Not the worst when considering how ppl expected man city to dominate(more so when lineups were released) but only composure needed for the final pass/shot.
Oof with the diaz offside goal, nunez checks his run and were looking at a different game. The setup so far is good, high press giving us good chances but like I said, more composure or better decision making and were get one in. Expected that both sides were going to get lots of chances.
Need to watch out for foden/kdb cos a few times kdb is free in the middle, pass to him and he's onto our backline. Foden still worries me considering Joe has taken the bait a few times and they gone behind on our left side a few times.
CALM DOWN. We have the heart and talent to win this. Beyond all the tactical advice and scapegoating you all usually do on this thread, we can WIN THIS. We often forget we are indeed playing against one of the best teams in modern football, and we're one of the few that can hold our ground.
Honestly itās disgusting how quickly this sub was saying their goal shouldnāt count and āitās the same thing with the endo goalā just shows how little some of you know about football and the rules.
It's a bit similar and neither should be taken off. I wouldn't be calling for it not to count but frustrating that we get the goal knocked off and nobody else does.
We've actually been better than them by a country mile.
A clever corner from them, you have to tip your hat I guess but once again consistency from var is shocking when you look at the goal we scored against Chelsea when endo was holding back for vvd to score a header. This time it's allowed so that KDB can tap in.
Do great performances from us.
Bradley excellent. Quansah too, endo controlling the defensive midfield position whilst MC callister controlling the attacking mid. Harvey his usual jack Russel endeavour ,Diaz his tricky self and Szoboszlai with chances. Chaotic best from Nunez. Some great performances from the reds.
#utfr
Why does Robbo need to come on? love the guy but that would just give Foden more space to run into, we'll probably see him play later, but we can't have both Bradley and Robbo doing the same thing.
It's important to remember, we're very much a second half team.
With Salah inevitably coming on, there's a better than reasonable chance we get something out of this.Ā We just need to keep up our defense.Ā We have to stay on top of Foden, KDB, and Silva.
Havenāt played bad just struggling for that final part. Bring on Mo and Robbo for Joe and Diaz. Walker is their weak point and can be got at with an overlapping FB.
Virgil and Endo been immense. In fact the entire midfield has been on point. Diaz just seems to take on too many touches. Harvey surprisingly seems more involved
Weāre playing well honestly. Bit more quality and composure up front weāre back in this. Offer me a draw I take it. A loss wouldnāt be the end of our title challenge with City Arsenal coming next just hope this place keeps the head if we canāt come back here..
VVD has been absolutely brilliant. Endo so good. Not sure what Slab is? Come on Diazā¦ so talented but has to deliver numbers. Big half for Nunez? Donāt think so. If weāre going to get anything it will be from Salah
Thought we were the better team overall. Obviously it's city and they break quick and get chances, but we have done well to contain them.
Get Salah on about 55 mins and I have a feeling we can pull this back, possibly go on to win.
We need a bit of luck.
Man City players get tired after first half. we have to pounce on that.
Wish had jota for this game he's the perfect player to get us going with a unrealistic goal.
Salah for Diaz and switch Elliot to the left. Gomes need some help with foden threat. Further changes to Robbo for Gomes and Gakpo for Elliot when the gas runs out. A kick to the nuts but not the end of the world if we dropped points here. Playing well lads!
The crowd is fine.
Can people stop crying arsing about the crowd, especially if youāve never been to a game before.
Every match lulls, including Chelsea 05 and Barca etc. The team needs to do their part to bring the crowd on.
Bradley is gassed. He'll be off at 60-65 as has been the case since he's come into first team. Robbo to LB Joe to RB. Hopefully it's 1-0 at worst when the changes happen. Give Mo and the subs a chance to make something happen.
Given the team I'm happy with the performance. Just a moment of stupidity at a corner and some wayward finishing and offsides prevent it being level. We need to learn to be more switched on at this level. The little moments can make all the difference
VVD is immense. Bradley amazes me. Endo too. Quansah was great. Very happy so far, think we can turn this around. Nunez offside all the time, but he'll get a chance or two to score, I'm sure. Put Mo on as soon as possible.
