Job done. First half was laboured with not much invention other than the standard underlappimg 8 in the box, second half there was more intensity and that’s what broke them down.
Was at the match and unaware of a contentious incident, we got nothing but a long checking display and I’m yet to see it again but I do hope var hasn’t given us something we shouldn’t have got, two thirds of bluemoon will be on their conspiracy boards all night trying to piece together how something going in our favour is somehow all part of the master plan to screw us.
only disappointing thing today was the red card which you could see coming from the moment dinho got the first yellow. I’m aware the suspension isn’t going to have an impact on us but still Pep should have brought him off but dinho needs to alter his game. That first yellow was a ridiculous challenge, he could get away with doing that then playing it relatively safe for the rest of the game in midfield, but you can’t do that playing cb when there’s nobody backing you up, you only commit to those challenges and cards as a cb when it’s absolutely necessary. He needs to change his game now he’s a cb before it costs us.
Bit of pressure on the scousers to respond tomorrow now, I fully expect they will but the pressure will mount and we’ve seen how they react to that in the past.