Artur Petrosyan
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Russian football sympathiser, scout, editor-in-chief. Have contributed to @ESPNFC , @Guardian , @talkSPORT , @NYTimes , @SkySports , @BBC , @bookierating , etc.
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2024/25 PREDICTIONS
#EPL
Top 6: Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Spurs, Man United, Newcastle;
Bottom 3: Southampton, Leicester, Forest;
#Championship
promotion: Burnley, Leeds, Boro;
#UCL
: Liverpool.
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Bad news for Man United. The Premier League plans to release in-match conversations between referees and VAR officials.
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Here's the actual process of Martin Atkinson manipulating the lines until Firmino is made offside.
And he still cannot be offside as he can't score a goal with his arm the eventual line starts from.
Shocking.
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Man City's ban means Liverpool could qualify for the Champions League by beating Norwich tomorrow. In the middle of February.
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Here's how
@BBCMOTD
dealt with the three episodes:
1. Showed, did not discuss;
2. Did not show, did not discuss;
3. Showed, verdict: Mane dived.
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Brighton 🏴 hadn't won in ten games prior to lockdown.
Dynamo Dresden 🇩🇪 bottom of Bundesliga 2;
Both in real threat of relegation.
Neither want a restart of their respective leagues.
Both announce positive COVID-19 tests of their players in the key moment for both leagues.
🤔
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I've never been so satisfied seeing England lose after hearing all those England fans boo Van Dijk just because he's a Liverpool player.
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Thiago and VVD were playing a game of football back in October. Richarlison injured one, Pickford the other. Both injured players' careers could be under threat. Yet Richarlison was back after three games, Pickford wasn't even found guilty. Something is not right about all this.
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Alisson stopped 79% of the shots he faced. That's the best record of all Premier League goalkeepers this season.
Last season, it was 59% for Mignolet and 56% for Karius.
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Liverpool have reached full agreement with Benfica over signing Darwin Núñez. The agreed fee is €80m + bonuses. ()
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Keita + Liverpool's front three will potentially form the deadliest quartet football has ever seen.
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2013: Mourinho (after Benitez won the Cup): "I don't want to win the UEFA Cup. It would be a big disappointment for me if I win it".
2017:
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Liverpool have started with 11 different centre-back partnerships in 20 PL matches.
Van Dijk - Gomez
Van Dijk - Fabinho
Van Dijk - Matip
Gomez - Fabinho
Gomez - Phillips
Gomez - Matip
Fabinho - Matip
Fabinho - Phillips
Fabinho - Williams
Fabinho - Henderson
Henderson - Matip
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'Firmino destroying Holgate' from probably the best angle available.
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Not awarding a stonewall penalty to Liverpool & not showing two red cars to Leicester on Wednesday; allowing Aguero to score with his hand on Saturday. Martin Atkinson that is.
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So Atkinson was literally drawing lines at different angles until Firmino was put offside.
Picture 1. Firmino is onside. (wrong)
Picture 2. Firmino is offside (job done).
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Ronaldinho and Riquelme have offered to come out of retirement and play for
#Chapocoence
for a year or two for free. Legends.
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This has just happened with CSKA fans in Rome after an escalator broke down. Multiple fans have reportedly been injured.
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It must be the most disgraceful VAR decision to ever been made in England so far. And it's in the final of the national cup competition.
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Andrey Arshavin in the TV studio, discussing the Brazil v Argentina game: "I could tell you more if I woke up at 3:25 to watch the match. But I turned off the alarm."
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Chelsea this summer: Alisson said no, Golovin said no, Courtois almost gone, Hazard likely to follow, Willian and Kante could leave too.
No
@ChampionsLeague
, no party.
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Xabi Alonso has won his first trophy as a head coach. (how old are you feeling now?)
His Real Madrid Under-13 side won 22 games, drew one, lost none, scoring 142 goals and conceding 12.