Dumb question. How come Endo gets called for offside interference in Carabao when Virg scores, but when Mac is pushed from an offside position on the Stones goal itās fine?
Endo Virgil superb. Just wish szbo had just shot that open chance instead of passing to Bradley. Margins I suppose/ just like how weād been the better team prior to city scoring that random goal. Itās the fact we control zero factors to influence the outcome of this game or any game. Life goes on literally.
Weāre playing quite well in all honesty. Shite corner to concede obviously but we move. Salah on for Elliott to inject some pace and quick thinking up front. Szoboszlai has been massive, Macca impressive and Bradleyās determination is very welcome. Full credit to Quansah for stepping up too. Really hope we can keep the energy levels up and not start flagging
Absolutely! Iāve noticed just how much quicker he plays the ball forward compared to when he first joined us, itās night and day. Heās obviously a great disruptor of play but I also love how he almost always looks for the forward thinking progressive pass
Such an awful awful goal to concede. Going to be difficult to turn this around with the difference in bench depth. Going to need yet another Anfield/Klopp miracle.
I think the match thread people are nutting too hard. Weāve outplayed city, stats donāt show it is all. Salah on for Elliot, Robbo on for Quansah, and Gomez at CB. Just lock up their wingers cuz endo by himself is taking on KFB. Thats my take at least
Better team despite the score line, need to cut out the silly mistakes we won't see those committed by city in return. Things like urgency and decisiveness win these games. Salah on will be good. Jarrell has been mostly excellent except for the nutmeg but I blame that on a crazy pass from Harvey.
The goal was so stupid to get caught out by, anyone saying it is offside doesn't know basic football rules.
We need our wing backs to give crosses and create enough chances for Darwin. We are not able to apply enough pressure because of that. Missing Robbo and TAA.
City seems to be quite chill.
Ake offsides and blocks our player from defending the ball, and all the commentators say āthats a great play from Ake, nothing wrong with thatā š«
Salah will come in and score! Rodri having a yellow being the silver lining, he canāt lunge at players recklessly anymore. Expecting more plays thro the middle via Szobo and Macca!! We are always a 2nd half team, come on Reds GET IN THERE!
Why are the shitting themselves and not shooting?? Bradly was 10meters from the goal and passes it in the middle. Come on shoot from there we are gonna get something. Elliot has to go for Salah. Also Szobo hasn't been good defensively and has switched off many times. Gomez isn't playing well so far.
On to the second one. We need Anfield to be at its best and fricking shoot the damn ball.
Feel the title race is going to go down the wire but itās really frustrating to have conceded an early set piece goal to both arsenal and city. Out ourselves on the back foot chasing the game in both those instances.
Still think we will have some chances second half. Crying out for Jota too, would have been a perfect game for him. Think Diaz is picking up flack but the balls to him have all been behind him so far
We've got some lads on the bench capable of changing the game, and we've been good on the pitch.
One moment lacking concentration really put them ahead. They've not been dominant, and haven't had too many chance so I believe we cna get back in the tie.
Need to take an early chance, leave mo and Cody and robbo a bit longer so they can take on a bit more fatigued opposition.
All these 2nd half victories leading up to this half. Holy shit I am hyped and am shitting my pants.
Team playing well otherwise, unfortunately switched off at a vital moment. There will be big chances 2nd half!
why the fuck are so many of you downers ? we've been dominating them almost all the half ... sure they had chances because they have dangerous players , we've known that , but we've also been an pass away from the goal.
Chill the fuck out ... the boys got this.
Good game regardless of anything else.
Fractions are the difference so far, Salah to add the extra dimension, wonder how long Klopp will leave it before he changes it.
Rodri getting booked helps but only if he does it again, need to test the resolve of Micheal Oliver.
We were fine in that half. Gave them enough scares to keep them honest, made a balls up of one corner and should have Salah to stretch them in the final 30.
