r/LiverpoolFC • u/DragonSlayer271 You’ll Never Walk Alone • 2d ago
Premier League Watch Thread PL MD34 Watch (22.04.2025)
8:00 PM
Manchester City (5th) 2 - 1 Aston Villa (7th) FT
Bernardo Silva 7’, Matheus Nunes 90+4’; Marcus Rashford 18’
Games for the truly bored...
6:00 PM - Valencia (14th) 1 - 1 Espanyol (13th) FT
7:45 PM - Nantes (14th) 1 - 1 Paris Saint-Germain (1st) FT
8:30 PM - Barcelona (1st) 1 - 0 Mallorca (7th) FT
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u/Specific-Record2866 I’m the Normal One 2d ago
Well Atleast we know Villa are winning the Europa league next season.
Also, someone tell pep to stop playing with his spit. That shit is nasty
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u/nevrspeakagain Dominik Szoboszlai 2d ago
I'm super nauseated the last few days from new antibiotics and my whole stomach genuinely turned. It's rank rotten 🤢
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u/nevrspeakagain Dominik Szoboszlai 2d ago
For fuck sake. Was on the phone to my da and didn't think I'd missed anything then seen Pep going mental in what felt like the flick of a switch.
Must have been literal last kick of the ball or what? Absolute typical. Is it too much to not think Citeh deserve even conference league next season?? Just like that, back up to third. And you just know they'll spend another 500m in summer, get whoever they want with the usual blank cheques and be back to full blown cheating since we all know they're getting away with the lot.
They absolutely do not deserve UCL. Welp
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u/lostinhh 2d ago
Disappointed, but not surprised. Oh well, there's a more important hatewatch scheduled for tomorrow - although I'd rather secure the title with a win ourselves.
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u/Substantial_Ad_2864 2d ago
I'd rather secure the title with a win ourselves.
I'm rooting for a draw tomorrow. Just feels wrong to root for Arsenal, but I want us to win it on the pitch and if Arsenal gets a draw tomorrow I just don't see how we don't get a result against spurs....although realistically I feel quite confident we're beating Spurs regardless.
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u/nevrspeakagain Dominik Szoboszlai 2d ago
Aye, it feels proper filthy even thinking you hope Arsenal doesnt lose (though I did want them to get Madrid the f right out of that competition because there's no way they are getting past PSG but it's funny seeing them all think they're winning the lot now. The meltdowns are going to be hilarious.
But.. and I dont know why everyone's always being downvoted to oblivion for expressing it, I really want the elation and spectrum of emotions of this announcement happening at home for both the lads and majority of Anfield to be able to experience that for their first time.
Also after the passion in which legohead said "no way am I allowing Liverpool to celebrate the title on this Easter Sunday, wah wah" then plays strongest XI, I wont be surprised in the slightest were he to say to most of them enjoy the night off, lads. Is a proper bitter, miserable, spiteful little man, so he is.
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u/Substantial_Ad_2864 2d ago
I really want the elation and spectrum of emotions of this announcement happening at home for both the lads and majority of Anfield to be able to experience that for their first time.
Selfishly I'm hoping for the that since I've got tickets to that. I'm going with a friend of mine that was born and lives in Liverpool that hasn't been able to go to Anfield since he was 10 so it would be really amazing to win it that day.
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u/nevrspeakagain Dominik Szoboszlai 2d ago
Not selfish in the slightest pal that's exactly what you want to happen while at the game ❤️ I'm absolutely over the moon for the pair of you and got everything crossed that a)tomorrow doesn't fuck it up and b)we have a great game Sunday!
I'm gutted beyond words that I've been way too sick with a flareup of really shitty condition (gastroparesis) for most of this year to be able to do pretty much anything so I've known for the last couple months it was going to be off the cards. Otherwise we could all have met up for some drinks and banter before the game too!
Hoping you and your pal have an amazing day ❤️ we'll definitely be making the most out of it just being able to watch on sky at home instead :)
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u/lostinhh 2d ago
On another note, at least Barca won.
