Since when can you legally kick a player in the box without getting the ball?
Liverpool haven't actually played that well.
Liverpool haven't actually played that well.
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Nonsense. He got touched. "Hacked away at him"
I mean he really didn't.
Eh hardly. They're 5th/6th place at best. They're ahead of us simply because of how shite we were under Mourinho.
A dive is when there is no contact. He certain could have stayed up but he was kicked. He owes it to his team to go down.
Pretty insane amount of soft penalties Liverpool get
Yep. That first time when it was breaking news or whatever that we were going to get him people on here were at best "ok here is a quote from john terry that he found mane to be the most difficult opponent to mark this season, here have a youtube comp of the chelsea vs soton match". Buzzing.
Liverpool are 9 points top of the league and 10 points ahead of Man City
It's all kicking off in the tunnel...wonder if anyone's gonna get suspended.
If City win the next 2 games, only 4. If City dont win tomorrow and/or Liverpool win against them, then it is over
I’d sub Shaqiri for Henderson after 60 minutes. Fabinho’s struggling to manage things a bit.
Nonsense. He got touched. "Hacked away at him"
Why didn't he fall if he was hacked. No he then falls when he's not touched.
Not that it was, but dives certainly can have contact, if a player falls into the other.
Liverpool are 9 points top of the league and 10 points ahead of Man City
It's all kicking off in the tunnel...wonder if anyone's gonna get suspended.
Not really. Just Sokratis moaning about the pen. He was pretty stupid to foul him there. Clear pen obviously. Arsenal have been absolutely woeful in defense.
Would love to see a host of red cards and a mass brawl, but that's as likely as Arsenal getting a result here.
Did you read the post you quoted first, I said its a clear pen. That doesn't mean Salah didn't dive. I never even said he was wrong to do it, just said he did it.
The AFTV guy would be delighted.. all the clicks in the world.
If you decide to go down, it's a dive.
Wow this place has become very bitter. Reminds me when we used to laugh at the scousers' bitter comments when we were top dogs.
Oh 100%. I'd be screaming at Rashford to go down.
I used to think the same about City (Sterling for example)but it's not a coincidence. Commit loads of players forward and you'll more likely get the benefit of doubt from refs.
That's what she said
It doesn’t seem to matter this year if you (Liverpool) play well or not.
I’ve watched you more than a handful of times this year and thought you haven’t played well at all. Yet you won everyone of those games. You’re winning today as well and that’s all that matters in the end.
If City don’t slip up again they have a chance to win. If they drop any more points soon then it’s yours.
This is so frustrating. Can any team actually just fecking beat Liverpool?
Cmon Xhaka and the greek guy, Kolasinac, time to get your kicking shoes on..
No its not a dive is throwing yourself on the ground. "Diving" on the ground. Like I said it a clear pen and I have no issue with Salah doing it other than its not very sporting. It can be both a penalty and a dive, which it was.
That was professional gamesmanship by Salah to get that pen. But, when you try that every game unpunished you're bound to get a few. Give him a yellow for his countless dives and he'll think twice about it. If only he got targeted by the media like Sterling and Young. Salah swung a punch last season and you didn't hear a word after the game.
Few days ago Mata was in the same situation. But he stayed on his feet. Point is that contact is there but it is soft contact. And Salah is becoming new Pippo Inzaghi. Touch me and i go down.
So again; he is not cheater or diver but he is going for penalty every time when he is in the box. Now imagine if all players go down like him? This is contact sport, ffs.
That's the thing.
For all of Arsenal's ineptitude at the back, they haven't been terrible going forward. Liverpool are managing the game well, Arsenal aren't.
Salah decided to have a pre-goal prayer for once. Bless him.
99% go down when they get a kick, no matter how soft, if they're not in a great position to score. If it was a United player I would have been happy with him going down. The penalty Salah got in the last match was much more of a pussy move.
Exactly.
You don't get a pen unless you go down unfortunately. He can't shoot with any real power with someone hitting the back of his legs entitled to go down.
Xhaka on a yellow-come-orange. I'd rather not the scouse beat some goal scoring record tonight.
Give him a few yellows for the dives he does every game and he'll be singing a different tune.
Another Salah special is to grab the arm and lean on a player then go down like a sack of bricks. He is a massive diver.
Citeh?
It would be like Liverpool to believe their hype though and wobble against a bottom half side.
Some still believe that cause they haven't won a trophy and Jose won 2.
oh god Koscielny incoming
It's gonna be a massacre now
It's gonna be a massacre now
He's a brilliant player who is also a nasty, cheating little scrote who consistently gets away with it because he has a 'nice guy Salah' reputation. Same as Klopp gets away with a slap on the wrist fine because he's a lovable passionate dude, right?
I'm glad Salah's started going down recently. He was far too honest in the past. See against Bournemouth recently where his achilles was nearly scraped off and he continued running onto goal.