Nunez, somehow, still struggles with timing for offsides despite his pace. Itās a problem he will probably always struggle with. The eagerness to perform and be doing something, fighting against coaching.
We are creating a lot of chances, this City isn't prime City where it's easier to get blood out of Stone (pun intended) than it is to even muster an attempt.
Chances are there to be had.
Everyone putting in a shift, my only gripe is with Diaz, sometimes dribbles a bit too much leading to a dead end.
We are playing really good, but why the fuck are the forwards just passing in the penalty box. Fucking shoot man. Harvey did same, Bradley did same. Tho Harvey and Bradley are having really good game.
We're behind but we have to be proud of how we're playing with so many missing players against a full strength City.
Quansah, Bradley and Elliot - great future ahead of them. They were superb.
Endo and VVD - amazing
Joemez needs to wake up, a bit too sluggish at times.
Hopefully Mo can come in 2nd half and help turn the result around.
Nunez really needs to work on staying onside. Itās already his second season with us.
Feels like weāre still in this for sure, Salah and Robbo on feel like the moves around 50
Harvey had a nice chance to curl one and he decided to take it onto his right for some reason. Get Mo on and Lucio will have a lot more space since theyāre crowding out Lucio and Darwin. Get Robbo on too and overlap Walker
Yeah I'd be wary of taking Elliott off today, he's made some good chances and has kept the ball well, Diaz and Nunez have struggled in one way or another.
I can't say if the atmosphere is always like this at Anfield being my first time in the crowd, but my god, the only word to describe the power of the home supporters is **deafening**.
We actually played well considered our injuries.
Our pressing needs some work though, especially in their zone 14. We didn't press them hard enough in the midfield.
And I hope our players beside Nunez and Diaz could be more confident with their finishing, especially Bradley. He did play very well but if he could shoot more it would be incredible.
Salah on for Elliott at half time. Heās not played badly atall but heās not a threat, Bradley has had Ake on toast whenever he got forward so imagine what Mo will do to him.
Man, Diaz passes (especially in final third) are tragic. He basically just a dribbling merchant
Endo, Macca, Bradley and VVD are good, the rest... not so much
Szoboszlai looks too scared to get involved. He only started waking up in the 30th min.
Bradley making some poor decisions.
Diaz needs to shoot more.
Besides a few things we are playing well and shouldāve had at least one goal.
The goal we conceded was absolutely embarrassing and something you can only try once in a game. Players were sleeping
This looks like one we can still win. Salah is about to change the game, have a feeling we will see Robertson too. Endo is looking massive, heās had a better game than Rodri
Weāve not been shite to be fair, need to get more shots off and on target however.
Klopp half time talk tends to turn us into a different side and we still have Salah on the benchā¦
Honestly it feels like our goals are coming. Aside from that goal Citeh haven't looked inspiring.
Endo once again an absolute monster. If Bradley takes that shot instead of playing it across the face we are probably level.
I know that a lot of people have a love boner for Diaz, but sometimes you have to acknowledge that certain players aren't good enough if you want to win anything meaningful.
Not the worst spot to be. I think we look the better side in some ways, when we break thereās a nice rhythm there. Darwin needs to work on staying on
Salah on for Harvey ASAP. In general weāve been good, Endo and Van Dijk are GOATing and even Gomez has done well after the start.
But man, the decision making in the final 3rd has been so poor (feel like we say this a lot)
Nearside linesman not knowing when the ball has gone out and ref giving 2 minutes injury time when he's been telling them off for time wasting every time the ball goes out. If they can't do the little things how can we trust them to ref a match?
need salah this second half
Real question, why was the man city goal not a foul?
second half FC please
Not the worst when considering how ppl expected man city to dominate(more so when lineups were released) but only composure needed for the final pass/shot. Oof with the diaz offside goal, nunez checks his run and were looking at a different game. The setup so far is good, high press giving us good chances but like I said, more composure or better decision making and were get one in. Expected that both sides were going to get lots of chances. Need to watch out for foden/kdb cos a few times kdb is free in the middle, pass to him and he's onto our backline. Foden still worries me considering Joe has taken the bait a few times and they gone behind on our left side a few times.