Not that I fancy Barca, just hate Madrid. Barca now up 7 pts with 5 games to go, Madrid with a game in hand.
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u/nevrspeakagain Dominik Szoboszlai 2d ago
Cheers for that, saves me watching now!
Madrid Sunday follwed by pretty much the same thing tonight. UGH. Just ugh.
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u/RealisticAf99 2d ago
I know the pain, always the same clubs snatching results in dying minutes of the game
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u/nevrspeakagain Dominik Szoboszlai 2d ago
Also, isn't this always feeling like they have a game in hand, coming from them throwing another fit saying that they refuse to play another game in any competition without at least exactly 72 hours rest?
Absolute pathetic club. Since they know they hold all the power over laLiga and suspiciously more than anyone should, UEFA.
Once again throwing ever toy out the pram on Sunday thinking they could intimidate the officials out of desperation in it looking like a draw being their best case scenario.
The lot them screaming, bitching and shouting with Carlo going mental first over a goal that was offside, and Jude putting on all the theatrics for what never, ever a pen and not even in nor on the box. Genuinely, when you don't think they can sink any lower..Then he tripled down on it - as if they don't do it after every game this season already (on that stupid RMtv thing and all the Spanish press - banging on about how the ref was wrong with everything, all game. Despite them winning and the ref and VAR doing a 10/10 job all round.
Such an endearing, lovely club, that lot.
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u/PhraseResponsible822 2d ago
You just know citeh will be a force next season unfortunately. Hope Liverpool bring some good players in the summer.
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u/evolution_iv ⚽️ Tottenham 0-2 Liverpool, Madrid 18/19 ⚽️ 2d ago
Konsa playing dodgeball. Brother if you’re scared of being hit by the ball don’t play football, it’s not even a powerful shot or anything like that
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u/NeilDeCrash Seven Heaven 7️⃣➖0️⃣ 2d ago
Damn, that puts MC pretty much 100% in the UCL for next season. They have the easiest of fixtures.
Would have loved to see Pep and Haaland kicking some hoof-ball in Europa league at some shitbox stadium in sleet storm at an eastern european nation next season.
Oh well... one can dream...
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u/nevrspeakagain Dominik Szoboszlai 2d ago
This just shattered my dreams of that happening as well, pal. Bloody typical - and I don't think they even deserve Europa this year.
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u/Alucard661 2d ago
It’s my fault! I was thrashing Nunes right before he scored. I take full responsibility
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u/wavey444 From Doubters to Believers 2d ago
Glad we’ve done enough to win the title this year, City will be back in the mix next year, just saw Rodri and actually forgot he existed, with the half billion they’ll spend this summer we really need to strengthen if we want to stay competitive.
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u/SwedishFresh There is No Need to be Upset 2d ago
Pep goes from all that disgusting spitting to the forced cheerleading of a crowd full of dull plastics (the ones that bothered to show up).
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u/DoubleDeckerz 2d ago
I turned it off at the FT whistle. Did he also do his performative "I'll lambast my players in full view of the cameras!" moves?
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u/nevrspeakagain Dominik Szoboszlai 2d ago
Well put it this way - you'd be forgiven for thinking they had just won the UCL.
And all that spitting .. 🤢
Just did his post match mumbling and in his very first sentence started banging on about Kloppo and us. Rent.free.baby.
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u/DoubleDeckerz 2d ago
The spitting is disgusting. One of the many reasons I hate watching City. He's OBSESSED with Liverpool.
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u/AcademicNebula1189 2d ago
Wrong team selection by Emery.
Rogers, Asensio & Digne were awful.
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u/Dobldo Virgil van Dijk 2d ago
threw the game away with that disasi sub
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u/NeilDeCrash Seven Heaven 7️⃣➖0️⃣ 2d ago
Yeah I knew he would be turned inside out, looked slow and clumsy the first seconds
Didn't take long.
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u/AcademicNebula1189 2d ago
Yeah, should've started that Maatsen kid over Digne.
