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City, chelsea, spurs etc thought they were signing up to professional organisation, they were disappointed. Not sure that rings true, after all we have all seen Woodward's professionalism over the past 10 years.
Spurs won without Jose.
That's what happens when you eat too much Quorn. I can Behrly believe it...
Pretty serious charges.
Re ESL I see Ed Woodward fell on his sword and knew nothing of the plans until the last minute? Really?! Was this something just cooked up by the owners themselves?
End of an era
Hi. This is a note from tonight's football editor:Tom Rostance, your live texter this evening, is much too proud and professional to make a song and dance, but today is his last ever day with BBC Sport.
It's almost exactly 10 years since Tom joined us, and since then he has brought to life World Cups, Champions League finals, Premier League moments and Olympic memories.
Most people in the country will have read Tom's work - you're reading it right now, so you're in the majority.
In short, he is brilliant and we will miss him. He's also nipped to the loo and doesn't know I'm publishing this...
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Good luck Tom!
Anyone watching PSG v Citeh?
City have been great in the 2nd half
So happy with that result, probably should have got a 3rd. I was worrying at the end of the first half but a top class performance in the 2nd. Still work to do in the next leg mind, this game isn't over yet.
Anyone watching PSG v Citeh?
City have been great in the 2nd half
Yep, most of it. Good game and welcome fare after me ride.
cracking game, being the eternal pessimistic City fan a third at the end would have been helpful!
Loving the kevin de bruyne post match interview. Brings a new level of misery that would embarrass Morrissey.
Both Real v Chelsea and PSG v City have been great to watch as a neutral. Maybe the ESL thing was a good idea after all 😏
That was an absolute masterclass from Cavani in the second half. Ole beat his semi-final curse in style 😃
If we can turn up before half-time at some point, that’d be nice
Credit to Ole, he’s really turned things round. Should be a good title race next season!
I see managers are rushing to extend contracts or move to other clubs at the slightest hint that spurs might come calling.
Looks like it’s all going off, big time. I reckon they’re all scousers trying to get the match stopped 😉
Fair play to ‘em though. This did make me laugh
https://twitter.com/stehoare/status/1388848365950152705?s=21
Twitter is coming up trumps:
https://twitter.com/footyhumour/status/1388855549564002304?s=21
United fans will do anything to stop City getting handed the title at OT.
Donny van de Beek is currently holding a can of Stella and setting off a red flare at the Stretford End.
Stats show he's now quadrupled his total minutes on the pitch this season...
🙂
Graeme Souness really is a total ****!
Any particular reason, or just a regular update on the ongoing Souness situation?
He’s on Sky now, defending the Glazers and the club owners who are all held in such high esteem after the shenanigans of the last few weeks.
Obviously, he’s reading the room well. Is he after Ed’s job?
I think Gary Neville might be about to punch him.
Forfeit the game and 0-3 to Liverpool is it?
Postponed? Forfeit is the right option, fan disorder, however justified. Losing the three points would maybe make things clearer to the Glazers too.
Souness has a point. It’s taken 16 years to get to direct action, not just waving some scarfs and chanting a bit.
Souness wouldn’t know a point if it was giving him a *ing lapdance
The only thing he seems to be saying is that the clubs owners can do what the * they like and the fans should just suck it up.
It’s obvious he doesn’t even have the most cursory understanding of what’s gone on at Old Trafford over the last 16 years
Forfeit the game and 0-3 to Liverpool is it?
The Premier League has just issued a statement saying there will be a severe penalty for the pitch invasion at Old Trafford
Bruno Fernandes will take it
😃
Are those Utd fans still in Old Trafford? It's a long drive home to Surrey, Singapore and Stockholm. I'm worried about them.
Boom! You’re on fire ElShalimo!
Sorry, I forgot Salford
Roma have appointed Mourinho, I struggle to see the logic of anyone employing him as a manager anymore.
Roma have appointed Mourinho, I struggle to see the logic of anyone employing him as a manager anymore.
Really makes no sense. When he came to Spurs, I was fooled into thinking he may have changed his ways given he had nearly a year out of the game to study where it went wrong, and also hired a new youthful coaching team including Sacramento.
As bad as we were, he still overachieved at Tottenham thanks to Kane & Son's largely superb finishing, and the relative mediocrity of our rivals. In a normal season we would have performed far worse.
