Liverpool v Manchester City Match Thread

[Insignificance]

We dodged a bullet there. Gomez fucked up, then Lovren gives away an obvious penalty and the ref somehow manages to miss it

No pen. Dive. Good ref.

 

[FoxForceFive]

What happened to us?

If you mean why we've taken our foot of the gas then you haven't watched us all season carefully enough.

We've trained on pressing & pushing teams in phases, so we won't go all out attack until about ten before HT if we stick to the usual game plan.

 

[Mystic]

If we win this, the VAR conspiracy theorists on Blue moon will go made over that penalty.

 

[Mystic]

If you mean why we've taken our foot of the gas then you haven't watched us all season carefully enough.

We've trained on pressing & pushing teams in phases, so we won't go all out attack until about ten before HT if we stick to the usual game plan.

I meant more the scuffed passes and mistakes allowing city in.

 

[Oncy]

We dodged a bullet there. Gomez fucked up, then Lovren gives away an obvious penalty and the ref somehow manages to miss it

I dont think that was a pen. Aguero felt contact and went over but re-thought it immediately. The way he bounced up shows there was no foul there.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Milner injured? FFS.

 

[Flipo]

What happened to us?

Team gets slowing down. Need to create pressure on City's defense.

 

[hmmmmm1]

Milner is injured

 

[FoxForceFive]

Geoff Shreeves thinks it's milners hamstring.

Fucking hell.

 

[Judge Jules]

Agreed. No pen.for me. And Citeh have got away with more than one nasty challenge themselves already - Atkinson being a sh!thouse as usual.

 

[Oncy]

Oh great.....Keita.....🙄

 

[hmmmmm1]

Naby time

 

[manwithnoname]

I dont think that was a pen. Aguero felt contact and went over but re-thought it immediately. The way he bounced up shows there was no foul there.

Yeah, he's never looked for a penalty has he?. Him diving or not doesn't mean anything really.

 

[Mystic]

Keita could be good for us here, games clearly being played in two parts, Keita could help link the front of the team with the back.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Always a loss when Milner leaves the pitch.

Let's hope Keita will have a positive impact here.

 

[Oncy]

Yeah, he's never looked for a penalty has he?. Him diving or not doesn't mean anything really.

Sorry I dont know what you mean.

 

[Flipo]

Oh! Milner going off.🙁

 

[FoxForceFive]

Oh FFS. No more of them please Allison.

 

[hmmmmm1]

Stupid from Alison

 

[FoxForceFive]

Lovely from Firmino that. Ruthless defending to foul him there to stop the move.

 

[darkstarexodus]

I dont think that was a pen. Aguero felt contact and went over but re-thought it immediately. The way he bounced up shows there was no foul there.

Totally agree. Fair call by ref.

 

[FoxForceFive]

How is that a free kick against Bobby? Just a shoulder barge that.

 

[darkstarexodus]

Time for Keita to prove himself.

 

[Mystic]

We are really struggling to get past their front press.

 

[manwithnoname]

Sorry I dont know what you mean.

Aguero isn't a player who would react like that out of a sense of fairness, so I don't think he knew it wasn't a foul or otherwise. His reaction means fuck all. It wa probably insitinctive given how close the ball was to him, and I bet he regrets it.

Lovren certainlyshat himself and rightly so. Could easily have been given

 

[Oncy]

Id well take a draw here.
To come out of a run of games Leicester A, Spurs A, Southampton H, Chelsea A and City H and be joint top! Id take that all day long.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Keita working his arse off but his positioning isn't right at all.

Mane is having to interchange with him to cover him when he's caught out of position.

 

[Mystic]

How has Fernandinho not been booked yet?

 

[manwithnoname]

I'd take a draw too. They're a top class team, even with us having Anfield advantage.

 

[Oncy]

Aguero isn't a player who would react like that out of a sense of fairness, so I don't think he knew it wasn't a foul or otherwise. His reaction means fuck all. It wa probably insitinctive given how close the ball was to him, and I bet he regrets it.

Lovren certainlyshat himself and rightly so. Could easily have been given

Oh yeah it could certainly have been given. It would have been harsh though.