Waching daily Feb 16 2019

 Liverpool and Manchester City's race for Premier League glory looks set to go to the death

 As it stands, both clubs are on 65 points but City are top of the table with a superior goal difference of +54

They've also played a game more than their rivals.  Liverpool can reclaim top spot next weekend by beating Manchester United with their game in hand, while City take on Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final

 Mind games will no doubt play a big role between now and the end of the season and it has to be said the pressure is mostly on Liverpool

 Whereas City are vying for their third Premier League triumph in six years, Liverpool are trying to end their 29-year wait for a league title

 The fixtures list hasn't been kind to the Reds either. Between now and Gameweek 33 at the beginning of April, City play all of their games before Liverpool in the Premier League

 Whether or not that's an advantage for City is up for debate, but it means Liverpool will constantly be playing catch-up for the foreseeable future

 Jurgen Klopp recently claimed his players aren't feeling the pressure of the title race and he'll need his senior figures to lead the way

 One of those is club captain Jordan Henderson, who played the full 90 minutes in both games against City in the Premier League this season

 The one at Anfield back in October ended as a 0-0 draw and Henderson was caught on camera at the start of the second half trying to put off Sergio Aguero with some bizarre movement

 That footage has now re-emerged and Liverpool fan @_GeorgeOwen__ has used it to create a pretty hilarious Twitter thread

Check it out.  Over 8,900 retweets and 31,000 likes shows the thread has gone viral and as you can imagine, it has football fans in hysterics

 Henderson really is the gift that keeps on giving at Liverpool.

For more infomation >> Liverpool fan's Twitter thread about Henderson striking 'fear' into Aguero is comedy gold - Duration: 2:47.

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Life is not a bed of roses - Duration: 2:24.

life is not a bed of roses so stop your crying cuz I think that you know this

the twists and turns are here for us to learn so hold your head up high cause

you're blessed he ready came the word cold stress take a look at your eyes in

the mirror and you see the writing on your soul spells YOU'RE THE BEST

it's been a hard though we stop plain to see when the layers are gone this

nothing but scars staring at me you see the money and the fame has never been my

aim is to shackles on my feet that creates all the pain. through the rain the

sleet and the snow, my soul had no way to go

even when the Sun was shining, I still felt that I was climbing, a mountain the size

of Everest cause mediocrity just gives me stress so thank you Lord for

revealing to me my gift my purpose and my destiny I'll do everything I can to

be that precious man you created me to be

come hell or high water my integrity, will stay intact and if I go off track i'll rise up like Arnie

and tell you, i'll be back

i'll be back!!!

life is not a bed of roses so stop your crying cuz I think that you know this

the twists and turns are here for us to learn so hold your head up high cause

you're blessed eradicate the word called STRESS

take a look at your eyes in the mirror and you see the writing on your soul

spells YOU'RE THE BEST

For more infomation >> Life is not a bed of roses - Duration: 2:24.

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Callum Hudson-Odoi is 'always on the edge of the team', insists assistant boss Gianfranco Zola says - Duration: 5:11.

For more infomation >> Callum Hudson-Odoi is 'always on the edge of the team', insists assistant boss Gianfranco Zola says - Duration: 5:11.

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Liverpool fan's Twitter thread about Henderson striking 'fear' into Aguero is comedy gold - Duration: 2:31.

 Liverpool and Manchester City's race for Premier League glory looks set to go to the death

 As it stands, both clubs are on 65 points but City are top of the table with a superior goal difference of +54

They've also played a game more than their rivals.  Liverpool can reclaim top spot next weekend by beating Manchester United with their game in hand, while City take on Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final

 Mind games will no doubt play a big role between now and the end of the season and it has to be said the pressure is mostly on Liverpool

 Whereas City are vying for their third Premier League triumph in six years, Liverpool are trying to end their 29-year wait for a league title

 The fixtures list hasn't been kind to the Reds either. Between now and Gameweek 33 at the beginning of April, City play all of their games before Liverpool in the Premier League

