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Think this is rightVdV, Porro, Romero were all shared MoM.
Truth is, that is probably the worst we have played this season. I think I saw more misplaced passes in the first 30 mins, than in our previous six games combined.
If we had been playing on par to our previous performances, we would have clobbered them.
In the end, it wasn’t about Liverpool’s stout defense. It was about our lack of creativity and passivity through long passages of the game.
It was fitting the goal game from a Porro cross, as he and the aforementioned defenders, along with Kulu, played with the most intensity today. The lad has come on leaps and bounds.
not every team has Alisson and VVD...Think this is right
Despite having a good scoring record, and not such a good defensive record, we have more questions going forward than in defence IMO.
Teams will play the low block with us - it’s clearly an Achilles heel - and look to get us on the break. We need an answer to that quite quickly
Vdv was just amazing today. Porro a very, very close second for me. Udoghi a very close 3rd.
Very special mentions for Vicario, Bissouma and Romero.
I agree, and I got very frustrated watching it at the time. However, I find it really easy to forgive considering the odd circumstances and Liverpool being forced to sit in the lap of Alison.One criticism of Romero (and Bissouma to a lesser degree) is that they were both very slow on the ball later in the game when we should really have been giving them the run around and stretching play as much as possible. They managed to conserve a lot of energy that way. Hojbjerg immediately started spraying the ball around when he came on which surprised me a bit, but maybe Ange gave him those instructions.