Why are people acting like Trafford said something really offensive by saying he expected something else? We all knew he came in with expectations and Ederson leaving/Donnarumma coming in happened very quickly, but he is obviously up for putting in a shift in the cups while he’s here

What an absolute loser!!! Maybe he should start paying taxes if he’s concerned with the state of the country 🤡

I wanted the Cherki goal to stand so it could be in every year end compilation 😔

More than ANY other referring decision I’ve seen. Denying that Cherki goal. That moment. Shows just how out-of-touch the referees/PGMOL are.

Criminal that they disallowed it!

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VAR in theory should be preventing human error like refs not having X-ray vision or the ability to see every angle of a move in real time but instead it’s just multiplied the number of human errors possible

Fun that VAR has found a way to change its mind retrospectively and give Solanke that first goal because they realised what it meant if it went down as an OG 😂

City were poor second half but it’s hard to not think about where the game would’ve been momentum wise had this been given as a foul

When exactly do you have time to “lift heavy, run far” in this schedule? Or get to know someone well enough to “marry early”, also of course it’s an AI start up, a bunch of people who see no value in creativity so see no value in leisure time

Well done to @anabnos.com for putting his personal and professional interests to one side in order to express in eloquent, powerful fashion an increasingly clear truth: the World Cup should be taken away from the US. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

There's no way FIFA should be hosting a World Cup in the US in this climate. It's a big risk if they do, potentially endangering visiting and domestic fans.

Shame on Khaldoon Al-Mubarak and Abu Dhabi. Gross.

I’ve never understood how this wouldn’t cause absolute mayhem. Defenders holding the line and having to look behind them. Gives attackers way too much of an advantage and alters the game quite drastically imo.

I don’t really get the criticism that city played first team players Saturday, if you play all kids you haven’t taken it seriously, if go strong apparently you are a bully, was there any other premier league side that didn’t include first team players in their line up?

OFFICIAL: Antoine Semenyo will be #ManCity's new #⃣4⃣2⃣.

Rodri on returning to action: "What I've been through has been terrible for me so winning, drawing, losing - right now everything is a gift. "To play, have joy of the game, recover the smile, the rest will come; victories, successes. It's about staying fit, enjoying..." More on cityxtra.co.uk 💙

Trump is now saying "something's gonna have to be done with Mexico" in relation to cartels, which is the same excuse he's used to attack Venezuela. Wonder how FIFA will respond to this 2026 World Cup co-host issue given Infantino's recent involvement in the region's politics...

He won’t, of course, but you do hope that somewhere between the press releases and private flights, Gianni Infantino glances at today’s headlines and feels the faintest flicker of embarrassment for inventing a novelty peace prize and handing it to Donald Trump.

Throughout their win vs Botswana at AFCON, a DR Congo supporter replicated the stance of Patrice Lumumba, a key figure in African and Congolese independence who was assassinated in 1961 following a joint plot between political opponents, Belgium, the US, and UK 🇨🇩

Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers

they gotta do something about set pieces man if you can win a penalty like that why would anyone do anything but play for set piece violence

i’ll never understand why public transit haters discourage use of public transit and want to defund it. if less people use cars the roads will have less traffic and you’ll get to where you want faster with your own car. stupid people

ChatGPT is spending trillions of dollars and destroying the environment so people can figure out that you should make pasta on a date

HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️

There is no need to be upset.

San Siro. Bobb-Haaland-World Cup. He’s got another one since

NOTHING BEATS INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL AT IT'S BEST. NOTHING 🇮🇪

WELCOME TO THE BUNNY-HAD STADIUM

I’d probably get in trouble eventually for expressing this but I cannot opine enough how sports betting is a societal scourge, and I am just not going to advertise/promote/abet it

Just evil and greedy

This just seems really lame idk

I get being upset with the decision from a fan perspective, do think it could’ve gone either way but it’s not like it was the last kick of the game, if an offside goal in the first half was the only way they saw themselves getting back into it then you can’t say the better side didn’t win

In the last month, the FBI has charged players from two different leagues for roles in sports-betting scandals. Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there. Or it’s creating it. Either answer is terrible for sports.

I get underlying xG is important for analysis but City also looked the significantly stronger side. Beyond the eye test City had double the shots and almost half of those on target, compared to one shot on target for Liverpool, and that’s while also not completely dominating possession

When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits

"We'll be right back with more BREAKING NEWS of this NBA GAMBLING SCANDAL right after this commercial break." [five commercials for Draft Kings and MGM Bet]

Surprised and disappointed to learn that a national policy of allowing anyone at any time to instantly wager on sports via smartphone app might have had some negative consequences

BREAKING: Scott Carson has retired. Carson: "After an incredible journey, it’s time to hang up the gloves. Football has given me everything; memories, friendships, moments I’ll never forget. Thank you to every teammate, coach, fan, and club that’s been part of my the ride. It’s been an honour..." 💙

This is just stupid.

It definitely feels like one of the major obstacles to reforming spending is that any league tackling it on their own will just lose top players and struggle to compete in recruiting new talent compared to other leagues who aren’t following the same rules

Feels like other social media is becoming unusable because the amount of ads it shows you, insta especially been getting really bad, and it’s impossible to see the actual content I want

Cars take up space, produce a lot of noise, cause air pollution, and kill lots of people, but they give us the illusion of freedom so they’re totally worth it.

I get that when it comes down to it these first few weeks will be important to the title race and you can say that every win or loss is a title decider but there’s so much left to play and so many points still on the table

Feel like the ads for AI have been getting increasingly dystopian - using AI to interpret a dream, using AI chatbot to get placed with a therapist, ads with people talking to AI like it is their friend

I wonder whose fault it will be when city aren’t doing well now that two of the main scapegoats are leaving in Ederson and Akanji

Ederson absolutely changed the game. For me, the most important signing the club made under Guardiola.

I struggle to be too critical of the tactics that created several chances and kept Brighton to one shot in the first half, the issues are not taking those chances and not being able to see out a slim lead

It’s just depressing when the convo has to be about refereeing decisions and VAR instead of how either side actually played