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[francined69]

Chelsea vs. Liverpool FULL REACTION: Sadio Mane controversy & Romelu Lukaku absence | ESPN FC

[francined69]

Originally Posted by escobar43535

Yet another excellent result for City, no good for us or Chelsea though. That said, already given up on the PL after losing at Leicester.

Moreover up to Jota, Firmino, Minamino and Origi to carry us through the next 6 weeks upfront, three of whom are currently unavailable, so unfortunately things not looking that good.

Pulsating game last night, great one for neutrals, could have gone either way but I feel we need to control games we are winning as we have blown another two goal lead by hitting the self destruct button yet again

Liverpool taken the lead 17 times this season won 12.
City taken the lead 17 times this season won 17.
Just about sums up the difference between them and us.

Its our high line coupled with midfielders who are too slow to cover. Definitely needs a tactical tweak of dropping back a few yards when defending. We've simply gotta change our shape/depth defensively in 2022 if we're to have any chance in the CL. Teams like Bayern, Real, City will cut us open with ease if we wanna keep playing gung ho like this when winning games 2-0.

Furthermore must say Henderson had a shocker last night, again. I am sick of how wide open the right-hand side is and the blame being laid at the door of Trent. Tbf Milner and even Fab were poor as well. We totally lost the midfield battle, while Kovacic + Kante bossed it. I genuinely think without Kante, Chelsea is a house of cards.

On the positive side...

Kelleher was excellent and even seems better with his feet than Alisson. I know he wasn't on long but Curtis looked lively. Good to see him back. Tsimikas - I thought he was very good both defensively and offensively - he's a real fighter too.

Now have to get this off my chest. Sky's Martin Tyler was totally biased against us once again. So too ratboy Neville. There was deathly silence when Salah scored bar a groan from Neville. But when Kovacic and Pulisic scored they were screaming in the commentary.

Going to end on another positive though...

Unfortunately the Reds are not winning the PL this season but we’ll remember this campaign for Mo Salah, wow what a privilege to watch this player. Unbelievable goal again - and the effort against Mendy in the second half was a stunning shot

fully agree, our high line is both a strength and weakness and leaves us exposed many times when balls are played through and our LB/RB cannot cover the ground that fast.

with chelsea they have quality players like us, so cannot underestimate their recovery.

we can only hope for a draw when MC and Chelsea play next.

Salah and Mane will be sorely missed, so Jota, Minamino, Origi really have to fill up the gap up front.

[francined69]

Inside Chelsea: Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool | Up close with the Reds' away end

[escobar43535]

Thought i would share this YT channel which might be of interest to you guys.
Called the Big Six. Great stuff from real fan 'pundits' from each of the 'Big Six' PL clubs.

This episode was done after the Carabao Cup semi between Arsenal v Liverpool was postponed with interesting insight and facts shared by the Liverpool 'fan/pundit' to rebut all the criticism and saltiness coming from Arsenal fans, anti-reds brigade and any other critics/pundits on social and mainstream media.

Also, banter aside, i find the discussion and analysis from all 6 'fan/pundits' to be good fresh stuff and more entertaining than the usual 'ex-player/pundits' stuff.


Hope you guys enjoy

[countryman]

A star studded team from Pool tonight to face Shrewsbury!

[escobar43535]

Didn't watch the game last night but caught the highlights and read some stuff on it both mainstream and social media.

Positives

We move on ;The kids got a good run out ; young Gordon scored a good goal; Bobby scored a 'Firmino' ; Next round we have a home tie against Cardiff.

Negatives

Love Klopp to bits but his stubbornness in sticking to the High Line when we don't have a fully fit best XI is both frustrating and worrying. Once again our right side was left wide open with space. Also Virgil still not up to speed.

Big up Shrewsbury, they played very well and took advantage of the weaknesses in our High Line.

Klopp really needs to think hard about his High Line strategy, especially with the current squad available. Inter are going to tear us to shreds if we are not careful. Actually even Arsenal might have some luck on Thursday night as well if we don't watch them wide open spaces, especially on the right.

At the post match presser heard a question being asked about Thiago's medical condition. That hip problem of his does not sound good although Jurgen tried to play this down. Very disappointing as it looks like Thiago might not be available for the Inter CL tie.

No sight of Origi either. Really hope he returns to training quickly. Also hope nothing wrong with Jota as he was not even on the bench last night. Also hope Robertson is ok as it seems he took a hard knock last night. Klopp himself looked peaky at the post match presser so hope he has a good rest.

[countryman]

Heard in the news today, Thiago most likely out for the season..

[Xgenre]

Originally Posted by countryman

Heard in the news today, Thiago most likely out for the season..

Time to let him go back to Barcelona. We really need to lower the average age of our squad.

[Xgenre]

Apparently, Liverpool had 40 false positives PCR results last week. False positives mean that upon further investigation, there is no covid. Probably test kit failure. Only TAA end up as a real Covid case.

This is the reason why the first leg against Arsenal is postponed. The 40 false positives include staff as well. A cluster of 40 will be really scary

[escobar43535]

No comments on last night's match as yet?

Not surprised as it looks to have turned out to be a stinker for us(did not catch the game, thankfully!!, just seen the highlights and read the reviews)

Arsenal down to 10 looks like a 'false positive'

"Melissa Reddy
As per @michael_reid11, it was the sixth time this season Liverpool have seen an opponent have a player sent off.

In 263 mins against 10 men in those six games, Liverpool have only scored 3 goals, 2 of which were penalties."

Sadly that about sums us up in these type of situations.

I know this is a really simplistic view but it does seem like we have one way of playing and stick to it no matter the circumstances.

When everyone is available our 433 is a well oiled machine and every player fits the role profile carefully.

When pieces as important, brilliant and unique as Salah and Mane are missing you can't expect Taki and Jota (in a unfamiliar position) to provide the same skill set and quality. We did the same thing last season for a long time with the centre backs. Miss arguably 3 of the top 10 cbs in the league (VVD, Matip and Gomez) and continue to play a high line which is suited to our very unique players.

Simplify the game until your best players come back.

Anyways its still only half time in the Carabao Cup and we move on to Brentford next.

[countryman]

Milner n Hendo in midfield together is set for failure ..No creativity n penetration, just plenty of back n sideway passes. Hendo's form has dipped quite a bit lately.
Not a single shot on target in yesterday's match! Pathetic..

[lawro]

Liverpool v Brentford x-x 2-0

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59965782

[PaulMerson]

Originally Posted by lawro

Liverpool v Brentford x-x 2-0

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59965782

Without Salah and Mane will be tough for Liverpool.

I say 0-0

[JonesKnows]

Liverpool v Brentford

SCORE PREDICTION: 2-0

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...nd-aston-villa

[escobar43535]

Any win will do tonight.

We need to get back our confidence. 1W and 1L in 5 is poor.

Also agree with bro countryman on the Milner/Hendo combo, abysmal to say the least and should never be used again unless very last resort. Milner has been a great servant to the club but he is just too old to be starting matches nowadays.

Curtis should start tonight. I would also go with Neco because I think Trent is not fully fit after Covid. Jota should not be on the right, preferably in the centre and play Bobby behind him. Alternatively Jota left and Bobby centre. Also might give Gordon a go as well. Could not be worse than what we have seen from Taki recently. Might even play Tsimikas instead of Robbo as well.