Liverpool (h) - CL QF post match thread

Sure, the referee was HORRIBLE over the last 3 matches.. some major decisionsed missed (or ignored)
sending offs
penalties
disallowed goals..

but, referrees don't typically score goals..

and we've conceded 8 (from long balls mind you) in the last 8 days..

We absolutely must sort that out if we are to improve next year
Possession ... got it
scoring goals... got it
defending possession .. got it
defending long balls.. nope.. long way to go

we have been exposed in the last week.. teams will sit back and defend, soak up pressure and when they get the opportunity for a long ball, they'll play it and flood forward..
the stokes and evertons will fire one up field to a single player and sit back.. but teams with a bit more ambition will give them options and we will struggle like hell to defend it..

we need more speed and height at the back.. or something.. fuck i'm not a manager or a coach.. I'd prefer a brick fucking wall .. is Dunnie still available lol
 
super_city_si said:
Bang on. Klopp was bricking it. If that second goal counted, we are UP for the second half and our manager is still on the bench.
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Spot on, first half they were chasing shadows and shitting it. The dipper fans were flapping and were quiet during the entire first half because I think they were starting to have a bit of self doubt. Had we gone in with a two goal lead, possibly three I think we'd have gone on to win the tie, but we didn't through nothing more than shit officiating.
 
I can’t see why loads of you are looking at the overall score tonight.

It was over at half time... we played some special football in that first half and had deservingly played ourselves bang into the tie. I think given the week the first half performance was legendary... but once that got ruled offside and the manager sent to the stands... I understand why they knew the tie was over. Given the form of officiating they would need to score a minimum of 4 goals unanswered the second half.

They showed real character... but there is a limit as to where that will get you given decisions.

It all gets a bit deflating I imagine.
 
levets said:
Do people not realise that if united drop just ONE point, we only need a single victory.
Edit..I mean draw one game as you can’t drop one point anymore lol...
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I don't think some do to be honest but we have to assume they won't for now. If we don't get 6 points (5 really with the goal difference) from the next three home games we deserve not to win it
 
Just got back. Nowhere near as bothered as I was on Saturday after the derby. It was always going to be a big ask to rescue something from tonight whereas it should have been straightforward on Saturday and we’d have had the most important trophy in the bag.

Great start but we seemed too hyped up and were making poor decisions with too many pointless or just plain poor balls at key moments. Never seen so many bad balls from Silva & KDB particularly, both of who look physically and mentally shattered. Pep actually got it right tonight tactically but we simply didn’t offer enough of a goal threat after we scored. Just watching the first half again and we’ve exerted loads of pressure but Karius has only had to make one save.

Then in the last 5 minutes there was Bernardo’s deflected shot onto the post and the disallowed goal. I think they may have got that decision right as, if I understand the rule correctly, Milner has to play it deliberately for Sané not to be offside and the question then hinges on whether he did play it deliberately or it just came off him. If the ref decided it wasn’t deliberate then the decision is correct.

Everything changed around 55 minutes when our energy levels seemed to drop, Fernandinho dropped into the back four and we let them have more of the ball. As soon as that happened they scored and it was game over. Otamendi then went full-on Otamendi and that was that. Unlike us, Liverpool know how to protect a lead and deserved it.

Thought Bernardo was excellent (& MOTM for me) and Laporte was also excellent. Sterling was very good but goes over far too easily. He needs to be stronger. Silva, KDB and Fernandinho were very average by their standards. Sané and Walker were OK, Jesus was anonymous after the goal and Otamendi proved he’s the new Richard Dunne.

There’s not enough steel or guile in this team to win the CL unfortunately.
 
Len Rum said:
Fine margins , and if all the refereeing decisions go against you then you're stuffed.
Imagine if the Roma goal that made it 4-1 at Barca had been wrongly disallowed, then Roma are out.
We were on the wrong end of THREE goal decisions against the dippers.
The media will play it that tonight's result would have still been 2-2 but that's not the point, goals change games and if the first leg is 3-1 or even 2-1 (as it should have been) then at 2-0 to us tonight at half time(as it should have been) the result could have been entirely different.[/QUOTE
I’m afraid the refeering throughout the season is making me lose the love for the game ironically when we are playing such beautiful football. During the first half you could feel it in the ground that we were overwhelming them, strangling them. 2-0 makes it a completely different game- the referee has made a terrible decision as had the linesman.
Liverpool would not have known whether to stick or twist second half.
There used to be saying that refs tended to favour home sides but not with us- it’s anybody but City.
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So frustrated with everything right now.... really hard for me to blame the players for this one. The ref does his job and we go in to halftime 2-0 and its a completely different game. What an absolute farce.

I just don't understand why the ref is constantly and issue. Other sports are not dominated by decisions in the same way, its maddening.
 
Still no messages saying sorry Tom you was right. Liverpool in this competition would be fucking horrible for us. Absolute mess from top to bottom from our own team to refereeing. Fucking awful week.
 
flb said:
Amazing, well done , I bet you’ve got a City coffee cup for work aswell.
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Fuck off dickhead...what's your problem with me supporting my team?
Maybe you give up when we go a goal behind but some of us don't.
Can't be arsed with pricks like you so I won't reply again.
 
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