Liverpool (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[akrh215]

Amazingly we had just 49% possession and 83% passing accuracy today.
I would expect Pep will want to improve on this significantly for his next 1000 games in charge.
Add this to how we play now and that will be some sight to behold.

You do realise we were way more direct, right? Not just passing side to side - there were plenty of forward balls. We’re playing much more direct now.

 

[northendenton]

Have they instated Liverpool's disallowed goal yet?

 

[OB1]

I think it was passable when Yaya was taking them.

Only if you consider a perfect record as passable :)

 

[waspish]

This Haaland on VVD to stop the pass to him from the goalie stopped lot of passing through the lines! I said 2/3 years ago you should man mark VVD because everything mainly goes through him

 

[TinFoilHat]

Have they instated Liverpool's disallowed goal yet?

Not until we play there in the return match

 

[OB1]

I think as fans we sometimes get caught in the motion but no player should ever be abused if they wear the sky blue shirt CTID

No player is Sky Blue should be abused in my opinion. Considered objective criticism is fine; the problem is too many do not really have a clue and there is a consistent failure to realise that whilst Pep is human and therefore imperfect, he has a elite football brain and if he is showing faith in players, there’s a good reason. Clearly his options were limited at times last season year but you only have to listen to Pep talking about Bernardo to appreciate why a lot of comments directed at him last season were out of order and lacking understanding (in two senses).

 

[St.Pauli support]

This Haaland on VVD to stop the pass to him from the goalie stopped lot of passing through the lines! I said 2/3 years ago you should man mark VVD because everything mainly goes through him

Yeah, well done to let Konate - very average footballer - do the build up play or should I say hoofball.

Other teams should do the same.

 

[bluemoon32]

Brilliant performance. Only fly in the ointment the missed pen. With all the talent in the squad there must be someone besides Erling who can take them. For example I remember Nunes looking pretty clinical in shoot outs.

Wonderful goal scorer but looks awkward taking pens, maybe it's the bambi legs in his run up ha

 

[hobbsisablue]

Trying to find a highlights package that includes the full build up to the 1st goal when we had the ball deep in our left defensive corner and played it out superbly. Obviously not shown on MOTD or the Sky highlights.

 

[chris63]

 

[mancboy]

Hopefully it'll be covered on that show Howard Webb does with Michael Owen, and he backs the decision.

webb going against the scousers? theres more chance of daniel sturrige and micah richards making a cogent and intelligent argument.

 

[OB1]

It was a performance that could've graced any of Pep's title winning teams/seasons. Biggest compliment you can pay that collection of players.

We forget how young the likes of NOR, Nico G, Josko, Doku are. The ceiling of this team could be as special as anything that's come before it. Remember Rodri hasn't played, Marmoush and Ait Nouri haven't got going, Cherki only got a few games under his belt etc.

The prospects are very exciting for this group. There’s a long way to go (and I mean beyond this season) but the technical and physical aspects (in some cases) of the players are there for all to see and it is all about keeping improving and in particular maintaining a more consistent high level of performance. What is still fairly apparent is that despite the league being filled with more players who are strong and quick, if you give Pep players with enough technical ability, he can find solutions.

What did amuse me when driving home yesterday was all the Dip’s fans coming on with their excuses (some around the reffing, which having now seen TV footage are pushing it e.g. Robertson was offside and interfering with play (I know that’s not the official term anymore). One of them came on to talk about Liverpool being in transition and I could care less if they are or are not but it is not the excuse to be proffering when they have been comprehensively been beaten by a side that is unquestionably in transition.

 

[Fat Chance]

Did “fergie” ever win 4 in a row…..?

It was 'Fergie' who said the Domestic Treble was impossible to achieve.

 

[OB1]

I relaxed on 92 minutes :-)

I was a bit ahead of you, when they put 3 minutes up on the board I felt we were safe ;-)

 

[Franny 1234]

Obviously it's always a good thing beating the Dippers.
But what impressed me the most was the speed we played at. No longer slowing the game down with sidewards passes. The future looks very good.
In Pep we trust. CTID

 

[OB1]

I noticed it on MOTD. I also commented on that exact same look when they equalised at ours just before Sane scored the winner. I've not seen it in another player - it's an arrogance, a smugness, a "they thought they were something didn't they?" kind of look. Wonderful to see it wiped off.

Yeah, I noticed too, think he made some sort of self satisfied comment too.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Thank you City and Pep................Fuck you scouse cunts.

What a day........everything was perfect apart from being chucked out again whilst watching the highlights.

Fuckin stewards. I'm convinced they hate us.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Two physically imposing and mobile full-backs are making all the difference to this team.

So smart to have Doku playing tucked in because teams are struggling to get around us and also have to drop back because of our overloads in the middle.

Hard work always beats talent and if you have both, it is a lethal combination.

Gonzales and Bernie are so good together and the return of Rodri should see a double pivot which would mean Bernie, Cherki and Savinho, vying for the open slot on the right side.

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

So much media reporting on the disallowed goal for Liverpool, but this City side is really coming together now, when Rodri is back to full fitness and hopefully fewer injuries, we are in with a big shout for the Premier League and Champions League again.

 

[OB1]

The thing that is getting overlooked is that HE HAS DONE IT WITHOUT SEVERAL OF OUR BEST PLAYERS!!!!!

I would never have dreamed even a couple of months ago that a City team without Stones, Rodri, Reinders and Alt Nouri would outplay Liverpool like that.

Starting to look like we may have some depth to our squad. Does it match Arsenal (?) is a question to be answered over the coming months.

The performances of some of our younger (less experienced in their current role) players yesterday was out of this world. They have to repeat that multiple times before we get giddy about them but, for now, we should enjoy the warm glow of yesterday’s performance.