"I think zidan's the guy that walks into a dressing room with good players and makes very good players a little bit better because he was a very good player and has played the game," John analyzes.
"It's been an exhibition from the sexiest team in the world against the team that were top of the Spanish league."
"Thiago comes in, best midfielder now at Liverpool football club, one of the best in the Premier League. It's an absolute colossal, colossal signing."
"We're not getting enough players behind the ball. If we've got Bruno and Van der Beek in the same team, we're gonna have situations against Spurs where we're not quickly enough and we're just going to be Matic is on his own at times."
"No one wants a nil-nil. I can't see this game ending nil-nil. Both attacks are too good."
"I think Pep Guardiola shows how he is streets ahead of Solskjaer. Manchester United have tried playing the exact same way."
"Oh shit, Thiago is unbelievable. Honestly, he is great, the guy is a genius."
"I think if Pogba had a better quality of players, especially defensively around him, I think you would see better out of him."
"Luke Shaw is unbelievable... He's such an important player for United at the moment."
"Goals change as they go. Arsenal will top a lead for 240 plus days. Arsenal didn't push City. City are chasing you down."
"Imagine if we had bought a Tielemans or a Bruno Fernandes."
"Van de Beek needs to play in the same team as Bruno."
"J.C. Horn's a really talented player, arguably the best press corner in the entire draft."
"Coutinho, actually got a really, really good card, really nice pace for a CAM, great dribbling and passing for a CAM, 4 star 4 star, 74 shooting, he looks like he might be very, very good."
"Liverpool had the firepower, but Real Madrid had the killer instinct."
"There is no alternative to Jadon Sancho. The quality of Sancho is on a level where there is no alternative that is actually available."
"I like him, I do like Saka. I have to be honest on that one."
"Look, if Arsenal win this game, they'd go within six points of Leicester."
"The Rams' Hemi offense is chugging along, it's really been looking much more like their Super Bowl season than it looked like what we saw last year."
"It's Jacobs, it's Waller, it's move on from the Raiders."
"The defense of the San Francisco 49ers is very, very underrated."
"This midfield is so, so good attacking defensively, four-star skills on Rodri, the four-star weak foot on Danke and Modric and Hamšik, it is just a really, really well-rounded midfield."
"England have just got no fluidity, they've got no pattern to play, it's individualism at its best, and they don't have a Bruno or a Pogba." - Critique on England's lack of creativity.
"Curtis Jones succeeds where Harvey Elliott fails."
"Liverpool won't win the league without a number 10... just imagine Liverpool with Bruno or De Bruyne."
"We pressed the button, Arteta came in, we got the FA Cup, fair enough. Now this season? You're telling me if we sacked Arteta at the same time they sacked Lampard we wouldn't have had a better chance at winning the Europa League?"
"I think for me I'm gonna go Pedro Potter it has to be if you're going to put Spurs I think Pedro poro is going to be the guy that's going to be transformative of Conte's Wing back roll."
"Raheem Sterling adds things to the table that you don't actually think about."
"He's like a quarterback version of Barry Sanders."
"Liverpool were slick, clinical, and energetic. They pressed well and in the end, they toyed with this poor Tottenham performance tonight."
"We deserved the win absolutely but they deserve that it's close so that's how it is, two fantastic football teams mix their skills with attitude..."
"The movement from Lukaku is absolutely brilliant."
"That quick release by Rivers comes out as fast as any quarterback in pro football."
"Harry Kane is irreplaceable, he holds our club together." - Importance of key players in a football team
"Liverpool, that monster of a squad, choked slamming them through the floor."
"I think he's a brilliant striker that needs to take the next step up to a top club like a really big club and be the number nine and be a goal scorer."
"DeAndre Swift...moved him ahead of Aaron Jones."
"Van Dijk is top 10 center-backs in the history of the Premier League."
"He brings that leadership, that mentality that Manchester United really needs."
"I think Chelsea are much improved. I don't think they were going to get top four under Lampard and I think Tuchel's done a good job."
"From slavery to sonship to soldiers: the progression in the life of a believer."
"This is United now, we're playing the way we should be playing."
"If we're talking about numbers, Salah has the edge, but if we're talking about who's the better out and out striker, it's Aubameyang."
"It's a brilliant, brilliant team to look at..."
"Pele, you know that we're obviously missing Maradona but Pele to Maradona is as Messi is to Ronaldo."
