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Gini always looks gassed around 70-75 minutes and his indecision, probably caused by tiredness, when in acres of space allowed him to be closed down by 3 spurs players, him ending with his face planted in the turf and spurs going very close (Son's effort?). Im surprised Jurgen doesnt see this and was surprised Lallana came on for Ox. Admittedly, Jurgen's options are limited with Fabinho, Keita and Milner out. I wouldnt be surprised to see Gini given a rest when Fab's back. Virgil also looked tired in the last 15 minutes although Im not sure Id like to see him come off and have been replaced by Matip or Lovren if they had been available. There's no doubt we could and should have had another couple of goals. Jurgen was right what he said and on the touchline, that looked the most furious Ive seen him in a while. But, despite all the fume from others including mourinho, we won, deserved to win, kept another clean sheet and got the winning goal. I can understand people's reluctance to say it is when not if we become Champions. Ive been there and been in the stadium when it has all turned to shit. 2014 was THE worst but lightning isnt striking twice. Im very comfortable where we are. It would be great to go unbeaten all season. But when it's mathematically won, I will not be surprised if we do take our foot off the gas. We won it one year with 7 games to go, I think we picked up about 4 points from those last 14 available. City will also bust a gut to beat us at their gaff when we play them.

Swansea players not exactly looking to use Brewster so far in this game!

We're Champions Elect, embrace it!

The only guard of honour I want is the chant 'Bring on the Champions!' by the crowd at Anfield.

Interesting, this game is being played with a white ball. None of the PL nonesense of swapping to a yellow ball for winter in what we all really know is just a marketing ploy by the PL ball supplier (Nike?).

For a nothing challenge if Im honest.

I think the excuse that there's no space to install big screens at Anfield is a smoke screen. About 3 years ago, the club got planning permission to install two 'big' screens at either end of the now named SKD Upper. The screens were to be positioned where the glass like side panels are at each end of the stand. For whatever reason,Liverpool decided not to install these. The obvious places for 'big screens' is on top of the Kop and ARE roofs as one or two other clubs have done. They'd be viewable virtually anywhere in the ground except the back of the ARE lower tier and maybe the top couple of rows in the SKD Upper. There's even space at the Kop end of the Main stand, again, where the glass like panels were installed. Myself, Im not arsed about 'big screens.' If you dont like the VAR decision, seeing it on a screen wont make you like it any more. If you agree with the VAR decision, you're not arsed about any controversy.

It seems manchester united think most if not all their troubles are off the pitch and not on it and, some good PR will resolve the situation. Neil Ashton, the journo with the voice seeming to be permanently on the edge of breaking but never quite doing so, is jacking in his journalistic roles and sky's Sunday Supplement programme to become the fulltime PR visage and mouthpiece of manchester united. I thought one united fan summed it up perfectly: If you can’t figure out how to actually make things better, instead, figure out how to make things appear better.

Spurs have very little chance of getting in the CL next season. They'd have to win it this season to be in it next season as they are 9 points off 4th even if lampard is a tactically inept cunt. Next season they'll be in the Europa and likely have to win that to be in the following season's CL. Kane wont hang around 2 seasons being out of the CL and he'll force a move if that's the case. Their only other saleable player is Dele but he's not exactly pulling up trees so cannot see him bringing in a big enough fee to finance a rebuild.

Nah, the one that got relegated to Division 2 in 1974 beats it hands down. They almost got relegated in the 68 -69 season when they were defending the European Cup as well. After Sir Matt Busby retired, they were pretty shit through the 70s and 80s. They had managerial greats like Frank O Farrell who previously had manageed Torquay! Its only since Ferguson won them their first league title in 27 years that they've been thought of as being 'good.' Since ferguson retired, its gone shit again. But we shouldnt be surprised, they went shit for a season when he announced he'd be retiring at the endof the season only to change his mind when he saw first hand just how quickly it would collapse.

Yeah but how many games did united, chelsea and even arsenal win by 1 goal to nil in each of their title wins? It's only because city won it with 100 points 2 seasons ago and 98 points last season that the bar has been raised. Neither is it like we set out to score one and shut up shop like arsenal used to do in some title years. I guess oppo fans just need somewhere to hang their frustrations on? They know the usual teams such as united, chelsea, spurs, arsenal and even city, cannot hold a candle to us. Hence this bullshit that the league is 'weak.' Well, if the league is 'weak,' what's your team's excuse for not winning? Even without VAR, we'd still be 9 points in front of the nearest team. Many clubs fans are just pissed off we're ending a 30 year league drought. it's the one thing prize wise they could wave under our noses. Yes, you may have won the Champions League, the FA Cup, the League Cup and UEFA Cup but you havent won the league blah, blah, blah. Some deluded fans of Newcastle, Villa, Leeds, who arent even in the Prem, think 'they' are as big as Liverpool. It all gets blown up when we win the title. So now they concentrate on each and every VAR decision. The fume over the VAR handball decision in tonights game is classic. It showed Hendo didnt handle the ball (it was Dele) but supposedly, that 'decision' is wrong and 'proves' VAR is handing the title to us. Fuck 'em. if they're that deluded, they are beyond help. They annoy the hell out of me but fuck 'em.

Fucking bring them on.

Tell you what is getting tiresome and annoying, these cunts going on about VAR again. The ball hitting hand was Dele's and not Henderson's. But VAR had to get involved so these cunts think VAR ok'd Henderson handling the ball. You can tell all other clubs' fans are getting desparate as well. Saying they should have had a pen for one of van Dijk's blocks in the box! Fucking hell, desparate. Thought Robbo was particularly stupid leaving a little bit on Alderweirald who made the most of it. Love it that Andy's being a little snide at times but fucking hell lad, if VAR had made more of it, you'd have been off. Jurgen was right to be pissed off. We made poor decisions all over the pitch in the 2nd half.