And on the back of that he's walked into another job after 2 weeks?
He has made more money being sacked than most people can ever dream of, I am starting to think that is now his plan all along.
He's not even part of the British Manager's Lunch Club 'Destroy and Exit' plan.
Can someone explain to me why Man Utd don't seem to be getting any kind of sanction for Sunday's antics? Surely they should be getting points docked at least.
Unless the docked points removes Champion League football what is the point. A serious fine and or a serous number of games behind closed doors when crowds are back would hit the Glazers better!?!?
Can someone explain to me why Man Utd don’t seem to be getting any kind of sanction for Sunday’s antics? Surely they should be getting points docked at least.
Premier League/ Sky sports cartel support the protests. Even encouraged them.
Euro Super League threatened their pie.
Surely they should be getting points docked at least.
You'll still finish 8th
😛
And you'll still have won nothing (except a tin pot cup if you're lucky). Doesn't change the fact they should be getting punished though, they are responsible for security and they totally shat it.
I hadn't seen until today that the killing of Dalian Atkinson had resulted in a murder charge for the police officer who killed him. The evidence presented is quite horrific.
Fantastic result, and a real team performance, I don't think any individual could be picked out for a man of the match performance, everyone put in a shift.
Great player on his day. Poor guy
City put on a good display tonight.
Pretty ironic that a Liverpool fan is calling for sanctions against a club for fan behaviour.
Based on that position guess Grum will agree that Liverpool should have been removed from the Champions League on for the attacks on coaches carrying opposition teams? Those attacks are just the latest in a string of shameful incidents going back decades that have involved Liverpool in Europe.
What a player Foden is already - Pep has handled him and his development superbly when many pundits were calling for him to play more over the last couple of seasons or go out on loan.
Whataboutery. Two can play at that game.
Also, I don't think clubs are considered to be directly responsible for what happens outside the ground, but they are responsible for safety inside the stadium.
Nice try though 👍
Don't be daft @cletus. Thats not hooliganism. Throwing house bricks at opposition coaches is all part of the grand tradition we're endlessly told about that make European nights at Anfield so magical and the club and their fans so special. #YNWA
But, yeah... maybe people in glass houses shouldn't be wanging half-knackers around.
In other news, The glazers apology and their promise to 'engage with the fans' has started well...
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1389692194680938505?s=20
I'm just appalled that our club is owned by a man who despite being bald, seems to be attempting to grow a mullet
What a player Foden is already – Pep has handled him and his development superbly when many pundits were calling for him to play more over the last couple of seasons or go out on loan.
As a United fan, I hate to say it, but he's unreal already. He's going to be absolutely world class. And every player seems to improve under Pep.
But Fodens progression as a player has got 'scoring the winner in the Champions League final' written all over it
That second goal from City last night was a joy to watch.
PSG are everything I hate about modern football. I can't stand Neymar JR.
Guillem Balague, who is normally an excellent and likeable journalist, called the reaction to Neymar et al as Northern European Sanctimony:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56800034
I'm so happy Citeh put PSG out.
The thing last night as well was that due to the play acting and harassment of the ref by the psg players, he put up a barrier to their antics and they probably ended up getting less fouls and freekicks awarded than they actually deserved.
City were more largely reserved in their approach to the ref and Foden again rode some tackles that would have had Neymar cartwheeling down the pitch in screams of agony, but when De Maria kicked out Fernandinho exaggerated the reaction massively, it worked because he hadn't spent the whole match diving.
Neymar always takes the foul, even when he is in a strong position and has the skill to create something better.
The thing last night as well was that due to the play acting and harassment of the ref by the psg players, he put up a barrier to their antics and they probably ended up getting less fouls and freekicks awarded than they actually deserved.
Do you not remember Neymar at the last world cup? When Brazil went out 2-1 to Belgium, he'd just had what was actually a penalty waved away by the ref because he'd spent the whole game prior to that throwing himself in the air like Tom Daley every time anyone came near him
Poetic justice.
called the reaction to Neymar et al as Northern European Sanctimony:
He compares him to Messi, who is hero-worshipped around Europe, despite coming from...err
Maybe it's just that people recognise that Neymar is a bit of a ****?
I saw the headline of this bbc article
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56800034
"Neymar: Is Paris St-Germain's forward a magical talent or preening prima donna?"
And my initial respone was "why can't he be both?"
