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[Sparked_26]

So Costa scores again when he should of been red carded.. Roman greasing the refs pockets oncr again i see

The interesting thing was after Sky doing their usual nonsense of completely ignoring anything that impacted on Chelsea like the foul on Cahill (which is the sort of thing that never gets missed by referees) tried to ask the Swansea manager about Costa's overhead kick being dangerous the Swansea manager said ' No, it was a brilliant goal.' And then later the BBC actually looked at the incident that cost us the game. Refreshing.

Man U themselves wont get the decisions they usually got. It comes with the territory with Mourinho. He is the man who cried wolf. As a premiership ref you are on safe ground jobbing Chelsea and jobbing Mourinho, and booking Costa for anything. None will lead to any real repercussions. For some clubs luck doesn't even out over the season and it is the media that impact on that. I actually think their might be a positive points return from simply not having Mourinho on the bench. Chelsea got jobbed yesterday but I doubt it keeps happening. A bad referee mistake was actually highlighted for once. Whilst at the same time our manager mentioned it but didn't go overboard.

Of course the moment Mourinho says 'referee' he is getting fined.

We'll see I suppose. Chelsea are a good team again though.

[El Fenomeno]

Chelsea look alright. Got done over with that 2nd goal, still their own doing why they didn't win that.

Wasn't surprised with how the derby played out tbh. Thought we'd play the better football, thought Utd would be a threat from set pieces. Had a feeling we'd get beat 1-0 or summat, the dry bumming in the first half was a pleasant surprise.

Pogba reminded me a lot of prime Yaya except he didn't have the acceleration to actually break away from his man once he'd taken them on. Held on to the ball way too long 9 times out of 10.

Bravo was shaky, hardly a surprise given he'd had about 2 training sessions at the club before being thrown into a Manc derby. Still, even in his debut it was clear what he adds to the system, Utd barely got near us when we played out from the back. Few more games and he'll be fine.

I was beginning to think Silva was done at the top level after last season. He's been ridiculously good under Pep so far, probably our best player so far this year with Sterling.

[El Fenomeno]

Sane, Gundogan, Kompany get fit, get Aguero back in and we're rolling. I feel like we'll seriously compete in Europe this year too.

[Roy Jones Jnr]

Yeah City will be up there in Europe surely with Pep in charge.

Pep is a straight OG no doubts whatsoever about that.

Many in here are starting to get slight splatterings of a enormous amount of egg which is headed in their direction...in the face area.

Pep is a pure winner and a proper football man...someone who has his teams play the beautiful game in the way it should be played, the proper way, in a positive manner.

Mourinho is an anti football pioneer who has disgraced the game countless amounts of times. Football won on Saturday.

[Roy Jones Jnr]

We've slapped up the champions of La Liga and the champions of the Prem in the space of a month.

We put four past Barca and four past Leicester.

If only we could be bothered turning up against the bummy teams like Burnley, Stoke, Chelsea etc we'd be right up there this season.

Pisses me right off it does....slap up the champions and then lose to the relegation battlers. Watch us lose to Chelsea on Friday

[Sparked_26]

Chelsea should beat Liverpool to be fair. But yeah they should have beaten Swansea 4-5 nil but managed to draw it 2 each albeit being a bit unfortunate.

Apart from Coutinho and Mane and maybe Clyne none of those players would even get on Chelsea's bench.

Liverpool are much better than the sum of their parts though because some of those parts are absolutely shite.

Liverpool is the first true test. Liverpool have smashed a lot of good teams away from home. That and Costa is bound to get sent off soon so it could hinge on that the agenda against him is so strong. I wouldn't even play him against media darlings Liverpool. In fact, if Costa's goal scoring record which is phenomenal ever drops I'd sell him in a heart beat.

[Sparked_26]

Sane, Gundogan, Kompany get fit, get Aguero back in and we're rolling. I feel like we'll seriously compete in Europe this year too.

Was listening to five live the other day. That Jason Mohammed reckons City will go through the season unbeaten. Seems overboard to me.

I was at that game and City were brilliant in that half but then it could have been a draw if City had some poor luck.

If City can put in a true 90 minute performance someone is going to get absolutely pummelled. I am interested in that keeper though. Crap teams will target him. Even good teams will target him.

[Roy Jones Jnr]

[F l i c k e r]

Chelsea will and should beat Liverpool. Even without Costa. We should win.

If we benched that man and used Batsman. We'll put 2-3 on them easy. Batshuayi is the real deal. He'll set up on and bag a brace.

Liverpool is definitely the first real test but I think we have the fire power to damage that weak defense. Along with getting more solid with Alonso and Luiz in the side.

[Sparked_26]

I do worry about Courtouis and Cahill playing from the back.

I am worried about Courtouis in general because he's a rubbish goalkeeper.

Ivanovic has actually looked alright but I expect Sadio Mane will absolutely destroy him so Liverpool will probably score about 2 themselves at least.