A hat trick on the heels of his assist in limited time previous match is making Lampard look stupid. He’ll defend himself by saying that the time on the bench has been what Pulisic needed to get acquainted, but it’s a load of crap. It helps when Pulisic gets to play his preferred position (today) and his teammates don’t ignore him.
His first goal as a strip/steal and solo carry was amazing.
LOL okay maybe not that... but I expected the heavy loss
As an Everton fan, I do feel bad for Son. That was not intentional, and I can only imagine how I'd feel as a professional player if I were responsible, or partly responsible, for what could be a career-ending injury.
Yeah, the dude is on fire. Whereas Mount has fallen off his initial pace, many that were direct result of Pulisic’s leadup play.
I read an article recently - I forget where - that argued that the Laws of the Game, including especially the 2019 revisions, are written for the 99.5% of games that don't have VAR. They're making the rules clearer and more dependent on hard lines to make life easier for refs all the way from mid-tier pro leagues down through semi-pro, amateur and development. But that makes the elite games played with VAR subject to a set of rules that are increasingly inappropriate. I've been against VAR from the start because we've seen it happen in every other sport that people want video review to change the calls that are obviously wrong by 1-2 yards, but instead the review officials spend most of their time overturning stuff based on millimeters nobody wants looked at. Arguably it's worse in soccer because other professional sports do not have unified world wide rules for all levels of play, so at least they can try to write rule revisions to minimize the picayune shit, but IFAB is going the other direction because it has an obligation to make rules that work at all levels.
They were built last time, but their players were poached. Kante was patrolling their midfield and destroying attacks with ease. Then he went to Chelsea. Mahrez went next.
Almost had one but hit pole