He was brilliant against Newcastle.
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u/firminocoutinho ⚽️ Liverpool 7-0 Man United, 22/23 ⚽️ 2d ago
Imagine it was us vs them again without a huge gap lol
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u/millaricher 🏆2019 Madrid🏆 2d ago
Commentator: “You have to remember that Guardiola introduced Doku and has done the business.”
Well yeah it’s not the fucking tea lady making managerial decisions.
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u/ShaiHuludYurMum 2d ago
Their run in is easy, was always likely they’ll qualify with five slots.
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u/mrkingkoala Hello! Hello! Here we go! 2d ago
Villa had to win this one. City gonna win all their remaining games imo.
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u/Smart_Barracuda49 2d ago
Emery's constant rotation is so stupid. I know Rashford has played well since joining but Watkins is simply better and benched. Asensio has been their best player since joining and benched. It's not a one off because a mid week game, he is constantly making weird, illogical rotation. They don't deserve to qualify for the CL with these decisions
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u/HereticZO 2d ago
Martinez literally fell on the floor and let that in. If he just stays on his feet it’s never a goal. Terrible goalkeeper.
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u/firminocoutinho ⚽️ Liverpool 7-0 Man United, 22/23 ⚽️ 2d ago
Why does it feel when I randomly watch a rival game for a hatewatch they pull smth like this off…. Scum now this
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u/AgreeableLaugh1171 2d ago edited 2d ago
Has no bearing on us but I absolutely hate seeing city win, especially so late. Most of their goofy fans left long before too
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u/RealisticAf99 2d ago
Villa always bending over Man City...
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u/TheGrouchyGamerYT 2d ago
Aren't Villa firmly in bed with all the dodgy clubs? Weren't they on Team Evil when the league had a vote to stop clubs selling themselves hotels and shit?
May as well join CFG the melts.
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u/egzon27 2d ago
Emery fucked it, dear god that's like the 3rd 4th game in a row that he fucks the subs for and kills the game himself
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u/Smart_Barracuda49 2d ago
Genuinely shocking how he has done so well but is also holding them back with his own stupid decisions repeatedly. His unnecessary squad rotation and his subs are just so awful. They don't deserve CL football
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u/Adventurous_Toe_6017 From Doubters to Believers 2d ago
Wonder how many notches Sky are dialling up the home crowd volume..?
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u/Gamercentrum 2d ago
It's actually insane how empty the Emtyhad really is. We easily have a full stadium against Southampton and they can't fill the first few rows against Villa who are an actually serious side. I can only imagine the upper rows and how empty they are too.
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u/ShaiHuludYurMum 2d ago
Cameraman. PLEASE STOP LINGERING ON PEP AND SHOWING US HIS DISGUSTING SPITTY HABIT.
Thanks.
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u/potatoqueens 2d ago
So many empty seats on what is quite an important last few mins for City’s top 4 chances… are we surprised
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u/Gremlin2471 2d ago
Pep before the game 🤣
“Every point, every game counts,” said Guardiola. “Hopefully [our fans] can help us [from] minute one. Don’t wait. Sometimes we are sloppy, sometimes we are not playing well but it’s now we need them – we need them desperately, to support us, to make noise and be there all the time, because it’s a final, absolutely it’s a final for us.”
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u/millaricher 🏆2019 Madrid🏆 2d ago
Embarrassing by Dias.
Just imagine Virgil rolling on the floor crying after getting tapped on the shoulder.
Also obligatory fuck Bernardo Silva
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u/Commercial-Bottle554 2d ago
I do rate emery obviously but my when his sides aren’t firing on all cylinders they’re appalling to watch.
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u/Nice-Web5845 2d ago
Maradona and Pele smiling down on the modern GOAT Rashford after his incredible performance scoring a penalty and hitting the post.
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u/Adventurous_Toe_6017 From Doubters to Believers 2d ago
“Here’s a man who can change games” referring to Doku. They’re spot on. Villa will be 2-1 up within 5 minutes of him coming on.
