This highlights how dumb the whole thing is. Players routinely fuck up in game, missing chances and misplacing passes, yet people expect absolute consistency from refs.

Why not both? Stats like xG are just another tool to help judge the quality of a player

Okay, but goalscoring is not just about finishing, it’s about getting yourself into dangerous positions to shoot from. xG is not the be all and end all, but it tells you how effective a player is when it comes to finishing chances from given positions. Say you had 2 sons, both with 111 goals in 280 matches, but one had an xG of 130 and the other of 90, you would clearly be putting your money on the latter as that demonstrates they are more clinical.

Man I love this sport

Cucurella is everywhere

Just let him look at the monitor ffs

Absolute bull shit call

Nothing has changed at United, it’s still the same turgid football and reliance on moments of brilliance from their forward players.

What is the point in Amrabat, he is not a serious footballer

Even yesterday had some poor errors that he got away with. The third goal he just parries out to a striker, he somehow failed to grab a ball that he dived down for and then there was the one he pushed back to Haaland but then redeemed himself.