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This has been a frustrating one to watch. Liverpool pretty much have just resorted to kick it long and hope for the best. They haven't really made Atalanta work for it at all. It doesn't help that Trent was asked to play when he's clearly not fit or has any rhythm, and that Mo Salah is pretty much a net negative for Liverpool right now. I don't think I've ever seen him play this poorly in his entire Liverpool career.

I can only imagine Tuchel is purposely taking the piss continuing to start him over both Upemanco and Kim Min-Jae. Also, for as much talk as there was on social media on Monday for the Osasuna player taking the worse penalty of the year, Bernardo Silva's penalty was freaking hilarious to see.

Origi scored in the 7th minute vs Barca in 2019. Salah's penalty was also in the 7th minute...

MLS has a significant issue with VAR in terms of having nowhere near enough cameras to determine offsides. They're using cameras from midfield, don't draw lines, and repeatedly make terrible calls because of it. The Union were eliminated in the playoffs last year because of it, and today had a goal ruled out for offsides that has universally been said to be onside by fans from both teams, and MLS pundits. Our manager Jim Curtin just had an all timer in the post match in response to how VAR uses clear and obvious to determine offsides or not.

That's kind of my point though. Liverpool will ultimately score goals eventually because they're an elite chance creation side. Either through shot volume, poor goalkeeping, or a Liverpool player eventually having a good shot, they will eventually score goals. But, when it matters most/in the big matches/against the other big sides/etc, Liverpool have been pretty poor at being clinical. Both Manchester United draws, home to Arsenal, and home to City all stand out as matches where Liverpool should have easily won the matches, but their profligacy cost them. The only teams to have a worse negative Goals-xG is Everton, Brentford, and Chelsea.

Leverkusen did it. Won 5-0 just now, with Wirtz bagging the last goal to complete a hat trick in the 90th minute. Match ended there because the fans invaded the pitch early. Neverkusen, Never Again.

We never fixed the issue from last season of where we start out terrible, and concede early. Plus our biggest issue: we are an elite chance creation side full of players who are below average at chance conversion. We do not have a single forward who is above average at being clinical, and all but one are below average. In the moments that have mattered most, we have not taken our chances. Today being an obvious prime example, but especially the home draws to Arsenal and City. Would have won the league easily if we could just be good at being clinical.

I have no idea how Liverpool have made 4 substitutions so far, and Curtis Jones is still on the pitch. I love him, but he's been awful since coming back. No idea how he started after how bad he was on Thursday, and how in a match we need to win, down a goal, Klopp thinks he should stay on the pitch instead of Diaz. Just an embarrassing set of performances from the whole side pretty much since the international break. No energy, no passion. Just so frustrating to see the Klopp era end so pathetically.

Wrexham are officially promoted again as well, going to League One. I would imagine they're not going to be able to get promoted again next season, as I don't think financially they'll be able to spend like they'd need to in order to get promoted. But who knows!

Newcastle 1-3 Tottenham (Sat 12.30pm, TNT) Brentford 1-0 Sheff Utd (Sat 3pm) Nottm Forest 1-2 Wolves (Sat 3pm) Bournemouth 2-1 Man Utd (Sat 5.30pm, Sky) Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa (Sun 4.30pm, Sky) @Baddarmade a last minute change to Spurs/Newcastle that will probably mean my original score ends up the actual result, but wanted to make sure I let you know of the change.

Yeah that was an embarrassing performance today from far too many players. Gomez, Virg, and Konate especially. Gomez seems to love all the SHOOT chants he gets now, so it's all he does. Dude should get fined a week's wage everytime he shoots from now on 🤣 I feel bad criticizing Kelleher at all because yes he was very bad on the first goal, but the two saves he made in the first half were excellent. He was severely let down by his defense. Think the last two matches have shown one of the biggest issues for Liverpool. We're typically an elite chance creation side, but don't have a single elite chance converter. Jota could maybe be classified as one, but he's unfortunately always getting hurt (often through just rotten luck)

Definitely a lot of luck to it, but Kelleher saving a point blank shot with his face is both amazing and painful. Had to hurt!

Allegri is not leaving. Juve genuinely cannot afford to sack him because of how much he makes, and he's too arrogant to ever step aside on his own. It's insane how poorly run Juve are. Highest paid coach and by far the highest payroll, only to play awful, Mourinho like football, with just a shade better of results from modern day failure Mourinho

It's been reported his buyout clause is only €10m recently That would be Julian Ward! I agree he's better than De Zerbi, and stylistically he's a much better fit than how Xabi Alonso sets Leverkusen up. Hopefully it is a success. Real Madrid is not an open job this summer, nor is Carlo expected to get sacked this season. He's done a really good job managing all their injuries this season.

Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City (Sat 12.30pm, TNT) Everton 2-1 Burnley (Sat 3pm) Luton 2-2 Bournemouth (Sat 3pm) Brighton 1-2 Arsenal (Sat 5.30pm, Sky) Man Utd 1-3 Liverpool (Sun 3.30pm, Sky)

The passes from Szoboszlai and MacAllister to set up that Salah goal were phenomenal. MacAllister especially hit a great reverse pass

Newcastle 2-1 West Ham (Sat 12.30pm, TNT) Bournemouth 2-1 Everton (Sat 3pm) Sheff Utd 0-2 Fulham (Sat 3pm) Liverpool 2-0 Brighton (Sun 2pm, Sky) Man City 2-1 Arsenal (Sun 4.30pm, Sky)

With how much football is in bed with betting companies and sketchy ass crypto and NFT grifts, I'm over pretty much all the rules about players betting. Just give me one rule: you can't place bets on you/your team to lose/do something bad. I don't even care if you bet on your own team to win a match at this point. Players are out there trying to win already as it is. The FA and the Premier League are complete hypocrites with sports betting.

Blowing a lead twice because of very foolish mistakes and conceding a goal at the death from your own corner kick...I don't know what else you can call that! Fair play to Manchester United for getting back into it and keep going, and it is nice to see a huge flop like Antony and fringe player like Diallo to get goals. The hope for Liverpool is that no one comes back healthy from the international break, and that this performance wasn't the start of players showing how physically and mentally exhaustion.

Liverpool have absolutely bottled this. Just a series of ridiculously stupid mental mistakes.

Wasted way too many chances to put this match to bed, frustrated that. And to let a League Two level player equalize of all things!

Whether they stay up or get relegated, Nottingham Forest are going to have a struggle to keep Morgan Gibbs White this summer. He's not a Big Six player, but I think he's definitely a Premier League quality player and almost always Forest's best player each weekend.

Seems like FSG are indeed getting ready to buy another club. Benfica Technical Director Pedro Marques is set to join the new setup headed by Michael Edwards. Both are going to be working for FSG and not Liverpool directly, per David Ornstein

What a comeback. Wolves score 2 in five minutes to go up 2-1, only for Coventry to equalize in the 97th minute and win it in the 100th. Incredible