Gameweek 21/22

PedroSpecialK

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Mane being out didn't help today, but the impact of losing Jota for the past two months can't really be overstated. I still can't believe playing him (and Salah for 100 minutes) in a meaningless game at Midtjylland with the CL group sewn up.
 

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I had business this afternoon and had to watch this on delay in two parts... from the Brighton fan perspective obviously a famous win. And six points in four days off of Spurs and Liverpool goes a long way toward easing the pressure at the bottom of the table. Neither of those two playing their best right now, but neither result was unfair either--really took it to Spurs on Sunday, and didn't back down today either.

Dan Burn makes me nervous, even though he's more adroit than you'd expect from a guy that size, and I'm worried we'll be seeing more of him if the Solly March injury is significant. Mac Allister played great against Spurs but wasn't in the team today--glute, apparently; hopefully won't be out long. Alzate has only been out there a handful of times this season. Watching Sanchez grow into the role in goal--he's a big rangy presence back there but there will be some boners. (Heh.)

Next 10 days go at Burnley, at Leicester midweek in the FA Cup, and home against Villa. Four straight clean sheets, and 10 points and two teams clear of the drop. Let's go.
 

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Been saying all year that Brighton is better than their points indicated. They should've beaten Utd, for one. Those CBs are a problem for anyone.
 

Morgan's Magic Snowplow

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Spurs are painful to watch, even for this Arsenal fan. They can't hold or progress the ball at all.

The biggest difference in Chelsea under Tuchel seems to be more aggressively winning the ball back. They've been pretty good in that area each match I've seen. Offensively, they've had the ball but really created next to nothing and were fortunate that Dier decided start break dancing and handed them a free penalty.
 
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coremiller

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Spurs are both bad and boring. If you're going sacrifice style for pragmatism like Mourinho does it has to actually work. It's not working.
 

PedroSpecialK

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Really scary scene in Liga NOS, watching the Os Belenses / Porto match for Mehdi Taremi's sake... ~85' there is a diagonal ball into the area for Porto, right back Babu goes for it along with the Belenses keeper, and gets clotheslined inadvertently... out cold, ambulance on the pitch for 10 minutes.

Rough to watch, be forewarned

View: https://streamable.com/8ovf7f