General Premier League Thread 2021-22 Mod Reminder/Note in OP

Missed my chance a few weeks ago to get 3/1 on Arteta :(

Arsenal should have swallowed the pain two years ago and allowed Emery to carry on and completely gut the squad he inherited from Wenger.

He wouldn't have brought back the glory days, but I doubt he'd be sitting bottom of the table right now either.

That is a fantastic header from Havertz!

That looks like a horrendous decision by the referee. Chelsea have just been robbed is my take on it.

Reece James couldn't help what happened I don't think.

He moves his arm to push the ball away from the line. It's stopped the ball crossing the line. If he doesn't move his arm I don't think it's given.

Thought the red and peno were fair decisions. Lucky they started with 5 so no subs needed to rearrange a formation.

Tuchel needs to calm Chelsea down or else there'll be another red

The red glanced at the monitor with a still image for half a second how the hell could he have made an informed decision on that when it bounced off his body, disgraceful decision

That's probably fair but the referee didn't even look at that on the VAR. I don't think he made the decision at all.

Red and peno were correct decisions imo.

However, I will agree that the ref should not be presented with a still image. Should have to look at the entire passage of play

His arm movement was similar to an underarm bowl there was so much forward motion, clear red.

If Lampard had actually played Rudiger he could still be Chelsea manager.

Chelsea could win this yet, down to ten men but playing pretty well

How does Azpilcueta get away with that?

He spends the entire time for each corner pulling and dragging Van Dijk. Then he gets a smack in the mouth from Rudiger and wins a free out.

There has to be a rule change for all the skullduggery that goes on before the referee blows his whistle. Apparently until he blows your free to kill all around you, get a lecture from the referee and then win a free out when your team mate assaults you.

Massive point for Chelsea though.

This endears them more to fans of the beautiful game - not!

That was almost as good as winning the CL, taking a point against Pool at Anfield after 50mins of 12 vs 10.

The mighty Kop couldn't even drag a winner in down that end.

Wouldn't have any fear against Liverpool this season if that's the best they can manage, City, maybe Utd are Chelsea's title rivals I reckon.

Taylor is unbelievably s**t as a ref and even more so when it's Chelsea.

Read that, or not but my point is valid.

Have a great weekend. 👍

Excellent defensive performance from Chelsea, but how exactly is that having Liverpool's number? Once a player is sent off, the game goes off on a tangent and little can be learned from it.... other than, in this game, Chelsea were very solid at the back and Liverpool struggled against the low block.

Agreed. VAR had told the ref that it was a penalty and a likely red card. Anthony Taylor isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer - he should've known that his cursory glance at the monitor would be interpreted badly. I just think he's a poor ref. Plenty of comments in the Chelsea thread saying he's always against them and favoured Liverpool. The feeling generally in the Liverpool thread is that he's anti-Liverpool due to being from Manchester. Chances are that he's just a bit crap.

Ok, not sure how Chelsea looked the better team in the 2nd half as all they were doing was defending, but sure, it's all only opinions.

Playing against a low block, albeit a low block with quality, European Cup winning defenders, will always be tough for Liverpool. Chelsea offered the odd counter-attack in the 2nd half but that was it. The 1st half was great, a very even affair and unfortunately the sending off changed the game for the worse. The law says a sending off but it was very harsh. Give a penalty and move on, imo. The sending off spoiled the game and turned it into a game of backs vs forwards.