Post match disappointment and anger in here
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I went to the cinema by myself to see Spiderman. Utter wank, but made me forget the result for a couple of hours.
It's almost 2am here and I can't fall asleep ...
I've got nothing. Sorry
Ive been up most the night thinking about it. In 2 hours i will be in my monday morning meeting where 2 Chelsea fans will no doubt crow in some way and in truth all i wont be able to express how i feel about their club or them themselves for supporting of it. A sense of disgust so strong that the shame of it makes me pity them almost, i feel sorry for their children. What i just witnessed was possibly the most sickening impersonation of a game ive loved my whole life, it was a desecration of football. I wish it hadnt happened, not just for in likelihood costing us the title but more because many many young people will have seen that and not actually understood its depravity.
I hope the smear they have left on the game itself is not permanent.
Player ratings from the Mail....
Simon Mignolet - Couldn't do anything to prevent Ba scoring and made one outstanding stop to thwart Schurrle in the second half. 7
Martin Skrtel - No blame attached to him for the goals Liverpool conceded, he wrestled with Ba all afternoon and maintained his good form. 7.5
Mamadou Sakho - Still looks awkward when in possession but made a few solid challenges, with one on Ba by the halfway line standing out. 6.5
Jon Flanagan - Wasn't fazed by the occasion but was fortunate not to concede a penalty in the first half when handling Salah's shot. 6.5
Glen Johnson - Arguably Liverpool's best outfield player, consistently provided an outlet down the right but couldn't supply the final ball. 7.5
Joe Allen - Excellent in flashes and was always available in the second half, as Liverpool chased the game; had his side's best chance. 7
Lucas Leiva - Struggled to have any impact against the giants figures of Matic and Mikel and was eventually substituted; doesn't have Jordan Henderson's energy. 5.5
Steven Gerrard - The slip that enabled Ba to open the scoring will haunt him; so cruel as nobody had done more to keep Liverpool on the front foot. 7
Philippe Coutinho - Usually so sure on the ball, his passing was poor on this occasion and kept being intercepted by Blue shirts. 5
Raheem Sterling - Chelsea were wise to the threat he provided and doubled up on him at times, never giving him space to run in to. 5
Luis Suarez - Picked the biggest game of the season to have his least effective performance; Chelsea's defenders gave him no daylight. 5
Substitutes: Iago Aspas (For Flanagan 81), Sturridge (For Lucas 58)
Manager: Brendan Rodgers - Has provided the right answer all through this season but this time didn't have a solution to outwit Mourinho - 6.5
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...alas-dream-debut-Suarez-flops-wrong-time.html
Simon Mignolet - Couldn't do anything to prevent Ba scoring and made one outstanding stop to thwart Schurrle in the second half. 7
Martin Skrtel - No blame attached to him for the goals Liverpool conceded, he wrestled with Ba all afternoon and maintained his good form. 7.5
Mamadou Sakho - Still looks awkward when in possession but made a few solid challenges, with one on Ba by the halfway line standing out. 6.5
Jon Flanagan - Wasn't fazed by the occasion but was fortunate not to concede a penalty in the first half when handling Salah's shot. 6.5
Glen Johnson - Arguably Liverpool's best outfield player, consistently provided an outlet down the right but couldn't supply the final ball. 7.5
Joe Allen - Excellent in flashes and was always available in the second half, as Liverpool chased the game; had his side's best chance. 7
Lucas Leiva - Struggled to have any impact against the giants figures of Matic and Mikel and was eventually substituted; doesn't have Jordan Henderson's energy. 5.5
Steven Gerrard - The slip that enabled Ba to open the scoring will haunt him; so cruel as nobody had done more to keep Liverpool on the front foot. 7
Philippe Coutinho - Usually so sure on the ball, his passing was poor on this occasion and kept being intercepted by Blue shirts. 5
Raheem Sterling - Chelsea were wise to the threat he provided and doubled up on him at times, never giving him space to run in to. 5
Luis Suarez - Picked the biggest game of the season to have his least effective performance; Chelsea's defenders gave him no daylight. 5
Substitutes: Iago Aspas (For Flanagan 81), Sturridge (For Lucas 58)
Manager: Brendan Rodgers - Has provided the right answer all through this season but this time didn't have a solution to outwit Mourinho - 6.5
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...alas-dream-debut-Suarez-flops-wrong-time.html
Johnson the best outfield player? Is the journo on LSD?
I thought they would prove slightly controversial...
No - he is right on that, he was the only one that found some space on the pitch.