 Whether or not that's an advantage for City is up for debate, but it means Liverpool will constantly be playing catch-up for the foreseeable future

 Jurgen Klopp recently claimed his players aren't feeling the pressure of the title race and he'll need his senior figures to lead the way

 One of those is club captain Jordan Henderson, who played the full 90 minutes in both games against City in the Premier League this season

 The one at Anfield back in October ended as a 0-0 draw and Henderson was caught on camera at the start of the second half trying to put off Sergio Aguero with some bizarre movement

 That footage has now re-emerged and Liverpool fan @_GeorgeOwen__ has used it to create a pretty hilarious Twitter thread

Check it out.  Over 8,900 retweets and 31,000 likes shows the thread has gone viral and as you can imagine, it has football fans in hysterics

 Henderson really is the gift that keeps on giving at Liverpool.

For more infomation >> Liverpool fan's Twitter thread about Henderson striking 'fear' into Aguero is comedy gold - Duration: 2:31.

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Why is Todd Gurley not being featured in the Super Bowl? - Duration: 4:03.

 Todd Gurley touched the football only three times in the first half of Super Bowl 53

This continues a somewhat baffling trend of the league's highest-paid running back staying on the sideline in a do-or-die game for Los Angeles; he had only five against the Saints in the NFC Championship

 He averaged 22.5 touches per game during the regular season. Gurley played first 8 snaps

Anderson next 8 snaps. Gurley back out for snap 17.  — Kevin Patra (@kpatra) February 4, 2019    Why is Gurley being kept on the sideline? The Rams have dismissed all suggestion that he's injured — even though that thought has persisted

 The truth, though, seems to be something easier to explain: The Patriots are doing everything in their power to stop the Rams' staple run concept, the outside zone

 The Patriots are playing with six men on the line of scrimmage with their two edge defenders lining up wide and forcing runs back inside

 After calling an outside zone on the first snap of the game — as a way to diagnose how the Patriots would react — the Rams called mostly inside zone runs for Anderson

When Gurley did re-enter the game, Los Angeles continued with the inside runs — but with limited success

 Gurley has been the Rams' preference on those outside runs throughout the season, but with the way the Patriots are setting their front, Los Angeles is better served attacking the middle with inside runs, which C

J. Anderson is better suited to execute. The same was true against New Orleans, as we wrote at the time:  The Saints defensive line is strongest on the edges, and with DT Sheldon Rankins out injured, the interior of their line was short-handed

So instead of leaning on perimeter runs, where Gurley is at his best, the Rams when with a more downhill attack, which suits Anderson's bruising running style

As McVay said, the Rams "just had to grind some things out today," and Anderson is the better grinder

 Bill Belichick is known for taking away what an offense does best and making his opponents play left-handed

It's not a shock that he's done everything he can to keep Gurley off the field. The Rams offense is still effective with Anderson on the field, but not nearly as explosive as it is with Gurley out there

 It's now up to Rams coach Sean McVay to find a way to make his offense work. It's built off play action made possible by the success of the outside run; without those, you get a flustered Jared Goff making difficult reads and completing just 5-of-12 passes for 52 yards

 McVay has certainly seen what other teams countered with and will most likely try something similar

But this much is for sure: so far, Belichick has won the coaching matchup convincingly — and it didn't take any sort of genius to do it

If the Pats play that five-man surface look to defend the outside zone, i'd expect to see these two counters

 Play 1: tight end works up to the second level and allows the RT to take the end man on the line of scrimmage

 Play 2: A crack toss that will get Gurley in space pic.twitter.com/lwSrDhpxL9  — Steven Ruiz (@theStevenRuiz) February 3, 2019   Gallery Ranking coaching matchups in all 53 Super Bowls: Where does Belichick-McVay land? view 50 images More NFL!Colin Kaepernick timeline: 22 key moments in Kaepernick's NFL careerFTW Explains: The settlement between Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid and the NFLColin Kaepernick case: NFL players react to settlement