Drawing with Man United like that feels like a loss. They’re no longer the Man United of the nineties and noughties.
This is a crew that is there to be beaten. So many teams earlier than have long gone there, plenty lesser facets than Liverpool, and simply blew them away and left them well-beaten.
We lacked a conviction in the penalty area, it was frighteningly bad. They’re making an attempt to smash matters alternatively of stroking them into the corner. The chances that we fluffed had been quite tremendous to be fair. We had more opportunities than when we beat them 7-0! I used to be so, so frustrated looking at it.
At the same time, we talented them a intention out of nothing and let them lower back into the game. Like we did in the cup. I’m now not being too harsh here but teams that win the league, they don’t do that.
We’ve been fantastic, we’ve solely misplaced two games all season. That tells you the depth of what the crew has done, and the manager. We have been fantastic, but attracts are no suitable for us now.
Man City are flying, they’re probably going to win each game they’ve acquired left now. Arsenal seem first-rate and are retaining so many smooth sheets. It feels like the last time we got a clean sheet used to be months ago.
That’s no longer what champions do. Champions shouldn’t have to rating three goals to win games. That’s the harsh fact of what it is.
We’ve bought a fantastic team, a incredible squad, an unbelievable manager. But that’s what it boils down to. To win the league, you have to maintain smooth sheets.
We have to win the video games left we’ve got. That will become a need to now. We’ll usually rating goals, however we solely scored two against Man United and it should have been six. But we’ll constantly rating desires because that’s the way we play.
It’s going to be decided in our closing video games away from home. At home, it should appear after itself. But the away games left are all tricky, and some are a lot trickier than Man United. A lot harder than Man United.
It’s deflating because we’ve let them off the hook now twice in three weeks. But they’re not our foremost competitors now and haven’t been for a while. The contention is nevertheless there because they are the two largest groups through a long way and it’ll usually be there.
It ain’t over ‘til it’s over
I suppose City are going to win every game. Defensively, Arsenal seem to be fantastic. I watched them against Brighton and defensively they had been really, truly good. They’ve bought belief, you be aware of they’re now not going to concede. It’s going to be tough.
I’m no longer ruling us out with the aid of any means, but now we have to more or much less win every recreation and that’s hard. That’s tough even when you’re enjoying the lesser teams.
That’s why it makes Sunday’s end result even greater frustrating. It’s out of our arms now, however you preserve on going.
You take it every game as it comes and as the cliche goes, ‘Football, it’s a funny historic game.’ Things happen, teams have off-days and we’ve received to hope now that City and Arsenal have a couple of off-days.
We’ve just received to keep on trying to win every game. That’s the actuality now.
Whatever happens, the lads have done brilliantly this season. Look at final season, the place we completed and where we were. To come again this 12 months and do what they’ve done. It’s quite tremendous what Jurgen’s carried out with the squad and team.
Don’t supply up, simply hold on going and see what happens. That’s all you can do now. There’s no margin for error now.
Returning players can make the difference
We have a quantity of players due back from damage and it ought to make a bit of difference.
Jurgen will have greater options. Trent’s been out for a while so it might take him a little bit of time to get rid of his rustiness.
But Curtis Jones is back, there’s Jota coming lower back soon too, Alisson, young Bajcetic. You choose them back.
It gives you lots of alternatives in midfield, in the front-line, and at full-back. Conor Bradley has carried out brilliantly however the greater players who are fit, the better.
