Liverpool (A) Post Match Thread

What a day, brilliant. Total blue dawn and the fact its lfc makes it better for everyone. I totally underestimated how hated liverpool have become.

Rawk in total denial about the whole thing. Mostly they are in denial that Klopp had fucked up big time here.
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
I've watched the Salah swan dive about half a dozen times now, and the more pathetic it looks for the viewing. I don't mind the pen, but why does not every team in the PL get a pen for a defender touching yer arm!
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When it is us I often hear "not enough in it for me" or he goes to ground to easily"
 
Rascal said:
We were just better than them, it was that simple. Some aspects stood out to me.

1. I have never seen Salah so quiet in a big game, Zincho played him superbly.

2. Dias is human, his mistake though rather than damaging us, spurned us on and the togetherness we showed stood out.

3. Gundog. Missed the penalty, scored twice and never stopped with his passing , he never hid, a real testament to his character.

4. Raz made one of the "worlds" best full backs look like a sunday league player when he ran at him at him and he broke his hoodoo. An important moment

5. Rodri was immense, he dominated the midfield, made important interceptions, passed the ball intelligently and was a real physical presence, He plays very differently to Ferna but on yesterdays showing he is the heir.

6. The whole team worked so hard, everyone played their part and whilst some had games that didnt show them at their best, you can not fault any of them for their work rate and willingness to press, close down, tackle and support each other

and 7

Fuck me maybe Pep was right in what he said about Phil and Messi. He was magnificent. He is so talented it is scary,. His goal was Messi like, but what impressed me more than that, was the last minute he was still chasing back and working hard. That is ingrained in him now and he is one of our very own. He is defo making a lot of the opinionated journos who thought he would never get a chance to play/should go out on loan look very silly. I loved how Ederson ran the full length of the pitch to celebrate his goal with him, it meant a fucking awful lot to them all.

Its a nice feeling on a monday morning, lets hope our heads on the Swansea game, as their records to be broken and silverware to win.

Come on City we could win the lot again
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I think 5 is very understated. I've been extremely critical of him and still have my doubts, but these last couple of months he seems to have settled into what his position is all about. Yetserday he just dominated that area of the pitch, something he really struggled with previously. Superb performance and maybe we can now see him as a long term successor to Fern.
 
Rascal said:
We were just better than them, it was that simple. Some aspects stood out to me.

1. I have never seen Salah so quiet in a big game, Zincho played him superbly.

2. Dias is human, his mistake though rather than damaging us, spurned us on and the togetherness we showed stood out.

3. Gundog. Missed the penalty, scored twice and never stopped with his passing , he never hid, a real testament to his character.

4. Raz made one of the "worlds" best full backs look like a sunday league player when he ran at him at him and he broke his hoodoo. An important moment

5. Rodri was immense, he dominated the midfield, made important interceptions, passed the ball intelligently and was a real physical presence, He plays very differently to Ferna but on yesterdays showing he is the heir.

6. The whole team worked so hard, everyone played their part and whilst some had games that didnt show them at their best, you can not fault any of them for their work rate and willingness to press, close down, tackle and support each other

and 7

Fuck me maybe Pep was right in what he said about Phil and Messi. He was magnificent. He is so talented it is scary,. His goal was Messi like, but what impressed me more than that, was the last minute he was still chasing back and working hard. That is ingrained in him now and he is one of our very own. He is defo making a lot of the opinionated journos who thought he would never get a chance to play/should go out on loan look very silly. I loved how Ederson ran the full length of the pitch to celebrate his goal with him, it meant a fucking awful lot to them all.

Its a nice feeling on a monday morning, lets hope our heads on the Swansea game, as their records to be broken and silverware to win.

