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Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull
May 22, 2012
16,033
Weststander said:
What were the odds, pre match, on LFC going through in 90 minutes?
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I think I heard 18/1 being quoted about two hours before the game. I'm not a betting man, but I did consider it...

Herr Tubthumper said:
I’d like it for Liverpool to now go and win the league. They’re some team, and if they win it means we will have got at least a point against City.
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And that's EXACTLY why I want Liverpool to win the league. Nothing to do with any allegiance, but it would mean a win or a draw for the Albion. I was thinking before the game how Liverpool seem to be grinding out a few results and wondered if they might get done by Wolves on Sunday. Last night's result changed my perception.
 






dazzer6666

dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013
55,530
Burgess Hill
Nobby said:
Watch it again

That ball boy might just have made a huge contribution to Liverpool winning the Champions League

Quick thinking
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Wasn’t deliberate on the part of the ball boy, but the Barca players totally switched off and didn’t realise a ball had been quickly placed in the corner (they saw the other one bouncing off the pitch). Brilliant thinking from Alexander-Arnold and a quality finish from Origi (given he wasn’t looking either when the ball was first hit to him)
 




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HitchinSeagull

Active member
Aug 9, 2012
414
Brighton Lines said:
El Pais report:

'Although it no longer smells like when football was thought of in The Boot Room, Anfield is still Anfield. Now it gives off the same smell that many stadiums, even resembles some of the most modern in the Champions, and arrival in the field is more comfortable and quiet, more fluffy than in the alley of the European Cup. There is, however, no field that roars so much and so well, in such a harmonious and synchronised way, as Anfield. The communion begins with the a cappella song of You'll never walk alone, admirable above all for the silent fans, always fascinated by the liturgy of the Premier teams.

The ritual hypnotises any rival, also those who are already warned, or if you want to be chastened like Barça. There is no field that has the soul of Anfield. The excitement is breathtaking as soon as the match starts even if Barça takes the ball.'
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Thanks, great writing despite translation not being the best.

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brightn'ove

brightn'ove

cringe
Apr 12, 2011
9,169
London
Good
Billy the Fish said:
Did it not? There were two balls on the pitch until a second before TAA kicks it, it looked like the ballboy put a new ball in the quadrant.

I'm not judging either way before anyone jumps on me, it's just a point of interest that I've never seen happen like that before.
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They have multi-ball in every league except the English leagues. Gets the game restarted quicker but does mean some teams get caught napping.
 






nicko31

nicko31

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Jan 7, 2010
18,574
Gods country fortnightly
Seems the fireworks set off in the middle of the night outside the Barca hotel did the job, just shows it really was a team effort
 






darkwolf666

darkwolf666

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Nov 8, 2015
7,651
Sittingbourne, Kent
dazzer6666 said:
Wasn’t deliberate on the part of the ball boy, but the Barca players totally switched off and didn’t realise a ball had been quickly placed in the corner (they saw the other one bouncing off the pitch). Brilliant thinking from Alexander-Arnold and a quality finish from Origi (given he wasn’t looking either when the ball was first hit to him)
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Agree - The Barcelona defenders were actively grouping for the corner, then switched off when Alexander Arnold appeared to walk away from the corner as if he was going to let someone else take it, that quick change of mind was what caught the defence out, not the ball boy!
 


kevo

kevo

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Mar 8, 2008
9,801
Harry Wilson's tackle said:
The UK is not socialist enough to subsidise the BBC to outbid BT Sport or Sky for football. And Corbyn prefers tiddly***** to football so he won't change anything. But we can all survive. Find a pub like what we did. And I actually have BT sport. And....exhale.
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No problem not seeing the game live, but there should be a highlights show. Uefa care far more about dosh than people actually being able to watch the games. To not even allow free-to-view highlights is perverse. Sport of the people, eh?
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
56,103
Faversham
kevo said:
No problem not seeing the game live, but there should be a highlights show. Uefa care far more about dosh than people actually being able to watch the games. To not even allow free-to-view highlights is perverse. Sport of the people, eh?
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I see your point. Yes, quite. That's mad.

Anyway, I shall be back at the pub tonight for Spuds u like :thumbsup:
 










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Postman Pat

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Jul 24, 2007
6,972
Coldean
kevo said:
No problem not seeing the game live, but there should be a highlights show. Uefa care far more about dosh than people actually being able to watch the games. To not even allow free-to-view highlights is perverse. Sport of the people, eh?
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They host them on YouTube.

 




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mwrpoole

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Sep 10, 2010
1,519
Sevenoaks
Simster said:
But if Spurs overtake Chelsea, that would mean Chelsea not qualifying if Arsenal won that competition?


Please say yes.
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Sorry still a No.

The only way 4th placed don't qualify for the CL is if the winners of both the EL & CL finish outside of the top 4 - we can only have 5 teams in the CL so 4th place would miss out if that was too happen.
 




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