Liverpool (H) | Post match thread

[DrBlueBob]

I don’t think it was even close enough to merit any sort of coverage to be honest.

Fair dos mate. Again thanks for the response. VVD should have been sent off for it regardless. :-)

 

[Phil1]

Of course I do, I just don't think we have the squad depth to challenge on three fronts. Our squad was stronger last season was it not?

But Liverpool do? We've just played the supposedly bestest team in the world off the park and you think that proves we don't have a squad that can win the league? The mental gymnastics involved in that thought process is impressive.

 

[Chris in London]

has anyone seen the replay of the van dyke challenge on jesus,in the first half van dyke got far to close to allison , gabby nipped in and it looked like van dyke legged gabby up, they didn't show a replay ?

No, haven't seen the foden goal either

 

[adelaideblue]

Christ...that should be an easy pass to Foden for a virtual tap in. Never realised from my seat that he chose to try an execute such a difficult finish with Phil onside and facing goal.

Thought he was going to square it to Foden, having said that it should have been a straight forward chip over Allisson

 

[Robanompivenov]

Oh god that's so much worse than it looked before. 10 yard gap to pass through and it's an open goal tap in.

It does look bad. He messed the whole opportunity up with the touch he takes in this still - he has to check and pause to get the ball out of his feet for the next action. A better first touch and the pass/shot is much easier.

 

[Katsunari Takayama]

Barely remember a thing after Kev’s goal so the post match thread has been a very useful and interesting read for me this morning. The consensus seems to be that we were much the better team and should’ve won. Anybody know what the xg stat was ?

So we’re the best team in the country and we’re top of the league with 7 games to play. Our 4th title in 5 seasons is solely in our hands now - can’t ask for more than that

 

[Chris in London]

It’s a joke isn’t it, I normally resort to rewinding the virgin box & playing it in slow-mo (it’s actually really good) the Jesus tackle does look like he played through the man to win the ball & was a touch unfortunate, many of those incidents went unpunished & added to the game. The penalty incident isn’t very clear but with the tech available to VAR a pen should’ve been given, vvd panics when he sees Gabby getting on the wrong side of him, sticks out a leg which impedes Gabby, who doesn’t even make a play for the ball (due to the contact) & gets clattered off Alisson who does make connection with the ball. At 1-0 this had a massive bearing on the game, I haven’t seen another replay on any network or ref watch (if it’s been on) but it’ll probably be explained away as initial contact was just outside the box therefore var can’t intervene

I seem to remember a very large number of comments about a similar ish penalty claim Newcastle had when we played them earlier in the season.

Can't think why the same voices aren't being heard now.

 

[Chris B]

Barely remember a thing after Kev’s goal so the post match thread has been a very useful and interesting read for me this morning. The consensus seems to be that we were much the better team and should’ve won. Anybody know what the xg stat was ?

So we’re the best team in the country and we’re top of the league with 7 games to play. Our 4th title in 5 seasons is solely in our hands now - can’t ask for more than that

The xg was something like 1.20 to us 1.22 to them.

 

[Phil1]

The xg was something like 1.20 to us 1.22 to them.

That doesn't make sense to me? How can they have a better xg when they had about 5x less chances than us? I suppose its not beyond the realms that I don't understand how it's meant to work.

 

[Chris in London]

Marginal decisions were supposed to be given on side. Except when it's against Livarpool clearly.

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/eng...l-whats-new-in-the-premier-league-for-2021-22

There is, IIRC, actually a ruling that says that offside should be judged at the moment when the player making the pass actually makes contact with the ball for his pass, not when the ball is released.

So why is it that on the NBC freeze frame, like the one sky used after Raheem scored, at the point he plays the ball Kevin's right leg is more or less upright, but on the freeze frame used by VAR his leg is extended and the ball is, as many have said, elongated due to the freeze frame. In other words, it's not when his foot makes contact with the ball, it's as it leaves it.

So why did VAR use the wrong frame? To my mind that can only be deliberate.