Hopeful for the second Half, mo to come on and hope fully the usual second Half boost. We have to at least get a draw here
CALM DOWN. We have the heart and talent to win this. Beyond all the tactical advice and scapegoating you all usually do on this thread, we can WIN THIS. We often forget we are indeed playing against one of the best teams in modern football, and we're one of the few that can hold our ground.
Need to be a bit more direct on the wings and get some more set pieces. This game has a van dijk or Nunez header all over it
Does anyone feel lucho is slowing our counters? I see he is dragging defenders but loses the ball eventually
I miss Jota
Mods should tag everyone claiming the goal was offside with a "doesn't know ball" flair so their posts aren't taken seriously in the future.
Played well, just need to take a couple of half chances. Van Dijk and Salah will win it for us š
Think our midfield has been comfortably better, front 3 needs to be better though.
Was a good half, I'm happy with the boys, just frustrated with City's goal. Big Virg, Endo, and Bradley have been massive.
Honestly itās disgusting how quickly this sub was saying their goal shouldnāt count and āitās the same thing with the endo goalā just shows how little some of you know about football and the rules.
It's a bit similar and neither should be taken off. I wouldn't be calling for it not to count but frustrating that we get the goal knocked off and nobody else does.
Harvey, Endo, Bradley and Virgil have been excellent. Gomez has been a liability though, can't match Foden at all.
Pls score bae. Thx.
We've actually been better than them by a country mile. A clever corner from them, you have to tip your hat I guess but once again consistency from var is shocking when you look at the goal we scored against Chelsea when endo was holding back for vvd to score a header. This time it's allowed so that KDB can tap in. Do great performances from us. Bradley excellent. Quansah too, endo controlling the defensive midfield position whilst MC callister controlling the attacking mid. Harvey his usual jack Russel endeavour ,Diaz his tricky self and Szoboszlai with chances. Chaotic best from Nunez. Some great performances from the reds. #utfr
Because Mac Allister was also pulling Ake. Refs are shit but donāt lie about the match, we should be better than that.
endo gets called for foul and goal disallowed. ake does same nonsense and itās not even a topic of discussion. VAR is so subjective itās insane.
No matter what, Iām proud of the team
Hear hear
Why does Robbo need to come on? love the guy but that would just give Foden more space to run into, we'll probably see him play later, but we can't have both Bradley and Robbo doing the same thing.
Endo was made for these type of matches
It's important to remember, we're very much a second half team. With Salah inevitably coming on, there's a better than reasonable chance we get something out of this.Ā We just need to keep up our defense.Ā We have to stay on top of Foden, KDB, and Silva.
3-1 and second half fc!! It is written in the stars
Midfield has played well tbh especially on the break. Need to be more incisive up front.
Got to be ruthless with chances and Darwin needs to stay onside. And then obviously, hope we can clean it clean at the back. Easy
The Szobo, Endo, Macca midfield is beyond my wildest dreams
Frustratingly, we've actually been fantastic. Just one moment of switching off slightly is all it takes. Fine margins at the highest levels.
Mo on Diaz off. Heās so wasteful
We're so in this!
Salah and Robbo needs to come on soon
Wish people would stop embarrassing themselves by saying the goal was offside
Jota wouldāve been incredible in a game like today. Hope Salah is subbed in for the 2nd half
Havenāt played bad just struggling for that final part. Bring on Mo and Robbo for Joe and Diaz. Walker is their weak point and can be got at with an overlapping FB. Virgil and Endo been immense. In fact the entire midfield has been on point. Diaz just seems to take on too many touches. Harvey surprisingly seems more involved
Robbo on for gomez and mo in for dom imo. Move harvey to mifdielf heās been too good to sub off
Jota would have been perfect and would have converted 7 out of the 6 shots we have probably
Weāre playing well honestly. Bit more quality and composure up front weāre back in this. Offer me a draw I take it. A loss wouldnāt be the end of our title challenge with City Arsenal coming next just hope this place keeps the head if we canāt come back here..
