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Did anyone see the highlights on MOTD 2?

Fuck me we looked shit in it, it looked like one way traffic and we parked the bus, it looked like we had one shot and then defended whilst the mighty chavs piled on the attacking play.

I have never seen such surprising highlights after watching a match live.

Hardly any of our pass and move footy was shown, well biased towards to blue cunts.

Anyone see it or am I being paranoid?

We did not just try to attack them on the break, we played just as if we were the home team FFS.
 
That show's a piss take.

And I despise the opening credits.

We've been virtually erased from history.

Toss.
 
But they did have a lot more attacks than us - just they were all fairly crap. Highlights don't tend to concentrate on possession football in the middle of the park, funnily enough.

I had no probs with the BBC take on it
 
I think some of you don't understand what MOTD is.

It's here to show the highlights of a the matches, I.E key incidents, Goals etc.

Not to show the general possession, yeah we played some decent football at times yesterday but the vast majority of the time it came to nothing, I.E they couldn't fill a 10 minute slop with us just passing the ball about the park.

It seemed like a fair view of the game to me and didn't seem as one sided as you saw it, Fox.

To be honest, Im surprised they drew it out as long as they did as a highlights package.

I'd encourage kids to watch it as generally the post match analysis is half decent plus its always fun watching Alan Hansen talk pro Liverpool regardless.
 
Well I didnt see it obv, but I am not surprised. We kept the ball well, but with absolutely zero speed in the team there were not much on offer from us. We vcombined well slowly, but our main task yesterday was to keep them quiet and had we taken our chances we would have won 2-0. However I am surprised if the show showed a lot of Chelsea chances? The Reina involvments couldnt have taken even a minute to show even including replays?
 
Match Stats

Chelsea Liverpool
20(1) Shots (on Goal) 8(3)
10 Fouls 10
4 Corner Kicks 3
3 Offsides 2
57% Time of Possession 43%
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Saves 1


So Chelsea had twice the goal attempts we did QED.
We really must stop being so paranoid

regards
 
[quote author=Vlads Quiff link=topic=44110.msg1280773#msg1280773 date=1297075869]
Match Stats

Chelsea Liverpool
20(1) Shots (on Goal) 8(3)
10 Fouls 10
4 Corner Kicks 3
3 Offsides 2
57% Time of Possession 43%
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Saves 1


So Chelsea had twice the goal attempts we did QED.
We really must stop being so paranoid

regards
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They produced one shot at target at home. Those blow overs from 25 meters out can hardly count as attempts? We had more good chances than them, and aside that Ivanovic header I think I wasnt scared one single time during the game....
 
Oh, and Johnson giving away a stonewall pen at the end. And when Torres was put through after Drogba made Lucas look like a child. And of course they were going to show Essien wanging one from miles away even though it was never going in. They did the same for Johnson'e effort.
 
[quote author=Insignificance link=topic=44110.msg1280786#msg1280786 date=1297076626]
[quote author=Vlads Quiff link=topic=44110.msg1280773#msg1280773 date=1297075869]
Match Stats

Chelsea Liverpool
20(1) Shots (on Goal) 8(3)
10 Fouls 10
4 Corner Kicks 3
3 Offsides 2
57% Time of Possession 43%
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Saves 1


So Chelsea had twice the goal attempts we did QED.
We really must stop being so paranoid

regards
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They produced one shot at target at home. Those blow overs from 25 meters out can hardly count as attempts? We had more good chances than them, and aside that Ivanovic header I think I wasnt scared one single time during the game....
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Once Essien had skipped inside Lucas I was convinced he was going to score from 25 yards. Was VERY happy to see that one sail over
 
[quote author=Insignificance link=topic=44110.msg1280786#msg1280786 date=1297076626]
[quote author=Vlads Quiff link=topic=44110.msg1280773#msg1280773 date=1297075869]
Match Stats

Chelsea Liverpool
20(1) Shots (on Goal) 8(3)
10 Fouls 10
4 Corner Kicks 3
3 Offsides 2
57% Time of Possession 43%
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Saves 1


So Chelsea had twice the goal attempts we did QED.
We really must stop being so paranoid

regards
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They produced one shot at target at home. Those blow overs from 25 meters out can hardly count as attempts? We had more good chances than them, and aside that Ivanovic header I think I wasnt scared one single time during the game....
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The point is there must have been a little more action in our area than people are giving the BBC credit for old chap

regards
 
Fact is tactics and humungous effort in defending won us that match.
Some people were talking about long balls not being used, pass and move being deployed, etc, but there was hardly any of that. And christ was I nervous when we'd try to play the ball around in our own half, what with Chelsea players closing us down constantly led by Drogba and Anelka (Torres hardly did any pressing. surprise surprise).
We hoofed quite often because that was our only option, though I was pleased to see a few great diagonal balls from Carra.

