Now here’s a funny thing; Spurs are the latest ‘flat-track-bullies’ (and long may it last) who beat teams lower than they are but struggle against the mighty. And logically, that should always be the case. You beat teams who generally perform worse than you do and suffer against those consistently better. Ain’t rocket science.

Yet Liverpool buck that trend. They lose to Leicester. The lose at ‘fortress’ Anfield against all manner of relegation fodder. But put them up against top 6 teams and they excel. Other than Manchester United (ironically the team they’d love to beat more than all others combined), they’ve won every match against top 6 teams this year. United they drew with, twice.

And yesterday they faced Arsenal. So Arsene Wenger, no stranger to ‘big match preparation’, no struggler with the use of histories, video recordings, and generally considered as great a master tactician as has ever pulled his hair out in the Arsenal dug-out. So he devised a plan to overcome the Scousers. A devious plan. A (sort of) clever plan to put those Liverpudlians right out of their stride, bamboozle them, confound them, throw them into disarray. He left out of his team Alexi Sanchez.

What an inspired and brilliant move. Find the most influential player on the team, the one who has either scored or been involved in 26 of his team’s goals this season, the man who puts fear into opposition defences, who draws players out of position just by his very presence. And leave him absent. Hah! That’ll show ’em.

And it did. It showed them the path to Arsenal’s goalmouth. Which they found twice before half-time when Wenger brought the Chilean into play. Just one question for Arsene:

WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING?!?!?!?!?!?

The relegation battle heats up, with no-one laying down to die, just yet. So there are many contenders.

Spurs play Everton today. Must-win game. As opposed to… Its a 6-pointer, possibly 8. Because silverware and glory and championships is all good and well. But every Spurs fan in the world has but one main, consistent and over-riding aim. To finish above Arsenal. Sad, perhaps, but honest and certainly true.

Whatever happened to Scottish football? Remember Rangers, Hibs, Hearts, Aberdeen? What happened to them. Sadly its turned into a bit of a joke up there.

Happy Sunday

A xxxx