Yeah it’s a good test to see us stand up to that kind pressure and I guarantee one thing, we won’t come under that kind of pressure again all season and especially in the CL. Yes we didn’t play well, but we didn’t lose and that was so important and a good sign hopefully for the rest of the season.Thought it was good exercise for Europe, they threw the kitchen sink at us and failed. They needed to win IMO, they fucked it.
And their pitch is borderline not big enough for top football, so there's less space for them to cover.It's easy to understand and I was writing about it before the game. Klopp's teams compensate for the technical inferiority of their players by upping the intensity. They managed to outrun us. Their press stopped us from feeding the attacking players with promising passes.
Consider the following scenario: City vs a league 2 team. If the players of the latter run 120 km and City only 90 km, or if they make much more sprints than our players, then the gap in quality will be significantly diminished.
Klopp's open secret is energy or intensity. Liverpool almost never dominate games in which they are outrun. They control games by working harder than the opposition. Obviously, this strategy can't work for multiple seasons in a row. That's why Liverpool have finished in the top 2 only two seasons in a row (18/19 and 19/20), whereas City have done it for 6 seasons in a row.
If we don't beat Arsenal then I think we could be too reliant on them and Liverpool dropping points thereafter, whilst we would probably have to be perfect.I didn't watch a minute of the game and have still only seen the short highlights they put up on youtube. We never win at Anfield, I didn't expect us to and I told myself not to bother because there's usually some controversy. I'd seen the lineups and the Liverpool team was so fucking weak I did get a bit of hope we could beat them. But then I saw the City side and thought we looked far too unbalanced. I was expecting Kovacic in there instead of Alvarez but sounds like we were decent in the first half and then we started to struggle.
More than happy with a point, especially as that probably should have been a penalty at the end. We have to beat Arsenal though. If we don't it will take a lot for us to go and win the title again in my opinion.
Agree, but i dont think wholesale changes are needed, and this thought isnt based on yesterdays game.If we replace the squad every time we drop points at Anfield we'll never have players for longer than a season.
Just remind them they have only beaten us once in the last nine league gamesOffice full of dippers, all banging on how we couldn't even beat their 2nd string.
It's gonna be a long day
Office full of dippers, all banging on how we couldn't even beat their 2nd string.
It's gonna be a long day