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@A6788C This olise, mendes battle is unreal.

This is just purely the best players in the world now v each other, this is proper proper football man

@CraggerRagger When he said Casemiro really exaggerated his fall when Collins first pushed him. If it was any other player in any other team there's no doubt he would say it was really smart and experienced. He's a cunt.

"Let's have a look at this handball again" - Gary neville, talking about a decision that wasn't given as handball and noone else claimed was handball besides him Absolute melt

@A6788C Legend mate, thank you.

17/2 BOOM, YANG FOR THE 100/1🟨🟨🟨🟨

@sistoney67 Does 5th place not have to play a play off? If so then there is no guarantee of champions league play off so top 4 is a must.

After today’s results, Man Utd need maximum six points from five games to qualify for Champions League.

@UnitedRedReport I'm not saying I'm all for Carrick getting the full time job but this is the business end of the season. The ONLY thing that matters is 3 points. So he is doing what he needs to do. 3 points away at Stamford Bridge. Fuck the performance.

Great 3 points. Can’t have Carrick in the full time job though, horrible performance.

@Malachians Caicedo looks like the only player who plays with a bit of self respect and who actually plays for the team. The rest are just mercenaries but then why wouldn't you be when offered the contracts they are offered.

How many of those Chelsea players signed to play for the club rather than the team? The players who signed to play for the team are fine when the team is doing well but they will never dig in and play for the club because they care. They look like a bunch of players who couldn’t care less about how much their fans are paying to watch them, about the pride of the result or about consequences. Those 8 year contracts were madness

@Muppetiers I find when your backs against the wall you play better than most expect. A draw would be a good result however.

How we feeling about later? It’s so weird having a Saturday afternoon/evening game I swear it feels like the first time this year.

@TheFootyFeed In what fucking world are you getting Doue for £50 million. And expect to get the same for Curtis fucking Jones 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This Liverpool fan thinks they need a big reshuffle this summer and has come up with an action plan... 😳

@EBL2017 That was a very very long way of saying Arsenal are out of 2 cups in 2 games.

I am beyond calm about Arsenal from here until the end of the season. Last night's emotional outburst from the masses was predictable, but also predictably illogical. In moments like this, true analysts comes to the fore and the weak are separated from the chaff. The charlatan's reveal themselves in broad daylight. Unfortunately, they take up 99.9% of the population. Anybody who complained about Arteta's system, the balance, certain players not succeeding because of the coach, or even those complaining about certain individuals not being up to par are almost all completely mistaken. We learnt nothing new about Arsenal last night. Not one thing. From a tactical or player-based point of view. The reality of the situation is that Arsenal came up against the most in-form team in England and played a rotated team due to injuries. This is not an excuse, as Arsenal should still be beating Southampton, but losing to them becomes less of a surprise when considering the context. Arteta's selection was incredibly balanced. I only saw one other analyst on this platform say this, and he is correct. Completely. Yet he is being 'dragged' for it. The first half performance proved that to be entirely correct, too. Arsenal were dominant against a Southampton team who didn't press. However, Southampton did have some moments. Why? Because Mosquera, White, and Gabriel all made unforced individual errors which negatively impacted the flow of the game. That's football, and it can happen, but it certainly happened far too often last night which made the game basketball-y. Then, as the game wore on, Arsenal got weaker due to their injury situation. It was 1-1 at the time and Arsenal had Dowman in the #10 - a role that is instrumental to organising Arsenal's press and exerting control on the game. As good as Dowman is going forwards, his non-existent attempt at a counter-press for the first goal conceded, lack of defensive intensity, and immaturity to organise the press is why he will only be used as a wildcard late on in games against deep-lying defences or when Arsenal need a goal. Right now, he is a total passenger defensively. Then, to make matters worse, Gabriel came off injured and Havertz came off as well (no doubt to manage his load). Arsenal were simply not as well co-ordinated as they typically are defensively as a consequence of these factors all taken together. Arteta picked a rotated team which got weaker as the game went on. The second goal summed up their issues. Southampton kicked long from a goal kick down Mosquera's side, he failed to win the initial aerial duel, and instead of Arsenal having one of Rice, Merino, or Havertz to compete for the second ball on the left, they had Zubimendi, who also failed to win the duel. From here, Southampton scored in transition. Would that have happened if Arsenal didn't have injuries or need to rest Gabriel, Rice, Merino, or Havertz? No. But it did happen, and knockout football is ruthless. One loss and you're out. But does a rotated and injury-hit Arsenal team losing to Southampton mean that the club are in crisis mode? Or that the system is fundamentally broken? Or that there is genuine concern over the Premier League title race or the Champions League situation? Not to any attentive viewer, no, and here's why: In the Carabao Cup final, City surprised Arsenal tactically. Mikel and his staff should have come up with solutions at half-time, but they did not. Players also could have helped on the day, sure, but they suffered too. But, like I said at the time, would Arsenal rather be surprised tactically in the Carabao Cup final or in the league game against City? The answer is so obviously in the cup final. Now, when the league game comes around, Arsenal will be prepared to face that likely City set-up. Trust me on that. Plus, despite losing to Southampton, the balance in the team was excellent. We saw that in the first half. Just because individual errors and a weakened performance as the game went on may skew that notion does not mean that Arteta's system is flawed or that any individuals are not up to par or anything ridiculous like that. Remember, none of Raya, Timber, Saliba, Hincapié, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Eze, Saka, Trossard, and Gyökeres started. That is quite literally Arsenal's XI outside of Gabriel, and he came off injured too! Realistically, the argument being thrown about regarding the defeat to Southampton is that because Arsenal's second string XI lost, the entire season is in jeopardy. I mean… come on! What a lot of nonsense! Remove emotion from the situation. Zoom out. Realise that Arsenal are 9 points clear in the Premier League with 7 games to play. City have a game in hand, sure, but that game in hand is against Chelsea away. Plus, Arsenal have to play first in the Premier League against Bournemouth at home, giving them the opportunity to extend the lead to 12 points with 6 games to go. Arsenal are also in the quarter finals of the Champions League against Sporting Lisbon. The weakest team left in the competition. If you said this was the situation to any Arsenal fan at the start of the season, they would have bitten your hand off for it, and rightly so. Plus, I don't buy into the notion that Arsenal are in bad form as they enter the business end of the season. What a whole load of contextless nonsense that is. City sprung a tactical surprise in the final. Arsenal will be better prepared for the league game. Plus, against Southampton, Arsenal played their second string XI. They are one off occurrences. The only legitimate concern Arsenal have at this point is their injury situation. The likes of Timber, Gabriel, Hincapié, Rice, Saka, and Trossard are key figures who Arsenal need to be fit and firing to see out the season. Plus, knowing the freakish nature of these guys, I don't expect them to miss too much football from here on out. They are almost all athletic freaks and mental giants. Outside of that, I couldn't be more calm and confident about the situation. Plus, on a personal level, last night revealed that my mission on this platform is far from complete. I still have so much work to do to educate the masses. So, so much work. I feel outnumbered in this moment, but I will not waver. I never have. Not since 2017. And I am not about to start now. Signing out, EBL.

