What a win! Didn't expect to get anything out of that game but we had fits and bursts of really good football. If we beat Southampton and Villa we'll be in a great position to try and get 4th.
Absolutely delighted!
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Liverpool have now scored 25 Premier League goals in 2013. More than any other team.
Liverpool have now scored 25 Premier League goals in 2013. More than any other team.
Rodgers out!!!11one
Fuck 4th Sumo - I just want 3 points against Soton. This team is being built for the long haul - it's great seeing the belief and teamwork improve every single week. COME ON YOU REDS.
I doubt it too, but honestly...why not?
Chelsea are in free-fall, and the fact that Arsenal are only 2 points ahead (game in hand or not) says everything.
Still doable, it's just whether or not we'll fuck it up.
FORGET 4th people. DO NOT do it to yourselves. ONE GAME at a time.
Nah, I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the games and not worry where we end up. Every time we get a big win and I think we're going places, we inevitably turn up shit in a game against a shit team the following week. So I'm just going to keep my expectations low and be happy watching this team attack (defending is another matter).
Why? We just have to win all our games and hope Spurs and Chelsea lose all of theirs. Easy.
One game at a time is right. No point in fantasizing
Delighted for the manager and the team
I was going to post that finally Rodgers won a big battle but in truth finally the manager and the team got the result they've deserved many times this season.
Now nobody is getting carried away. We're just treating this as a small step forward.
Ps nice to beat that gyllfi siggurdson
Delighted for the manager and the team
I was going to post that finally Rodgers won a big battle but in truth finally the manager and the team got the result they've deserved many times this season.
Now nobody is getting carried away. We're just treating this as a small step forward.
Ps nice to beat that gyllfi siggurdson
COME ON YOU REDS
I think we played like champions in the second half - we were under the cosh in stages and found a way to win. Utd always find a bastard way to do this. I think it helps that we've got forwards taking the burdon off Suarez.
Also, some of Coutinho's passing today was fanfuckingtastic.
Also, some of Coutinho's passing today was fanfuckingtastic.
I don't think we were worse though. Both teams had spells of dominance or control; I thought we had the edge in the first 35 minutes, and they had it from there until we equalized. It was then us again mostly. We needed to calm the fuck down after they went into the lead and I was fearing the worst when we started losing our heads trying to get back into the game as quickly as we could. Thank goodness for their royal fuckup at the back and Downing. 🙂
Yeah, I'm going to crack a few tinnies soon myself.
In fairness, I've already had two!
Everyones saying they were better than us, that's rubbish, it was even and we slightly edged it, they say they gifted us goals, but we forced them out of them with our brilliant pressing, not to mention we had two penalties turned down.
I thought Rodgers was stupid for bringing on Allen for the fantastic Coutinho, but it changed the game in our favour, well played.
I thought Rodgers was stupid for bringing on Allen for the fantastic Coutinho, but it changed the game in our favour, well played.
Some progress being made.
Lets finnish strongly and get some momentum and make some good signings in the summer
Lets finnish strongly and get some momentum and make some good signings in the summer
Phew, it's hard to put any kind of coherent thoughts together after an emotional game like this, but I'll try.
Both teams essentially self-destructed defensively, conceding 2 soft and unnecessary goals each. So one could say the brilliant passing move between Coutinho, Enrique and Suarez for the first goal was ultimately the difference in this game.
It feels great to win, but let's not forget that after being completely in control for most the of the first half, our defense and bad luck combined again to almost give the game away. We've seen this way too often this season. I don't know if it's an Alonso or a Hyypia we are missing, but we are definitely missing some kind of key element on the defensive side. Somehow our defensive game just doesn't gel the way our attacking game now does. We don't look confident when the opposition has the ball; we are spending a lot of energy chasing after the ball which only leads to containing the opposition, at best, and eventually leads to mistakes. Good defensive teams can contain the opposition with minimum of fuss and when they actually turn on the screw and start pressing, it leads to winning back possession, not just mere containment. Whatever it is, whether it's down to personnel or tactics, there needs to be a lot of progress made before this team can say it's a good defensive team. I think this is the main thing holding this team in mid table.
Fortunately for us, Spurs had self-destructed even more spectacularly today. It was almost funny to be on the other side of a defensive meltdown for a change: in 15 minutes Spurs basically recapped our whole repertoire of defensive blunders this season. The Walker back-pass was reminiscent of "the Skrtel", while Lloris kind of did the "Reina vs Man City." Then Defoe with a dreadful touch gave Suarez the ball inside the penalty area and Assou-Ekotto conceded a stupid penalty. We should say thanks to Spurs for the points (and for getting the "never beat top 6 side" monkey off our backs), but not forget to learn the lesson.
One more thing I have to mention: how fucking good is Verthongen? Forget the 2 goals, he has this air of calmness around him, like the play slows down when he is around. I couldn't help but admire his tackle on Sturridge. Or when Gerrard was all over his in the center circle and he spun him around and kept going forward like it's the easiest thing to do. What a player. I really really wish we signed him instead of Spurs.
Both teams essentially self-destructed defensively, conceding 2 soft and unnecessary goals each. So one could say the brilliant passing move between Coutinho, Enrique and Suarez for the first goal was ultimately the difference in this game.
It feels great to win, but let's not forget that after being completely in control for most the of the first half, our defense and bad luck combined again to almost give the game away. We've seen this way too often this season. I don't know if it's an Alonso or a Hyypia we are missing, but we are definitely missing some kind of key element on the defensive side. Somehow our defensive game just doesn't gel the way our attacking game now does. We don't look confident when the opposition has the ball; we are spending a lot of energy chasing after the ball which only leads to containing the opposition, at best, and eventually leads to mistakes. Good defensive teams can contain the opposition with minimum of fuss and when they actually turn on the screw and start pressing, it leads to winning back possession, not just mere containment. Whatever it is, whether it's down to personnel or tactics, there needs to be a lot of progress made before this team can say it's a good defensive team. I think this is the main thing holding this team in mid table.
Fortunately for us, Spurs had self-destructed even more spectacularly today. It was almost funny to be on the other side of a defensive meltdown for a change: in 15 minutes Spurs basically recapped our whole repertoire of defensive blunders this season. The Walker back-pass was reminiscent of "the Skrtel", while Lloris kind of did the "Reina vs Man City." Then Defoe with a dreadful touch gave Suarez the ball inside the penalty area and Assou-Ekotto conceded a stupid penalty. We should say thanks to Spurs for the points (and for getting the "never beat top 6 side" monkey off our backs), but not forget to learn the lesson.
One more thing I have to mention: how fucking good is Verthongen? Forget the 2 goals, he has this air of calmness around him, like the play slows down when he is around. I couldn't help but admire his tackle on Sturridge. Or when Gerrard was all over his in the center circle and he spun him around and kept going forward like it's the easiest thing to do. What a player. I really really wish we signed him instead of Spurs.
On the match thread some said we weren't pretty and we didn't deserve it but I'd argue the opposite about both. I thought we played some really nice stuff and we deserved the win. I thought Coutinho deserved to stay on, but maybe he was more tired than he seemed, but other than that I thought it was a very good indeed.
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