Rico Lewis is a great bit of stuff
Romero finally sees red, heās been kicking Grealish off the park
Clumsy Lloris gets away with it again
Congratulations to Arsenal old boy, Harry Kane. A marvellous milestone.
What a fantastic weekend of EPL action
A big win for Spurs, I didnāt see much of it but hopefully the wheels are back on, top 4 finish the big prize now
Manchester United won the league in 1993, 2003 and 2013 and after this weekend the smart money is on them ending the 10 year famine in 2023.
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This is the first time Iāve ever heard Kyle Walker speak.
Based on that interview I think Mr. Walker has a bright future in punditry.
He has a very squeaky voice.
Itās a very non-threatening voice, like a childrenās TV presenter reading bedtime stories, or a Yorkshire version of Eamon Fitzmaurice, or Kieren Fallon.
Would they be one of the biggest outsiders ever to win the league? 16/1 before the start Iād say
Manchester United are never an outsider.
The true outsiders to win the league are Ipswich in 1962, Derby in 1972, Nottingham Forest in 1978, Aston Villa in 1981, Leeds in 1992 and Leicester in 2016.
It would be a huge victory for the underdog. It would show that no matter how big a laughing stock or a joke your management, players, fans and entire organisation are thereās always a chance.
City have record seasons / points when Liverpool are chasing. City just give up when Kloppās not involved.
Pep Guardiola: Trip to London is like going to northern Europe
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Tom Allnutt
Sunday February 05 2023, 10.00pm GMT, The Times
Pep Guardiola said travelling from Manchester to London was like a trip to ānorthern Europeā after watching his side fail to score at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the fifth time in a row.
Manchester City have been to Tottenhamās ground five times since it opened in April 2019 and never managed to find the net, much less win a match.
Their latest failure came in a 1-0 defeat on Sunday as Harry Kane scored the only goal for Spurs. It meant Guardiolaās side failed to capitalise on Arsenalās defeat by Everton the previous afternoon and remain five points behind the Premier League leaders, who also have a game in hand.
Asked to explain Cityās struggles away to Tottenham, Guardiola said: āThey donāt let you create a lot of chances. They defend with nine players really, really well. They are organised, itās not easy to break down.
āWe have enough to score. I always feel we play good against them but always for some reason we are not able to score goals and we are not able to win. Thatās the reality.ā
He also cited the long trip south as a possible reason: āComing to London is like going to, I donāt know, northern Europe. Itās four hours and 20 minutes, four and a half hours to a hotel, so you come to London, Iām exhausted.ā
Arsenal supporters could breathe easy on Sunday evening as their north London rivals did them a significant favour in the title race. Asked if it was a missed opportunity for City, Guardiola said: āOf course, Arsenal have dropped points, it was an opportunity.
āIt was important to be close and to keep fifth in the table [Tottenham] far away.ā He added: āWe are not in the position to think about being champions, just the next game, Aston Villa.ā
Kane described it as a āmagical feelingā after the winning goal made him Tottenhamās record goalscorer. It was his 267th goal for Spurs, meaning he overtook Jimmy Greavesās club record, which had stood for more than half a century.
As the celebrations died down after his strike in the 15th minute, Kane saluted the crowd and aimed a wave towards the stand where his friends and family were sitting. The Spurs fans sang the ironic chant āheās just a one-season wonderā while on the stadiumās big screens, Tottenham showed a congratulatory message that read: āHarry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur, all-time record scorerā.
After the match, Kane was given a short presentation ceremony in front of the Spurs supporters while his team-mates stayed out on the pitch.
āItās quite surreal and just a magical feeling to do it here, in front of the home fans and to win the game, it was everything I dreamed about,ā Kane said. āI have spoken about doing it over the last couple of weeks and I wanted to do it at this special place and in front of these amazing fans.ā
Kane is yet to win a major trophy at Tottenham, whose academy he joined as an 11-year-old boy. The 29-year-old also became only the third player to score 200 goals in the Premier League, after Alan Shearer, who reached the record of 260, and Wayne Rooney, who hit 208.
āItās been a lot of hard work, sacrifice and dedication,ā Kane said. āI remember my first Premier League start against Sunderland at White Hart Lane on a Monday night and it wasnāt in my thought to reach this target or 200 Premier League goals. Itās hard to take it all in now.ā
Greaves died aged 81 in September 2021 but his son Danny delivered a message of congratulations to Kane: āIf anyone was to beat his record, heād be absolutely delighted it was you.ā
Cristian Stellini, the Tottenham assistant manager, said: āHarry Kane is football, itās in his DNA.ā
Stellini was in charge of Spurs for the day after Antonio Conte, the head coach, had surgery to remove his gallbladder in Italy on Wednesday. However, Conte spoke with his players on the phone in the changing room after full-time.
āWe spoke to Antonio, we arrived in the changing room and Antonio was on the phone,ā Stellini said. āHe was really happy, gave compliments to everyone, especially to Harry, and he gave them all the day off tomorrow.ā
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Leicester were 500/1 I think.
?? Rumours as to who is player in question?
Id imagine heās an Arsenal player.