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For context as well, as much as I think Schar's offence last week was a red card, it makes a mockery of such decisions when Joelinton escaped punishment there but Schar did get a red.

How on earth did Joelinton not get sent off?!

In fact I think he's watching the game blind. He thought Zirkzee didn't get a touch for Garnacho's goal initially, and then considered that Diallo's shot might have gone in cleanly without a deflection...

On MOTD, catching up and Jonathan Pearce thought Rashford's offside goal was a backheel on purpose . Guy had no clue.

Lovely finish Salah

Jota lucky there. Looked deliberate elbow.

First time seeing the goal. There seemed to be a bit of debate in the sky sports studio and from the commentator in the ground. He even thought it would be disallowed There's literally nothing to check?! Leno even pushes Vardy away and Faes doesn't even head it towards Leno Seemed to take a while to be confirmed? Mike Dean in the studio even seemed to think it'd be ruled out offside as well but was more erring that there could be a possibility the goal would be fine.

'we'll see who he is this season going forward'. Steve, we already know. Play him.

Well that was fun while it lasted...

For a footballer he's very.... Bright.

Strike!

Bloody aliens, taking all of our crime!

Pretty sure I heard two mad stats earlier on MOTD. Everton haven't won a league game in August since 2021. Everton haven't won away in this calendar year so far. Their next two are Villa on 14th Sept and then...us on 21st Sept...

Glad I'm not the only one!

Interesting this news did come shortly after the Ayew announcement...

Leverkusen still at it with the late goals.

He's kicked the floor before hitting it and the commentator says it was an 'outstanding finish'

Did James shank that?

Thunderbolt

He'll get the winner against Palace in Sept. Whacks out the eagle celebration with Vards...

Beltran just scored a worldie against Valencia

Poor dropped catches from Root and Atkinson in final session. Dare I say England would have been well into the tail had they taken them.

Birmingham vs Fulham on 27th Aug on TV. Forest vs Newcastle on 28th Aug on TV. Also ties to be drawn differently for round 3... Draw Conditions will be implemented for the Carabao Cup Round Three draw due to the scheduling of European competition fixtures over two exclusive midweeks in September. Carabao Cup Round Three fixtures will take place W/C 16 & 23 September, with fixtures in the Champions League (W/C 16 September) and Europa League (W/C 23 September) also scheduled during this period. The additional dates required in the calendar for European competitions are as a result of an increased number of games for the 2024/25 season. To ensure there is no clash of fixture dates, conditions will be implemented during the Round Three draw to ensure a Club participating in the Champions League does not draw a Club participating in the Europa League, to enable the Round Three fixtures to take place in the alternate week. The Round Three draw consists of 32 Clubs – 25 winners from Round Two with the seven Premier League Clubs in UEFA competitions also entering in this round. The UEFA Conference League, a competition Chelsea FC could be participating in, is due to begin in October and therefore has no impact on the Carabao Cup Round Three draw. For the main draw, two separate bowls will be utilised: Bowl 1 - consisting of the six UCL and UEL Clubs Bowl 2 - consisting of the remaining 26 Clubs A pre-draw will take place prior to Nottingham Forest’s Round Two fixture against Newcastle United on Wednesday 28 August, live on Sky Sports, to determine the Home/Away positioning of the six Clubs in Bowl 1 for the first six ties of the main draw. The main draw will be conducted following the conclusion of the game at the City Ground – also live on Sky Sports. The first six ties will be drawn by alternating between one Club from Bowl 1 and one Club from Bowl 2, with the Home/Away positioning of the Club from Bowl 1 already pre-determined in the earlier draw. Once the six Clubs from Bowl 1 have been drawn, the remaining ten ties will be drawn from Bowl 2 only. From this round of the competition, the draw is no longer split into northern and southern sections.

Well done Labour.

This is like Soule and Hlozek rolled into one. Terms agreed with player. Deal to be structured with Genk. We drag our feet. Other team(s) becomes interested. Saga goes on for a few days. Player 'prefers' other team. We still drag our feet. We turn our deal into a loan with obligation if we avoid relegation We pursue deal with terms agreed with Genk. Deal hijacked by another club. Rudkin out.