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SEASON 2025/26   game 27   February 22nd 2026
MacBlister 97 Here's some stuff from the BBC. We chose the BBC because of their reputation for fairness. The fact that Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira said he was "angry with football" summed it up. Forest did not deserve to lose. The BBC have become experts at stating the obvious while studiously avoiding the whole truth. Vitor's anger was caused not only by the general unfairness of the result but also, specifically, by yet another cowardly VAR evasion. No mention of that here. The Liverpool players made their way to the away end after snatching a remarkable victory through Alexis Mac Allister... Remarkable? Is that the best you could do? How about "obscenely unjust"? Remarkable is one of those dud words which could mean anything from outstandingly good to downright evil. Ask a Forest fan if he thought Liverpool's victory was remarkable and he would probably punch you on the nose. Liverpool were dull for most part... No they weren't, they were crap. Salah hasn't been any good for yonks, Mac Blister is a dirty sod, Konate could easily have been sent off, and Van Dick is in love with his own shadow. They are the kind of crap that gets away with being crap because they have friends in high places. but deserve praise for their resilience... No they don't. They deserve praise for nothing. Their so called resilience was simply the product of Forest's inability to score. A proper goalscorer would have had a field day against them. ...and the importance of Mac Allister's 97th-minute winner cannot be underestimated in the sense that it took Liverpool level on points with Chelsea and Manchester United, in fourth and fifth. Well whoop-di-doo. How impressive is that - moving level on points with Chelsea and Manchester United. Forget the injustice and the corruption, it's moving level on points with Chelsea and Manchester United that's important. It's like saying that the most important part of a murder is the not getting caught bit. "It's one of the biggest robberies I've seen in the Premier League this season," said Jamie Carragher on Sky Sports. The BBC get their pictures, commentary and quotes from Sky, and their data from Opta. But again, does "robbery" refer to Forest's superiority, or to that VAR decision? We'll never know. Slot said: "We got more than we deserved. A draw would have been a fair result. We needed to be on the right side of things once in a while. It felt we have been lucky." Yes we know. Everybody knows. Perhaps you could email PGMOL to tell them that Ekitike was offside and that VARs are allowed to be unbiased twice in a row. You do have their email address, don't you? Thought so. Credit is due to Mac Allister too, who found himself in the right place at the right time on two instances late on... Right, that's enough of that. In its relentless search for "balance", all the BBC can come up with is that credit is due to a player for being on the pitch. In other words, Liverpool owe everything to VAR and positional happenstance. Still, they deserve praise for moving level on points with Chelsea and Manchester United. Liverpool certainly didn't scintillate with their display in the Midlands but they showed the resilience of champions. No they didn't. This is just made up bollocks, the kind of weary journalism which gives credit where no credit is due because it can't be arsed to tell the truth. Forest, meanwhile, languish in 17th place, and are therefore barely worth a mention. Yes, Vitor, we know exactly what you mean. We're all angry with football.
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