Everton are safe by the tips of their fingers; Leicester and Leeds are down. Perhaps this time the alarm bells ringing around Goodison Park will be heard.
Manchester City put Real Madrid to the sword with a 4-0 UCL semi-final win that could have been even worse for the visitors. All hail the new overlords.
Given where they’re at, Spurs have to get credit for fighting back from 2-0 down for a point against a good Man Utd team. But that defending…
This wasn’t the titanic title tussle that we were promised. Manchester City are too strong for any of that nonsense, as Arsenal found to their cost.
That was a simply wonderful game of football. But apparently 16 Conclusions needs more than that. So here’s more than that.
We knew it was going to be 0-0, it was 0-0, and we still committed to 16 Conclusions on Liverpool v Chelsea. Only ourselves to blame.
The Deloitte Money League for 2023 has been published, and the results tell a story of continuing Premier League dominance in European club football.
There’s a new favourite for the Premier League title after a one-sided North London derby. Hint: it’s not Tottenham…
The Manchester derby ended up going red, but while United ultimately deserved the points they needed a beneficial refereeing decision to get there.
That was less fun than the 6-2 win. But apparently that’s not even one conclusion, never mind 16, so here’s a further 2500 words about England 0-0 USA…
Mo Salah gratefully accepted a couple of generous gifts from Spurs, who yet again only started playing after they’d already shot themselves in both feet.
Goal-shy Chelsea and Man United in what is the most drawn PL fixture of all? We’re just surprised and grateful it wasn’t goalless.
Manchester City eviscerated United in the derby, with three superb individual attacking performances from Haaland, De Bruyne and Foden.
Saturday’s NLD threatened to turn into a fascinating and epic battle between two contrasting styles. Then Arsenal just won it easily.
It was a wonderfully eclectic debut for Antony, a poor game from Mikel Arteta and proof that Manchester United will probably be about alright.
Everton and Liverpool played out a goalless draw in the Merseyside derby, a game won by two outstanding goalkeeping performances.
Manchester United started their evening with protest, but ended it with their helds held high for the first time in a very long time.
Liverpool edged past Chelsea 6-5 on penalty kicks in a match that will surely come to be known as The Kostas Tsimikas Final.
It can be easy to assume that Liverpool or Manchester City games will be foregone conclusions, but Spurs gave as good as they got at Anfield.
West Ham are deflating after two successive 2-1 home defeats, but Arsenal did just enough to keep the pot boiling for a fourth-place finish.
Honourable defeat was probably the best Everton could realistically hope for at Anfield, which in itself tells you plenty.
Manchester United improved upon their showing against Liverpool, but Arsenal ended their CL hopes.
Best of luck to Manchester United in closing that gap to Liverpool over the next “six years”.
Guardiola f**ked it ever so slightly. Klopp wisely drew Benfica in the CL. And Alexander-Arnold can defend!
Manchester City were excellent. Liverpool looked vulnerable. Yet that could weigh in the latter’s favour.
Manchester City and Manchester United showed us all where they are in relation to each other, and that’s not good news for United fans.
Spurs arrived in Manchester off the back of three straight Premier League defeats, but rumours of their demise proved to be premature.
Chelsea were in a bit of a dip in form, but Spurs were still unbeaten since Conte arrived. Something had to give, and it did.
The NLD between the Gunners and Spurs was called off because Arsenal couldn’t raise a team…
Manchester City cannot and will not be stopped. Chelsea could do with some results now.