If Mane was 10/10, Wijnaldum was 9.5/10. It’s not often a guy keeps Dembele and Wanyama in his pocket for a full 90, but he did it. Shout out to Henderson as well there.

I think you missed the “They are similar players in that they can do amazing things and then baffling things” part. I don’t believe OP said anything about them playing the same position.

I will always appreciate the Everton Deulofeu who managed to somehow be even more petulant than Ronaldo when he felt like a foul should have been called against him.

Per Urban Dictionary:

“Tears of a Clown.”

Whoa that’s really cool! I had no idea.

That just puts us 92 points behind next year’s season opener.

Not the same end-of-game excitement as any of these that have been mentioned (also not as many people care about soccer, which is fine), but Leicester City winning the Premier League deserves a shout for being part of a wild 2016 sports year.

Nah, the defender tried to foul him and legs collided and Coquelin was the one to go down. As an attacking player with possession of the ball, all you have to do is keep yourself between the defender and the ball. If anything, Hazard was fouled but didn’t go down and decided “fuck it,” I’m beating all of you by…

Yeah, you’re still one of those people. Because it’s such a stupid fucking thing to get upset about and try to correct. OF COURSE no single fan thinks they have an influence on the game (although a stadium full of people might), you’re just being as ass for no other reason than to be an ass.

Easy to say that was Luiz in a “fuck it, I got this” moment. But it should be noted that while Clattenburg was counting steps and organizing the wall, Luiz ran over to talk to Conte for a couple seconds, and then jogged back over to take that almost without breaking stride. Also, there never appeared to be any look…

So you agree that the phrase has been used in an offensive way (more than once, in fact).

Pushing 4th is nothing new for Arsene.

There’s only one thing that comes to mind looking at that picture.

One of the most underrated comedies of the last 15 years.

Zero personal connection with any police officers in my friend and family history, but this is the correct take. The guys seemed like they were just doing their job. Someone reports something suspicious, it’s the duty of law enforcement to check it out.

A random guy in bumfuck Texas didn’t think it was weird because he thought a guy might be getting high in the woods behind his house. A random guy thought it was weird seeing a 5'10, 250lb black guy walking around his property and called the cops.

I was basically amazed at just how much the EPL announcers on NBCSN just let the game breath and don’t feel the need to verbalize every minor thing that’s happening as if you were listening on the fucking radio.

Every now and then it takes some effort to put the joke together. Often while I’m doing other things, like sitting on the john or texting my mother that I’ll call tomorrow. A man of many hats, I suppose.

That’s Thad Matta. I think the joke here is a play on his name, so Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland. Took me a few minutes, but I think that’s it.