Linfield were set to become the first club from Northern Ireland to ever qualify for the group stage of European competition.
Then, in the 120th minute, this happened:
🇸🇦 Jordan Henderson's latest game for Al Ettifaq was played in front of 𝟵𝟳𝟲 spectators.
For context, the lowest average attendance in the National League last season was 𝟭,𝟭𝟴𝟱 at Boreham Wood.
Remember though, he didn't join the Saudi Pro League for the money 🫡
Joachim Andersen scoring and then doing this at The Etihad after 10/10s vs. Liverpool and Arsenal, there needs to be a serious discussion about this guy
📸 Michael Olise gets hit in the head by a bottle as he prepares to take a corner.
He kicks it into the stands and tells the Millwall supporters to keep them coming.
He stopped on 23 Jan 2021? Man retired from betting after cashing out millions on Will Ivan Toney Be Shown a Red Card at 50/1 and got back to balling ASAP 😭😭😭😭
BREAKING: Ivan Toney has been charged with misconduct in relation to alleged breaches of the FA’s betting rules.
It is alleged that Toney breached FA Rule E8 232 times between 25th February 2017 and 23 January 2021. Toney has until Thursday 24th November to provide a response!
The ENTIRE Liverpool crowd just roared thinking that Aston Villa had equalised, but it seems Wolves fans started the fake roar and it was a false alarm.
🏴 Mason Mount v. Hungary
• 0 successful dribbles
• 0 key passes
• 0 shots
• 0 accurate long balls
• 0 accurate crosses
• 16x possession lost
Forgettable.
🇧🇪 Thibaut Courtois vs. Liverpool
• 9 saves
• 7 saves from inside the box
• 2 big chances saved
• 8 long balls completed
• Clean sheet ✅
• Man of the Match 🌟
Heroic. Legendary.
🇪🇬 Mo Salah v. Cameroon (120 mins):
• 0 successful dribbles
• 0 key passes
• 0 shots on target
• 0 chances created
• 0 accurate crosses
• 0 accurate long balls
• 5 fouls
• 6x fouled
• 60% passing (12/20)
Man of the Match-esque performance by Cameroon LB Nouhou Tolo 👏
🦅 Wilfried Zaha turns 29 today
• Donated 10% of all wages to charity since turning pro
• Offered free housing during the pandemic
• Set up the Zaha Foundation to support children in Ivory Coast
• Made ‘significant donation’ to Palace Ladies to keep them going
𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱.
Chelsea attackers: G+A/90 vs. Top 8 teams in the Premier League this season:
0.83 - Pulisic 🇺🇸 🌟
0.58 - Ziyech 🇲🇦
0.54 - Mount 🏴
0.40 - Werner 🇩🇪
0.29 - Hudson-Odoi 🏴
0.28 - Havertz 🇩🇪
0.12 - Lukaku 🇧🇪
Is anyone else sick to death of top 6 clubs moaning and putting statements out?
They’ve had schedules permanently changed, they’ve had FA Cup replays scrapped, they’ve had the subs rule changed to 5 - ALL to benefit them.
Yet clubs like Liverpool & Arsenal, fans like…
🏴 Bukayo Saka vs. Tyrick Mitchell 🏴
• 0 G+A
• 0 shots on target
• 0 big chances created
• 0 fouls won
• 0 long passes completed
• 1 cross
• 2 key passes
• 33% take-on success (1/3)
• 38% duels won (5/13)
Mitchell won 100% of his duels and was dribbled past 0 times.
West Ham have yet to concede in 6 GAMES with Ben Johnson on the pitch this season.
✅ 1-0 at Man Utd
✅ 2-0 v. Rapid
✅ 1-0 v. Everton
✅ 3-0 v. Genk
✅ 1-0 v. Tottenham
✅ 0-0 v. Man City
Johnson has not lost a ground duel (9/9) or been dribbled past.
Incredible.
It’s NUTS that Chelsea saw Marc Guehi & Levi Colwill coming through their academy and thought:
‘Nah, let’s get £18m & spend £70m on Wesley Fofana instead.’
Those two can, & will, be England’s starting centre backs for the next 10 years. They could’ve been the heart of Chelsea.
Two outfield players with 1500+ Premier League minutes played have been dribbled past fewer than 2 total times this season:
• Marc Guehi (1)
• Virgil van Dijk (1)
Guehi has also won the highest % of ground duels of any player in Europe (79%).
Tuchel’s a great manager but he deserves to lose for disrespecting this competition.
Starting Kepa, Ziyech and Alonso over Mendy, Pulisic and Chilwell? Nah this is an FA Cup Final man, you start your strongest team.
Frank Lampard refusing to take the Palace job cause he thought he was above managing for clubs in danger of relegation scraps and then tanking Everton down the table toward the Championship is absolute memes
@England
@HKane
@DFB_Team
@wembleystadium
Class move.
Would be great to see players boycott the World Cup in Qatar - I bet that would make for incredible change if they forced FIFA to move it elsewhere.
The penalty for being LGBTQ+ in Qatar is 7 years in prison, or the death penalty if you're Muslim.
🇨🇲 Andre Onana vs. Algeria
• 10 saves
• 6 diving saves
• 4 saves inside the box
• 2 big chances saved
• 11 accurate long balls
HEROIC as Cameroon qualify for the World Cup! 🌟
@WestHam
@betway
It’s disturbing that this match has long been marketed as a tribute to a young supporter who died, yet management still decided to start Kurt Zouma, knowing the backlash that would cause which completely takes the attention away from Isla. Proper weird.
