Liverpool (A) Post Match Thread

Blue_eyes said:
Had to laugh, has vandick lost that "never dribbled past" title yet, cos I saw Bernie leave him on his arse after already dribbling past four of his team mates............twice, does that count.

Actually, not sure it does as its the dips we are talkin about, where myth and lies become reality and truths are swept under the carpet quicker than a computer hacking scandal.
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Fucking love that.
 
Fantastic performance from the team just a shame about the finishing or we would have won that game in the first half,but the majority of us probably would have took a draw before kick off,also big fair play to pep when asked about Milner and the non yellow cards/ red card called them out on it,if that was a City player he’s off,and he’s absolutely spot on then mentioned decisions at places like anfield and old Trafford,well done pep about time a manager had the balls to call out what the majority of fans of all clubs can see what’s going on ….
 
Blue_eyes said:
Had to laugh, has vandick lost that "never dribbled past" title yet, cos I saw Bernie leave him on his arse after already dribbling past four of his team mates............twice, does that count.

Actually, not sure it does as its the dips we are talkin about, where myth and lies become reality and truths are swept under the carpet quicker than a computer hacking scandal.
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He entertained me all game; especially when he started to throw his arms in the air in celebration to their third goal... and then Rodder's came in and pissed on his chips.
 
Going to sound like Pep here, but I'm so so pleased with the performance. City were the best team yet again(3 games in a row against some of the best teams in Europe) in terms of team play and control of the game. Liverpool's front 3 bailed them out if anything IMO, with momemts of individual class. Salah has still got it, Mané still dangerous, Jota is an improvement on Firmino.

The ref also bailed them out on more than one occasion and in general terms, his inconsistency with what he blew his whistle for certainly seemed to favour Liverpool. I think if the ref knew the foul on Foden was outside the area, he'd have called it as a foul and booked Milner straight away. He wanted to leave that to the VAR(who might have said it was not clear and obvious), since it was outside of the area and not a penalty incident, the VAR said nothing.

How Milner got away without being booked there was enough but the foul on Bernardo was as clear a yellow card as you'll see. He was in his pocket straight away for our players. There's no chance one of our players stays on the pitch in the same situation(even at home) and on the small chance they did, all the UK broadcasters, talksport and the papers would be up in arms, spending most of the post match coverage on it. They'd be questioning the ref and suggesting City got away with a huge call in a key title race game, that was in the balance with 11 men.

The NBCSN feed covered it during the game and afterwards, does anyone know how long Sky spent on it during and after the game?

The pleasing thing is, when key moments went against us in that game. Such as:

Being the much better team for most of first half, unlucky not to be leading, then conceding to a sucker punch counter against the run of play, early in the second half. I hope the rest of the team ask Cancelo what he was doing half arsing it there.

Milner not getting a second yellow, when technically, his first yellow should have been his second(if the foul on Foden is given in the first half). That would have been a big moment for City, had the right call been made.

With people still angry about that, Salah scored a worldie, even though I think Laporte and Ederson could have done better.

In seasons gone by, any one of those moments could have been the one where City heads drop and they stop playing their own game because they've lost focus(especially the second goal). Thankfully that didn't happen. They stuck at it, got an equaliser, then another when Liverpool thought they had the game won and City looked to be the ones pushing hardest for the winning goal, right up until the final whistle.
 
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Thought that was arguably our best team performance of the three games today. Unlike at Paris and the first half at Chelsea, we actually did open Liverpool up and create proper chances outside corners and free kicks. And we did it all game.

There’s an argument to say that Phil Foden is now our star ahead of de Bruyne. Absolutely magical player. And that comes with some big criticism from me here n’all: while he does score some beautiful and thunderous goals, there are times (the extra touch after that bit of magic from Bernardo to set him up today, his finishing away in Paris, his finishing at home against Dortmund) where Phil has got a great deal of improving to do with his shot timing and placement selection.

But he was still unbelievable today!

Rodri looked tired today but put in a huge shift (without a lot of his passing coming off for him)… but that block at the end won us a point. Jesus had a similar game, put a proper shift in but not all his passing came off for him.

de Bruyne also looked tired and I still don’t think he’s fully fit (and he missed a fucking sitter with that header!) but he also won us a point with the equaliser and he was really dangerous on the break late in the game despite being fucking spent!

Thought Walker and Bernardo were also excellent.

Thought Cancelo and Laporte were weak for their goals. Laziness from Cancelo for their first and over committed for their second that set Salah’s whole move up. Laporte just too tentative/passive in both goals. Both overall decent enough performances from them.

Ederson was superb (that pass to Foden in the first half is just about the best pass I’ve ever seen, the others all being Ederson passes). Also came and caught and punched crosses really well all game but got overconfident because of that and at the death he nearly lost us the game, but he was great overall.

Grealish looked a bit out of his depth today. It has to be said he isn’t a striker! but even with the ball at his feet in general play, he didn’t have an impact on the game, lost it too easily, wasn’t linking up well, wasn't doing much at all really.

Sterling was a real danger when he came on and is actually starting to look like a really good impact striker off the bench (also thought he was good at Chelsea).

Overall performance as a team was great though.

Thought Liverpool started well, then couldn’t handle us. After half time they upped their game and they were probably better than us for about half an hour in the second half. Obviously, they’re a really good side.

No complaints about the result. That was the two best teams in the country on show today. Us and Liverpool are definitely better than the rest.

Should have been a free kick (it wasn’t in the box) and a yellow card for Milner on Foden first half. Then arguably he doesn’t make the other two tackles that he should have got two bookings for, as mindset changes, who knows? But that trip on Bernardo was a definite second yellow. Other than those two incidents, the ref was okay, he let himself down massively there though.
 
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