Liverpool (H) | Post match thread

[DrBlueBob]

The highlights aren't going to tell you anything as they've been carefully edited to make it look more even than it was.

Watching the full match replay won't show me any replays of the penalty shout for Gabby early doors either.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Not really.

Our fans don't listen to Pep enough. Rivalry is not only about the final result, but also about the quality of performance. You can't control the result at 100 %, for luck plays a significant role in a low-scoring game like football. No matter how we play, the opposition always stands a chance to win/draw, especially if it's one of the best teams in the world.

Clearly, Pep was happier than Klopp after the game. Why? For two reasons: the draw left us in the driving seat, and we outperformed them. The latter was very important to Pep and the players.

Given that football involves chance, performances are the best predictor for success. You can luck your way to some wins or even trophies, but the quality of performances is the most solid basis for winning big trophies.

One of the main mistakes many posters make on football forums is that their perspective on the game is often distorted by the result at the expense of the performance. Had Mahrez scored that chance, the thread would have been completely different, and the performance would have been lauded as one of the greatest ever.

We'll play worse in some big games over the next weeks, but will score more goals and win. We played much worse at Sporting but won 5:0. That's football.

And I’m sure Pep was equally delighted that it was against a full strength Liverpool team, with their strongest looking bench in Klopp’s time, in a game they really wanted to win & threw everything at. We controlled massive parts of that game & created three times the amount of chances. Imagine you’re Klopp & the Liverpool squad this morning, that will be very sobering for them, they’ll know they got away with one and this could have a long term effect on a lot of variables going forward for them, Salah’s contract, squad investment, Klopp extension etc, now would be a very good time for Pep to sign & announce that contract

 

[SWPISHOME]

Watching the full match replay won't show me any replays of the penalty shout for Gabby early doors either.

Nor will it show Foden disallowed goal for Gabby winning the ball..Cheating cunts.

 

[LongsightM13]

.....and have fans of united, toon, Wednesday, Barnsley, Chelsea, Norwich, Leeds, Bristol Rovers, Blackburn, Blades, Everton drinking in there on a Sunday evening. Is Chorlton a popular tourist destination now or were your really in a sports bar in Benidorm?

Chorlton is full of out of towners, some parts you’d be hard pushed to hear a Manc accent

 

[Phil1]

You are not alone in thinking it contributed. It was a topi c onf conversation where I sit in the ground.

Clear the link is indirect and you can debate how siginificant it was. However, what is not in much doubt is that it was an awful kick-off, an unforced error that ceded possession unecessarily.

I think we should have tried to reatin possession and control the game from the k/o.

So it did happen? Thanks, Stoned Rose had me doubting myself and thinking I’d dreamt it.

 

[dad1971]

We will drop points possibly at Wolves and West Ham. What people aren't taking in to account is the high intensity games we have coming up, Atletico and then the semi final which will take shit loads of energy out of the players. We haven't the squad depth to keep chopping and changing as well, contrary to what everyone else thinks so something will have to give.
Liverpool have more options now, their bench is very strong and they could quite easily play all nine subs yesterday in an 11 and still win the majority of prem matches.
Would it be that much of a disaster if we went out of the champs on Wednesday and put everything in to the fa cup and league?

Ha ha. Pull your nappy up you wet wipe.

 

[dad1971]

There's some logic somewhere in that.

Really !!! Please point out where.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Watching the full match replay won't show me any replays of the penalty shout for Gabby early doors either.

It wasn’t one if that helps. Right in front of us that incident. Didn’t look a pen to me.

 

[daztrueblue91]

Blimey did we lose ? I thought we were superb considering we don’t have a recognised striker. What about how we kept the best forward line in the country quiet ? No mention of that in your post.

When you put in a brilliant performance and still fail to win it can feel like a loss. Especially in a game like this.

Before the game I’d have taken a draw all day long. After the game it feels like a missed opportunity that we could come to regret.

 

[bondsman]

Clearly designed to be that way mate. It allows rigging of the game that is almost impossible to prove or challenge.

Ah but that West Ham chap will be along shortly to extol the virtues of VAR no doubt