with United goal difference being what it is.
I have a feeling Villa might do something tomorrow and add an other twist at the top.
I’m just relieved that we’re safe and it was great to see Chunha and Hwang back today, happy to share a point with Nuno. I really hope Forest make it.
That penalty was an absolute joke.
Sadly the Bournemouth guy moved his arm as the ball hit him. It was completely unintentional but he moved his arm. I understand why they got the pen.
For clarity, I hate ManYoo with a passion and I'm enjoying every single moment of their troubles. It was a pen.
Once again, how we came away with a point from that I have no idea. Another shambolic performance that somehow wasn’t punished as it should have been.
Its just bizarre watching them give players like Solanke acres of room without any attempt to close them down, never mind put a challenge in.
An interesting article in last weeks Guardian on the Ten Hag philosophy
I don't think the Hags to blame. This United side reminds me of the teams pre Ferguson which were filled with 'stars' but were inconsistent and not a team. Just a bunch of individuals that have met up for a kick around.
Wot like Mike Duxbury?
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...Or Jordi Cruyff. Got a feeling the buying department must have thought the acorn had fallen closer to the tree.
Congrats to Stockport and my own team Wrexham for clinching promotion yesterday. We play each other at Wrexham on the last day of the season but Stockport are in poll position to wrap up the title by then. It also looks likely that Mansfield will be the third team promoted automatically but the playoff positions are hard to guess. Donny were 15 points off the last playoff place on March 3rd but now only 1 point.
The Stockport and Wrexham celebrations looked absolutely bonkers. You can't beat a good, old-fashioned, 70's style pitch invasion when its all obviously all good natured and celebratory
It's suddenly looking very good for the toon. They have arguably the three most in-form players in the league with Guimaraes, Gordon and Isak, a friendly run-in and a penultimate game 'decider' against Man Utd. Also with Spurs looking shit and needing to play Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Man City their 10 point cushion is looking a little fragile. Of course we'll probably lose to Burnley and Sheffield Utd after saying that, but you never know. Hopefully the Howe-out idiots will shut up now.
I don’t think the Hags to blame. This United side reminds me of the teams pre Ferguson which were filled with ‘stars’ but were inconsistent and not a team. Just a bunch of individuals that have met up for a kick around.
Usually i'd agree with managers always getting the harsh end of it, but Ten Hag is a real head scratcher, they have a squad as good as any other, but can't seem to build a team, his player management is suspect as well, a few fall outs, nobody playing better than before, there's a real struggle with managers just now though, Ange looks like he's struggling to get a game out his squad as well at Spurs, Newcastle and in and out, Chelsea can't get it going either, Villa seem to be in and out as well, it's gone weird!
Ten Hag’s greatest achievement might just be starting the rot which has derailed Klopp’s farewell quadruple!
A good weekend for Newcastle.
Howe has again proved how good a coach he is. He's got another group of players playing in a manner that suits them and is effective.
Hopefully, he can get a few back and he has 10 days before the next match.
WTF. Is everyone trying to give it to City again.
What weird voodoo does Pep and Citeh use each year around this time? 10th league title coming up.
It’s as good as Citeh’s now, surely?
Liverpool and Arsenal are good at creating loads of chances but don’t seem able to finish any of them
Fair play to Villa though. That was some second half performance after a dominant Arsenal first half. Two cracking finishes!
Great weekend for City, Only the fact they have to play aware at Spurs - which is their kryptonite - makes me think they may not end up as winners.
I think they can afford their customary defeat at Spurs. Liverpool and Arsenal will drop further points.
It wouldn’t surprise me if there’s a twist at the top every weekend until the end of the season.
It’s football, it’s why we all love it!
True. Who would have predicted those results today? Well… my darling wife did. She bet on both and has had a very lucrative weekend on top of her Grand National winnings from yesterday.
She was laughing like a Bond villain when Watkins got the second
Not a gambling man but I said to Jnr yesterday that I had a feeling Villa might do something.
Just because Emery can match anyone on his day.
Football, it’s a funny old game. 😀
Who would have predicted those results today? Well… my darling wife did.
I think it's time to call an experiment on this. Bit like the buttered toast on a cat's back, both can't be true.
Anything I bet on is guaranteed to not happen. If I put the same bets on next week as Mrs B, I want to see if we can jolt the Universe back into alignment as it fights itself to honour her predictions while screwing me over.
The multiple car crashes at the top of the Prem and Champ this weekend have made me feel a bit better about Leeds being involved.
From what I saw of the games today I'd be more worried if I was Liverpool as at least Arsenal should have been three up at half time.
Liverpool have been scrambling for much of the season, you can’t keep giving teams head starts. They’ve probably done better than expected, given the poor season last year and the midfield rebuild, plus the usual injuries.
Well if I were still 12, I'd be doing the simple maths that spurs put 4 past villa, villa 2 past Woolwich, so the NLD should be mega for spurs. Unfriendly un, or fortunately I'm not still 12 and I've long ago learnt form means little on the NLD, and spurs can both beat and lose to any team in the world.
Tbh, with city, Woolwich, 'pool and Chelsea to come I'm at a complete loss to guess if we will pick up 0, 12 or something in between points... although after our performance at St James's 0 feels closest.
binners - can I sign-up to Mrs B's tip sheet?
If you can make head nor tail of it. She’s like a Chinese gangster. It’s all linked up with doubles and trebles. I can’t even pretend I understand it
She never says owt either until she shows you the odds she got on her latest win.
The only person who betters her is my cousin, who’s like statto. He treats it like a science. Before a ball had been kicked in Euro 2004 he predicted, based on his statto breakdown, that the final would be a replay of the opening game - Portugal v Greece - and Greece would win
Of course, we all laughed at him and his preposterous analysis when he had ‘a serious punt’ on that outcome
We weren’t laughing for long
