Liverpool FA Cup s/f (N) | Post Match Thread

[kismet]

I agree with this. Personally I think Pep decided to go for the CL and PL and ditch the FA Cup. Today was probably a step too far. I suspect that's why he didn't play most of his subs. He realised it was a lost cause. If we end up with the PL and Cl he will be a genius. If we lose the lot he will be slaughtered. I actually thought LFC were poor today but our keeper gifted them the match.

This is spot on.
We have to win one of the remaining two we are in. If Liverpool do the quad then Pep will be slammed for today. Our best 11 would have won today as I don't think we would have conceded. Ederson would have saved two goals and Laporte would have taken care of Konate at corners.

Its a massive gamble from Pep.

Next year play the kids from the start and let them go all the way in the domestic cups

 

[blue by birth]

Not even Pep thought that through. If so he would've made some substitutions (Foden, Sterling, Silva, Dinho etc. were all doing nothing) and went for it.

Bollocks..we looked more likely to equalise than they did to score another

 

[Eccles Blue]

Missed the whole fucking thing as some dick hit my car on the way home this morning. Disappointed of course, but no one ever beats us apart from ourselves ffs.

Sorry about your car but I hope you are not injured?

 

[homerdog]

Ask Liverpool fans if they panicked anytime before the 90th minute.

I couldn't give a fuck what the dippers think about anything!

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Well, is it bad to say this?

It's eerie how little I'm affected by this. I've never in my life dissed the F.A. Cup, and I never will. It puts stars in my eyes as a kid. It is one the great regrets of my life that I was away at school and couldn't be at Nelly's Cup Final.
I just can't help feeling stoical: that this was a competition too far, in the present context. We have other things to look after, starting midweek. Believe it, I will feel totally and utterly fucked off if we lose out to the dippers in the league and the CL. And winning this would not have consoled me, not in a million years.
On the other hand, I really feel for the faithful who made the trek down. I very nearly flew over for this. Had the friends in the south who normally put me up been in town, I would have got a ticket. Hats off to everybody who was there. You're bigger blues than I am, probably (if that phrase has any meaning…)
You deserved better.

 

[levets]

Slow to start handed the initiative to Liverpool. For me, Laporte should have started with Ake at left back, especially for Konate.
A howler by Steffen, but he hasn’t looked comfortable whenever I’ve seen him, he was shaky v Saints remember and was all over the place in last years semi. Also think he was slow to move for their 3rd. Jesus showed why he will never be the goal scorer we thought he would be… one chance he was too slow to shoot and the 1v1 was poor in the extreme. We were much improved 2nd half and bizarrely had 3 good chances to equalise. Poor from Ferna and Mahrez who remember had the same chance to equalise in last years CL final, lack of composure frustratingly… then Sterling, why he tried to pass it into the net instead of smashing it in, summed his game up. Is that correct we’ve lost 5 of the last 6 semis? If so, that’s criminal. Pep needs to stop with the sentimental team selections. I do hope there is no hangover from this.

 

[samuelyeboah]

genuinely don't know how anyone could watch laporte and rodri at the end of the atletico match and with a straight face tell me they should have started today

 

[hateutd]

Pep should rebuild the whole front line.... and find someone ready to play to replace ferna... and find out what to do with Grealish..... :(

 

[richards30]

Absolutely wank! Fuming at that first half and we have basically thrown another competition

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

We wont win the league.

Whys that, Dave?

 

[vmsuhail]

Did you panic

Not funny.

 

[wythenshaweblue£££]

Just on the way back on the coach was gutted with that first half performance and ultimately it cost us the game. I don’t normally single out players but Steffan is a calamity waiting to happen and today he proved it again I just don’t know why Pep didn’t pick Ederson. Luckily it was the one game we can afford to lose.

 

[BlueMonkey79]

At least it's strong as possible from now until end of season. No fucking about playing dinosaurs and comedy keepers.

 

[alexmcity]

We had a very poor 1st half and a very good 2nd half. That 2nd half was important for our confidence, we were really close to a sensational finish of the game, even though we were without Ederson, Walker, Laporte, Rodri, KDB, Gundo...

Credit to Ake, he was good. Jesus was the only player who caused big problems to their defence, shame for that miss. Bernardo gave everything as always. Ferna and Grealish were poor in the 2st half but improved in the 2nd half. Stones and Cancelo were good.

We'll be fresh vs Brighton, Liverpool will have to run a lot again in 3 days. United are poor but may be very lucky, who knows? At least the officials won't give the 50/50 situations to Liverpool.

I think the loss may improve our chances for the PL/CL double. Our squad is not big enough to play a FA Cup final between crucial PL games. I guess Liverpool will struggle with the fixture congestion. Time will tell.

 

[Claytop]

Result would have been easier to take if we’d have done them last week like we should have.

Got a bad feeling about this season…

 

[blue by birth]

Not funny.

But true..you seem to big up the dippers

 

[chaddblue]

Might give the FA Cup a miss next season

what’s the point. 3rd season on the trot we’ve tossed off a semi final

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Your right but this is what we did last year and lost momentum.

I think this narrative has been overplayed a tad. After our semi final defeat we won the next five games, winning the league in the process, and getting to our first CL final. I'd take that sort of momentum any day of the week.

 

[bert38]

Honestly after the first half I’m so pleased with that second. For me it will be very hard for anyone to win fa cup and premier and champions league so not overally bothered by this result.

Liverpool are going to have a huge fixture congestion and I am sure they will drop points now.

beat brighton and Watford and this time next week I will be ecstatic.

Well, one extra game.

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

So poor 1st half, Zac truly awful.
Can't believe some of the absolute whoppers on the MDT. City fans my arse.