Not true about most. Stones played very well in the 2nd half. Foden was much better when he was dropped back into the midfield. Alvarez and Gundo were strong after coming on. Haaland and Bernardo were the stars of the show but they got some much needed help as well.
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Crystal Palace (H) | Post Match Thread
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Its an infraction that will be called every time.I think it's a free kick if you obstruct the keeper from distributing the ball, If Ederson was to try and kick the ball out of his hands and a player jumps in front of him it's a foul, obstruction.
All a bit soft for me but it was a foul nonetheless.
That "infringing the goalkeeper" isn't the wording in the laws.What part of "infringing the goalkeeper" are you struggling with?
Cancelo needs some long over due time on the right.Cancelo has these periods in the season where it looks like he’s forgotten how to be a footballer.
He‘ll then score and set up 3 goals and have a purple patch.
Foden didn’t stay wide enough until he replaced Cancelo at LWB. That made our left side toothless as no one could cross the ball from the byline.
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Or some left footed help on the left.Cancelo needs some long over due time on the right.
Not sure why Foden played so narrowly.
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Great atmosphere today. The noisiest I’ve heard the Etihad for a while.
Brilliant day out first half aside.
Brilliant day out first half aside.
There’s a flow to our attack which I love to see. Decision-making in and around the box is a huge improvement compared to when Sterling played for us. That’s why I called for his departure for so many years. I always knew we could improve in this department. Foden, Alvarez and Haaland together will create magic for this team. All so skillful and creative. I’m very excited to see what the future will bring with these guys in our front line.
That's exactly what it was with Bernardo and Alvarez flanking Haaland and KDB basically freelancing as the 4 up front. We basically overwhelmed them. It was fantastic to watch.You got it dude. 3 centre halves, 1 pivot, 2 wing backs cum wide men, 3 attacking men in running into the box and haaland smashing their ass (3-1-2-4)
You Sir are 1000% correct!!!!We didn’t get lucky. It’s one of the most uncontroversial decisions you could ever see. If the opposition player makes any kind of movement, interference or obstruction to the keeper while in the process of kicking or throwing the ball it’s a foul.
It was clear as day in the stadium and equally clear in footage that the palace player raised his foot towards ederson while he was throwing the ball.
It’s actually pretty baffling this is even being discussed as being anything other than a cast iron free kick. The only controversy is that he didn’t get booked.
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Hard to play that against teams with good wide forwards though.That's exactly what it was with Bernardo and Alvarez flanking Haaland and KDB basically freelancing as the 4 up front. We basically overwhelmed them. It was fantastic to watch.