August 2021: Patrick Vieira is widely tipped to be the 1st manager sacked by bookies, fans & pundits.
March 2022: Patrick Vieira is inducted into the Hall of Fame.
May 2022: Patrick Vieira is nominated for Premier League Manager of the Season.
What a year for the Frenchman 👏
🇫🇷 Karim Benzema has 7 assists in 6 games this season.
🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski has never had more than 7 assists in a season in his Bayern Munich career.
Wilfried Zaha:
"I've always said that this club has the best fans around. I literally feel like we have a 12th man."
"We're done looking over our shoulder. Now, we look up the table to push further on. We don't score a goal and crumble. We attack together and defend together."
🏴 Raheem Sterling in three games for Chelsea:
• 0 goals
• 0 shots on target
• 1 assist
• 29% duels won (9/31)
• 29% dribbles completed (4/14)
• 48x possession lost
Struggling to adapt.
Joachim Andersen has brought attention to a stream of abuse he has received on Instagram from Liverpool fans following his involvement in Darwin Nunez’s red card last night.
This abuse includes death threats, wishing death upon his family and more.
🏴 Premier League | Most final third passes completed per 90:
1⃣ Joao Cancelo, 25.9
2⃣ Kevin De Bruyne, 23.8
3⃣ Riyad Mahrez, 22.3
4⃣ Jack Grealish, 21.9
5⃣ Rodri, 21.6
6⃣ Bernardo Silva, 21.2
7⃣ Thiago, 21.1
8⃣ Jordan Henderson, 20.4
9⃣ Ilkay Gundogan, 20.2
🔟 Kyle Walker, 20.0
Mason Mount is 8 consecutive games without a goal contribution for Chelsea.
It’s his longest streak of games without a goal or assist since August - October 2022 (10 games).
Marc Guehi has been dribbled past ONCE this season and has won 80% of his ground duels 🤯
At 21 years old, he’s the youngest centre back in the Premier League (minimum 5 games).
𝙀𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚
- Olise shushes the Millwall crowd after Palace take the lead
- Coke bottle thrown at his head
- Olise kicks it back toward them
- Olise tells them to keep it coming
Yeah, this kid is a legend.
#UCL
and
#UEL
spots in the Premier League if UEFA holds true to their word of kicking Super League teams out:
1. Leicester (56)
2. West Ham (55)
3. Everton (49)
4. Leeds (45)
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5. Villa (44)
6. Wolves (41)
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7. Palace (38)
8. Southampton (36)
9. Newcastle (35)
Patrick Vieira's 2021/22 campaign:
🏅 Nominated for Manager of the Season
🏆 Inducted into Premier League Hall of Fame
📊 Led Palace to best Premier League goal difference in club history
💪 Dropkicked Everton fan post-match
A season to remember 🤩
❌ James Maddison is set to MISS out on the World Cup, not receiving a call-up by Gareth Southgate [
@Matt_Law_DT
].
Below, a thread of stats that show just how ludicrous of a decision this really is:
🇩🇰 Kasper Dolberg this past season:
• Tested positive for COVID-19
• Had an emergency appendectomy
• Suffered three injuries
• Had an £80,000 watch stolen by a Nice teammate
Deserving of this moment.
✅ Watford
✅ Chelsea
✅ Brentford
✅ Norwich
✅ Hartlepool
✅ Liverpool
Marc Guehi has not lost a ground duel in SIX consecutive games.
He's won 83% of his ground duels this season - 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲.
Tammy Abraham’s past 6 games vs. Top 8 sides in Serie A:
Napoli (A) 🅰️
Lazio (H) ⚽️⚽️
Atalanta (H) ⚽️
Juventus (H) ⚽️
AC Milan (A) ⚽️
Atalanta (A) ⚽️⚽️
Loves a big game ⚡️
Most points from Non-"Big 6" clubs since 2010:
81 - LEI (2016)
72 - EVE (2014)
70 - NEW (2023)
66 - LEI (2021)
65 - NEW (2012)
65 - WHU (2021)
64 - AVL (2010)
63 - EVE (2013)
63 - SOU (2016)
62 - WHU (2016)
62 - BHA (2023)
61 - EVE (2010)
61 - EVE (2017)
60 - SOU (2015)
🏴 Alex Scott vs Man City:
• 90 mins played
• 5/6 dribbles completed
• 9/13 ground duels won
• 2/2 aerial duels won
• 2/2 long balls completed
• 2 fouls won
• 2 tackles won
• 87% pass accuracy
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 👀 💎
Dejan Kulusevski is the first player in the 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 of the Premier League to finish a season Top 10 in assists in less than 20 appearances.
Record-breaker 🇸🇪⚡️
🇵🇹 Ricardo Pereira for Leicester last season ⬇️
✅ More tackles won per game than AWB
✅ 3x more tackles won/gm than TAA
✅ More interceptions per game than TAA
✅ More goals + assists than AWB
✅ Higher pass success than TAA
✅ Higher long ball accuracy than TAA
That Japan goal is not controversial.
The whole of the ball does 𝗡𝗢𝗧 cross the line.
The 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 of the ball is not 𝗮𝗹𝗹 of the ball. The base of the ball 𝗶𝘀 out, the 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 of the ball 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁.
It’s marginal, but it’s correct ✅