Emotions. I couldn’t be more devoed, angry, yet more
PROUD of this resilient, brilliant gang of Reds than the effort and fight they put forth in the face of everything there.
Todays admin-
Title Countdown:
5 wins down/ 25 to go.
16 points down/ 77 to go.
What would have been a superb, dogged result achieved in the face of yet more absolutely farcical, amateur hour officiating. Undone at the death in the cruellest of ways with Joels oggie.
A highly competitive first-half we were controlling nicely changed on a shocking sending off decision on 25. Made from complete divvies who have never played the game. Curtis foot rolls off the top of the ball, with absolutely no intent, as he’s trying to drag it back. You can make
anything look much worse on freeze frame. Which is the narrative set for ref Hooper as its the first thing they show him. In reality, it was a yellow. Nothing more, nothing less. Then we see the best and worse of Diaz. First, scoring a belter that was madly ruled out for heck knows what?
The lines of the cut of the grass had him a good yard on-side so F knows what 5-year-old kid they dragged off the street to draw those VAR lines! (That they not surprisingly never showed!
). Conversely, his miss at the end of the half from a Worldie Mo pass was as shocking as the disallowed finish was brilliant.
And in between, a super ‘Spurs opener through which Joe messed up massively losing the bitter outside him. Poor defending from the otherwise exemplary Gomez this year. Who had another excellent game outside if Tottenham's opener.
A PROPER game of high calibre football despite the woeful officiating trying their best to spoil it.
At the start of the second, it was the Worlds #1 goalies time to shine. First, a Worldie full length fingertip save form a Worldie Maddison web. Then mote superb reflexes from an instinctive Son blast 2 mins later as Tottenham came out fast trying to take advantage of the extra man. A compelling game ebbing and flowing. Swinging end to end at a ridiculous pace. Son scores again but he’d gone just a shade too quick. Then Jota loses his cool with base stupidity, TWICE, in 90 seconds to leave us 2 men down with 20 to go.
NO argument with Hooper there. Talk about backs to the wall …..
Another change of formation, tweak of shape, and triple substitution from a manager as bang on his game as he’s ever been this year so nearly saw us home. But alas, thats football. Fair F’s to Tottenham. They never looked like getting a winner. But they found a way.
What a game of top level football! What a days PL football. Even in defeat, what a gang of brilliant Reds Jurgen has built again.
I’m absolutely exhausted! It’s harder work watching at home knowing you can’t have any effect on the game haha!
Roll on Thursday and starting the next long unbeaten run.
Roll on Brighton. City, if they didn’t know already, now most certainly do know we are going
ALL the way again in the league. This absolute disgrace will galvanise them and bring them together more determined than ever to finish as Champions.
UTR!
FTT!!!!!