Definitely both imo. It was funny but also quite ridiculous when he got booked for showboating.
The screaming and howling from the Real players on a slight tackle is utterly pathetic. No idea why this is not clamped down on.
You sanctimonious northern......
Madrid need a rebuild that they can't afford, too many ageing players that can't quite hit the levels they held a couple of years ago.
Before the super league fiasco I could see Madid buying Mbappe and Barca buying Harland this summer and uefa scrapping FFP, cause you couldn't have it affecting the Spanish giants. But now they have shat in their own beds, and lost the hypnotic affect they had on the authorities, or at least I hope so.
Even with probably the best midfield 3 in the world, they looked poor tonight. Chelsea could have had a bag full.
It's great to see Ramos lose.
Considering this was a pretty much done deal before kick off, this has been a great game.
I’m genuinely shocked we won’t be meeting them in the final! 😉
Did you see Cavani’s first goal? I hope he sticks around next season. He’s awesome! But it was great play all round. Great touch from Bruno
https://twitter.com/mm_nurah_esq/status/1390428300904964100?s=21
He's done that his whole career.
I think that kind of shot is technically known as a "ThunderBastard"
😂
A proper missile! His work rate is unreal. He even took the time to have a kick off! You’re a brave man to square up to him. Ole hooked him off before he punched somebody 😃
you've proper lucked out with players in their "twilight" who no one wants in recent years,
Larsson, Ibrahimovic, Cavani
Ronaldo for a swan song?
What amazed me was that when he was frequently playing like that for Napoli he was in his early 20s. He's been around a long time
I'm still not sure if he's Tarzan or D'Artagnan
Ronaldo for a swan song?
How about Aguero? 😂
I still can’t believe City are letting him go
How about Aguero? 😂
I still can’t believe City are letting him go
Mad decision by Pep but I reckon he'll still be in the premier League next season.
City must have an agreement in place for his replacement that they are just waiting to announce, otherwise not giving him another year does look crazy. Could be financial, losing silva last year and Aguero this removes 2 x probably 250k a week wages. That frees up a chunk of money to make an offer for Harland or Kane, although I suspect both will still be too expensive.
Spursy
'Big Six'?
Yeah, right.
I bet Kanes agent is on the phone to Pep and anyone else who'll listen
Spursy
‘Big Six’?
Yeah, right.
i was just thinking that myself watching the game. 40 years ago few teams in the world were bigger than Leeds certainly not Tottenham.
Good game today - fun to watch and not dirty anymore.
Jnr is a Derby fan - rather exciting in the house
I'll confess I'm not an obsessive Derby fan, but as Derbyshire lad I've been to a fair few games over the years and I was kind of hoping they'd go down. The whole club needs a rocket up it's arse. Too much complacency, and too much 'we're a big club' mentality based on a few good years in the 70's!
A ground-up rebuild is what's needed and all we'll get now is the same players with no fight hanging on to their cushty deals. And Rooney needs sacking on Monday morning.
Good game today – fun to watch and not dirty anymore.
Leeds are a fantastic team to watch. They're a proper quality squad. They fully deserved the win against Spurs today
In other news: the rumours doing the rounds are Kane going to Chelski. That should go down well
How did you keep a straight face saying that what with you being a ManYooo fan?
😉
Rotherham fan here. Gutted not to stay up having been the best side all game. Missed too many chances in too many games.
The animosity between us and Leeds isn’t what it was. I’m sure that will change ones there’s fans back in the ground though. I bet GMP are relishing that. 😃
When we’ve played them this season, one was one of the best games of the season: the bonkers 6-2, and the other one was an absolutely awful, tedious nil nil
Unfortunately Sergio giving a glimpse of why city are letting him go, that was the worst penalty I can recall seeing, in a team with a reputation for missing penalties he has secured a new achievement. I love him for what he has done in the past, but winning is a brutal business and sometimes past greats have to move on.
Aguerrrooooo oh
Another superb performance from Leeds against another of the treacherous ESL clubs. We've now taken points of all 6 of them including the amazing away win against Man City. Thought it was a much better game than the City - Chelsea clash which really disappointed considering City could have put the title to bed, but Pep played his 2nd 11. Aguero being a bit of a prima donna with his reaction to Sterling saving his blushes with his mid-kick with the goal open, and then that comical penalty which cost them the game.