Liverpool FA Cup s/f (N) | Post Match Thread

[Dr Jacoby]

I expected a defeat but our first half performance was one of the worst I’ve seen under Pep.

Bernardo could have done with a rest. We need him fit and firing for the run-in.

 

[vicblueman]

Id love to know peps reasoning for playing the front 3 in wrong positions for 45 minutes.

He didnt have his lucky sweater & lucky underpants on & couldn't think straight lol!

 

[chesterbells]

You still got the telly on?

Ha, not normally! But a) today doesn’t hurt as bad as it might because of the other 2 bigger tournaments we are still in, and b) I was hoping to hear what Pep had to say.
Anyway, at least our women got to their cup final :-)

 

[Atypical]

First goal was awful, Grealish got bullied. Keeper mistake 2nd. Great finish but woeful marking for the 3rd. Keeper not great again either.
Above average second half after getting hopped off in the first.

 

[Chrisja1000]

The difference between the teams is the front 3, Liverpool are so clinical… we have Jesus and Sterling and they are not good enough.

 

[Jimmieblue]

For the blues who see this and didn’t respect the minutes silence, fuck you.

33 year Anniversary! What’s that about, how long will it go on for?

 

[pudge]

Just playing devil’s advocate, the only time they’ve looked “better” than us was today, for one half, after we put out a team that would never play in a CL final or in a tight PL run-in, and a keeper made a mistake that’ll unfortunately be drawn from the annals of FA Cup history regularly for the comedy reels.

So there’s an argument that this could give us a psychological advantage as they’ll have a false sense of superiority if we do come up against them in the final, which has caused some problems for them in the past.

But again, with that logic they've an extra gear to go up in their heads

 

[Chak19]

One thing is for sure,Klopp will never play a weakened side when there is a requirement to do otherwise and/or something is genuinely at stake.

Klopp is the opposite of Pep, he plays weakened sides in the first rounds and if they go through he plays his strongest side in the latter stages, Pep plays very strong sides early on and puts a lineup like the one we saw today (or last year against Chelsea) in the semis.

 

[PragueBlue]

Just a weird selection/formation that didn't work 1st half. Bit better 2nd half as we moved players round a bit to their more usual positions.

Steffen, Zinchenko, Sterling, Foden and Fernandinho all pretty poor.

Grealish got a goal and should have had an assist for the Jesus chance and a couple of nice touches. No idea why Guardiola had him as false 9 in the first half though. Cancelo was ok but a bit more subdued than usual. Bernardo, as usual, worked hard and was more effective 2nd half when he dropped a bit deeper. Pleased he got a goal. Jesus also worked hard and showed odd moments of quality but again let down by his finishing.

Stones and Ake the pick of the bunch. Both played well.

 

[vmsuhail]

They were clinical, we weren't only difference

They were in control for 90 minutes, and could score anytime.