"Martial offers stuff that some of our forwards don't."
"Trevor Lawrence is big, he's got generational traits."
"QPR's football has been unbelievable, like watching Pep's Barcelona."
"Eating a healthy micronutrient-rich diet is mandatory."
"This is one of the most Unstoppable offenses in the NFL."
"Calvin Ridley... he has a nose for the end zone... this dude can score and score a lot."
"Bruno Fernandez would be absolutely fantastic."
"City don't really have those movements. So, I don't know, maybe that'll be an issue in other games but I feel like we don't really mention Liverpool yet."
"Last season in the opening game against brentford also weren't ready whereas this time around for the first time in many years it feels like arsenal have actually done their transfer business and the team feels ready."
"The Eagles offense now are the new slump busters. They've replaced the Bears."
"He flies up through the alley, a good tackler, this was a physical defense and I can tell you it was a big reason why they won that national championship."
"He instantly becomes the best midfield player at their football club."
"Privilege is mine and Katie lovely Todd oh is it the post that would have been a great goal he spun his man like a fidget spinner."
"They're being aggressive, they're contesting the footballs, that was their goal and for three quarters they've done it extremely well on the Colts defensive side."
"Football's not black and white, oversimplify it and that's what they do."
"Gabby Jesus is a real game changer for them, especially the fact like if they still had a Bam Yang then not necessarily."
"Marcos Rashford and Anthony Martial are not quite at the level of a Cole and York yet."
"Eli doesn't win without his defense becoming elite."
"But give Werner his dues he uh he gets on the end of it that cross from Chilwell very simple across the ground but it goes through three West Ham players."
"I mean you've given me one of the easiest questions in the world there in relation to the Premier League. Oh West Ham down the right hand side Man City are going to win the Premier League of course."
"Dak Prescott played the best game of his career... if not for some legendary stat padding at the end."
"I felt our best 11 going into December didn't have Lukaku in it... a different way." - Ben Andrews
"If Madrid can give away Casemiro and Varane and still do this..." - Ryan Carver
"Teddy Bridgewater is the ideal short-term option for them, and they should definitely do it."
"Explosive vertical playmaker and a Mack truck after the catch."
"What impressed me more, Geoff, was the actual performance and the way they performed the ATR against Manchester City."
"I think John Metchie is just a really good receiver. I don't know if he's ever gonna be a wide receiver one dominant player, but I think he's gonna be a really, really solid option."
"It's unstoppable, it's brilliant forward play."
"I think we've got a very, very, very, very special player there, a really special player, and I think patience is going to be key, as always."
"He has impressed me in a couple of games that I've seen him in the way Patrick Vieira did when he first came to Arsenal."
"He's been so superb... he's in line as potentially a player of the season for Tottenham this year."
"That's brilliant, that's absolutely brilliant football, and that's how you get back into the game."
"Santi Cazorla was technically outstanding, one of the best I've seen."
"I think Varane is very good. He is. He's good. He's exactly what Pogba was said about Matip. You think he's [ __ ]."
"If Josh Allen can play smart football consistently, that's when people will begin to think they're starting to get it."
"I think all tight ends have great heart man."
"Smith simply can't be this low he just can't the man was an absolute force on the Chicago defense he's arguably a top 10 middle linebacker in the NFL"
"Inter are kind more of a traditional Italian side."
"Any defender with this zone out ability is gonna jump routes a lot more aggressively."
"Messi... you guys already know where he's gonna go."
"Never doubt Jürgen Klopp, because they will always go in some mad form at some random parts of the year and they'll be fine."
"I think Liverpool's attack is better than man united."
"For me, it's between Spurs and Chelsea, man."
"Man United's defense is looking stronger than it has done in a long long time."
"Bournemouth could be a genuinely really fun attacking team next year."
"Jude Bellingham is outrageously talented and should be starting against Croatia."
"Roy Keane was just a very very good footballer but basically a manager on the pitch you can't put a value on that."
"When you talk about a Shanahan style offense, you're talking about running a straight crossing route for 25 plus yards and pulling away from the trailing corner, and that's not really Mike Evans's game."
"Martinez was an absolute warrior against Liverpool. Just every tackle was full tilt, every tackle was 100 committed and the timing was right."
"David Beckham's range, vision, passing, work rate was otherworldly."
"I think Bernardo Silva is weirdly underrated. I think he is one of the best players to have ever played in the Premier League."
