- Aug 31, 2012
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Klopp's subs are all wrong in an anti-loch way
Totally disagree on the Salah goal, when the guy is jinking in and out with that much pace and power it's almost impossible to anticipate what he's going to do next, Vertonghen guessed wrong but it was a 50-50 chance whether Salah was going to cut in or push further into the area. Sometimes you have to appreciate the brilliance of the goal, not pick apart the defensive decisions.
Actually it wasn’t 50-50, the smart money was on Salah cutting inside and staying on his left foot. But he’s taken his game on, and that’s why he’s so good this year.Totally disagree on the Salah goal, when the guy is jinking in and out with that much pace and power it's almost impossible to anticipate what he's going to do next, Vertonghen guessed wrong but it was a 50-50 chance whether Salah was going to cut in or push further into the area. Sometimes you have to appreciate the brilliance of the goal, not pick apart the defensive decisions.
He's still young and got spooked by the early goal...which wasn't his fault tbh.
He needs to learn to remain composed in such situations and not let it rattle him.
Me, most televised games in the late 90sI still haven't calmed down. When Liverpool's second went in I felt rage like none other I have felt this season, probably the angriest football has made me since Gabriel Jesus scored against us at the Etihad last season (thankfully disallowed). Luckily for us (and for Harry) the linesman was brave enough to do what was right, not what was easy, and Kane took his second chance.
A lot of good football from us today without much penetration, but we did control the game from roughly the tenth minute onwards and deserved to win. We started slow and sloppy, two players making irredeemable mistakes and their forward staying cool under pressure. Our players believed in themselves and in their instructions, continued playing the same way and got something out of the game when all seemed lost.
Credit to the manager too, he didn't bottle it in the face of tactic number one not reaping quick dividends, he had the courage of his convictions and his patience was rewarded with a good performance, a deserved point and if Harry had scored the first penalty, probably three points. Also, three substitutes came on, all three had a positive impact on the result for us.
Lloris was fine, he dealt with balls back to him well even when they weren't perfect, he couldn't do anything about goal number one and is would be very harsh to criticise him for goal number two, it was just brilliance from start to finish from Salah.
Trippier had a good game, not as good as v Man Utd but he was a constant outlet and he kept their left hand side pinned back throughout.
Sanchez had another poor game, bar United he's just been off form for a while. I like him a lot but he has had a sloppy spell and he seems to take an extra second to react every time, today it directly lead to Liverpool's opener. Maybe it's because he's just that confident in his pace, maybe it's because his anticipation just isn't great or maybe he's just not that mobile at the moment, I don't know the reason but he has to stop doing it as it exposes us every time.
Vertonghen was brilliant, where his pace lacks he used his body brilliantly to intercept runners, he won every direct duel and he played the ball out well on a number of occasions.
Davies, like Trippier, was a good outlet throughout the game and took a lot of responsibility for moving us forward. Also like Trippier, I don't remember him playing any particularly great balls into the box but his overall play was a huge part of our constant possession and dominance of the ball.
Dier was poor, too many passes straight to red shirts including a lovely through ball for Salah's first. Wasn't really tested once he went to centre back as we had so much of the ball.
Dembele was imperious, he took the ball in tight spaces constantly and drove us forward, even playing the ball down the channels on a few occasions. Good right footed shot too, I want more of that.
Eriksen grew into the game after starting on the fringes, I don't think the formation tweak helped him but the more he saw of the ball, the more dangerous we looked as he knitted things together. One of those games where you don't quite appreciate him until you see his heat map and maybe an Eriksen-cam highlights reel.
Dele got an idiotic booking for an obvious dive, that pissed me off. Other than this incident, I think he played very well, a constant threat and a positive force who spent the match trying to create something. I feel he's lost a bit of confidence in shooting, but he played Son and Kane into dangerous areas several times and kept the game flowing in the final third where so often it stagnates for us. He also dropped back to help spread play on a few occasions which I'd like to see more of, him and Eriksen sharing this duty would give us even greater variation.
Kane didn't have his best match, a lot of huff and always making himself available but one of those where it doesn't quite roll for him. This was epitomised in his first penalty, I texted my dad just before he started his run saying that he'd miss, and he did. Full credit to him though, he missed what would have been a winner, then we went behind and he stepped up to take a penalty under even more pressure to save the point, that speaks volumes about the man, as does his cool finish in the circumstances, exactly why he's hit his hundredth now in just over 3.5 full seasons.
Lamela came on and as ever buzzed in all the areas the opposition didn't want him, played a couple of nice passes and won the penalty for our eventual equaliser.
Wanyama, what a hit. He started the move with a nice dink out to Eriksen anyway and, considering how poor his shooting usually is, that was as sweet a hit as you'll ever see.
Llorente came on as our last throw of the dice and his presence to ruffle Van Dijk was vital in the build up to our second penalty.
Exhilarating game from which we deserved more, but I think we'll all take the point in the circumstances. Not our very best performance, but a good, dominant performance with tremendous character on show.
Should have started: Hindsight is 20/20, but Vic should have been in that midfield to start. He might not be fully fit, but he showed in 20 or so minutes what he offers over Dier. There is no debate there.
Me too. Gonna be fuming it’s for his 40th next week!2nd Half Linesman 10/10 - Love that man. Naming my 2nd kid after him.
Totally disagree on the Salah goal, when the guy is jinking in and out with that much pace and power it's almost impossible to anticipate what he's going to do next, Vertonghen guessed wrong but it was a 50-50 chance whether Salah was going to cut in or push further into the area. Sometimes you have to appreciate the brilliance of the goal, not pick apart the defensive decisions.
I still haven't calmed down. When Liverpool's second went in I felt rage like none other I have felt this season, probably the angriest football has made me since Gabriel Jesus scored against us at the Etihad last season
Sanchez and dier and Kane all had a shit game.
So sick of sanchez ALWAYS passes back to keeper- after our corner, and every spurs player in fromt of him, with plenty of options- pit us under pressire once again by his obsession with passing back.
Much better when he went off.
Better second half.
I'm scared to grade today's performance, I think if I do, I'll have the whole message board after me...!
Basically, we stunk.