Worked like trojans. But shouldnt have had to, and if they kept the ball life would have been easier.
Aston Villa vs Liverpool (Saturday 5.30pm)
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Makes me think that the opposition figures out at half time how to cancel us out and we(our manager) hasn't figured out how to react to seize the advantage again in the second half.
Exactly
Two goals first half and the game was over, we need to finish games
"It was a terrific win for us. I thought first half we had good control of the game and scored an excellent goal"
"We didn't have a good start at all last year, it took us until the end of September to get our first win, so I just think that since the turn of the year, since January, we have got better and better."
"Obviously second half, we just needed to defend a bit deeper today. Tactically that was the idea. In the first two games, Aston Villa have been brilliant on the counter-attack and if you open up too much the spaces, then they have players who can hurt you. We defended at half-pitch, kept our ends tied together and tried to deny them any chances"
Mr Rodgers
"We didn't have a good start at all last year, it took us until the end of September to get our first win, so I just think that since the turn of the year, since January, we have got better and better."
"Obviously second half, we just needed to defend a bit deeper today. Tactically that was the idea. In the first two games, Aston Villa have been brilliant on the counter-attack and if you open up too much the spaces, then they have players who can hurt you. We defended at half-pitch, kept our ends tied together and tried to deny them any chances"
Mr Rodgers
We kept the possession for the first 30mins yes but our build up was kinda slow and we were hardly making them work their socks off. It's also more demanding to do it later in the game.
Granted we played with a deep lying defensive line today considering the speed of their attackers.
It meant that Gerrard, Lucas and Henderson had to work extra hard in midfield. Could be the reason why they looked tired today. Same goes for Coutinho.
But it's usually the opposite isn't it? We usually wear the opposition down.
It meant that Gerrard, Lucas and Henderson had to work extra hard in midfield. Could be the reason why they looked tired today. Same goes for Coutinho.
But it's usually the opposite isn't it? We usually wear the opposition down.
Same as last season then. Can't finish games off. Shithouse midfield and Keystone Cops in central defence.
Apologies. Cops should have been singular not plural.
OMG OMG OMG
WE ARE THE SECOND MATCH ON MATCH OF THE DAY.
OMG
WE ARE THE SECOND MATCH ON MATCH OF THE DAY.
OMG
Did they have a choice?
Agreed. Arsenal and Chelsea committed loads of people forward and got hit on the break.
We purposely were very deep in the 2nd half and let Villa control the game, something they're not good at.
We "won" the stats at home vs Villa very comfortably but got raped on the counter attack and lost 3-1.
It wasnt pretty, there are still loads of work to do but we at least have learned from earlier mistakes.
The worry is how little we created in the 2nf half though when we had the ball.
You can see that this team needs more attacking options and there is a big question mark over Lucas 2nd half.
And yet we should have had a stonewall pen and Glenjo made a bollox of a great opportunity to slide someone in. Not saying it was good enough, and 0-2 would have flattered us in the extreme....
Yeah Henderson also put a brilliant ball across the box that someone should have been on.
We did enough to win the game, and they never (one lucky break to Benteke aside) did that much to threaten. We CANT do that against top teams though. We have to retain the ball. That was what we were supposed to be fucking good at not being a fucking Stoke/West Brom dogs of war backs against the wall type of team.
I thought he looked half asleep today. Really lazy on and off the ball.
The first 35 minutes it was like a sunday stroll though. It looked ridiculously easy. I'm never relaxed watching us but I was Mr valium until the wee flurry of corners at the 40 minute mark. Thereafter I was like the Mr bad acid in Woodstock.
You. You jug eared twat.
YOU SAID WE WERE ON SECOND.
YOU SAID WE WERE ON SECOND.
No. At least Lucas and Gerrard seemed to have a function and were at it. He seemed aimless.
Johnson was poo.
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