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Phenomenal from Rodri and De Bruyne

I mean, it's both

But harsh on Laporte, he was integral in dragging us over the line last season.

He won 4 tackles against Fulham. Our next highest player won 2 I don’t think it was a 10/10 performance from Mahrez or anything but let’s at least stick to what happened

I remember just standing and applauding that at the time. There are quicker players, and there are players with tighter close control, but there are very few with a better sense of timing and motion than Jack.

I posted last week I suspected he'd play there ahead of Laporte. If he's able to play outside back on either side of the 3/4 to that level, he'll find himself getting a lot of game time over the next couple of years

That is magnificent from Haaland and De Bruyne

The first FA Cup Semi-final hat-trick since 1958. I think he benefitted from having Walker behind him as much as Grealish struggled from having Gomez behind him yesterday

It’s not like he’s a kid making his way in the game. He’s 30, and took a move to be a backup at a big club to win some trophies and make some money after being first choice in a struggling side for many, many seasons. And I’m very happy he did

Martinelli now knows how De Bruyne must've felt countless times over the previous couple of seasons

That does appear to be the, umm, "plan"

The passion was definitely there, it's the respected leadership position I'm finding it hard to reconcile with my memory of Rúben literally dragging him into position by the head while setting up a defensive wall

Zinchenko was the gawky kid brother in our squad, it's jarring seeing him act as a leader

Akanji has made 3 senior appearances at leftback, compared to Laporte’s 13

Given Akanji's relative comfort with both feet, I wonder if we might consider him on the left of the back 3/4, with Walker on the right Walker's obviously very comfortable with the right-back role and has played on the right of a back three for England a few times. His experience against...

Most keepers are better when they’re busy, and he’s no exception. No drop in focus, just an extremely steady and consistent presence over the two legs. Very happy for him

The sheer disrespect shown to Danny Granville

Looked like his groin from the first incident when he stretched as his foot got caught, but he felt his ankle/shin after the run you referenced so not sure if the two were related or not

Hahahahaha fucking incredible GODRI

Probably worth reminding everyone that Antony cost roughly 5.8x what we paid for Julián Álvarez