Liverpool v Manchester City

Shed wrote:You Red beauties

GTFI boys, *bleep* top notch.

Now come on you toffies.

Yeeeeeeeeesssssss, get in!

Henderson and Coutinho with beautiful, beautiful twin strikes
It wasn't our day in front of goal, but doesn't need to be when you can hit them like that!

We were much better than City in the 2nd half, well played. Wasteful with our chances, but on the other hand limited City to only a few good opportunities.

Henderson was my Man of the Match. A great goal and didn't you just love the way he robbed Toure of possession twice there, resulting in chances that we just couldn't take.

A goal was missing from Lallana's game, but a good performance. A goal was missing from Sterling's performance as well and I thought he was still a little frustrating at times, although played all right.

Even Allen had a good game and apart from a couple of poor passes can't find bad things to say about Lovren, either

But Moreno was disappointing, again. It's time to give someone else a go in that LWB position.


All in all a good team performance and hugely important three points that take us above Southampton to 5th. A great way to end the week

We countered them off the park at Anfield yet again. Excellent performance from every player.

Can't find a man of the match in this game.

Did you guys see what few days rest did to that Beautiful Brazilian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hendo and Coutinho are the heart of this team. Get in lads. Allen played a wonderful game too. Great team effort...such a needed win after Thursday's disappointment.

Did you guys notice how Allen was immense today, he would always receive the ball ply those small passes to either Henderson, Coutinho or Sterling. I dont think any other player can do what he can do now, at least in our squad. But that is the thing with Allen, when we are a pressing team and we are looking to keep possession, he always thrives. Because that is what he is best at. When Lucas comes back, I would keep Allen for home games and Lucas for awaz games !!

Allen deserves praise tonight .

Nothing much to say . . . . . .

Fahim89 wrote:Nothing much to say . . . . . .

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Also Lovren was our best defender today. Played very well. Rodgers and his ability to make players come good.

Lovren definitely played a lot better today. I want to see if he can improve his passing in the next game. Because Sakho still plays better forward passes than him. Does it mean, we can finally rest Can I think Can really does need some rest.

another thing which I forgot to mention, there was no midfielder on the bench except young J. Williams. Add to it that, our strikers Borini, Balotelli, Lambert and Sturridhe on the bench Rodgers is crazy bia$$h sometimes

Not sure why Art says Moreno was disappointing. He was a rock defensively against Zabaleta and linked up well with Phil.

and again? Moreno changed the game for us vs. Southampton when he came on and was one of our better players at Besiktas on Thursday.

It's amazing....we have now beaten Westham, Spurs, Saints and City in our last 5 games, all of which were ABOVE us in the table when we played them. Shame about the derby at the pit.

Massive game on Wednesday. Burnley are good against better teams, need to keep focus and intensity.

Well in the team. Phil, Allen, Hendo and Lallana in particular were outstanding.

Also think our substitutions were spot on (if a bit odd) and totally denied City to get any momentum for pushing for an equalizer. I expected us to be pinned back in our half last 10 mins, but we actually went close to 3-1 than they did to 2-2.

Just watched the last 15 minutes. Some amazing pressing by Can, Lallana, Sterling, Allen and Hendo. like so tireless....Can as RWB, Lallana LWB. That's the thing I like about this 3-4-3, so many players can slot in so many positions and still make it work. It's the most flexible formation I've seen

Sterling had a very good game by the way. Will be over-shadowed by other excellent displays, but he absolutely tormented City backbone with his pressing and movement.

A wing-back is pretty much a winger, someone expected to contribute in attacking play, but Moreno doesn't. Not with his passing, not with his movement, not with his dribbling. At least Markovic was trying to beat his man and play some good passes, like the chip to Lallana. I've been disappointed with Moreno in that wing-back role and definitely think it should be Ibe in his place for a couple of games at least.

Nice goals, nice result

Lallana

He should have had 2 goals and 3 assists in this game. lmao the guy can has fantastic movement and link up.

James, I want a GIF of the part when he does 3 turns at once keeping the ball.

Art Morte wrote:A wing-back is pretty much a winger, someone expected to contribute in attacking play, but Moreno doesn't. Not with his passing, not with his movement, not with his dribbling. At least Markovic was trying to beat his man and play some good passes, like the chip to Lallana. I've been disappointed with Moreno in that wing-back role and definitely think it should be Ibe in his place for a couple of games at least.

goal vs. Swansea
Assist vs. Southampton (last week)
Also he's had some terrific attempts saved by oppositions keepers (Forster, Lloris, etc). Not to mention, he's been solid as a rock defensively since the system switch

Our defense had some really close calls. Hopefully Rodgers will brief the team and they will be better in the coming games.

iftikhar wrote:Our defense had some really close calls. Hopefully Rodgers will brief the team and they will be better in the coming games.

There was some serious confusion / lack of guts when City players were cutting in from out wide. But I suppose that's always going to the weakness in the 3-4-3 that there's going to be some space between the three CBs and the two CMs.

To be fair any defence will have close calls against a team like City attacking you. When you only concede 1 goal against City (and they only have 1 shot on goal all game) you are doing something very right...especially in the PL.

El Cujo wrote:To be fair any defence will have close calls against a team like City attacking you. When you only concede 1 goal against City (and they only have 1 shot on goal all game) you are doing something very right...especially in the PL.

Agreed.

Even weaker teams are likely to get/create chances, that's natural. But I'm pointing the manner in which we got exposed. It was more due to mistakes of our players than the quality of theirs.