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Yuri Bezmenov's avatar

Doo doo-doo doo-doo doo doo - Saliba! The triple Gabriels, in particular Jesus, are revelations.

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Rich's avatar

Good thoughts. This is a different Arsenal club from the ones we have seen in recent years. In prior years, Liverpool took it to them big time. Today, they were dictating the play for much of the match.

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Alan Hinton's avatar

Have to say Grant that it’s my opinion that YouTube is the greatest since sliced bread. Highlights so well all games for about 10mins and replays better. Love YouTube.

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Grant Wahl's avatar

YouTube itself is great for highlights. YouTubeTV as a subscription cable TV service is more expensive than I need for what I'm looking for.

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Yossi's avatar

The YTTV unlimited DVR does it for me (full disclosure, I own some Alphabet stock :) )

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Alan Hinton's avatar

I’m so sorry you are being careful financially. Always feel so good that you are finally getting financial rewards for your dedication and good work for our game.

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Grant Wahl's avatar

Don't worry, Alan, I'm doing fine! Just didn't see the point of spending $65 a month for just a few Premier League games on USA when I could do it for $30 a month less.

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Ct-texan's avatar

Sling orange doesn’t have ESPN (ESPN+ is different) and a lot of local channels. How do you get around that?

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Lou Hudson's avatar

Remember when Arsenal “fans” were screaming for Arteta’s head not too long ago?

Liverpool simply haven’t been the same defensively this year. Is it accumulated little injuries slowing the backs? Lack of confidence? The front line certainly misses Mane, but their problems are in the back.

I couldn’t see the game live, so thanks for the insights, Grant. I checked out the highlights.... on YouTube.

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Yossi's avatar

I see your 3 very good thoughts and raise you 6 :):

1. Everything is more chaotic in Spanish.

2. I pay $65/m to watch Céline on MSNBC, and get some soccer for free :)

3. But seriously, it's admirable that NBC shows one match per week on open-air NBC - it's free for all with an antenna. And I agree - all EPL matches (including the NBC/USA ones) must be also broadcast on Peacock. It's 2022 ffs.

4. Arsenal controlled the game for long stretches. Tomiyasu had Salah in his pocket. Klopp had to make three defensive/formation changes just to cope with Arsenal's tactical superiority. Arsenal is the real deal.

5. All 14 Arsenal players today, except for Xhaka and Partey, are 25 years old or younger. Zinchenko, Smith-Rowe, Lokonga, Nelson, and Marquinhos, as well as out-on-loan Blaogun, Maintland-Niles and Tavares are also all under 25. Of the broader squad, including the aforementioned Xhaka and Partey - only Holding, Elneny, Soares, and Turner are older than 25. It's an astonishingly young team. Arsenal is here to stay.

6. I wonder how Andrés Cantor would pronounce Emile Smith-Rowe's name. I remember the Gala commentators from WC 2002, which I watched almost exclusively on Gala/Univision (the ABC/ESPN commentary was unwatchable), calling Emile Heskey "Emily Jezkey". Neither Drury or Cantor were pronouncing Ødegaard's name right (it's /oodegor/, with a throaty r in the end and a silent d) - and that's fine.

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