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This came out the other day in case anyone is interested, points lost from winning positions. We're in the bottom half. Tottenham are worse but the current top 4 are all ruthless. They go ahead and stay ahead. Villa have been amazing. 20 wins, 2 draws, and 1 defeat off 23 leads. https://www.football365.com/news/ranking-all-20-premier-league-clubs-points-lost-from-winning-positions I had a look into this and here are the stats when one goal up. Basically xG and xGA are identical between us and Villa. When one goal up, we've underperformed xG for and against by 12 (!!!) in just 700 minutes, missing chances galore and allowing easy equalizers. Our goal difference when leading by one is actually minus! Villa have overperformed xG in the same state by 6, making an 18 goal swing between us and them off pretty much the same xG stats (i.e., chances created and allowed). There is the points difference between us and them for you right there. I can't remember many glaring misses when one up, but it's not hard to come up with equalizers from low quality positions, the Nunez one, the Kudus one, and the KDB one for starters. The Dummett penalty was also very avoidable. The reason I post this is that I don't think we need massive tweaks to playing style or personnel, probably just a better keeper and better luck. Our finishing and goalkeeping going to shit when we are one goal up is just freaky.

First 14 (to Man U home) P14 W8 D2 L4 F32 A14 Pts 26 Most recent 14 P14 W8 D3 L3 F37 A24 Pts 27 Unfortunately consequential bit in between (also featuring CL and Carabao misfortunes) P7 W1 D0 L6 F9 A18 Pts 3 So lots of credit to Eddie for pulling it back with lots of lads out. Last year's success was built on a strong end to the previous season and we're putting in another one of them. fwiw, but even if those seven games had produced 10 points, we'd still be four points behind Villa. So lots of credit to them.

The ball's gone so it doesn't feel like the challenge impeded anything. Dunno what the rule is.

An Arsenal player was allowed to back into the Spurs keeper with his arse sticking out last week for the headed goal by Havertz. It was a much clearer foul.

Ha ha hilarious. Please make a mental note of this in case we or Villa or some other unfancied team ever get close to the title. Do not let some Sky 6 loving commentator or pundit make out that a wobble or jitters are a sign of weakness that would not happen to a fancied team.

Havertz was three yards out, so the keeper has to be challenging for it. As for Ange. 60 points off 33 games. Conte averaged 1.78, which would be 58, and that was while playing in the CL and going deep in the cups. He did have Harry Kane though.

Weak as piss defending.

That should be umpires' call. Too close to conclusively overturn.

What a shit header. As bad as the Sheff Utd back heel yesterday. In Japanese, an own goal is a "suicide goal", and those two felt like it. Romero big chance.

My favourite was when the Mackem berk said "14 goals in the games between these two teams - great entertainment!" Aye, 13 goals in the Sheff Utd net. Not what the neutral will want to see.

Sofascore gave us 0.36 xG. 7 shots, three were blocked and two were off target. I can barely remember any of them and the club may struggle to get 10 minutes of extended highlights. Not good enough. My frustration watching it was us being bullied and continually giving it back to them.

Chelsea score well on xG, which suggests they should have won more games. They've played pretty much the whole season without Nkunku who looked the most promising of their forwards. I'd expect them to be back next season, esp if they stick with Poch.

Ooh, we could have three players in double figures again. Wilson needs three more. He goes in the shop window too, if the idea is to replace him.

Haha Arsenal! Watkins deserves it, but that looked like an own goal to me. Deflected in off Smith Rowe.

Sorry if someone said it in pregame, but Arsenal have conceded four goals in their last 11 PL games.