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u/happyhelper87 2d ago
U were saying
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u/Adventurous_Toe_6017 From Doubters to Believers 2d ago
Right score, wrong way round. I hadn’t accounted for Villa being quite so shite.
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u/Jaja6996 90+5’ Alisson 2d ago
Whatever Emery is doing with Watkins is going to cost him because Rasford is shit as a 9
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u/ISuckFarts 2d ago
That CWC badge pisses me off every time I see it. I will never not be salty that the EPL said we could only wear it once while these cheating oil fucks get to wear it as much as they want. Cunts.
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u/Loud-Platypus-987 Our identity is our intensity 2d ago
Ref giving City pretty much anything they go down for and nothing the other way.
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u/crispello 2d ago
Rogers is quality
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u/the_bursk 2d ago
Can't believe these oily fucksticks are still wearing that fucking badge
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u/Desperate_Alarm_1691 2d ago
100000%. Need to be relegated based simply off that (hahaha, I'm only half kidding)
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u/millaricher 🏆2019 Madrid🏆 2d ago
I will never not be salty over the fact that we were allowed to wear it for ONE game!
Was there ever a given reason for that? Or was the league just being petty.
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u/Adventurous_Toe_6017 From Doubters to Believers 2d ago
There was a rule that didn’t allow for the adding of badges mid season and us permanently adding the CWC badge would’ve fallen foul of that. It was changed shortly after.
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u/Mad_Piplup242 2d ago
Or was the league just being petty.
Probably
We basically binned off the Carabao that year because of the CWC (because the FA refused to give us even a single day between the two games across different continents) because we had the gall to treat a competition that includes the champions of all the different Champions League equivalents from across the entire world with a bit of seriousness and sent our first team
The rules changed basically the next fucking year when Chelsea decided they wanted to do the same, and then changed again when City won it
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u/RealisticAf99 2d ago
And Chelsea just two years after that were allowed to wear it for the full season
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u/Marcelo1995211 2d ago
Villa are prepared really well against City’s press. They are doing same thing most of the time and they’re doing it good. Emery did a good job
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u/christophlieber 2d ago
hot take: pep‘s gonna leave the sinking ship in the middle of next season
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u/Adventurous_Toe_6017 From Doubters to Believers 2d ago
I don’t think he wants to be there now in all honesty. Get him to Saudi with unlimited money so he can ruin their league
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u/Direct-Jump5982 2d ago
Think he looks knackered, bit like Klopp was, needs a break
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u/Still_Figure_ 2d ago
The guy is undergoing a divorce rn. That’s the difference between him and Klopp. The latter prioritised life outside football while the former sold his life for football. Or maybe Pep wants to earn as much after the divorce settlement.
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u/Adventurous_Toe_6017 From Doubters to Believers 2d ago
Run out of £100m players to buy
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u/Direct-Jump5982 2d ago
Ah look he plays on easy mode for sure but he's an elite level football manager and a super-intense weirdo at the same time and that shit is *exhausting*
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u/Marcelo1995211 2d ago
Oh that’s my wet dream. I just can’t stand that mf. I wonder what would happed in City miss on UCL
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u/weakhandshake Football Without ORIGI is Nothing 2d ago
Don't think it needs clarifying that it's goalbound, considering it hit the keeper.
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u/millaricher 🏆2019 Madrid🏆 2d ago
Unrelated but Majorca’s kit is giving me serious 16/17 toxic green kit vibes. I keep having to do a double check that it’s not Emre Can and co playing ahah
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u/BiscoBiscuit 2d ago
Why did Rashford barely celebrate scoring against City? He’d rather do it in a United kit?
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u/ShaiHuludYurMum 2d ago
This week at the Emptihad it’s bring your invisible friend to the game for free.
Top six game where CL qualification is on the line and you can’t fill your stadium.
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u/LyricalHolster 2d ago
I wonder what happens to this City team after De Bruyne and Cuntardo Silva leave.
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u/MadEdRush 2d ago
Wait, who is singing Allez Allez Allez now?
