Liverpool (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

Credit to Ortega who put a fine display in. Some good defending and we had our share of chances. Liverpool are very good.

We lacked composure that was very unusual for us. Ake dropped a clanger. I was more irritated with him jogging towards the ball than his underbite back pass. Yes I was happier when Alvarez went off but Julian has been very good for most of the season. Like Ake has.
 
Well happy with a point in the end.

They dictated the pace and the play and even though we were the better team in the 1st half, they over-ran us in the 2nd half until Kovacic came on and we were lucky not to lose that.

I was surprised that Alvarez and Akanji started and wonder what Dias has done not to play in that game at all. We looked loose in all phases and we needed a stronger presence in midfield and on Nunez.

I thought Alvarez was our worst performer and Bernardo had his worst game of the season for me and was surprised he wasn't subbed instead of Kev.

Walker, even though his crossing was crap, was our best defender over the whole game i thought and he saved us on occasions.

Overall i think Pep over-thought the lineup, like previous games there. I'm not sure why he seems to get it wrong, almost gets intimidated, playing there

I'm glad we have a week off now as we need to re-focus because we need to improve if we want to win it again this season.
 
Newman Noggs said:
If we don't win the league this season, itwon't be because we only drew at Anfield. Decent result in any title chasing season.
Click to expand...
This is true, but we also knew going in that we have thrown away points to Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea at home.
We lack the ruthlessnes this season, the only thing that maybe can save us is the fact that Arsenal and Liverpool really aren't that good
 
citymad said:
Good post. We’re lacking a pair of top class wingers. Phil as we know is best when played central, Doku is just awful and Grealish is just okay. Pep has been forced to play Phil wide and while he’s been performing well we look disjointed elsewhere. In contrast, Arsenal have the best balanced team with no weaknesses and that’s why they’ll win it ahead of Liverpool.
Click to expand...
I do think Grealish is a top player when he’s absolutely on it, but his weaker form and injuries this season has left us short of quality with Mahrez going as well and Bernado being below par in a lot of games.

I agree completely that we need two top class wingers, alongside a top midfielder. Hopefully Gvardiol can come through next season as well because I was expecting more from him to be honest.
 
Lots to be positive about, 1 point behind with 10 left to play. Liverpool failed to beat us this season and if we go on to win the league this will be seen as a point gained.

We're masters at this stage of the season and plenty of reasons to feel confident.
 
MikeF said:
Did I really hear Gary Neville say ‘you don’t poke the bear’ in commentary.

Does the knob jockey really realise who we are?
Click to expand...

I nearly put my foot through the screen when he said that. He really is a massive bellend
 
Newman Noggs said:
If we don't win the league this season, itwon't be because we only drew at Anfield. Decent result in any title chasing season.
Click to expand...
But in the context of how weakened the dippers were -with 5 of their strongest 11 not starting- and after going ahead and being relatively comfortable in the first half its a big two points dropped. They were there to be beaten today and for some reason we chose to slow up instead of going to kill it in the first half.
 
  • Like
Reactions: PPT
MikeF said:
Did I really hear Gary Neville say ‘you don’t poke the bear’ in commentary.

Does the knob jockey really realise who we are?
Click to expand...
He meant the atmosphere. It's a fair point, we should have come out and strangled them for 10 minutes and instead we gave them a stupid penalty and then were up against it for 25 minutes until Kova came on.
 
BolinCell said:
that's my point, they are winning by hook or by crook. Just when you think they've dropped points they find the reserves to nick it.
Click to expand...
Arsenal were 6 points clear at this stage last season. I think we're feeling it more because there was nobody else in it then, this time we have Liverpool to content with too. But they'll burn out if they keep playing at 110% every week, and while Arsenal are looking strong they actually have less points than they had at this stage.

This season we're one point worse off but have lost one game less so still looks pretty good to me.
 
That was shit to be honest and this shoehorning Alvarez in has to stop asap! Kovacic should have started but with their injuries currently and us going one up that really was a truly shit performance again at that fucking ground! We should have been putting them to the sword but again our big players done nothing besides Kev taking that corner. Lucky at the end as well but this team isn’t firing at all and in current form the Arse will fancy taking us apart
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top