We had two meaningful chances all day and scored from one of them. We had another couple of chances (Johnson's and Aurelio's shots) but that was it.
They're hardly going to make a pro-liverpool 10 minute edit out of those chances are they? As Vlad said, they had 20 shots on goal (1 on target, haha) so it obviously makes more sense to show the play building up to those shots than it is to show our attacks ending in dispossession.
 
[quote author=Krump link=topic=44110.msg1280789#msg1280789 date=1297076849]
Malouda at the near post just after we scored.
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Dead angle... If that goes in I would have been furious.
 
[quote author=Krump link=topic=44110.msg1280791#msg1280791 date=1297076932]
Oh, and Johnson giving away a stonewall pen at the end. And when Torres was put through after Drogba made Lucas look like a child. And of course they were going to show Essien wanging one from miles away even though it was never going in. They did the same for Johnson'e effort.
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The penalty situation.. Well I guess it could have been called, but Ivonovic (??) is making a meal of the contact. To me it is not a penalty but I have seen worse given against us at the bridge. But in fairness, after all the Carvalho handballs we were owed a dubious decision going our way! But having said that, it is not a push, more like a bump, so no penalty.
 
I think we were very lucky with the pen. Although Chelsea had most possession and more time in our half and far more attacks, we were the better side all day... which makes a mockery of stats. Johnson nearly gave all that away for a pointless foul.
 
[quote author=Insignificance link=topic=44110.msg1280804#msg1280804 date=1297077224]
The penalty situation.. Well I guess it could have been called, but Ivonovic (??) is making a meal of the contact. To me it is not a penalty but I have seen worse given against us at the bridge. But in fairness, after all the Carvalho handballs we were owed a dubious decision going our way! But having said that, it is not a push, more like a bump, so no penalty.
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I'd have to see it again but at the time I thought it was a clear obstruction and a definite penalty. Was very relieved when it wasn't given.
 
I think that Meireles has the best technique in goal scoring areas of anyone we've had for ages.

I don't think many players would have been able to turn that in with their left foot coming at it like at that angle. Likewise the goal at Wolves showed us he can control a powerful lob, and the volley against Everton was unstoppable. Three very different goals that reveal a genuine goal threat from midfield... I hope it's not just a purple patch and him and SG can be in the teens of goals per season.
 
It was a pan...shit happens.

I agree with Krump, if we had another midfielder weighing in with a dozen goals a season as well as Stevie it would make a huge difference.

regards
 
[quote author=Krump link=topic=44110.msg1280812#msg1280812 date=1297077618]
I think that Meireles has the best technique in goal scoring areas of anyone we've had for ages.

I don't think many players would have been able to turn that in with their left foot coming at it like at that angle. Likewise the goal at Wolves showed us he can control a powerful lob, and the volley against Everton was unstoppable. Three very different goals that reveal a genuine goal threat from midfield... I hope it's not just a purple patch and him and SG can be in the teens of goals per season.
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Excellent technique when receiving the ball in midfield too, instant control, turning into space, always seeming aware of the players around him.

I particularly like his tendency to play passes into the space in front of a player rather than to feet - often his passes give our fullbacks no choice but to move forward to receive the ball, making us more attacking as a whole.

Not someone I knew much about before we signed him, but he is proving to be a class act.
 
Didn't we have a negative amount of attacks against Wolves at home about 5 or 6 weeks ago?

I love Kenny me.
 
[quote author=Krump link=topic=44110.msg1280808#msg1280808 date=1297077349]
I think we were very lucky with the pen. Although Chelsea had most possession and more time in our half and far more attacks, we were the better side all day... which makes a mockery of stats. Johnson nearly gave all that away for a pointless foul.
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This.
 
[quote author=Krump link=topic=44110.msg1280812#msg1280812 date=1297077618]
I think that Meireles has the best technique in goal scoring areas of anyone we've had for ages.

I don't think many players would have been able to turn that in with their left foot coming at it like at that angle. Likewise the goal at Wolves showed us he can control a powerful lob, and the volley against Everton was unstoppable. Three very different goals that reveal a genuine goal threat from midfield... I hope it's not just a purple patch and him and SG can be in the teens of goals per season. [/quote]

I think we've had some good ones over the years but yeah, they've been in pretty short supply. Berger, Kewell (when fit), Garcia (on his good days and after he'd learned not to smack the ball as hard as he could in the earlier days) all had good technique. Benayoun was often too selfless and didn't look to shoot enough; his technique and control was very good as well otherwise. I thought Pongolle showed a lot of potential but unfortunately didn't get enough minutes to develop.
 
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