And that is not shocking to you ??? This particular game is part of the wider issue, you cannot separate IMHO. Liverpool were letting Arsenal run at them way too easily, it's there to see. You are looking at the goals individually and look what happens during the entire sequences, where are Liverpool's midfielders, where are Liverpool's attackers ?
And what about the 3rd goal ? Are you going to tell me that Klopp has absolutely zero impact in those 5 minutes and all the blame is only on the players ? As much as we love to say that Mourinho doesn't our team from an attacking POV, Klopp doesn't do the same either when defending. He's a terrible manager, shit like that happens on a regularly and whether it's in a 5 min crazy period or a whole half, something is really wrong.
This game is part of the wider issue that they're simply too weak mentally, rely too much on unreliable players, and for all the praise, their vaunted attack lacks killer instinct
Liverpool have conceded 3 goal at anfield, of which, one was a mental penalty decision, and another was a botched cross-turned-shot. It's really away that their defence sucks. And that is down to subpar players. If not, there wouldn't be such a massive difference in performance. Of course, it's Klopp's job to improve the mentality of the players, but well, he's just another great manager. Guardiola coulnd't do it last season at city, Mourinho has had teams down tools on him, Ancelotti was just sacked by Bayern...
Ferguson was one of a kind.
BTW, giving up 3 goals in 5 minutes like that is down to, well, as Fergie said: "football, bloody hell".
You're overrating him. He had better players in Dortmund at the back in his last season, but pretty much same problems. He lost 43 points in the league from winning positions. It's not normal to have same mistakes and problems over and over again. His subs are awful. Most importantly, I haven't noticed any tactical change during a big match which actually won him a game. While I agree that Liverpool won't find anyone better, he is not part of a managerial elite.
In dortmund he had the same players for years. After a while it's natural that they won't respond to him anymore. Second part isn't wrong, but i disagree on him not being part of the elite. He's not the best, but he's one of the best
But you can make excuses for the goals Liverpool scored as people have made for Arsenal goals. Lucky deflections on the first two goals followed by a howler from Cech on the third goal.
Nobody's here praising Wenger
. Though if you look at the goals, you'll notice that Arsenal's were down to individual mistakes by 3 different liverpool players(gomez, mignolet, klavan-lost the ball cheaply in his own half during build-up). Whereas 2 of liverpool's were down to complete defensive breakdowns, not just 1 player making a mistake, but multiple players making mistakes -generally the same one, too!
