Dick Advocaat zal dinsdagavond in Jamaica ontbreken als coach van het nationale elftal van Curaçao. Advocaat heeft het trainingskamp in Kingston vanwege persoonlijke omstandigheden halsoverkop moeten verlaten. Dat heeft de Curaçaose voetbalbond FFK zaterdagavond laat bekend gemaakt.

OMG

Listen, fair play.

Tell you what, Yugoslavia between the wars was a funny old place but the football governance was truly something else. It’s exhausting just reading about how mad it all was… not sure how anyone had any energy left for the actual football.

The Politics of Football in Yugoslavia. Mmm… yes, please! #InternationalBreak

Too many hard-luck stories in so many of their games this season (Galatasaray pen, United head injury etc). Ultimately the not-great teams leave themselves open to those margins and that's where Liverpool are.

Games against City really do show where Liverpool are in a given season. If they are off it, they take a hammering. City do not let them off. #MCILIV

Pep Guardiola believes Liverpool are his greatest rivals and the perfect team for Manchester City to be playing in what will be his 1,000th game as a manager. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...

Above Napoli. Above Juventus.

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Finally found an antidote to Courtois.

Two of Alexis Mac Allister's last seven Liverpool goals have been against Real Madrid

Best performance since City away in February… but, yeah, why didn’t Slot play his best XI against Palace? 🤷

It’s Pablo Aimar’s birthday today. You remember him. Argentina. Playmaker. Championship Manager legend. Anyway, here’s 160 seconds of him showing total disregard for his fellow professionals.

First Liverpool game with only one sub since 3-3 at Brentford in 2021. Slot hadn’t previously made fewer than three substitutions at Liverpool

I can’t be the only person, who winces every time the “Swiss model” is mentioned. Anyone who’s ever played chess knows that the model that’s used in the Champions League really isn’t very “Swiss” at all.

An excellent pod. Naturally, ears pricked up at the mention of my stomping grounds past and present, Berkeley and Bushy Park.

Seriously, where was @nickmiller79.bsky.social with his fancy charts a week ago? Nothing prepared me for two goals off long throws in two games in the space of about 5 hours… Yes, Sunderland and Brentford were playing. Still feel like a fool. (shakes head)

Feeling discombobulated by all those long throws, free-kicks and corners? Give this a listen. It’s what Diego would’ve wanted. Deffo.

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Old enough to remember a Liverpool manager playing the reserves at the Bernabeu because he had Chelsea on Saturday*. So, nothing but a #shrug @ tonight’s approach. *Lost them both.

Arsenal win. This piece of defending from Marc Guehi, though… 👌 #ARSCRY

Catastrophic. It’s absurd that Liverpool were actually in the position to chase a point that deep in injury time. #BRELIV

No smash & grab. Sunderland deserved that. Wholesome scenes @ Stamford Bridge. PS Robin Roefs is so good!

So, Toppmöller drops the goalie who conceded 18 in 5 but Eintracht still concede 5. Was the goalie really the problem, Dino? Mind you, it might’ve been double figures with Kaua Santos in nets.

Tbf that was a lot like playing Ange’s Spurs, which was nice.

Basically, most seasons since Klopp’s arrival.

This is such a brilliant story from @sidlowe.bsky.social. Can’t believe I missed it at the time. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

And that should be that. Liverpool will be too far adrift by the time they sort themselves out. Title defence over in mid-October. Time to chill out and enjoy the transition.

- 4th clean sheet for Sunderland, more than any promoted side managed in the whole of last season - 8th clean sheet for the promoted sides, as many as the promoted sides managed in the whole of last season

10 years since Klopp’s 1st game in charge of Liverpool, so Maria Makarova collected a few memories for a lovely tribute (English subtitles) youtu.be/FTKuzzYC_dU?...

Croatia next… 👀 That’s 4 wins in this qualifying campaign for the Faroes. They’ve never managed more than 2 before.

Ten in a row! You’ll never sing that! 💪

Fewmin’ #CHELIV

“We are living in the sewer.” (c) @tariqpanja.bsky.social Well worth an hour of your time, online or otherwise.

Btw what’s going on over there in Frankfurt? Is this what Dino Topmöller’s midlife crisis looks like?

Royal Union St Gilloise host Newcastle as maybe the game's most overperforming club They are part-owned by Bloom and use Brighton's famous analytics, but owner Alex Muzio also explains how they're doing things their own way - from bonuses to injuries www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Proper day out in South London on Saturday. Palace - Liverpool @ Selhurst Park -> contributing to a vlog outside a bar in Peckham at some silly hour. Nice. #CRYLIV youtu.be/WV03rV0fFV4?...

So, we might have a title race after all.

Last time Alexander Isak started against Crystal Palace

And here we have it. Has the set-piece coach changed the role of the goalkeeper in top-level football? 🤔

Of course, he does. Grealish does little to no discernible defending and does not seem to get called out for it, despite his very discernible contribution to both Liverpool goals this afternoon.

David Moyes is now the outright holder of the most Premier League games at a stadium without a win – 21 at Anfield. He previously shared the record with David Moyes at Stamford Bridge. Up the Reds.

That Emirates crowd is about to find out what pressure is. The loser tomorrow is likely out of the title race. In September. #ARSMCI

Update: I am very tired now

A solid start to the day here in South-West London🧤, though not entirely clear how I am going to manage gym later. 🥵 PS Clubs switching to big goalies, I think we’re onto you.

So, that’s Chiesa, Ngumoha, Szoboszlai, Salah & now Van Dijk with very late winners. At this rate, Alisson‘s turn in November?

That’s a pretty cool stat. Not sure how many of those I saw… but was there for the first one at Watford on his debut. Started off as he meant to go, etc & so on.

Liverpool winners in the league - 83’ or later 24/25 - 3 (including 1 in injury time) 25/26 - 4 (including 2 in injury time)

Crikey! Going full Marco Silva.