Fuck that,the only highlight I found was the amusing sight of when the third went in the camera panned to pellegrini a few mins later who looked like someone from the living dead and seemed to be rocking back and forth a bit like the header who is the manager of cska Moscow I think..They have extended highlights on www.mcfc.co.uk LOL
Someone is clearly taking the piss!
I'm new to the Blue Moon forum guys , I'm a Liverpool supporter but not a bindipper please, I intend to be respectful on the forum .
Firstly let me state that I have always enjoyed watching City play , going back to the sixties, Bell, Summerbee, Book, and all the other great players who have played for the club, I admired Joe Mercer and big Malcolm. I have the utmost respect for Pell both as a manager and a man .
Your club now is amongst the elite of world football and I think they will dominate European football for years to come .
I was at Anfield last night and obviously enjoyed the game .
I look forward to some good debate and some good natured banter on the forum , good to be here .
Woeful display. I feel like I've just gone back 30 years into the past. Played scousers in the league twice goals for 1 goals against 7. It makes them look like champions and us relegation fodder!
Actually, Liverpool played completely different tactics in PL compared to the cup.It's bizarre that 3 days earlier he saw the way to do it but then....didn't although Hart was as much to blame for me. Our midfield is poor and not strengthening it was a big mistake. Delph has proved to be another sick note too.
He is way too obvious but it passes the time i guess lolDon't believe you, mate. You overplayed that post with the highlighted bit. Pretty sure you'll expose yourself in due time.
However, if I'm wrong about you, then my apologies. I'll have to keep an eye out.
He's obviously trying to take the piss.Don't believe you, mate. You overplayed that post with the highlighted bit. Pretty sure you'll expose yourself in due time.
However, if I'm wrong about you, then my apologies. I'll have to keep an eye out.
Id love to see someone try to turn this positive
It's amazing what you can do when you can achieve with a manager who can motivate and players who put a shift in isn't it?
This problem was also highlighted a while back by @Blue Llama after the Leicester game -Well if they were tired poor things they could save some energy by not bothering to take anymore throw ins because all they have done since Mancini times is give the ball straight to whoever we play. I've been bouncing about it for years but nothing has changed
Decent analysis except we were definitely not ok up until the first goal went in.Really don't know where to begin with what I saw last night.
I thought up until the first goal we were okay. It was playing out relatively similar to the league cup final only difference being that I felt Lallana and Origi were posing more problems for our midfield and back four than Sturridge and Firmino did on Sunday.
The goal went in and from there it was standard City under Pellegrini in the last 12 months. An absolute abject lack of intelligence, leadership, composure, pretty much anything that you'd consider a basic tenet of football when you go a goal behind at a place like Anfield, we forsook all those things. Instead we had Kompany and Otamendi charging up the pitch with the ball at their feet leaving huge gaps behind them.
The less said about last night's midfield the better. Fernandinho showed why for all his qualities he isn't a Toure replacement, not even close. Both him and Fernando had literally no idea how to deal with Henderson, Can, or Lallana defensively, and had not anywhere near the range of passing to be able to impact the game in the final third. Silva was a joke. Anonymous, giving the ball away, and generally doing his best impression of someone who isn't arsed about doing the hard yards.
Navas, Sterling, and Kun did the best they could but when there's zero service for them, little in the way of support from the midfield, and the knowledge that they were going to be kicked up into the air every time the ball came near them.
We've seen the best and the worst of Pellegrini's 'trust' this week. His call to put Willy in nets was fully vindicated. However the substitution of Bony for Raheem was a thing of staggering stupidity. We brought on our least mobile attacking player to try and impact a game in which our lack of mobility in midfield was killing us and we took of a mobile and pacy player to do that. On top of that, the only reason Bony got the nod ahead of Kelechi was his seniority in the side (there's that trust thing). It was a decision that smacked of keeping the peace and throwing in a player he wanted a year ago rather than making the tough call, which was to put Kelechi on. From there, the Fernandinho substitution was just lamentable. It took everything to not just switch off at that point.
We're a long way from being a Pep Guardiola side. Those players who have the quality, a lot of them don't have the application. And those players who have the application, lack the quality. This is the biggest challenge he's faced since he came into coaching and it'll take one hell of a summer from Begiristain to give him the tools he requires to play the way he wants to play.
An accurate synopsisDecent analysis except we were definitely not ok up until the first goal went in.
For the first twenty minutes our performance was abject. Couldn't pass, couldn't keep possession, couldn't tackle, lost every second ball, outfought and outplayed in midfield. The only saving grace was that Liverpool lacked a killer ball and Vinny was marshaling the defence better than the shambles in the reverse fixture at the Etihad. Then we had a good ten minutes, created a couple of half chances but then Joe did his thing and things got worst.
The point I'm making is that it didn't go all wrong when we went one behind. We were poor right from the start.
That's a fair assessment .Decent analysis except we were definitely not ok up until the first goal went in.
For the first twenty minutes our performance was abject. Couldn't pass, couldn't keep possession, couldn't tackle, lost every second ball, outfought and outplayed in midfield. The only saving grace was that Liverpool lacked a killer ball and Vinny was marshaling the defence better than the shambles in the reverse fixture at the Etihad. Then we had a good ten minutes, created a couple of half chances but then Joe did his thing and things got worst.
The point I'm making is that it didn't go all wrong when we went one behind. We were poor right from the start.
pell not pep...........I think that statement confirms your level of knowledge. If you think that statement is correct you need to up your meds mate!Keep taking the meds.
Same mate, clapped him at the start of the game but that didn't last longMilner
i booed him im afraid,
he annoyed me with his goal celebration - i know he is entitled....but right in front of the city end....i expected him to be somewhat reserved.
3 year contact we are all convincingly lead to believe. Nightmare scenerio is no CL qualification with the best coach in the world. ughhhh. That wasnt in the equation I bet.Has he even signed a contract?
Not enough petrol in their tanks. Im sure the Sheik can sort that out :)abject performance, no-one running, no-one looking remotely interested
pele - 'they're tired'. professional athletes tired? liverpool not tired. enough said.
i think khaldoon might need to and speak to them; it worked in 2012 after the arsenal defeat (balo sent off).
Same mate, clapped him at the start of the game but that didn't last long