Focus on the game/s

HE BBC is still preceding everything it says with court news, not the match. But this ~10-minute video summary (“highlights”) shows a football club that plays well and gave Liverpool a hurtful 0-3 defeat in Anfield.

Wait until the appeal is done.

How BBC covers it:

“The City fans are certainly backing their club today.”

ooking at BBC, everything there is not about the match but about courts so far today.

Liverpool used to be very lucrative

oday (right now) we speak to my in-law about the match set to start this afternoon in Liverpool. He worked in Liverpool for a bit back in the 1970s (he’ll soon be 80).

Liverpool has deteriorated as a football club. It’s like ManUtd, except this is the second drought it has (not so long a drought).

When my father in-law was in Liverpool the local team Liverpool FC was very dominant and the Beatles were still a thing.

Liverpool is a shrinking city; many travel from Liverpool to Manchester for work. Today many City fans will travel to Liverpool for the first match in nearly 3 weeks.

Football (PL) is back

he season has resumed and ManCity will receive a lot of heckling in Anfield tomorrow. Can Enzo maintain the winning steak in spite of the negative media barrage?

Can ManUtd ever see the Fergie glory days again? Each time there’s a permanent appointment of some coach things go south, and fast!

Well, such is the United spirit. Temps work better.

0-0 until 43^rd miniute

HE tickets for a football match (even women’s) aren’t cheap and we didn’t watch the match today, we just decided to hang around before the game began (4:30PM). As of now, there’s a dramatic turnaround after Arsenal started strongly and was ahead.

Update: Full time, final score 4-2. Well done, City.

Way to shake off negative headlines…

Rianne says, “Arsenal did not intimidate them.”

Image from this video.

Kick-off in 5 minutes

oday we headed off to the stadium, where we saw all the players coming out from the bus. There was then a live band playing, mostly brass, with about 7 or 8 pieces including drums. We came back home just before kick-off and before many of the fans filled up the streets.

This is a tense time for Manchester City because of the case and any rivalry between Arsenal and the blues (in men’s) sort of resonates across leagues.

We saw/heard no loud chants or any signs of conflict. Security was abundant, they call it “safety”

Penalties

HE Man City financial charges case is still preying on our minds. They might escalate this to the High Court, I’m not entirely sure if they first need to seek permission (to appeal), but it seems inevitable the club will be penalised one way or another. We dread the idea of relegation or of a massive point deduction.

We went past the Manchester City Stadium twice yesterday. It looks better than ever (many fantastic improvements) and we agree with Burnham about the Manchester City owner improving the city. We’d like to see that carrying on, even if selfishly.

I’ll probably write about this regularly. My knowledge of the legal system in the UK is fast improving.