Thank you atkinson, cunt. You gave them every fucking decision including an extra minute of added time. You're a fucking disgrace, how the fucking fuck was that not a free kick to us when Gini got took out outside their box? The man is a fucking cunt. Good to take the 3 points, we looked really gassed from the 75th minute or thereabouts and were almost hanging on in the last 5. it doesnt help when we charge forward then give the ball away cheaply and have to charge back. I love Bobby but he should be fined a week's wages everytime he tries a backheel 10 yards from our box when it's 1-0! Fucking tyler's a cunt and all, his commentary couldnt hide how much he wanted spurs to turn us over never mind score. I dont expect commentators to big us up but I dont expect them to fucking talk us down either. That result gives us the best start by any top flight team in Europe. Muppets like tyler would be wanking himself blind if that was Real, Barcelona or PSG. Onwards reds!

Oh do fuck off with this 'it shouldnt have been a Liverpool throw in'!

Yeah I noticed that. Think he was just taking a breather!

See that cunt atkinson doing his best to even things up. Moura chucks himself to the ground and gets a free kick every time! Unlucky not to be out of sight already with hitting the post, virgil's tame header and Bobby's goal. Bit concerned how slow we appear to be especially straight down the middle. Bit more accuracy with the final balls, lads. Both Trent and Andy could have put better crosses in but Im nitpicking! Keep going reds and keep concentrating. Loving how we're controlling the game. Make it so.

The fuck's with this plunging the stadium in darkness shit?

Hope we win but Id take a draw right now.

They had a great run while it lasted. Most of the teams they beat you didnt expect them to lose against. Hope they do well in the league cup though. Pleased for Danny knocking em in for Southampton too.

Rodney Marsh when he went to city. He knew where the net was and scored shedloads for QPR. He didnt score anything like what he did once he moved and made them so shit they blew the title in 1972 with about 12 games to go. Sweet.

Hendo to score the only goal in a 1-0 win for us with VAR that makes it mathematically impossible for anyone else to win it, for me. Of course this can only happen if our game starts and finishes before or after our closest competitor plays or has played. No way do I want us 'winning' the title via a goal scored by everton or, conceeded by city, united, chelsea or anyone else.

Fuck off! Just pandering to the neanderthals with this shit. We'd still be at the top of the Prem with a healthy points lead. I see there's no mention that we'd actually have got all 3 points at old trafford as Sadio's goal would have stood. In its first season in use in the Premier League, Video Assistant Referees have earned plenty of headlines for a number of high-profile decisions. Whether it was Gabriel Jesus's last-minute winner against Tottenham being chalked off for handball, to the anger of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, or Roberto Firmino's armpit being deemed to be offside in their thriller away to Aston Villa, VAR has made its presence known. And so, if VAR was not available in the Premier League this season, just how would the current standings look? Research by ESPN, in conjunction with the London School of Economics found out that the title race would be far more exciting, rock-bottom Norwich would be equal on points with the team in 16th place, while Manchester United would drop down to ninth. The research group's methodology was to create an Anti-VAR index which would show the league standings without VAR intervention. The algorithm takes into account goals that have been chalked off, or alternatively awarded, as well as the point in the game at which the incident occurred, the form of the sides and the squads' relative strength - and they all determine a new set of results to create the VAR-less table. ESPN's findings show that Premier League fans would be treated to a far closer title race between Liverpool and Manchester City if VAR was not involved. The gap between them would be just seven points, instead of the 14 points that currently separates the two teams. Liverpool have been targeted on social media for benefiting from VAR decisions and the research has revisited their trip to Crystal Palace, where they left with a narrow win. But the updated results without VAR, according to the system, would see that game finish in a draw with James Tomkins' disallowed goal for Palace awarded instead. Guardiola and Manchester City have felt particularly aggrieved over the new technology and being five points worse off will only strengthen their beliefs. That home match against Tottenham would be converted into a win and the Manchester derby, where they were surprisingly beaten by Manchester United, would reverse from a loss to a win with Marcus Rashford's penalty at 0-0 chalked off and form favouring the hosts. The big loser in the race for the top four is actually Manchester United, who, without VAR, would find themselves down in ninth spot, two points worse off than they are right now. Tottenham also suffer a similar fall away from the top-four race as Jose Mourinho's side drop to eighth with their draw to Watford calculated as a match they should have lost, and their home loss to Newcastle boosted to a draw. At the bottom end, Norwich City can feel particularly aggrieved as a VAR-less league would see them six points better off and, crucially, off the foot of the table. Daniel Farke's side would rise to 18th and would only find themselves inside the relegation zone on goal difference, a far more palatable position than the one they are in now, seven adrift of safety. There was one particular incident that left those at Carrow Road dumbfounded by VAR, when striker Teemu Pukki was, like Firmino, adjudged to have his right armpit offside. Sat joint 16th in the VAR-less standings, level with Brighton, would make much better reading instead of looking at the 10 points that separate the two sides in the current standings. Elsewhere, Wolves would be four points better off, and just two points adrift of the top four, while Sheffield United would also find themselves closer to the Champions League spots with Chris Wilder's side three points down in the current standings. So far, VAR has overturned 63 on-field decisions and 17 of those have led to goals, with 34 leading to goals being disallowed. Newcastle remain the only side yet to experience a VAR overturn in the Premier League this season. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7873117/Liverpools-title-lead-HALVED-Premier-League-table-look-without-VAR.html