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Not sure why ceballos didn’t start.
Your midfield overran us.
Pepe looks super dangerous, tricky and direct.
Leno made some great saves but was weak on the first goal..
He kept you in that game..

How the push on Kane wasn’t a penalty I’ll never know..

Was that the one where he stepped in front of the defender and then slowed down. Kane clearly initiated the contact, never a penalty.

Entitled Spud tho'... 🤷

You mean where he got to the ball first, was looking to shield it from the defender and was pushed over?

Never a pen, nor was the one with Lascelles last week...common theme occurring with Kane.

No, I didn't see that one.

That is a benefit of VAR for sure.. Kane's bs is limited.

Doesn't dive though cause he's english

Have we had Clive O's hot take on their 2nd half yet?

I fell asleep before they equalised, it had been a long day tho'... Not much to talk about, good to see the kids get a run out...

We're in transition, Mark... Much like Arsenal have been since Patrick Vieira left...

Dear lord, Kevin Friend is the shittest ref in ever. How he can card Grealish for a dive after he is pushed in the back, clattered into by Cahill and still gets the pass away before falling is beyond me. Then VAR fails to do anything about it.
Villa were shit, but to be robbed of an equaliser by shoddy refereeing stinks.

Grealish's theatrics robbed you of a point there I reckon. He stays on his feet rather than looking for the peno the goal would have stood.

I see Romelu Lukaku scored a winner for Inter from the penalty spot, United should try and get him in January, they're a bit like on strikers and are poor at penalties.

Given he was getting actual fucking monkey chants in twenty fucking nineteen I was willing Lukaku to score that. However, he's not got an amazing penalty record himself.

Edit: Scored 11, missed 5 - https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/romelu-lukaku/elfmetertore/spieler/96341

Then VAR fails to do anything about it.

VAR couldn't do anything as the whistle had allegedly gone. This wasn't a VAR issue, this was just good old fashioned bad refereeing, which there is still plenty of scope for despite the new tech.

Grealish's theatrics robbed you of a point there

Didn't really see it as theatrics, he had to go down to get the ball away and was back on his feet before it was in the net, never even looked to claim anything from the ref. Perhaps it's his reputation that did for him.

Given he was getting actual fucking monkey chants in twenty fucking nineteen

Since twenty fucking sixteen this shit fails to surprise me. Especially as Cagliari have previous and yet the club does nothing, and the Italian FA does nothing, and even the player's own clubs (in the case of Moise Kean) think the problem is how they celebrate. UEFA should step in but I'm not holding my breath.

perhaps he was fouled and couldn't stay on his feet. but that theatrical movement of his right shoulder made it look like simulation and referee called it that way

Didn't really see it as theatrics, he had to go down to get the ball away and was back on his feet before it was in the net, never even looked to claim anything from the ref. Perhaps it's his reputation that did for him.

This.

And ^ - Kevin Friend is a cunt.

Neil Ruddock has clearly spent all his time since he retired eating and drinking.

That’s what he spent most of his time doing as a professional footballer too.

True.

Have we had Worncleat’s hot take on their 2nd half yet?

In a six pointer, we denied a rival two points. We’ll be glad of that in May.

Especially as Cagliari have previous and yet the club does nothing

The Sardinian flag is a bit of a giveaway.

Just when you thought the situation in Italy couldn't get any worse, Inter fans write an open letter to Lukaku and tell him monkey chants were not racist and Italian football does not have a problem.

‘It could have seemed racist to you but it is not like that’. You have
to understand that Italy is not like many other north european
countries where racism is a REAL problem.

Unbelievable. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/sep/04/inter-fans-tell-romelu-lukaku-monkey-chants-in-italy-are-not-racist?fbclid=IwAR0JzwzkLdj9DxNliKpbMfnb3vQF9h5Qmmd5fkk4EIvkb4zsueXHzY7MUJE

Let me nazisplain that to you.

If I got a pound for every time that I’ve heard someone say that such and such or that wouldn’t have happened under Mussolini, or Franco for that matter. I’d easily retire today and live a very comfortable life.

To get this shit from your own fans is incredible.