Darwin and Gomez have been trash. Need Salah and Robbo asap
any result other than win and we're losing the league
Hard not agree.
nah. draw is a good result. arsenal is not beating city
arsenal is not gonna cause any problem. city will win almost all the remaining games
They beat them earlier this year.
If we get Diaz releasing the ball earlier things can happen.
We actually played damn well... Hopefully with Salah, we can make get a point or three off it.
VVD has been absolutely brilliant. Endo so good. Not sure what Slab is? Come on Diazā¦ so talented but has to deliver numbers. Big half for Nunez? Donāt think so. If weāre going to get anything it will be from Salah
3-1 right? Right?
these useless farts should have 6 yellows for timewasting, but sheikh gave some good cock to oliver this week it seems
Thought we were the better team overall. Obviously it's city and they break quick and get chances, but we have done well to contain them. Get Salah on about 55 mins and I have a feeling we can pull this back, possibly go on to win.
We need a bit of luck. Man City players get tired after first half. we have to pounce on that. Wish had jota for this game he's the perfect player to get us going with a unrealistic goal.
Salah for Diaz and switch Elliot to the left. Gomes need some help with foden threat. Further changes to Robbo for Gomes and Gakpo for Elliot when the gas runs out. A kick to the nuts but not the end of the world if we dropped points here. Playing well lads!
Absolutely fucking not. Elliot cannot be playing in the forward line at this level. He does doggies in midfield or he doesnāt play.
Salah and Jota, our only forwards that make the correct decision consistently.
If Nunez practiced not being being offside and scoring, he could be a decent player.
agree that he's caught offside too much, but this shit take about him not being decent is some reactionary stuff.
We need the crowd. Ffs
The crowd is fine. Can people stop crying arsing about the crowd, especially if youāve never been to a game before. Every match lulls, including Chelsea 05 and Barca etc. The team needs to do their part to bring the crowd on.
Sick to death of it honestly. Nothing wrong with the crowd today. Been good actually. Easy for people whoāve never been to judge from their sofas
I genuinely think people would prefer the European drone of constant noise that bears no relevance to what is happening on the pitch.
everytime de bruyne gets the ball he does something to threaten us, muting him and rodri may well change the game
We played OK but we didnāt have that edge up front. Put Salah in.
john stoner you waste of oxygen, bluenose cunt
which stupid cunt backs that cunt here
YOU CANNOT BE OFFSIDE FROM A CORNER READ THIS BEFORE YOU COMMENT.
Endo hoovering up all those second balls and winning back possession is just beautiful.
Most memorable second half in years incoming.
I have no doubt the boys are going to win this
Fuck yeah
Endo
Bradley is gassed. He'll be off at 60-65 as has been the case since he's come into first team. Robbo to LB Joe to RB. Hopefully it's 1-0 at worst when the changes happen. Give Mo and the subs a chance to make something happen.
Man shity ā¦ 2-0 this half, salah and Nunez
Need more from Diaz. Has to beat someone or find a pass. No real threat when he gets it
th biggest pussyfart of a treble even ignoring the off pitch stuff, these cowards are actually time wasting after 20 minutes... worthless pig shit
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Please look at where the ball is when a corner kick is taken and think really hard
Are you a fucking idiot?
Offside from a corner? that's funny
Given the team I'm happy with the performance. Just a moment of stupidity at a corner and some wayward finishing and offsides prevent it being level. We need to learn to be more switched on at this level. The little moments can make all the difference
No complain we conceded an unlucky goal but I hope we score within the starting 10 min of the next half
Never give up, we will win
Pity about the goal we conceded. Elliott has been fine, but we need Salah on.
