Liverpool are escaping these games by the skin of their teeth. Against Arsenal, that's a good thing. Against Burnley, its not good. Its hard to figure out how good they will be in the second half of the season.
He started their EFL cup game against Swansea City. Got about 62 minutes in so I am thinking they are still trying to get him back in shape
Praying for a Moyes masterclass tomorrow just to see kopites cry
Its going to take a while before we get back to a normal Ballond'Or standards after Messi and Ronaldo just scewed everything. Dembele is a reasonable choice and him winning doesn't upset me. Personally, I would want a Ballon d'Or where you get a full squad. Make these glorified bloggers create a team of the 11 best players that actually fit into a system, so they can't just create a 2-3-5 system. But the award is voted by the French, so I don't expect anything smart
Musiala is out with an injury from the club world cup as well
FA is infinitely more prestigious than the efl cup, but for teams outside the big 6, a trophy is a trophy and they're glad for either
The way I have seen it, teams in the european places or trying to get into the european places, will not take the cup seriously until about the quarter finals. So their youth/back up squads get some game time in this competition and if they keep winning, they get more game time to play. Once it gets to the quarter finals, some teams start looking at this competition as a way to get into Europe and potentially save a shitty season