• IronEagleBird@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I mean we had to lose at some point. Missing Saka, Odegaard, and then Saliba will do that. We march on and learn a lesson.

    Let’s beat Liverpool next week and get right back into it.

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          2 months ago

          I think we still can. I am, however, worried that we don’t have our Tomiyasu-shaped counter to Salah or our solid center back pairing. Speaking of which, since there’s no way Kiwior plays for a while, who do we play alongside Gabriel?

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    2 months ago

    I don’t really know how to sum up how I feel.

    We felt off the pace and made poor passes which were punished and, once again, the officiating applied the harshest punishments wherever possible

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      2 months ago

      Saliba made a mistake, which is uncharacteristic. Both our starting wingers were out, on top of our creator-in-chief. Kiwior made a massive mistake and we get no benefit of the doubt. I’m annoyed but as others have said, we had to lose sometime.

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        2 months ago

        It’s true. Not even the best Man City side has gone toe-to-toe with the invincibles record. I think only Liverpool have been the closest if my memory serves correct?

        I think it’s more how we lost and not that we lost. If that makes sense

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          2 months ago

          Agreed, but I’m more concerned about how we bounce back - everyone’s allowed to have a stinker once in a while, but letting it carry over into multiple shit performances is not. I think some non-English referees and a nice home game will soothe what ails us.