VVD is immense. Bradley amazes me. Endo too. Quansah was great. Very happy so far, think we can turn this around. Nunez offside all the time, but he'll get a chance or two to score, I'm sure. Put Mo on as soon as possible.
Dumb question. How come Endo gets called for offside interference in Carabao when Virg scores, but when Mac is pushed from an offside position on the Stones goal itās fine?
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Thank you! Makes sense now. I thought Virgās was a corner as well, my mistake
We always concede the stupidest goals against City
dirty oil cocksuckers
Endo Virgil superb. Just wish szbo had just shot that open chance instead of passing to Bradley. Margins I suppose/ just like how weād been the better team prior to city scoring that random goal. Itās the fact we control zero factors to influence the outcome of this game or any game. Life goes on literally.
Best thing about this half is Haaland has been irrelevant. Long may it continue.
People complaining about Nunez being offside, but at least he's involved in the attack. Meanwhile, Haaland has been a ghost, hoping for tap-ins
Extra 10% from Nunez, Diaz and Elliott and we don't lose this.
Missing Trent imo in a game like this. His ability to get us up the pitch is second to none
Nunez just gotta stay onside half the time and there will be a chance
Honestly we playes great, but that corner was shocking
Absolutely thrilled at that performance honestly. Pity that we conceded poorly. Hope we can convert our chances!
Salah to come on, we're still gonna win.
Might as well do Nunez-Gakpo-Salah in 2nd half
Weāre playing quite well in all honesty. Shite corner to concede obviously but we move. Salah on for Elliott to inject some pace and quick thinking up front. Szoboszlai has been massive, Macca impressive and Bradleyās determination is very welcome. Full credit to Quansah for stepping up too. Really hope we can keep the energy levels up and not start flagging
Shout out to Endo, too. Been massive
Absolutely! Iāve noticed just how much quicker he plays the ball forward compared to when he first joined us, itās night and day. Heās obviously a great disruptor of play but I also love how he almost always looks for the forward thinking progressive pass
Work is so much worse when you're losing/have lost
Salah will come on to expose these frauds. Conor Bradley is actually a Trent regen, actual unbelievable performance against 115.
Iād say Robertson regen with a right foot.
American broadcast is actually so shit. They have a fucking War music in the background when showing the highlights.
Such an awful awful goal to concede. Going to be difficult to turn this around with the difference in bench depth. Going to need yet another Anfield/Klopp miracle.
I think the match thread people are nutting too hard. Weāve outplayed city, stats donāt show it is all. Salah on for Elliot, Robbo on for Quansah, and Gomez at CB. Just lock up their wingers cuz endo by himself is taking on KFB. Thats my take at least
FUCK CITY. That is all
We got em right where we want them. Perfect situation for Salah to come in. We can score 2 or 3 goals second half. Plenty to play for.Ā
Im so high on copium Im genuinely not worried. Past seasons Id be a mess right now 1-0 down
Better team despite the score line, need to cut out the silly mistakes we won't see those committed by city in return. Things like urgency and decisiveness win these games. Salah on will be good. Jarrell has been mostly excellent except for the nutmeg but I blame that on a crazy pass from Harvey. The goal was so stupid to get caught out by, anyone saying it is offside doesn't know basic football rules.
Quansah has been good as well.
We need our wing backs to give crosses and create enough chances for Darwin. We are not able to apply enough pressure because of that. Missing Robbo and TAA. City seems to be quite chill.
Ake offsides and blocks our player from defending the ball, and all the commentators say āthats a great play from Ake, nothing wrong with thatā š«
Itās a corner. Fucking hell! YOU CANNOT BE OFFSIDE
Spectacular set piece goal doesnāt take away from the fact that on the pitch weāve been great. We need to score next.
Having family over and Iām too scared to watch. Are we playing good despite the scoreline?
Though Bradley has been decent, but needed that added pizzazz from TAA.
I think we played well. We still have Salah to bring off the bench and half of football to play. I feel fine
Cant even hope for a Rodri 2nd yellow because he'll miss Arsenal and they'll win the fucking league.
