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SocrManiac

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What the actual fuck is VAR trying to do?

Why didn’t Oliver trundle over time the monitor?

This is obscene.
 

Philip Jeff Frye

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This is why I hate replay in sports. It just changes the argument about whether the ref got the call wrong to whether the replay guy got the call wrong. And meanwhile the game grounds to a halt.
 

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Unbelievable not to give red on the Lo Celso stomp. He also had a petulant kick to a Chelsea player while Lo Celso was on the ground in the first half. He’s not making any friends at Stamford Bridge today.
 

67YAZ

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Insult to injury - Abraham misses the tap in and goes nuts first into the upright.
 

67YAZ

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Spurs have been a stuttering mess today. This is not a cohesive team.
 

67YAZ

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Jesus, Ihenacho goes through the concussion test on the ground. As soon as he gets up, Ederson taps on the back of the head.
 

PedroSpecialK

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Can this really be given if VAR didn't give De Bruyne's handball on the Maddison free kick?

Apparently it can

Schmeichel saves it
 

OCST

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And again. Beautiful through ball to Aguero and Schmeichel gets a foot on it and flicks it wide from only a few yards out.
 

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Even though (because?) he's a nasty little gnome, I love watching Vardy play.
 

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Vardy just got behind Ferdandinho and left him in the dust. Got closed down by other defenders once he got to the six-yard box, but man did Ferdandinho look old and slow lumbering after him.

Real-time edit; and there's Jesus with a goal, three minutes after coming on.
 

SocrManiac

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If Everton win this, they’re two points adrift of CL. This league is bananas in so many ways this year.

David Luiz’s biggest talent is his ability to fool managers into playing him.
 

67YAZ

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VVD steps up to get that ball and I gasp when Gomez is alone to try to slow down the break.
 

67YAZ

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Oof, another close one. Pool needs to be much better marking on these set pieces.
 

67YAZ

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This is a good match. West Ham are defending with a lot of energy, especially Snodgrass. It’s a Scottish grudge match down that flank.
 

Cellar-Door

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West Ham playing well. One concern... Noble has been terrible and it looked like Fornals was likely coming on for him before the Soucek injury. No other CM on the bench. Maybe Bowen on to play on the wing and Snodgrass sliding inside? Or Noble just limps around for the full 90 which is "concerning"
 

DLew On Roids

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West Ham playing well. One concern... Noble has been terrible and it looked like Fornals was likely coming on for him before the Soucek injury. No other CM on the bench. Maybe Bowen on to play on the wing and Snodgrass sliding inside? Or Noble just limps around for the full 90 which is "concerning"
Noble went to the press recently and said he couldn’t play twice a week anymore. He might have been overstating things. He and Jan Vertongen could hang together.
 

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Noble went to the press recently and said he couldn’t play twice a week anymore. He might have been overstating things. He and Jan Vertongen could hang together.
He can't play once a week. He's the worst player getting consistent minutes for us. Soucek was brought in ostensibly to replace him, instead Noble is taking Lanzini and Fornals minutes. It's infuriating.