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Apparently, Liverpool made three significant bids for midfielders this summer: Tchouameni (£68m), Bellingham (£86m) and Valverde (£86m) in chronological order.
And all of them failed.
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Disgraceful refereeing by Kevin Friend and no help from VAR. Aston Villa scored a good goal at stoppage time at Palace but the ref called it off and booked Grealish who made an assist AFTER 'diving' that was never a diving.
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Zenit have received a €6.8-million offer from
@BurgerKing
to change team's name to "Zenit Burger King".
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Here's Wilfried Zaha against all of the Russia's defenders. 🤦♂️
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Chelsea's Faustino Anjorin to Lokomotiv Moscow could be done soon. The London club will get around €10m, the player has been offered a 5-year contract and about €2m/year.
Ralf Rangnick is behind the deal. The German has been Loko's head of development department since July.
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FIFA Ranking:
1. Germany
2. Germany B
3. Germany Under-21
4. Arsenal
5. Germany Women
6. Manchester United
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Number of clubs representatives in The 100 Best Players in the World 2020.
Liverpool - 12;
Bayern - 11;
Real Madrid - 9;
Man City - 7;
Barcelona - 6;
PSG - 6.
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This Liverpool team is playing their 12th match in less than six weeks (Villa League Cup game not included), travelled to Qatar and back and their physical condition is second to none in the Premier League.
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Nikola Vlasic is close to joining Milan.
Transfer fee around €25m + bonuses.
The 23-year-old Croat joined CSKA from Everton in 2018 on loan, signed permanently in 2019 for €15m, scored 28 goals (from midfield) since and became one of the best players to ever play in Russia.
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Unbelievable. Torpedo Moscow announce Erving Botaka will not play for the club days after signing him. Reason? The ultras were protesting against signing a black player and threatened the board.
Year 2018 it is.
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That was the robbery of the season. Lamela should be banned for simulating. Disgraceful refereeing.
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It is indeed Liverpool vs VAR as a separate match every other week.
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Liverpool have a title-challenging starting XI but a squad depth of a middle-table team. Top 4 once again looks to be the most realistic target for the season.
Klopp, his assistants and Michael Edwards definitely deserve better. FSG keep burying their heads in the sand, though.
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Kane awarded a goal? He didn't just not touch it, he was offside in the first place to have a chance of scoring. Ah right, he's English. Salah is not.
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If Brexit had a face, it would look like this.
Paid wages by a Malaysian, uses players from ten foreign nations, including five national team players, yet launches a pro-Brexit rant: "I can’t wait to get out. We’re better off out of the bloody thing."
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Konoplyanka: "Man United? I'd rather stay at Dnipro and play in the Champions League".
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One of the worst things in modern football: instead of being severely and pointedly punished, dirty big players have a feeling of impunity.
Sergio Ramos:
Deliberately injuring an opponent (Salah) - red
Elbowing an opponent (Karius) - red
Simulation - yellow
Not even fouls.
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Liverpool scouts will be present at Shakhtar v R Madrid. Mudryk is likely the reason.
Shakhtar declined summer offers (€30m max) for the winger (Everton, Brentford).
"After Mbappe and Vinicius, he is the best in Europe in his position," said Dario Srna, club's drctr of football.
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I said it before and I'll say it again. Those who concede deliberate, career-threatening fouls like that should be banned for as long as the injured players are out.
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Still laughing at those celebrations after a home draw v West Brom in 2015?
That was exactly the moment when this team was born. The team that is one unit, the team that is capable of achieving any target it sets.
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Spurs until 2020
Pay Pochettino £12m to leave;
Pay Mourinho £15m to sign;
Lose approx. £50m on missing out on
#UCL
;
Lose approx. £200m on losing Eriksen, Alderweireld, Vertonghen for free, Rose leaving on the cheap;
Pay Mourinho £30m to leave.
The End.