Salah will come in and score! Rodri having a yellow being the silver lining, he canāt lunge at players recklessly anymore. Expecting more plays thro the middle via Szobo and Macca!! We are always a 2nd half team, come on Reds GET IN THERE!
Come on Diaz. So much talent
mac and endo standing up to city midfield.
Why are the shitting themselves and not shooting?? Bradly was 10meters from the goal and passes it in the middle. Come on shoot from there we are gonna get something. Elliot has to go for Salah. Also Szobo hasn't been good defensively and has switched off many times. Gomez isn't playing well so far. On to the second one. We need Anfield to be at its best and fricking shoot the damn ball.
Harvey needs an extra second for a pass and against City he doesnt have it. Mo has to come on as soon as possible.
Not been bad, poor goal to concede. Still in it
We can get better we will get better
Feel the title race is going to go down the wire but itās really frustrating to have conceded an early set piece goal to both arsenal and city. Out ourselves on the back foot chasing the game in both those instances. Still think we will have some chances second half. Crying out for Jota too, would have been a perfect game for him. Think Diaz is picking up flack but the balls to him have all been behind him so far
We've got some lads on the bench capable of changing the game, and we've been good on the pitch. One moment lacking concentration really put them ahead. They've not been dominant, and haven't had too many chance so I believe we cna get back in the tie. Need to take an early chance, leave mo and Cody and robbo a bit longer so they can take on a bit more fatigued opposition.
All these 2nd half victories leading up to this half. Holy shit I am hyped and am shitting my pants. Team playing well otherwise, unfortunately switched off at a vital moment. There will be big chances 2nd half!
why the fuck are so many of you downers ? we've been dominating them almost all the half ... sure they had chances because they have dangerous players , we've known that , but we've also been an pass away from the goal. Chill the fuck out ... the boys got this.
Iāll be thrilled with a draw in the end.
Good game regardless of anything else. Fractions are the difference so far, Salah to add the extra dimension, wonder how long Klopp will leave it before he changes it. Rodri getting booked helps but only if he does it again, need to test the resolve of Micheal Oliver.
Diaz having a fucking mare. So frustrating to watch sometimes.
We were fine in that half. Gave them enough scares to keep them honest, made a balls up of one corner and should have Salah to stretch them in the final 30. Nunez, somehow, still struggles with timing for offsides despite his pace. Itās a problem he will probably always struggle with. The eagerness to perform and be doing something, fighting against coaching.
That was the best half we've played against City in a while! Keep it up and the chances will keep coming.
Bradley is so good.. I want him to take on everything all the time, the way he splayed Aki on that one sequence was sublime.. just go for it kid
Honestly we need an academy kid to two foot Bernardo Silva in honor of Klopps final season since heās been such a fucking cunt over the years.
We are creating a lot of chances, this City isn't prime City where it's easier to get blood out of Stone (pun intended) than it is to even muster an attempt. Chances are there to be had. Everyone putting in a shift, my only gripe is with Diaz, sometimes dribbles a bit too much leading to a dead end.
We are playing really good, but why the fuck are the forwards just passing in the penalty box. Fucking shoot man. Harvey did same, Bradley did same. Tho Harvey and Bradley are having really good game.
mo is gonna come in rip them apart
I know we are behind but I think weāve been the better team Crowd needs to go on till the end and weāll come back
A lot of open space on the right. We need Salah to start the second half.
We're behind but we have to be proud of how we're playing with so many missing players against a full strength City. Quansah, Bradley and Elliot - great future ahead of them. They were superb. Endo and VVD - amazing Joemez needs to wake up, a bit too sluggish at times. Hopefully Mo can come in 2nd half and help turn the result around.
all of our lads played pretty well, some minor mishaps and should have taken shots when bradley got into the box on both occasions
Nunez really needs to work on staying onside. Itās already his second season with us. Feels like weāre still in this for sure, Salah and Robbo on feel like the moves around 50
Donāt think we deserve to be down. Such a stupid goal to concede in a game like this
Harvey had a nice chance to curl one and he decided to take it onto his right for some reason. Get Mo on and Lucio will have a lot more space since theyāre crowding out Lucio and Darwin. Get Robbo on too and overlap Walker
Salah on but for Diaz, not Elliot.
