Alisson made the initial error, then Szoboszlai and TAA got beaten far, far too easily.
Yes, the distribution error made the opportunity in the first place. But Liverpool don’t concede there if Aké doesn’t take two defenders out of the game with a pretty simple sidestep
We have Malta and North Macedonia lmao
The game is too widely played and scouting is too international for it to be an effective leveller.
It’s acceptable in rugby union for example because there are far fewer top countries to draw talent from: the vast majority of the Gallagher Premiership is English, so the top 25 English players and a scattering of foreign players being absent doesn’t hit the match quality so hard. Saracens get fucked over every year during the Six Nations because they have so many of the best players unavailable, but even then the league is decided by a playoff system so dropping points in the Spring isn’t such a bad thing as long as they make the top 4. If the title could be decided by a single point, I’d feel differently.
It doesn’t work for a global game. Eight of the unimpressive Fulham lineup that lost to Villa would be gone and six of the Nottingham Forest XI. The bottom clubs wouldn’t be much better off than the top clubs and the ridiculous demands this would place on squad depth would favour the sides with the deepest pockets.
Swift to Notts County, here we go!
“U2 stats” are notoriously shit at telling you anything meaningful.
They reward backup players, because they games in which they’re deputised in are typically the ones the team is most likely to win.
Galatasaray 🤝 Sheppey United
“Welcome to Hell”
Very pleased to see Guéhi getting a proper chance
Palace? They can do better than Johnstone