Liverpool (A) Post Match Thread

I thought Marhez had a good game, overall. I didn't have a problem with him taking it, at the time as I don't think we had any obvious takers on the pitch
 
M18CTID said:
The Anfield atmosphere is one of the biggest myths in football. Don't get me wrong, those flags and banners on the Kop look decent enough and when things are looking rosy on the pitch they can get it going alright but so can pretty much any other set of fans in the league. I often complain that our fans are too quiet if things aren't going too well for us on the pitch but I honestly think Liverpool fans are worse. As soon as there was a drop off in their intensity yesterday, the crowd suddenly went quiet. I wouldn't mind but it wasn't like they were getting battered - it was 0-0 and we were beginning to suss them out a bit. That's all it needed to silence the fuckers. We pretty much smashed their support out of the park all afternoon. One of my favourite moments was when "Where's your famous atmosphere?" got an airing on about 28 minutes and there was fuck-all response from their lot. Even funnier while we were singing that was looking over at their main stand and seeing one lone fan remonstrating with the Kop to get it going instead of just trying to get it going himself, plus loads of them in that main stand were weirdly making their way out of their seats. This wasn't just one or two fans going for a piss - it was literally a stream of them - and they certainly weren't getting in the queue for a half-time pint because this was before the half-hour mark. Fucking bizarre behaviour.

Like I say, they can certainly be loud at times but I swear that hearing the whole of the Hawthorns sing "The Lord Is My Shepherd" (as West Brom fans were some years back when they were beating us 2-0) makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck far more than anything I've ever witnessed from Liverpool fans.
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When Liverpool gets momentum, when the game is intense, and when both teams go at it - the atmosphere can be up there among the best.

But if you give little space away between the lines, if you slow the play down, keep possession, or stall - the energy will be sucked out of Anfield.

The only criticism that Pep receives here in Sweden, is that he always plays the same way, whoever he faces. But last night he got a lot of praise for adapting his approach. Except for a rush the first 15, I would say City had full control of where the ball was being played. Even without the penalty, City were closer to a win than Liverpool.
 
Ric said:
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.
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Not Guardiola’s instructions. Mahrez admitted he made the decision not Pep.
Like how Pep was willing to take the heat
 
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