Liverpool (H) Post-Match Thread

[Winchester]

I think you have to appreciate how difficult it was for the altrincham one tonight, as a devout rag he hates both teams that were playing tonight. Hope we aren’t going to get him every other week just cos he lives locally

Doesnt matter now
Great result and great day all round !

 

[CrownPointBlue]

No, they really aren’t. I rarely go in the match day threads , but if I do, I can guarantee that you’ll be in there putting a downer on any and all proceedings .
Take a look at your postings and I can guess that the majority of them will be negative . Even in your response you’ve literally decided that Liverpool were unlucky . Of all the chances you’ve quoted , we had twice as many as the burglars in the first 45 alone .

Spot on pal.....is Simon’s second name Simple ?

Just askin like.

 

[Akpowell]

Should have been 5!

And the rest

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

The centurions vs the incred1PLes apparently ;)

fucking schooled...take it

 

[nmc]

Sterling will have enjoyed making a fool of Gomez.

 

[chaddblue]

Enjoyed that. Had a feeling we’d win quite comfortably in the circumstances

Hope it stops them getting the 100 points as that is the only record we broke 2 years ago that really matters to me

Take it and move on as we have much bigger fish to fry in the next couple of months both on and off the pitch

 

[hilts]

The graphic was right though. It really didn't look like a foul, inside or outside the box.

He pushed him in the back and fell down quite easily but it’s a free kick.

 

[kaz7]

PEP
II’m so delighted. Congratulations to the team for beating the champions. To beat them four zero, the chances we create, the way we defend… It’s three more points to help us

@DeBruyneKev
is) a really good player. He has something unique. He can run, the vision he has. The personality right now, making four penalties in a row when we struggled this season with them. Right now he’s the best

What we have done is try to protect (
@PhilFoden
). Don’t let him play every single game. Young players have to be careful in the first steps. There is not one day when he has had a bad face for not playing. In training, every action is positive.

( I said that)

He’s a City fan. He played against Salah and Mane. He’s 19, he had a kick against Arsenal, had training for three or four days after 10 days out and he was awesome. We are so proud to have
@ericgm3
from the academy. We can count on them. Both played incredibly.

@PhilFoden
) is a midfield player. In time he is going to learn to play holding midfielder even, because he can. When he takes the ball, he is aggressive against defenders, and shoots and scores. We cannot waste that. It is so difficult to find that quality

 

[dennishasdoneit]

I thought it was a massive softball of a question, designed to get Klopp talking about the big chances they had at 0-0 when the game was pretty even rather than just saying "Christ Jurgen, your lot were fucking wank, eh?"

Correct.

 

[simon23]

To be fair and I’ve no love for spurs both were shocking but the spurs one was a complete disgrace...

its the rule thats the problem - Ive not seen the spurs one but if it is like ours its an awful decision (but one that has to be made cause the rule is just so wrong)

 

[Scott mcfc]

It's such a complete joke that the law has a specific provision that if the ball hits the arm of a defender who is falling or sliding it's not a foul.

But if an attacker does it, it is.

It's a complete and utter joke.

Yer its a dogshit rule that,they need to sort that one out for sure

 

[Rammy Blue]

@Rammy Blue @Shaelumstash

Our Gundo-Rodri stats have been ruined. ;-)

To be fair, I was purposely not going to mention Gundo as it’s a positivity thread. He was appalling in the first 20/25 mins, however much improved in the second half.

 

[chesterbells]

Yes. Should have been 10-3.

Agreed :-)

 

[ChicagoBlue]

The stupid handball law is ridiculous IN ITS APPLICATION.

Handball - Law 12
Changes

• Deliberate handball remains an offence
• The following ‘handball’ situations, even if accidental, will be a free kick:
  • The ball goes into the goal after touching an attacking player’s hand/arm
  • A player gains control/possession of the ball after it has touches their hand/arm•and then scores, or creates a goal-scoring opportunity
  • The ball touches a player’s hand/arm which has made their body unnaturally bigger
  • The ball touches a player’s hand/arm when it is above their shoulder (unless the player has deliberately played the ball which then touches their hand/arm)

• The following will not usually be a free kick, unless they are one of the above situations:
  • The ball touches a player’s hand/arm directly from their own head/body/foot or the head/body/foot of another player who is close/near
  • The ball touches a player’s hand/arm which is close to their body and has not made their body unnaturally bigger
  • If a player is falling and the ball touches their hand/arm when it is between their body and the ground to support the body (but not extended to make the body bigger)
  • If the goalkeeper attempts to ‘clear’ (release into play) a throw-in or deliberate kick from a team-mate but the ‘clearance’ fails, the goalkeeper can then handle the ball

Explanation
Greater clarity is needed for handball, especially on those occasions when ‘non- d•eliberate’ handball is an offence. The re-wording follows a number of principles:

• Football does not accept a goal being scored by a hand/arm (even if accidental)
• Football expects a player to be penalised for handball if they gain possession/control of the ball from their hand/arm and gain a major advantage e.g. score or create a goal-scoring opportunity
• It is natural for a player to put their arm between their body and the ground for support when falling.
• Having the hand/arm above shoulder height is rarely a ‘natural’ position and a player is ‘taking a risk’ by having the hand/arm in that position, including whensliding
• If the ball comes off the player’s body, or off another player (of either team) who is•close by, onto the hands/arms it is often impossible to avoid contact with the ball
• When the GK clearly kicks or tries to kick the ball into play, this shows no intention to handle the ball so, if the ‘clearance’ attempt is unsuccessful, the goalkeeper can then handle the ball without committing an offence.
• 
  THE PROBLEM IS THE INTERPRETATION IS BEING APPLIED IN THE WRONG MANNER!!

 

[domalino]

Agree with most of what you are saying. not sure he’s showing Laporte levels of potential when he’s playing and that’s what we need but he didn’t do much wrong and plays well beyond his years, we can’t ask for much more from somebody of his age in his position.

The thing is, we don’t necessarily need him to be the first choice cb, especially not at 19. We need 4 centre backs in the squad, they’ll be rotation but there will naturally be a pecking order And even if he’s not at the top of it he can still be a success here and play a big role. His club trained status will make him invaluable

For someone his age to come off a concussion lay off straight into this game and just about manage to keep pace in just his 4th Premier League start is incredible.

When I say "on the edge of his ability" I mean his ability right now, not his potential ability. He's undoubtedly going to get better and better as he gets more experience against top opposition. It takes time and exposure to get up to the level of top players, and this was probably just about as tough a game as he could manage at this point in his development.

I think he'll start most of the rest of the season in the league and against Arsenal, and we'll see where he is then going into the Champions League. That might be a level too high for him this season, but I think he'll be a perfectly good 3rd choice CB next year if we get someone like Koulibaly who's a proper equal first choice with Laporte.

 

[Mancity1980]

And the rest

True, I just meant that last goal should have stood.

 

[bluwes]

Spitty saying dippers only spent 7 million in last 3 or 4 years. What bollocks!

Its the Coutinho money

 

[city2]

Should have been 8-0 it was embarrassing they ain’t nowhere near our level

 

[WestGorton]

Liverpool are shit apart from Salah who is fantastic.

 

[SebastianBlue]

To be fair, I was purposely not going to mention Gundo as it’s a positivity thread. He was appalling in the first 20/25 mins, however much improved in the second half.

Agreed.

Stats still ruined, though. :-)