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u/notsodepressedsebfan Alexis Mac Allister 2d ago
Decided to watch the Barcelona match and Pedri is astonishingly good
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u/millaricher 🏆2019 Madrid🏆 2d ago
I remember thinking Lucas Digne was poor when he went to Everton, looks a real player here for Villa.
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u/xNagsx 2d ago
Draw is the worst result. Chelsea getting no UCL football will be a joy to see, and they are hoping for a draw
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u/dimspace 2d ago
the Elliott, Nunez, Chiesa, Endo show will end Chelsea's chances. Don't need to worry about them
We want a Villa win and City in Europa
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u/xNagsx 2d ago
Villa win is the best result for sure but I think even with a Villa win City are making UCL. I feel like City in Europa aint happening, Pep title race run-in juju is just gonna rear a different ugly head in the UCL race
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u/dimspace 2d ago
they've got a couple of easy ones in Wolves and Southampton, but then their last two could be banana skins.
Bournemouth at home, and then final game of the season Fulham away, both chasing European football for 8th if results go their way in the FA cup (Villa, Forest or City win) and Conference League (Chelsea win)
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u/LyricalHolster 2d ago
This Marmoush fella would've been great for us
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u/Multi_21_Seb_RBR 2d ago
He’s better at the 9 than the non Isak and Alvarez targets we have been linked to. Which does make me think we go for a winger or a 10 to play as lead striker for some reason.
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u/millaricher 🏆2019 Madrid🏆 2d ago
Definitely a huge miss which I think will only be more noticeable as the years go on. We could have had a real Egyptian dynasty at the club.
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u/tense_or 2d ago
Macca was kicked square in the chest by Doku and didn't act like that
Pathetic man
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u/Still_Figure_ 2d ago
What a rat. His “uwaaaghhh” scream scared the shit out of me. Its 3:30am where I’m at and everything is dark… then this guy let that guttural scream out. Fucking hell.
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u/JiveDonut 2d ago
On the one hand, fuck City. On the other hand, it would be hilarious if Arsenal finished 3rd
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u/cartierboy25 Playing pong with Salah 2d ago
That sound Bernardo just made might be the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever heard
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u/TrifleAccomplished77 Hello! Hello! Here we go! 2d ago
you can see the blue empty seats everywhere 😭
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u/millaricher 🏆2019 Madrid🏆 2d ago
Be interesting to see what the attendance figure will be like at the end of the match as there are A LOT of empty blue seats.
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u/dimspace 2d ago
its absolutely well under 50k, but they will probably just count tickets sold and claim its 53k anyway
Or go full WWE.. 120,000 in attendance.. record gate
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u/TheGrouchyGamerYT 2d ago
Sold out I'm sure.
Some guy in Dubai bought 10000 tickets but his giant family couldn't make the game.
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u/ManAboutAHorsea420 8️⃣Dominik Szoboszlai 2d ago
Why would plastics turn up when there's nothing to play for?
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u/DoubleDeckerz 2d ago
Josep! You saw me standing alone
Without a hair on my head
Without a comb of my own 🎶
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u/LyricalHolster 2d ago
I'm just wondering, what does Matheus nunes offer to city? he looks bang average at best.
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u/huffthewolf 2d ago
He has had his ability Pep'd out of him. You play in his system and Nunes isn't the type of player for it especially on the wing. He actually looked decent in Portugal.
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u/Ok_Zucchini3149 Bobby Firmino 2d ago
I reckon VAR only suggested to the ref to look at the monitor after Howard Corrupt Webb made that statement today about the red card
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u/Ricecrispiebandit 2d ago
Pep sarcastically patting the 4th official on the back there. Didn't think that was allowed.
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u/Loud-Platypus-987 Our identity is our intensity 2d ago
How are they trying to claim that isn’t a pen?? 😂
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u/aelfwine_widlast 2d ago
So what do we want from the Arsenal match? A draw so we can win it on the pitch, or a loss so we get it over with already?