@iSlimfit Clearly never enjoyed a tesco meal deal then. Pound for pound the greatest meal deal in existence.

British people will spend £4 on a meal deal every single working day, never cook, never calculate the annual total and then wonder why they can’t save. £4 a day is £1,040 a year. Eaten in a park. Under grey skies. In a triangle sandwich. This is not judgement. Just observation.

@olly_afc @AVFCCharlie Thats not how the butterfly effect works. He would have signed for someone else but everything that would have happened after that would have been completely different to how it turned out when he signed for Villa.

@AVFCCharlie Villa the only team that could’ve bought Martinez yeah? He just won the fa cup as the starting keeper I’m sure there were plenty of other suitors. Top keeper aswell

If Glen Whelan didn’t miss a penalty in the 96th minute of a Championship game versus Preston North End There’s a very good chance Lionel Messi would never have won a World Cup

@TiiovoX @Mick_Birchall The men are every bit as guilty of that aswell to be fair. Surely closing the player down makes it for more difficult for the attacker. I can never get my head around it.

@Mick_Birchall Never mind the keeper. Does the defender still think we have to social distance?

No chance the goalie was getting beat on her near post there like.

@ronaldobrown_98 Had we not already got a penalty, Amads would have been nailed on. Theirs was a stone wall. Red harsh I thought but technically through on goal.

What’s the difference between that and the one on Amad?

@DeanJamesAFC Di Mateo.

Mikel Arteta is potentially about to be a former Premier League Player to win the Premier League title as a Manager, but he won’t be the first… Anyone know who was?

@Mike87_United I agree with you. There are much better managers. But one thing will definitely not change. Once that much more qualified manager comes in and the football isn't good or results aren't good then you will still be your same old miserable self so does it really matter?

Keane is spot on here. Far better managerial options available in the summer. If you’d said 2 months ago a recently failed and sacked Middlesbrough manager would be the best choice for Manchester Utd manager in May you’d have rightly been sectioned. But ex players and “nostalgia”

@JackEmson99 @Kain_avfc Listen, I think he's an incredible talent. He took his goal well. But Arsenal fans love to get carried away.

@Chubbybucket11 @Kain_avfc Also generated by Max ;)

they’re cunts but this is just a title winning moment isn’t it

@kennagq Ok, sick and tired of this pattern of play shite. Describe Man city's pattern of play? Liverpools pattern of play? Arsenal's pattern of play? Chelsea's pattern of play? What do any of those do different? Please explain. I genuinely would love to know.

Once again Our pattern of play is 3 points That is all.

@Mike87_United United have to win the points aswell as Villa losing them to actually reduce the deficit and then go infront. Are you retarded?

“Carricks overturned an 11 point gap to Villa” It’s nothing to do with Carrick that Villa have won 2 Premier league games in 4 months? They’ve lost to wolves, to Brentford’s 10 men, to Everton, to Chelsea, couldn’t beat Leeds at home etc. that’s just the last month alone.

@elsdawg That would be why you can't explain it then.

dunno how to explain it but Bruno getting all those assists doesn’t make him a good playmaker

@Mike87_United Jesus christ mate, it's a game of football.

Have very little confidence tomorrow when really I should have nothing but given Villa’s form, the schedules of both clubs and the fact we’re at home. Still fully expect to watch us be camped in our own half for the majority of the game looking the worst team on the pitch.