Come on City we could win the lot again
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Great post Rascal
 
I'm With Stupid said:
Might have rushed him back too early. The worst thing about his performance is that for both of our goals, he actually gave it away to us twice before we punished him. The sign of a great player is that they can put a mistake to the back of their mind and go on performing well. He totally let his get to him, and we've seen in the past how quickly a goalkeeper can let a few mistakes in a row turn them from a potentially world class player to someone who ends up warming the bench.
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He won’t be warming the bench with those cold feet
 
Felt like a cross between QPR and the six one. I can't get the song Happy days are here again out of me head for some reason.
 
danielwood5 said:
Where's Dias meant to put his arm though? Salah is sticking his right arm straight out into Dias' chest, so where does Dias' left arm go? The only way to stop any contact is for Dias to run holding his left arm vertically up to avoid any and all contact. It's a cheats trick, put a part of your body near an opposition player and throw yourself over at the slightest contact.
Salah's arm wasn't pulled back at all and if the VAR ref had done his job Salah would have had a yellow for diving.
He probably should have just cleared it though but he shouldn't have to make a bad decision just because the opposition player is a massive cheat.
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Salah will never be respected by anyone but Liverpool fans because of his cheating. He has been a stain on the game in my view which is sad because he is a brilliant player. VAR has escalated cheating by players because making decisions based on slow motion replays is a flawed process where every contact looks like a foul. Of course Salah is not the only one but he is the biggest diver with Martial a close second.
 
Rascal said:
We were just better than them, it was that simple. Some aspects stood out to me.

1. I have never seen Salah so quiet in a big game, Zincho played him superbly.

2. Dias is human, his mistake though rather than damaging us, spurned us on and the togetherness we showed stood out.

3. Gundog. Missed the penalty, scored twice and never stopped with his passing , he never hid, a real testament to his character.

4. Raz made one of the "worlds" best full backs look like a sunday league player when he ran at him at him and he broke his hoodoo. An important moment

5. Rodri was immense, he dominated the midfield, made important interceptions, passed the ball intelligently and was a real physical presence, He plays very differently to Ferna but on yesterdays showing he is the heir.

6. The whole team worked so hard, everyone played their part and whilst some had games that didnt show them at their best, you can not fault any of them for their work rate and willingness to press, close down, tackle and support each other

and 7

Fuck me maybe Pep was right in what he said about Phil and Messi. He was magnificent. He is so talented it is scary,. His goal was Messi like, but what impressed me more than that, was the last minute he was still chasing back and working hard. That is ingrained in him now and he is one of our very own. He is defo making a lot of the opinionated journos who thought he would never get a chance to play/should go out on loan look very silly. I loved how Ederson ran the full length of the pitch to celebrate his goal with him, it meant a fucking awful lot to them all.

Its a nice feeling on a monday morning, lets hope our heads on the Swansea game, as their records to be broken and silverware to win.

Come on City we could win the lot again
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Really good post, agree with everything. Just listened to Football Weekly and there were a fair few journos having to eat their words about Foden (some very seriously wanted to ship him out on loan to get kicked about in the Championship, what a bunch of jokers). The most impressive thing about Foden's development last night, but this season, is that it's like he's still serving his apprenticeship. He's still being asked to go play and different roles, in different positions, in different types of games because Pep would prefer to sacrafice short term gains for longer term development of Foden. We have a lot to thank Pep for, A LOT, but if Foden keeps working hard and grows up a bit off the field we could still be benefitting from that in 10 or 15 years time.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
Really good post, agree with everything. Just listened to Football Weekly and there were a fair few journos having to eat their words about Foden (some very seriously wanted to ship him out on loan to get kicked about in the Championship, what a bunch of jokers). The most impressive thing about Foden's development last night, but this season, is that it's like he's still serving his apprenticeship. He's still being asked to go play and different roles, in different positions, in different types of games because Pep would prefer to sacrafice short term gains for longer term development of Foden. We have a lot to thank Pep for, A LOT, but if Foden keeps working hard and grows up a bit off the field we could still be benefitting from that in 10 or 15 years time.
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When you say “grows up a bit off field” I am sure he already has. He has made a mistake, learned from it, and moved on. I think we should all move on too
 
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