“And Michael Oliver has pointed to the spot…”
“I struggle to understand the contention that Manchester United are playing ‘slightly better than their results would suggest’,” says Eric Peterson. “Their three wins are against two promotees (Burnley and Sunderland) and a Chelsea reduced to 10 men for 85 minutes of the game. Rather, I would suggest it’s quite clear that Manchester United’s record flatters to deceive.”
Plenty of people, including disciples of data, think they have played slightly better than their results suggest. It’s fine to disagree – this is a blog, not a judicial review – but come on, phrases like ‘I struggle to understand’ and ‘It’s quite clear’ are unnecessarily reductive.
Read Jonathan Wilson on Mo Salah, Florian Wirtz and the dangers of foresight
Benjamin Sesko is on the bench today, but that won’t stop the moronic nonsense. If anything…
