Huddersfield FC vs Lizardpool FC Match Thread... *Kicks Can*
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Yes Hendo did have a good game, as did Can who was strong running with the ball.
It's normally me who makes the match threads.
I have no problem with you doing it though!
Hendo was very good and tonite he showed glimpses of the player he was in THAT season. Can had 2-3 good runs in that game but despite the goal i still dont get why all these other big clubs are just falling over to sign him. He is so inconsistent and I think he would have fucked up if Hudderfield tried a bit.
I’m glad you won some money @Portly, but stop being a plonker with that “universally-derided opinion” rubbish ye silly bollocks.
It irks me that people have a mental construct of "good teams" and "crap teams" but I don't feel this has much value in the Premier League nowadays. The "crap teams" regularly take points off the "good teams."
Here's captain obvious again, stating another obvious thing.
Huddersfield were fucking wank.
We played well sure, but Huddersfield were completely out of their depth.
To be honest, at times during the games it looked as though Klopps friend handed him his playbook.
WBA and Swansea gave us a completely different challenge.
Huddersfield were fucking wank.
We played well sure, but Huddersfield were completely out of their depth.
To be honest, at times during the games it looked as though Klopps friend handed him his playbook.
WBA and Swansea gave us a completely different challenge.
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Huddersfield gave City and Utd a very tough game. I remember City took the lead only in the 84th minute. Today's game looked as if Wagner did a favor to his mate.
Exactly, it's almost as if Wagner got to see the test answers twice before doing the test and still failed. Was it a pride thing?
Better than being sideways.
I’d pick Henderson over you in a footy match any day.
I'm more in shock you actually watched the game. Back to being a fan again[emoji6].
* i.e. since the beginning of time, God & the Big bang
Henderson was ok - he pissed me off in the upper third because of all the one touch hopeful passing, but he's a calming influence in the back ... Talks to the lads, and moves the ball far quicker than Can.
Overall, happy with the result. Don't really agree with Modo - Huddersfield were set up just right, and had LePoitre takes his chance, it's 1-0 and we're in trouble. That was their opportunity, and after that, we took over.
Lovren played well, Gomez was on for 90 minutes, including a great block.
Overall, a solid performance from everyone and hopefully, something similar can be replicated against Spurs (performance and result wise!)
Overall, happy with the result. Don't really agree with Modo - Huddersfield were set up just right, and had LePoitre takes his chance, it's 1-0 and we're in trouble. That was their opportunity, and after that, we took over.
Lovren played well, Gomez was on for 90 minutes, including a great block.
Overall, a solid performance from everyone and hopefully, something similar can be replicated against Spurs (performance and result wise!)
As a long time fan of Henderson, I've been one of his harshest critics the last year as clearly he's on the decline now, as sad as it is for me to say. He was a breath of fresh air last night though, he moved the ball forward and attempted to give our midfield purpose, unfortunately that's more a testament to just how much were lacking in midfield right now as opposed to a mini Henderson revival.
Too right Modo...am delighted we won but really Huddersfield were terrible and the first half was like a training session. We would be silly to assume anything new about this team that is too good based on yesterdays game as the oposition played very badly to the point where they just did not actually play.
I said in the match thread that he was having the time of his life out there last night, sitting in the middle of a back three and getting the ball from Karius, Lovren, Milner and Gomez all night long, with nary a Huddersfield player anywhere near him. He misplaced one pass straight into touch, but overall he was very accurate.
He definitely needed this kind of game and this kind of performance after the shit show at the weekend.
Hopefully gets his head back in the game
Hmmmm..
I don't think you can say the Huddersfield game was categorically different in approach, it was more the fact that we got a goal early (and a bit of luck). You're not telling me that the game would have gone the same as it did against Swansea, had an early pop at goal from range took a deflection and gone in? It would have opened them up, given us confidence and we'd have probably gone on to win. As it was we ended up frustrated against Swansea, because we couldn't break them down.
The early goal against Huddersfield got our confidence back up and they didn't know what to do. It's like they were resigned to defeat and intent on damage limitation. A goalkeeping error with some absolute genius from Bobby, and a penalty later and the goals probably then reflected our possession domination and the few clear cut chances we created (mostly for Mane). But these are exactly the games we should be winning, and often don't, so no one can have any complaints or really take anything away from the win, we did a professional job.
As for a few player observations:
Gomez - got the plaudits for that great block, but he also had that moment where he (once again) got caught under the ball and allowed their player acres to then run into. It could have cost us again and it's something he needs to cut out his game. Some of his passing was hit and miss too when under no pressure.
Karius - Looked more assured, made a save (yay!) and sweeped well. He also had a gaff where he lost the ball under him, and between confusion from him and Lovren, managed to kick the ball out of play under no pressure, something that's happened a few times with him between the sticks. Overall though, much improved, though admittedly he didn't have loads to deal with.
