Looking ahead we go to Watford in the early Saturday kickoff with a chance to go 2 points clear at the top. Hopefully we take care of business.
And you do realise how difficult that game is going to be, don't you? It finished 0-3 last time. Throw in the Brazil issues, and their latest new manager, and all the ingredients are there for more points dropped. Alisson won't be playing that game if he goes to Brazil to sit on the bench, their last game doesn't finish until less than 36 hours before our next. That's before you consider the travelling involved. If he doesn't go to Brazil, who knows what happens next. Fortunately Kelleher is ready to step up if required.
The atmosphere was flatter than expected today. I'm not blaming anyone for it, but I think playing into the Kop first half throws us all a bit psychologically. So when it happens and we don't fly out of the blocks, the atmosphere drops very quickly. Laugh of the day was the City fan chants about Milner. We all know why he left them, even if like the rest of their club, they have a short memory.
I wonder where all the talk of "classic" comes from. The first half was one sided, the second was a battle, but it was more of a slugfest than a classic. Milner would have considered himself unlucky to be booked for a foul by Hendo, but talk of the crowd influencing the ref's decision, is best reserved for second rate pundits who are there for who they are, rather than what they've done. Plus if he got another yellow, we would have had to take other players off, and the rest of the game would be a repeat of the first half. Who wanted that?
Salah then took them all on by himself and probably scored the goal of the season, which deserved to be the winner. But the Fabinho miss makes your heart sink. Hopefully it won't be too important at the end of the season.
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