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I also thought it was a very brave team selection from Mr Rodgers.
In Downing, Coutinho, Sturridge and Suarez we pushed a lot of players forward, including Enrique, Johnson and Gerrard.
Against a team as strong and attacking as Spurs we basically only had lucas to sit.
Brave ploy.
In Downing, Coutinho, Sturridge and Suarez we pushed a lot of players forward, including Enrique, Johnson and Gerrard.
Against a team as strong and attacking as Spurs we basically only had lucas to sit.
Brave ploy.
Agreed. There were times they came at us, and there were times we went at them, but we still did enough to deserve the win. I wouldn't have subbed Coutinho either, for me it would have been Henderson for Lucas.
For the Yanks in the crowd, they're replaying the game on Fox Soccer now.
Great win. When we went 2-1 down we were flat as a pancake so it was great to battle back.
I thought we were superb first half and pretty average for the second. We really didn't deserve to give that goal away at the end of the first half, which was a real sickener.
Suarez was excellent but Gerrard was unreal.
I thought we were superb first half and pretty average for the second. We really didn't deserve to give that goal away at the end of the first half, which was a real sickener.
Suarez was excellent but Gerrard was unreal.
I've yet to see the whole match yet so I was just being flippant.
Watching it again, that Suarez goal is such class.
#talkinglikeaBrit 🙂
#talkinglikeaBrit 🙂
agreed - put spurs on the back foot.
I think its important to take this for what it is, a great win and a fantastic team performance.
Its not a sign that we're back nor a start for a challenge for 4th.
3 very good points, finally beating a top 4 team and coming back from being a goal behind.
Onwards and upwards.
Soton on saturday, lets get another 3 points.
Its not a sign that we're back nor a start for a challenge for 4th.
3 very good points, finally beating a top 4 team and coming back from being a goal behind.
Onwards and upwards.
Soton on saturday, lets get another 3 points.
I liked everyone who said we didn't play badly, because erm... we didn't!
You've clearly not been to north london
Is it full of Greeks? Any time a London team is playing the James Joyce in Athens will have a few supporters there.
And Nottingham Forest too, a bit random.
Yes. We lost control of the last 10 or 15 of the 1st half, and about the opening 10 or 15 of the second. Otherwise, we were better. We cut them open a lot more than they did to us. I like that BR is encouraging us to play more direct at times, which makes perfect sense against teams that play a high line. If it wasn't for some terrible off-side calls, we could have been further ahead before Spurs came back into it.
I'd also say that whilst Spurs and Bale are the darlings of the media these days, no-one will point out that 90% of the sexy football came from us. Both of their goals ostensibly came from situations that left big lads in the box (and that we defended badly). The real moment of quality in the game, Suarez's goal and the play leading to it was from us. I love that we're working these moves more often now, and Enrique has turned from a decent player, into a fine one.
I don't know how we won that match.
At two one down we looked shit with no ideas and we took coutinho off and stuck allen on and I'd just turned to my mate and asked what the fuck is Rodgers doing? Trying to confound them with chaos or something? Confuse the fuckers into doing something mental? And their player went and gave it to downing and he went and scored.
I know fuck all about football..
At two one down we looked shit with no ideas and we took coutinho off and stuck allen on and I'd just turned to my mate and asked what the fuck is Rodgers doing? Trying to confound them with chaos or something? Confuse the fuckers into doing something mental? And their player went and gave it to downing and he went and scored.
I know fuck all about football..
Allen changed the game, we were much more compact in the middle and pressed much better as a result. Walkers cock up was caused by two players on the left pressing him, and when you play with a sweeper keeper like Lloris, you always run the risk of something like that happening, we should know that best of all with some of Reina's clangers in the past. Despite what all the pundits keep saying, we deserves that win and it wasn't a case of Spurs imploding.
I thought Henderson coming in and Suarez moving to the left was perfect for us at that point.
Spurs were destroying us in the middle after their first goal and into the second half. They always had more men than us in the middle in our own half, which was crazy.
Allen, Lucas and Gerrard stopped that flow. Perfect substitution.
Spurs were destroying us in the middle after their first goal and into the second half. They always had more men than us in the middle in our own half, which was crazy.
Allen, Lucas and Gerrard stopped that flow. Perfect substitution.
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Don't get me wrong Allen did ok after coming on but to me it was Lloris that changed the game.
Personal errors like that often do and taken into consideration we looked a bit lost for ideas and a bit downhearted at that point we needed a bit of help imo.
Personal errors like that often do and taken into consideration we looked a bit lost for ideas and a bit downhearted at that point we needed a bit of help imo.
Walker was more to blame than Lloris.
And Allen did ok but It's not the point that he won the game. The added strength in the middle was what stopped them running us over and scoring more so the change not Allen himself changed the game.
I thought it was the right decision bringing Allen on, just the wrong decision taking Coutinho off. As for the emphasis in the reports on Spurs imploding, there was none of that when City equalised due to our cock-ups in both games against them.
Yup.
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