He was garbage.
Not the only one granted and there were others far worse but MOTM for us? Nah.
Actually - yes I think he was ... yep - agree with that. What difference does it make ? - we lost the damn the match, and it was all BR's fault. We were arrogant to say the least. Still have not learnt the lessons of losing to that team 4-1 under Rafa, and then losing to them 3-1 under Rafa in a CL Semi final. The only way to beat Chelsea - is not to attack and just wait for that moment like they did today. If we let them have the ball - I think we could have taken them on the counter.
I don't care what we did or didn't do, Johnson was far from being our MOM today
No - you like many others on this site just don't like him. Truth is - in the last 20 years, none of us have been pleased with any of our full backs. So who ever we get next - you and others will still not like him. Besides there are few better out there than Johnson.
Not really, no.
Forget all thus Europa league shite - Everton HAVE to best City to retain an interest in the CL.
They can finish on 75 and their goal diff is the same as Arsenal who would therefore need 6 points from their last 3, which includes WBA who need a point to be safe & Norwich away on the last day who will be fighting to avoid the drop.
There's no fucking way Everton are taking it easy against City.
They can finish on 75 and their goal diff is the same as Arsenal who would therefore need 6 points from their last 3, which includes WBA who need a point to be safe & Norwich away on the last day who will be fighting to avoid the drop.
There's no fucking way Everton are taking it easy against City.
This. It's so painfully obvious, I doubt Rodgers isn't thinking of alternatives, despite what he says about wanting a new contract for Johnson. Flanagan may not have the skills Johnson once had, but at least the young one demonstrates that he knows how it works for us - make quick short passes, run into open spaces and make yourself available, then repeat that again up the pitch. A Johnson vs the opposition youtube clip would be chock full of him waiting for a ball to roll to him, putting his foot on the ball and stalling our attack while he surveys the pitch and assesses his options - before putting a long pass out to touch, or dithering and then losing the ball when he's closed down.
And this is where the shithouse Atkinson really got onto my nerves. He kept smugly pointing to the watch instead of taking action on it. He knew what the fuck was going on but was content to play along. He's not responsible for our defeat, but it certainly helped Chelsea frustrate us even more. I thought the players should have got on his case a lot more and tried to pressure him to book at least one of Schwarzer or Azwhatever.
Love this
They'll be saying "Oi oi oi... gruasjka. *hic* *hic* asjdoiwerbrrrrrr *hic* Oi oi.... jujjisjoqwe.... *hic*"?
Chelsea came to play not to lose. BR must know we must not lose. True an unfortunate accident albeit a careless one cost us the game. We were unable to break down 9 or 10 outfield players instructed to defend and not to lose. We could aim to draw as well. Ah well. Shit happens. Not blaming anyone.
We were in control of the game probing them without committing too many men forward until the slip.
If the slip doesn't happen - they don't score and as the game progresses it's Mourinho that has to change his tactics and push for the win - which would have no doubt involved pushing Ivanovic upfront and pumping long balls up to him - which would have created more space for us to exploit at the back.
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i've slept on it but this defeat is still so frustrating . we knew exactly how they were going to play , that they were relying on mistakes or set pieces and that they had a weakened team yet we still couldn't prevent the result . It was another type of challenge that sadly we failed . I'm not blaming anyone and it will hopefully be another lesson learnt but right now it's a wreck the head .
Anyway this is when we really need another "we go again " rally .
Anyway this is when we really need another "we go again " rally .
I don't think that's true at all Stevie, they'd have played exactly the same way for the rest of the game, hoping late on that they'd get a break with Torres /Willian on the counter attack.
I get that the mistake cost us, but we were naive in the way we played and, as I said earlier, Suarez and Sturridge look like they've hit a wall. It's all well and good Rodgers saying he would never play like that, sometimes you have to. When it becomes your managers trademark way of playing with an expensively assembled squad, then yeah, it's time to worry - I hated that about Rafa and Ged.
Sometimes you do need a plan B though, a way to draw out your opponents. Teams will have watched that and will come to Anfield doing the same, not many are going to be as defensively tight as Chelsea, but it still makes it difficult. Rodgers will have to learn to be a bit more pragmatic, in Europe particularly, next season. We can't go gungho against everyone, I think most of us have felt it would eventually cost us. When you look at our record against the other two top sides, it reads: W1 D0 L3. That's where it's cost us. At least 4 of the goals against us in those games were on the counter, a result of us leaving ourselves open at the back.
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