I'm sure there's some sort of Love Island joke about Spurs lasting less than a minute at the Villa, but I'm afraid I won't be the one to make it

The thing that really grates about offside and VAR and taking four minutes over the tightest of calls is that the rule was never designed for minutiae like that - just as a fix for goal-hanging.

Red

Not quite sure how it took VAR to realise that was a red card. Best ref in the league, apparently.

Put in £50 at the start of Cheltenham #BashTheBookies

David Raya telling Odegaard and Rice to punt it straight at Sanchez and see what happens.

Goal music in a cup final? No thank you.

Oh my Kob

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The sheer regularity with which test cricket offers up bizarre circumstances and utter drama is just unmatched.

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Would be interesting to find out the percentage of viewers shouting "pass it" right before Semenyo buried that one.

Getting back from the All Points East dust bowl.

I can see why that was a foul. But does it really meet the threshold for a "clear and obvious mistake"?

Been a bit of a nothing match but refereeing of it feels like there's now a chance to turn nasty. Players feeling a bit emboldened by free-kicks not being given.

I know players tell white lies when joining new clubs all the time, but Garnacho saying he watched the Club World Cup? Come on.

Great night at Second Captains live show. Odd when one of your team's rivals growing up becomes a hero, but Ian Wright is absolutely that man.