"Football is a really, really, tell-the-truth-all-the-time."
"Paris: Kilian Mbappe remains the standout candidate in my eyes as probably the best young player on the planet."
"Man City have become arguably the best team on earth they've proved their class with that utter dominance of the domestic game over the last couple of seasons"
"I think Harry Maguire is one of the top ten center-backs in Europe at the moment."
"One thing I will say just to give it balance is Kante does clearly have Paul. He's a [ __ ] top class manager who doesn't mess around."
"I've put Burnley 13th, just some sort of on that wave."
"Zinedine Zidane fits the profile of a Manchester United manager pretty well."
"Rashford and Sterling are a lot closer to 12 months ago."
"Our front three is almost like Liverpool's from a few years ago."
"Fernandinho's assist was beautiful. A lob ball over, and Mahrez takes it down like Messi."
"Is there a late goal in this? I get the impression there's not. I get the impression that is that. Well, one-one, unless... unless Giovanni Zagadou... Oh, you've hit the post."
"A 2-2 draw, I'll take it. Performances on the field all over the field absolutely spot on. Ten Hag, I called him the Dutch bald wizard, I'm calling it again."
"Rashford at the minute is absolutely unplayable. He just fits back in like a glove, doesn't he? The protection, everything about it, the heartbeat of the team."
"Foden's probably the most exciting youngster in England this season."
"This would be two points dropped for Chelsea."
"Defensively and offensively they have everything." - Liverpool
"I think the mistake was not getting in a defensive midfielder."
"Football's about percentages... every little percentage matters."
"Rafael van der Vaart... he brought something different."
"It's Silly Season isn't it? That's what it is, but you know what, yeah, there's plenty of Arsenal stuff which we're going to come to later."
"I felt against Man City, taking his distribution out of that, so his defending was superb against Man City."
"AJ Green looking good last week, looking like he's finally healthy, ready to roll."
"Mike Williams and Keenan Allen are both going to have to be starts this week."
"Forget the likes of Salah and Mane; Van Dijk is Liverpool's most important player."
"The league has a 107 passer rating against the Raiders this season."
"There has not been a draft pick by the New York Giants I've been more excited to talk about since Andrew Thomas."
"He's a moments player that can win you the game and play average for 90 minutes."
"Harry Maguire's won maybe Juan Bissaka. They're crying out for a Scott McTominay performance last night because they're not producing."
"Liverpool are in a very good position in terms of their frontline."
"Imagine him next to Declan Rice in midfield."
"Ollie was a very inexperienced naive pragmatic coach and Rangnick's a very experienced proactive coach."
"I'm praising Man United, and I've said this season they can improve."
"I just think city and liverpool watching that game two weeks ago I just thought the quality was that high I really can't see any team getting close to them." - Jamie Carragher
"Aaron Wan-Bissaka looks so much better than last season. Looks more hungry on the ball and going forward. Way better."
"How good today was Axel Swans Zabi today at the back. I mean my good God, it was like watching Village in his prime."
"Chelsea are the home team. Look at the squad, even though that's a reserve Chelsea team today, still worth about 700 million, and it's getting kicked all over Stamford Bridge."
"I think Buffalo is going to upset Kansas City, um, I know Mahomes was hurt a little bit but I think he'd be back."
"De Bruyne is the creme de la creme in the Premier League."
"Dan Marino deserves more credit than he gets."
"All things are possible when you have Saquon Barkley and a good offensive line."
"You just cannot deny Jack Grealish. I think there might be and Foden off the bench I think could be really really exciting."
"Do you take that Spurs result and that's how we're going to play now or is that Spurs result literally about just trying to get a result to keep Ollie in a job?"
"Maguire's quality is telling today. He feels at home in a team playing like Real Madrid."
"Tony is really the kind of a prototype tight end in that he can get open he can catch the ball even score points didn't gain yards so that's really what football is about."
"I'm going to go Burnley, I think it's finally time for them to return to the Championship."
"I've seen some absolutely rubbish takes on this and I don't normally say this but I actually think this is the ultimate best Premier League team of the season so far."
"1600? I think realistically Bijan could hit about like high-end 1200."
"Imagine if he had got Tchouameni, Anana, then you've got Shaw, Martinez, Tchouameni, Varane, Wan-Bissaka, and Tchouameni, all relatively fast, and you can play out from the back."
"I think if we've got our best 11, I think we'll give Barcelona a game."