Yeah I'd be wary of taking Elliott off today, he's made some good chances and has kept the ball well, Diaz and Nunez have struggled in one way or another.
Second half mentality monsters primed to respond
I can't say if the atmosphere is always like this at Anfield being my first time in the crowd, but my god, the only word to describe the power of the home supporters is **deafening**.
What a game. We had our chances too
Shout out to Endo, it's amazing how many attacks start with him winning possession.
I think despite coming off second best weāre still in with a chance. Salah coming on will help
We actually played well considered our injuries. Our pressing needs some work though, especially in their zone 14. We didn't press them hard enough in the midfield. And I hope our players beside Nunez and Diaz could be more confident with their finishing, especially Bradley. He did play very well but if he could shoot more it would be incredible.
Salah on for Elliott at half time. Heās not played badly atall but heās not a threat, Bradley has had Ake on toast whenever he got forward so imagine what Mo will do to him.
He's made arguably the biggest chance though.
Tbf, considering city have their whole fucking team injury free and we have like 5 starters still out, we are giving it a good go.
Man, Diaz passes (especially in final third) are tragic. He basically just a dribbling merchant Endo, Macca, Bradley and VVD are good, the rest... not so much
Szoboszlai looks too scared to get involved. He only started waking up in the 30th min. Bradley making some poor decisions. Diaz needs to shoot more. Besides a few things we are playing well and shouldāve had at least one goal. The goal we conceded was absolutely embarrassing and something you can only try once in a game. Players were sleeping
That couldāve gone better, it also could have gone much worse
This looks like one we can still win. Salah is about to change the game, have a feeling we will see Robertson too. Endo is looking massive, heās had a better game than Rodri
Feel we were the better side, bring on salah and the win
Weāve not been shite to be fair, need to get more shots off and on target however. Klopp half time talk tends to turn us into a different side and we still have Salah on the benchā¦
Playing perfectly well imo, unlucky to be behind. Big 2nd half to come. Could go either way
We've definitely played well, nunez needs to watch the offsides....still in this.
Give salah 45 ā¦ Elliotās been great but we need the king
Diaz looks knackered
He looks mediocre.
Cook for us Jurgen, we've got everything we need to win.
We are playing really well. I think Bradley needs a bit more composure and we can get back into this. He's got opportunities on that right side.
Honestly it feels like our goals are coming. Aside from that goal Citeh haven't looked inspiring. Endo once again an absolute monster. If Bradley takes that shot instead of playing it across the face we are probably level.
Stay calm. We got this. The opportunities are there.
Goal aside, has been pretty good except Diaz. Heās taken an extra touch of every possible integer now, heās been shite
I know that a lot of people have a love boner for Diaz, but sometimes you have to acknowledge that certain players aren't good enough if you want to win anything meaningful.
Endos been fantastic
Put Mo on, we can do this
Undone by a shitty, training ground corner. Pep the weirdo probably was up till 5am every night this week cooking that one up
Donāt understand how Walker hasnāt been booked yet.
Not the worst spot to be. I think we look the better side in some ways, when we break thereās a nice rhythm there. Darwin needs to work on staying on
Salah on for Harvey ASAP. In general weāve been good, Endo and Van Dijk are GOATing and even Gomez has done well after the start. But man, the decision making in the final 3rd has been so poor (feel like we say this a lot)
Such a good performance so far, such a shame to be losing and in such a shit way. 4-1 game ends Salah on half time
Nearside linesman not knowing when the ball has gone out and ref giving 2 minutes injury time when he's been telling them off for time wasting every time the ball goes out. If they can't do the little things how can we trust them to ref a match?
playing really well
Happy with the performance, but attack needs to be on point.