Henderson - there were things I liked about him yesterday and things that frustrated me. He looked fired up, bollocked a few people (notably Matip and Gomez, for playing stray balls and/or not using him as an outlet), interchanged and overlapped with Can a few times on the right wing and put in the typical good deliveries of old (though Can's were even better for Mane), and he generally did the "ticking over" job in midfield, recycling the ball and doing all the things that usually go unnoticed (see Gini). On the negative note there were times I wanted him to turn with the ball rather than looking to immediately lay it off. I sometimes feel this is instruction, because of two reasons - Klopp clearly likes at least one of his midfielders to fulfill this role, the water carrier (see Lucas, Gini), and because he previously did carry the ball forward and look for a positive pass. Now he's all about maintaining momentum and possession in the midfield, to keep the flow going. Milner by comparison was looking beyond the nearest man and spraying the ball to the 2nd or 3rd man, ie looking beyond Henderson or Can, for say, Gomez, Robinson or Salah. Always looking to speed up the play and cut out the middle man, as it were. Henderson did move forward when the other midfielders had possession and probably supported he attack more than we've seen him do in a long time. I hope this was instruction too, because when you get him in the mix, his interplay around the box can be good and he was once a threat when up there too.
Mane - he's (for want of a better cliche) "trying too hard" isn't he? His movement off the ball is still good and I felt he improved as the game went on, but he's making mistakes too in defensive areas from trying to compensate a bit in attempting to win the ball back. He just needs to concentrate on supporting Salah and Firmino and the goals will come. He seems to be looking a bit like Sturridge looked after his first big injury with us, which I hope isn't an ominous sign. I'd rather hope for the form is temporary scenario.
Can - I'm loathed to really examine him as I feel he's definitely gone in the Summer, and he's typically brilliant one game and shit for the next five, but yesterday was the sort of performance where he looks energised and interested, it's a shame he can't do that more regularly and there might be more of an uproar about his potential move.
I don't think you can say the Huddersfield game was categorically different in approach, it was more the fact that we got a goal early (and a bit of luck). You're not telling me that the game would have gone the same as it did against Swansea, had an early pop at goal from range took a deflection and gone in? It would have opened them up, given us confidence and we'd have probably gone on to win. As it was we ended up frustrated against Swansea, because we couldn't break them down.
The early goal against Huddersfield got our confidence back up and they didn't know what to do. It's like they were resigned to defeat and intent on damage limitation. A goalkeeping error with some absolute genius from Bobby, and a penalty later and the goals probably then reflected our possession domination and the few clear cut chances we created (mostly for Mane). But these are exactly the games we should be winning, and often don't, so no one can have any complaints or really take anything away from the win, we did a professional job.
As for a few player observations:
Gomez - got the plaudits for that great block, but he also had that moment where he (once again) got caught under the ball and allowed their player acres to then run into. It could have cost us again and it's something he needs to cut out his game. Some of his passing was hit and miss too when under no pressure.
Karius - Looked more assured, made a save (yay!) and sweeped well. He also had a gaff where he lost the ball under him, and between confusion from him and Lovren, managed to kick the ball out of play under no pressure, something that's happened a few times with him between the sticks. Overall though, much improved, though admittedly he didn't have loads to deal with.
Henderson - there were things I liked about him yesterday and things that frustrated me. He looked fired up, bollocked a few people (notably Matip and Gomez, for playing stray balls and/or not using him as an outlet), interchanged and overlapped with Can a few times on the right wing and put in the typical good deliveries of old (though Can's were even better for Mane), and he generally did the "ticking over" job in midfield, recycling the ball and doing all the things that usually go unnoticed (see Gini). On the negative note there were times I wanted him to turn with the ball rather than looking to immediately lay it off. I sometimes feel this is instruction, because of two reasons - Klopp clearly likes at least one of his midfielders to fulfill this role, the water carrier (see Lucas, Gini), and because he previously did carry the ball forward and look for a positive pass. Now he's all about maintaining momentum and possession in the midfield, to keep the flow going. Milner by comparison was looking beyond the nearest man and spraying the ball to the 2nd or 3rd man, ie looking beyond Henderson or Can, for say, Gomez, Robinson or Salah. Always looking to speed up the play and cut out the middle man, as it were. Henderson did move forward when the other midfielders had possession and probably supported he attack more than we've seen him do in a long time. I hope this was instruction too, because when you get him in the mix, his interplay around the box can be good and he was once a threat when up there too.
Mane - he's (for want of a better cliche) "trying too hard" isn't he? His movement off the ball is still good and I felt he improved as the game went on, but he's making mistakes too in defensive areas from trying to compensate a bit in attempting to win the ball back. He just needs to concentrate on supporting Salah and Firmino and the goals will come. He seems to be looking a bit like Sturridge looked after his first big injury with us, which I hope isn't an ominous sign. I'd rather hope for the form is temporary scenario.
Can - I'm loathed to really examine him as I feel he's definitely gone in the Summer, and he's typically brilliant one game and shit for the next five, but yesterday was the sort of performance where he looks energised and interested, it's a shame he can't do that more regularly and there might be more of an uproar about his potential move.
The only have a Premiership in rugby union and Scottish football. So no I can't.
Liverpool FC completed 911 passes during their 3-0 victory over Huddersfield Town tonight...
The most ever in a Premier League match!
The most ever in a Premier League match!
If I am not mistakes the previous record was 894 by Arsenal 15 minutes earlier from their 3-1 loss against Swans? Thats amazing.
I prefer the horse with no name Salah song.
Oh dear!
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