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_________Ederson _____Akanji__Dias__Ake Doku__Rodri__Guimarães_Sancho _________Parqueta _____Alvarez___Haarland Lazy wingbacks cause the opposition to overcommit thinking they can take advantage, finally leaving us some space to play in Haarland. It may just work.

I'm not sure how much he can improve his weaknesses to the level we need. He lacks stamina and running power to ever be useful defensively even leaving aside his lack of appetite for it. Always referred to as pacy but he's really not. Great acceleration but his actual sprint is more of a fast...

Feeble as usual vs back 5

Oliver not got the memo he's meant to be in our back pocket

Obviously Coventry, last time out Utd had 4 big decisions drop in their favour to keep the game competitive, that'll be dialed up even more. And they have an even slower Casemiro lunging at people's ankles.

Annoyed as it feels like wasted opportunity. In a very weak era for CL this faded Madrid side will probably have 2/3 either side of our win. Uncanny how we never fall on the right side of these high score ties, suppose you have to learn you just can't expect anything good from conceding 4+ every...

We aren't going to put 4 past them every time just because we're at home, though if Pep goes with predicted Foder+De Bruyne ahead of Rodri we'll probably need 4. Also doubt Ancelotti will make the mistake for the third time on the bounce at Etihad of filling his midfield with OAPs and sinking...

Holloway clever there, Gaethje was never going to give up the "BMF" title due to eyepokes even if blatantly deliberate.

Kudus been very poor with some chances to break for West Ham

Watching Atletico's second goal, I'm not sure why more teams don't try that. Most sides switch off completely when the ball goes out for a throw and can be caught by a long one over the top. Even if they stop the throw going through they're scrambling to defend the second ball. Seems that...

Not sure Cancelo is the calming influence you want next to a 17 year old

Kovacic cannot lose that 50-50 on the edge of their box to rodyrgo, getting bullied by their hobbits

Shame it's on same time as our game, would have been interesting to see if they get away with grappling on Kane like they do when it's Haarland. Crap or not, Bayern are still high on the officials favouritism hierarchy in europe.

Absolute mess of a move leading up to it from all of Fernandes, Casemire, Mainoo and Garnacho but it somehow works out for them

The Bernardo clip to stop their break with Rodri ahead of the ball was the most obvious card but by that time he'd dug himself a hole with what he's allowed them away with. Same as Anfield last season, if you manage the game in that fashion it benefits the side camping their third and kicking...

He's a top player but with some limitations you have to work around. Pep found the setup at the end of last season - 8 players who will work their socks off and keep supreme control of the ball in all areas of the pitch as a base, with Haarland partnered up top with a player basically given a...

Bums like Livramento play the game of their lives vs us but lend the freedom of the field to Arsenal, no effort. And giving Karius debut at the Emirates, without question teams take us more seriously.

Pep has an odd position with certain players. Laporte, Zinchenko, Bernardo, regardless of how good/important they'd been the previous season they had to prove themselves again basically from scratch (but often not given enough playing time to do so). Meanwhile if the likes of De Bruyne had...

Van Persie had one decent season left in him and dropped to barely premier league standard after. Hazard had 2 good season and some MIA/sulking, fat and finished by 28. Think it was a bit of blessing in disguise we were restricted by FFP, De Rossi would not have been a good signing either I...

Who told Kane he's Pirlo, setting up Utd counters with his hero balls.