redman5
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Southampton > Liverpool > Bournemouth. Food chain or something.
Southampton provide the food. Liverpool eat it. & poor old Bournemouth end up with the shit.
Southampton > Liverpool > Bournemouth. Food chain or something.
Now that the initial blitz of reaction is over after last night I'll offer up my take on it all.
Firstly, credit to City and Guardiola for changing the way they've played against us this season. Whilst it may seem an obvious thing that needed doing, some managers can be stubborn and refuse to change. The controlled cautiousness with the ball and attempted press without, shown by both teams, definitely suited City better, which isn't that surprising given their technically superior midfield players.
On the midfield point I feel that Klopp made a mistake with the starting midfield 3. Fabinho should clearly have started given how we finally began to get some control after he came on. I understand why he picks the Gini/Hendo/Milner 3 as they have served us well at times in big games, even this season at home to Psg, but the time has come to abandon it against pure top class opposition away from home. At home with the majority of possession and vocalness of the home support they still have their place together, but away from home, under pressure and with less of the ball, it doesn't work. The front 3 become too isolated and made to live on scraps.
Lovren. He's obviously not as good as he thinks. However he's also not as bad as the majority on here think. As a backup centre back, which he now is due to the advances Gomez has made this season, he's more than adequate to fill that role. I've criticised him in the past but since the disaster of the 4-1 Spurs game he's really knuckled down and played well. Even last night, all you can really say is Aguero nipped in front of him but it still took some finish from where he was to score. I've no problems with him playing at all when needed.
Last point on the game is that it looked like after the equaliser that we sensed the kill, and as a result the game became too open for my liking, as can be seen by Sane's winner. Maybe that can be put down to inexperience of the situation I'm not sure. Yes a win would've been great but a point would've done equally as nicely. A small nitpick, and not a bad thing in that they wanted to open up and finish City off, but maybe cooler and controlled heads were needed at that point.
In summary, we're still 4 points clear. 7 or 9 (From Spurs lest everyone forget about them!) would've been nice but it wasn't to be. Certainly no Liverpool fan thought it was over. We recognise that we are still in the drivers seat and there should be no panic yet. Failure to beat Brighton a week Saturday and then it becomes a different story!
This tweet - and replies - is comedy gold.
Eh, the loss against City doesn't matter. They will still win the title just like we all knew last year City would win.
Next year, we'll be back in the mix though!
Liverpool might well win it but the title race this season is completely different to last season.
City were 15 pts clear after 21 games last season whereas Liverpool are 4 pts clear now. Even Spurs who are 3rd now are just 6 pts off the top. No one really knows what's going to happen.
Hoping the Kompany red card isn’t like the sterling offside come May.
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Lovren. He's obviously not as good as he thinks.
I guess so, the mane offside vs arsenal away I guess so we have had bad luck too!! But we’ll see come the end of the season, 13/14 wounds still fresh.You can factor it in with mahrez missed pen at anfield and other scenarios like playing Leicester without vardy etc. It's pretty much all gone your way until this game!
This Liverpool fan's reply:
Why do Liverpool play their cup game on Monday?
It feels like they've had more rest than anyone else over the Christmas period
Why do Liverpool play their cup game on Monday?
It feels like they've had more rest than anyone else over the Christmas period
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Oh yeah, back on thread topic, they’re definitely still going to win the league. It’s just nice to have a few laughs at their expense along the way.Yet Klopp didn't trust his 90m of centre mid signings to start the game, instead going for the Hendo-Milner combo.
It is to his credit he's got an outfit with those two playing regularly top of the league!
I think Rhian Brewster is earmarked for the roleWe'd better have a proper striker replacement lined up. We've already let Ings go, now Solanke... Hope the Werner rumors have some ground then.
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Sadly as you guys have mentioned, Klopp did indeed bottle it. He went for the "safe" midfield which sadly is extremely limited technically.
With the two clubs comparative forms, now was the time to play Salah through the middle, play Fabinho and really try and win this title.
The fact we needed either a win or a draw to keep the title strongly in our favour shows the limitatons of Klopp and the squad. We had the easier job, and we bottled it. Its upsetting but I can only hope City trip up a few more times as our lack of depth once the Champions league kicks in will be evident.
Also letting Clyne go on loan is baffling.
Is the guy on the left the one off the classic Liverpool crowd gif?Imagine being that fecking sad and pathetic.
Liverpool circle-jerk in action.
(who the feck watches these people?)
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