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"If I had Hitler, Napoleon and this referee in front of me and only two bullets, I would shoot the ref twice," Viktor Zubchenko, Rostov Uni head coach.
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Alex Teixeira pulled his hamstring soon after Liverpool made a bid. This is not a joke. Repeat: this is not a joke.
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The first case of scandalous refereeing at the Asian Cup had to come in a match involving Qatar: a clear goal disallowed for Lebanon; a wrong foul and a yellow to 🇱🇧before the free kick that led to the first 🇶🇦 goal. Hopefully it won't be like this in 2022
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Another angle of the amazing free kick by Liverpool loanee Harry Wilson at Old Trafford.
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Liverpool and Milan will play a friendly on April 30 at Anfield to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2005 Final. Lineups to be the same.
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Thicker lines, benefit to the attackers... Yeah, right.
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Zeljko Buvac, Jurgen Klopp's right hand from 2001 to 2018, is the new sporting director at Dinamo Moscow.
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Mauricio Pochettino's representative is currently in London, negotiating a potential return to Spurs.
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Mancunians involved in the Chelsea v Man United game tonight:
Brandon Williams, Man United defender;
Anthony Taylor, referee;
Chris Cavanagh, video assistant referee.
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He turned down Real Madrid to play in Russia. He turns down Juventus to play in China. What a true football lover that Witsel lad is!
💰>⚽
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Liverpool have won 0 trophies with Jurgen Klopp at the helm in 3.5 years but can now win as many as 3 trophies in just a matter of 10 weeks.
1 June - v Spurs (
@ChampionsLeague
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4 August - v Man City (FA Community Shield) 🏆
14 August - v Arsenal/Chelsea (UEFA Super Cup) 🏆
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Liverpool will only have to play 3 games in February. After 9 matches in January.
Time for Klopp to recharge team's batteries and go again.
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Liverpool players are trained so well in the club, that nearly all of them are among the best in their national teams.
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Something's wrong with Mo Salah. Doesn't look happy on the pitch, doesn't look happy off the pitch. No shots on goal, 70% duels lost, could cause Liverpool a win with that inaccurate pass. That bottle throwing after Firmino scored also needs explaining.
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Liverpool have now beaten every league opponent over two legs they've played home and away this season.
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Loris Karius is the only Premier League goalkeeper with more conceded goals than saved shots. He has the worst shot saves ratio - 43%.
Simon Mignolet has only saved 59% of shots that makes him 24th out of 27 goalkeepers.
#LFC
De Gea tops the list - 83%.
#MUFC
via
@InStatFootball
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I'd suspend players for months for doing this. Dele Alli is getting dirtier and dirtier as days go by.
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Here's what former Russia star Roman Shirokov did to a referee in the yesterday's amateur league match after not being awarded a penalty he thought he earned.
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Henderson is the only
#ENG
player to have run more than 10km today. His pass completion was 91%.
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Seriously though, today's farse at Villa Park should be investigated, the ones responsible for what happened questioned and, what seems logical, banned from any football activity for life.
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Florentino Perez prohibited Ronaldo from visiting his boyfriend in Morocco and asked King Mohamed VI to inform him if he disobeys. (A Bola)
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Liverpool & Man United playing in Moscow on Sep 26 & 27.
Spartak & CSKA playing in Liverpool & Manchester on Dec 5 & 6.
🔥🔥🔥
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Liverpool are now in a similar position to 2004/05 having to beat Napoli (Olympiakos) by two goals to qualify. Liverpool won 3-1 and went on to lift the Cup. Can history repeat itself?
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Pogba: 29 starts, 3 assists
Mata: 16 starts, 3 assists
Lucas: 11 starts, 3 assists
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Klopp (on Alisson's blunder): "After last weekend, we all knew it would happen one day. Didn't think it would happen next weekend though."
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50,000 of Liverpool fans and 25,000 of Spurs fans spent days in Madrid and never caused a trouble.
