Liverpool (A) Post Match Thread.

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FanchesterCity said:
Let's not be churlish, they played football and are just as capable as we are at stringing together some high precision passes for a swift counter.
I don't think we had a particularly 'bad' game - they simply put in an incredible effort and pressed up for the full 90 minutes - we simply didn't have the time on the ball that we're used to.
The reason they aren't going to win the league is that they are too inconsistent, and just as likely to put in a lousy performance against a bottom of the table team and drop 3 points. We're much more consistent.

They played us at our own game and it paid off for them.
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Yes credit where credit is due they played well today. I did think our passing was not as crisp as usual and that gave them the encouragement to keep pressing where in other games where we have hit them with a few counters the opposition is more circumspect.

We do need our front players to return to form quickly. There incisiveness is the key to taking games away from the opposition where of late it has been a bit of a struggle killing matches.
 
aguerrrroooooooooooo said:
I'm also confused, if he wasn't going to play we may as well have let him stay with his wife for the weekend instead of needlessly dragging him to Liverpool and sit on the bench
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He flew back late this week and he would've started but for his upset stomach. He was not 100% therefore Pep puts him on the bench. At 4-1 we looked fucked so Pep thinks no point bringing Merlin on if he's off colour so he sits out the game. He's not a chess piece you can move between Manchester and Spain at the drop of a hat.
 
A rag just said to me "I bet you wished you'd parked the bus like we did. Jose doesn't look so daft now". I said I'd rather lose than play like them set of cûnts.
 
blue by birth said:
It was a fucking foul...watch it again...plus keV was fouled in their half before they started the attack.
A nudge in the back is enough to unbalance a player. Hence it's a foul
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Kev, yes.

Stones, probably yes too. But when you're defending like that you have to deal with those situations, foul or no foul. Take the man out, do whatever you need to do, but don't let him through on goal like that. It was shit defending irrespective.
 
Metalartin said:
Wrong, foul, read the rules of the game. Push in the back is not allowed especially on the last man, again penalties have been given for less contact in similar circumstances, why is it any different for defenders who are favourites for the ball?
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Right, I'm off to read the rules of the game! ☺
 
I thought we would win watching us dominate from the start of the second half. But some mistakes by City and great finishes by Liverpool turned the game completely. Good to see us going to the end and getting a couple of goals.
 
The burden of being unbeaten is off our back now...

Beat them 5-0 and lost 4-3 after gifting them two goals.

They played well at times in a manic, "rush like fuck" way.

If anyone doubts which is the better team look at the league table.

I know City are better in so many ways.

JJ
 
I'm going to be more annoyed tomorrow. Aside from weak half arsed play in defense and their vital second goal being a foul our total collapse for goals 3 and 4 were unforgivable. We just needed to keep our shape and composure and we would have got at least a draw. The one positive was Bernardo played great when he came on, let's hope he has turned the corner.
 
Chippy_boy said:
Kev, yes.

Stones, probably yes too. But when you're defending like that you have to deal with those situations, foul or no foul. Take the man out, do whatever you need to do, but don't let him through on goal like that. It was shit defending irrespective.
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If Stones takes him out it's a penalty...but you agree Stones was fouled...so the ref should give a foul...
Mariner was fucking awful as usual...refs are other teams best weapon to beat us
 
BuryBlue1977 said:
A rag just said to me "I bet you wished you'd parked the bus like we did. Jose doesn't look so daft now". I said I'd rather lose than play like them set of cûnts.
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Just tell him to come back IF they win the league by one point and he will be right. He won't, of course.
 
Dust ourselves down and get on with the Newcastle game next week.
At the end of the day this result will have no bearing on how successful our season ends up.
 
Mike N said:
Right, I'm off to read the rules of the game! ☺
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Haha ;) here:

A tackler, loosely speaking, is not allowed to push an opposition player in the back during a tackle. By the strictest definition of a push, any contact from behind could be considered a push in the back, so the rule is usually enforced under only the following three circumstances:

  • If a player is bent over or on his knees, usually to win or protect the football, and an opponent knocks him over from behind.
  • If a player is lying face down on the ground, and an opponent falls onto his back, intentionally or unintentionally. The first circumstance often directly causes this second circumstance also.
  • If a tackler pursuing a ball-carrier uses one or both hands to push him from behind, causing him to be knocked off-balance as he attempts to dispose of the ball. A chaser often attempts this when he sees that the ball-carrier is about to kick the ball, and he is not close enough for a tackle.
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As I said though I don't think the game was actually lost with that goal, it was how we responded to it and Pep will not be happy with that more so than the refs decision. There was loads of time left and our players seemed to act like it was injury time to me taking risks they really didn't need to, losing composure due to rushing things, trying to make passes that weren't on etc.
 
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They played as well as they can and we didn't

They made the most of our errors and they really didn't make any

They didn't have a stand out performer, which says a lot about their work ethic

We are 15 points clear at the top of the table and Newcastle are up next. Let's get back on track with this game
 
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