“With Mourinho gone and Atlético no longer a realistic option to rescue him from a life of fish and chips and bad teeth [...]” — The Big Book of Lazy Cultural Cliches (1987) p. 2.

I would argue that Liverpool has multiple engines that are somewhat interchangeable and can come to the forefront to meet the need. No knock against Lallana, he has had an excellent week.

Billy’s smarm here is at another level. Crowd control is difficult. Crowd control at soccer is almost impossible. Let’s face it, there always has been and always will be scumbags and assholes in every crowd.

“I think Bigfoot is blurry, that’s the problem. It’s not the photographer’s fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that’s extra scary to me. There’s a large, out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside. Run, he’s fuzzy, get out of here!” - Mitch Hedberg

Egyptians have a long history of losing to Jews though

“There is a precedent of Muslim athletes refusing to compete against or be around Israeli athletes”

Depends on location, certainly. I’ve heard that it is more common on the east coast, but either way, it’s probably more attainable to the average person than, like, Dragonite.