"Liverpool are to top four what Arsenal are for the title race."
"I think the top four creative midfielders in the Premier League are De Bruyne, Fernandes, Grealish, and Foden."
"This is the greatest quarterbacking season I've ever seen in my life."
"Darnell Mooney is going to be the big playmaker down the field."
"Ramsdale's more dehaya than he is Alison let's be honest."
"Winners find a way and it's the same with footballers and you look at Marcus Rashford now I anticipate he's going to be great this week."
"George Kittle is the best tight end in this league without a doubt."
"Victor Osimhen would become the best striker on the planet."
"But it kind of is what it is probably I think probably should got a third with deam Rice's nice little kind of forward would have been the go of the day probably."
"I just believe deep down when we get to the backbone of a football team that Cincinnati is a little mentally tougher than the Hollywood Rams."
"I think Chelsea have got a tiny bit more quality."
"I think Arsenal have this in terms of the quality there."
"Sala's the best right winger. You can argue about Marne and Son if you want to, but there's no better right winger than Sala."
"Tua, A plus performance especially in that second half... we saw growth in a lot of different areas from Tua Tagovailoa."
"Jon Stones and Rodri are making double movements to pull apart the opposition pressing structure."
"What liverpool is built around, in terms of its bravery."
"Under 20 million pounds for a premier league rated player, it's a solid addition for West Ham absolutely fine."
"They didn't look good. Ben White had a good game, dodgy, just like spray tan though."
"Who would have an open checkbook and get Eric Dyer? He really is the English Nemanja Matic."
"Jesus does everything and he scores goals, yeah, so for me he's a pressing machine, he can dribble past players, his finishing is exceptional."
"West Ham's talent identification we feel as uncomfortable as you do."
"Zola was a genius, but Bergkamp was probably a better player."
"Bernardo: perfect blend of work rate and technical quality."
"We're a relic, we're archaic, we're Jurassic Park football compared to what Liverpool and Man City do."
"It's the Mourinho of Manchester United all over again."
"Marcus Rashford is the match winner for United. It's obvious his pace, his trickery, his goal scoring..."
"Shape-shifter Emirate Chan: solid center-back, beautiful pace, decent on the ball."
"When you look down at these lists, every single one of these football players are very good football players. They're smart, they're tough, and they're reliable."
"There's a tendency when you look at this Pittsburgh Steeler team, you think that because they run the ball so well and he's a young quarterback that he's only been managing the football games. That's quite contrary to the facts."
"He's better in the run than he is pass pro right now, but that matches up well with Cleveland."
"Matic is the best CDM we've got, it's as simple as that."
"I think longer term, Mason Greenwood's going to be a striker."
"Offensively speaking, Bart Starr today is five right passing."
"It's amazing where the position has almost evolved from."
"An excellent break on the ball from the Notre Dame secondary."
"He's probably the best forward without question. The best forward we've had since Alan Clark retired many moons ago. He's made a phenomenal difference to Leeds in terms of his power and raised everybody else's game as well."
"Try to see if these guys are natural throwers. What I mean by that is, does it come out quick and does it look fluid?"
"That's something that you know Tony Dungy was saying last night that Bill Belichick always has a wrinkle on offense and a wrinkle on defense."
"City are in a very, very strong position when you go into that December January period."
"When you actually look at football from a mathematical perspective, you find that it really doesn't have that much memory."
"Who's the most complete Striker he's currently playing... it's Harry Kane over kylian mbappe yeah yeah complete you can do everything."
"Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden are very underrated... off the ball, these guys, they don't stop running."
"Thing that Manchester City will never run out of is patience."
"He's got really good hands... best value of the draft for Panthers, in my opinion."
"Talking to North Turner yesterday, he says if we're going to beat the 49ers today, we have to be able to control the ball, keep our defense off the field, work those outside receivers."
"How good and how easy was that when we played football that way and played to the strength of your players."
"You can make a fairly cogent case that Celba is Arsenal's most important player."
"This would suggest that bringing in a Man City defender makes a lot of sense."
"Nobody's offense is more dynamic than the Colts."
"Midfield is the most important part of the pitch."
"I think it's surely Haaland, Watkins, Salanki for me."
"Arsenal, probably at the moment the best attacking side them and Liverpool, there's not a lot in it."
"The last three weeks, you can argue the Bills have been the best team in football."
"Arsenal's structure continues to be so good, we limited Villa to 0.0 xG in the first half."