A couple of thousands of England fans have spent a few hours in Porto and it all came to this...
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Liverpool's
@VirgilvDijk
made the most ball recoveries (interceptions + tackles + winning second balls) in the 2018/19
#EPL
season - 466 in total (12 per 90 min on average).
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CSKA included Nicola Vlasic in the team for the last pre-season friendly but he did not even join the players for a warm-up and stayed an unused sub.
Vlasic has once again made his intentions to leave clear, the club will have to lower their demands and agree on the Milan deal.
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Poor Luis. He was hit on his foot, head and neck at the same time.
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Last time Liverpool conceded a goal in a Premier League match at Anfield was in February. The earliest they can concede next will be in October.
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Liverpool have the best set-pieces record in the Premier League this season - more than a third of all goals came from them (32 of 89; 53% from corners); conceded just 8.
Spurs conceded 38% of all goals from set pieces (15 of 39; 60% from corners).
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Arsenal's initial offer of £15m + add-ons for Matheus Franca from Flamengo has been rejected. Newcastle have also expressed interest in the 23-year-old Brazilian.
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That must be Van Dijk: looks good in the air and could make your window look perfect.
I know everyone is interested in what is happening today, but this is becoming beyond ridiculous...
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For some clubs it would be a penalty without a VAR review, for some it is not after a VAR review. English Premier League, as it is.
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This is not even funny anymore. Just disgusting. Another good goal ruled out for offside by VAR. In favour of Spurs now.
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Just a reminder of how Egypt 🇪🇬and a certain Mo Salah made it to the World Cup.
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FC Anzhi's annual budget
2012 - $180M;
2019 - $190K.
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The craziest ever Russian Cup final will feature Tosno, who are from a town with 35K inhabitants & who were founded just 5 years ago, and Avangard who have never played in the top division in their 60-year history.
The winner will go straight to the
@EuropaLeague
group stage.
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You couldn't make it up. An Ajax fan with 'Litmanen' on his back meets Jari in Moscow.
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Saturday in the
@premierleague
:
Clear goal for West Ham disallowed;
Clear goal for Aston Villa disallowed;
Clear red card for Liverpool not given;
Clear penalty for Leeds not given;
Clear penalty for Newcastle not given.
Best league in the world 🤦
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"Over 2.5 goals" in World's football leagues:
69% 🇦🇹Bundesliga
68% 🇩🇪Bundesliga
65% 🇳🇱Eredivisie
64% 🇨🇳Super League
60% 🇮🇹 Serie A
57% 🏴Premiership
55% 🇹🇷Super Lig
54% 🏴Premier League
48% 🇫🇷Ligue 1
46% 🇪🇸La Liga
46% 🇷🇺Premier Liga
42% 🇵🇹Primeira
41% 🇧🇷Serie A
38% 🇦🇷Primera
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Claudio Marchisio in Zenit:
9 months;
9 league matches;
2 goals;
0 assists;
€3.5 million earned;
148 Instagram posts made.
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And to end this... You can't score a goal with that part of the body the red line is drawn from, which simply means Firmino cannot be offside even if Atkinson's line is fair.
Another appalling decision from the same man.
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PSG have paid €45m (incl. bonuses) for Leandro Paredes. For the player they believe will put them closer to winning the Champions League. I'd say they're now a step or two further from it.
Really good business by Zenit to get that much for the Argentinean.
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If you don't look at the clubs' logos, you can get an impression it's a FA Cup third round match between a Premier League and a Conference clubs.
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David de Gea has kept a clean sheet in 7 of 8 Preimer League games this season. The best goalkeeper in the world right now.
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One of the most iconic moments in the history of football.
Apparently, the one who wasn't attracting the biggest attention during that baby celebration (Mazinho) has seen his babies attracting the biggest attention after - they are Liverpool's Thiago and PSG's Rafinha.
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Here's the way the one responsible for it celebrating.
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