Published: Monday, 10 November 2025
I’m reading Arne Lost fears Liverpool have already blown their title chances. I’ve got news for you Arne. You have. You can’t win it now. Not after losing five games already.
It’s been a pathetic defence, but we shouldn’t be surprised really. I said all last season Liverpool weren’t great champions. Of course they take credit for having won it, but there wasn’t really a challenge.
They stumbled over the line, almost like a tired marathon runner. Changes had to be made, but they didn’t do surgery where it was really needed. Van Dijk is fading fast. His powers aren’t what they once were. He’s past his sell-by date and should really have been moved on, but Liverpool didn’t sign a replacement. They spent all their money on forwards, some of whom look as lost as their coach.
Those signings only really confused Lost. He still doesn’t know his best team and Arsene Wenger was right when he told us on BeINSPORTS last week Lost blew his own midfield up by bringing in Wirtz.
Wirtz wants to play as a 10. Apparently Lost told him he could. That meant a complete change in system and it hasn’t worked. In recent games Lost has gone back to a more familiar system and line-up - squeezing Wirtz in on the left-side, but that hasn’t worked either. Wirtz shouldn’t have played at City. But Lost has got to play him. He’s got to back him. But that decision is costing Liverpool.
United, City and Chelsea have all won the title at different times losing six games. Blackburn won it after losing seven, but that was in a different era. Six is the maximum now, which means Liverpool would have to be nearly perfect for the remaining 27 games. Can you see that? No. Nor can I.
It’s only a week since Guardiola was complaining City don’t get decisions from officials. I said that was bollocks last week - and seven days on we got the evidence.
Ok. I can see an argument why VVD’s header was disallowed. But it shouldn’t have been really should it? Robertson wasn’t interfering with Donnarumma’s line of sight. If he had been the keeper wouldn’t have nearly saved it. Of course he saw it.
Not that Chris Kavanagh had a clue. No ref has changed his mind more often when told what to do by his colleagues - usually Michael Oliver.
As regulars know I keep an ever growing list of refereeing howlers now and I’ll give you two examples of goals given in similar circumstances to the one Liverpool had disallowed - both to City!
1\. City at Wolves last season. John Stones scored late - Bernardo Silva was standing on the keeper clearly impeding him. Goal was given - by Kavanagh.
2\. Ake scored in a win over Fulham the season before. Fulham rightly felt Akanji had interfered in play by going for a ball whilst he was offside. VAR didn’t dare get involved because the ref was - Michael Oliver. You couldn’t make it up. I don’t need to mention both men were on duty at The Etihad do I?
Whilst we’re on the subject - did you see the two refereeing shockers at Brentford?
Of course Brentford should’ve had a pen when Dan Burn (what a good lad he seems to be) fouled Ouattara in the box. Burn knew he had, but Stuart Attwell booked Ouattara for diving. VAR confirmed the decision saying there was ‘minimal contact’. What nonsense. Nowhere in law 12 (which covers fouls and misconduct) does it speak of ‘minimal contact’. Paul Tierney was the hapless individual in the bunker.
Attwell and Tierney compounded their error by then giving Brentford a pen - and sending Burn off - when Ouattara went down again. This time there was no contact, but the pair knew they’d fucked up so they gave this one.
On the subject of ‘minimal contact’ there was less contact on Doku when Oliver gave City a pen. Week after week this nonsense goes on. One excuse and lie follows another - exposed by those of us who monitor these things.
Good luck to the former City centre- half Dave Watson in his battle to have his brain condition recognised as being the result of football-related injuries.
Watson won the most recent stage of his claims after doctors said they believed Watson has probable Alzheimer’s and probable CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) which is a brain disease brought on by repetitive head injury.
Watson has won the right for a first-tier tribunal to have another look at his claim he should receive benefits as a result of industrial injuries suffered during his playing days.
He’ll be doing an awful lot of good for those fighting the same battle if he keeps going and wins.