Liverpool (A) Post Match Thread

[crazyg]

Michael Owen had us getting beat before the game. He actually said "I thought Liverpool would win anyway but after seeing the way City are lining up I think Liverpool are going to hammer them" . On another note I only realised as he was spouting that shite , he actually does resemble a village idiot

He makes lettuce look interesting.

 

[Pigeonho]

He makes lettuce look interesting.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg..

 

[BlueAnorak]

Oh fuck off giving the best manager we’ve ever had shit.

He's very, very good but he's not infalable.

 

[purplenose]

If the ref was bent why did he hand the game on a plate to us in the 87th minute?

Should have had 1 possibly 2 more penalties...he had to give one eventually but i am a tad biased......

 

[wythenshaweblue£££]

Great performance yesterday we got the game plan spot on. Just gutted he didn’t even hit the target with the penalty. Either way top of the league so will take that.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

And overrule Pep's instructions relayed from the bench by Mendy, can't see that happening tbh.

I think Peps instructions were more likely to have come when he saw Jesus lining up! He knows he has missed 2/3 so probably didn’t want him to take it. We will never know for sure the nitty gritty.

Done now anyway. Missed opportunity but hey ho. Unbeaten and De Bruyne to come back. All looking good again!

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

Should have had 1 possibly 2 more penalties...he had to give one eventually but i am a tad biased......

Yes but if he was bent he wouldn't have given us the opportunity to win the game, though you are right we could have another penalty probably

 

[crazyg]

He's wrong mate its " Campeones " which translated means "Champions" in Spanish. "Championes" which almost everyone sings is actually is a Spanish Garlic mushroom when translated back to English.

I'm always pointing out that we're Champions, not mushrooms, but they look at me as if I'm a fun guy!

I'll get my coat.

 

[pavelsrnicek]

Have to say one slight change that made a huge difference yesterday was the position of Bernardo. He was far deeper than normal and gave us an extra player to pass through the press.

The worry against Liverpool is that Fernandinho gets isolated and becomes the target of the press. Playing Bernardo beside him was a clever fix. No surprise that as a result Firmino had a very quiet game as he tends to press most effectively.

 

[crazyg]

That’s just the tip of the iceberg..

That was a little gem.

 

[Bald fraud]

Still confident we’ll win it only the refs worry me we’d already be 4 points better off if it wasn’t for Atkinson

 

[Pigeonho]

That was a little gem.

Lined up and knocked right down to perfection.

 

[Bozo]

I think Peps instructions were more likely to have come when he saw Jesus lining up! He knows he has missed 2/3 so probably didn’t want him to take it. We will never know for sure the nitty gritty.

Has Jesus missed 2/3 penalties for us? Considering who was on the pitch, Jesus should have been the clear choice. Pep has even seen Mahrez miss two out of two penalties he's got against us when playing for Leicester.

 

[conormcfc]

Said in the heat of the moment probably, but there's an embarrassing amount of abuse towards Mahrez at the start of this thread.

He didn't deliberately sky the pen.

 

[domalino]

I would love to see the defensive solidity we saw yesterday become a recurring plan.

We're never going to be a defensive side, but we weren't yesterday either, we just kept things a bit more simple when playing out - looked to Ederson more- had everyone focus on defending when Liverpool were blitzing us, and then transitioned a bit slower so we didn't get caught out if they won the ball back.

If we're going to win the CL, that performance needs to be the blueprint we start from. Add in KDB, Mahrez getting better, Mendy being match sharp and and we win that 2- or 3-0 and it's a masterclass.

 

[Marvin]

One of key talking points for me was the ability of Mendy to play as an orthodox full back.

Also I thought Laporte and Stones were outstanding. Best games I have seen them have. If we were to draw a Barcelona or PSG in Europe, I would have no fear of going away

 

[trevorriley]

Controlled a lot of the game, didn't quite get the 52% possession, felt like more.

LaPorte was fantastic, first half made two perfect tackles in front of us at the away end, salah in his pocket and out muscled !

Id give bernardo the edge for motm, we cant the ball stick to everybody's feet the way it does with him. His reading of the game, his passes, swamped by Liverpool players when he got the ball but came out the other side, even Spanish dave must have applauded him.

 

[jimharri]

That was a little gem.

It was that good, he can definitely romaine.

 

[crazyg]

It was that good, he can definitely romaine.

'Kos of what?

 

[Ric]

Said in the heat of the moment probably, but there's an embarrassing amount of abuse towards Mahrez at the start of this thread.

He didn't deliberately sky the pen.

I think a lot of it was heat of the moment, and at that stage it looked like he had taken the ball off Jesus of his own volition. The fact that it transpires that it was Guardiola's orders puts a different slant on things.