City v Arsenal had everything. I laughed, I cried, it was better than seeing Wicked on Broadway.
Nothing pleases me more than BOTH teams mastering the art of Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United by completely surrounding the referee with all 11 players to cry about something. Who needs a captain? Just bring everyone over and surround the guy. Even the goalkeeper. Just come on down.
That being said, Michael Oliver was terrible, and if anyone deserved to be attacked by 22 cannibal toddlers, it might have been him. At one point he was considered "the guy". Oof.
Gary Neville waxing poetic afterward about how these two teams are by far and away the two best in England was about as entertaining as the game itself. You would have thought you'd just witnessed one of the most spectacular matches of soccer that's ever been witnessed the way Gary Neville completely stroked these two teams. They both drew Italian teams 0-0 in Champions League earlier in the week. I get what Gary was doing, but I don't get what Gary was doing.
West Ham not looking real hot. Premier League not going great for Southampton either.
Torino is at the top of the table in Italy....
Your Monday morning begins with this: