Liverpool (H) | Post match thread

[Sky Blue]

MOTD will make it seem like an even game. Should be fun.

 

[Zinchilla]

We saw a level today from City, which, at times, is miles beyond anyone else playing the same game today.

We should have been three or four goals to the good in the first half.

A crazy opening ten-minute spell at the start of the second half cost us the three points, but we were still the team asking most of the questions.

Thought Ederson, Cancelo and Stones were ropey and Sterling was caught on his heels a too few many times, but all the lads showed the intensity we are going to need to win our remaining games.

Thought Rodri, Kev, Bernie and Phil were immense but Gabby was the best player on the pitch.

Liverpool were ordinary, to the point you wonder how they would manage without one of their strikers not coming to the rescue, as their midfield is fucking woeful.

Agree that Liverpool’s midfield is there to be taken, as we did. The movement of their front three is incredible though.
Bit harsh on ederson stones and cancelo though. Looked tactical to me, playing around with it to try and pull them out and go over their press to attack the space left on the flanks and in front of their d. Takes balls to play like that, very high risk and it will look dodgy at times.

 

[DTKOAG]

A much better point for us than them

 

[Gray]

We saw a level today from City, which, at times, is miles beyond anyone else playing the same game today.

We should have been three or four goals to the good in the first half.

A crazy opening ten-minute spell at the start of the second half cost us the three points, but we were still the team asking most of the questions.

Thought Ederson, Cancelo and Stones were ropey and Sterling was caught on his heels a too few many times, but all the lads showed the intensity we are going to need to win our remaining games.

Thought Rodri, Kev, Bernie and Phil were immense but Gabby was the best player on the pitch.

Liverpool were ordinary, to the point you wonder how they would manage without one of their strikers not coming to the rescue, as their midfield is fucking woeful.

Their two central defenders look more like WWE wrestlers than footballers.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

MOTD will make it seem like an even game. Should be fun.

And Miserable Danny Murphy will agree.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

A lot of negativity on here about Sterling from people who are better tacticians than Pep. Maybe there was a reason we played our three fastest pressing forwards against a team whose most dangerous attack is a direct long ball counter, can't imagine what that would be.

Sterling was the right choice to start but he didn't help himself. The right tactic was to play the ball long towards him, Foden or Jesus, all of whom have pace and would beat van Dijk and Matip. We know Ederson can do that with great accuracy.

Yet so many times, when that ball was potentially on, he was standing a yard offside, effectively playing himself out of the game. Brainless.

 

[chaddblue]

And Miserable Danny Murphy will agree.

That deluded scouse prick will say they deserved a point and it’s a better result for them. Can just hear him saying it now

 

[Sky Blue]

And Miserable Danny Murphy will agree.

Shit, forgot about that bulb.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Which is exactly what they want us to do, sadly.

But I can’t fault anyone for that reaction. It’s disheartening to see the sport you love so clearly transitioning in to WWE-like theatre.

They won’t even tell us what the margin of error is for the tech. Major games being decided by it. Awful

 

[argyle]

We saw a level today from City, which, at times, is miles beyond anyone else playing the same game today.

We should have been three or four goals to the good in the first half.

A crazy opening ten-minute spell at the start of the second half cost us the three points, but we were still the team asking most of the questions.

Thought Ederson, Cancelo and Stones were ropey and Sterling was caught on his heels a too few many times, but all the lads showed the intensity we are going to need to win our remaining games.

Thought Rodri, Kev, Bernie and Phil were immense but Gabby was the best player on the pitch.

Liverpool were ordinary, to the point you wonder how they would manage without one of their strikers not coming to the rescue, as their midfield is fucking woeful.

Our midfield runs rings around there's but their three forward players are much better than ours.