Wow, for a 70k stadium that's just pure greed from Uefa.
Post Match "We're in the Champions League Final"
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100% and they'll leave space.
Also nobody has mentioned we scored two tonight with Salah having a mare.
We aren't a one man team, Mane is just as effective when on form.
If all three play well in the final I can't see us losing.
VVD at the back will make a huge difference too.
As if there will only be 16,000 Liverpool fans in the stadium.
Closer to 160,000
That was Nice.. . I am knackered now but safe back at my hotel 😀
Doesn't really matter does it? There'll be about 40k there.
Final's going to be mad, 5-3 or something. To us, obvs.
Fuck me.cunted. thank you Jurgen and boys
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Yeah... although I'd have preferred it if we hadn't lost last night we still gave 100% and we are definitely good enough and deserve to make the final...
I thought they should have been reduced to 10 men and their penalty was dodgy as hell...
But then again they should have had a penalty earlier eh...
Lets concentrate do our best and see if we can make Ronaldo cry.
I am sitting in my science class at work, having slept all of 3hrs and my new Australian student has just informed me that her dad, who is the Australian ambassador to Laos PDR, also a Liverpool fan and woke up like me at 2 am to watch it...
We have an Ambassador in our clan...
Awesome stuff.
I thought they should have been reduced to 10 men and their penalty was dodgy as hell...
But then again they should have had a penalty earlier eh...
Lets concentrate do our best and see if we can make Ronaldo cry.
I am sitting in my science class at work, having slept all of 3hrs and my new Australian student has just informed me that her dad, who is the Australian ambassador to Laos PDR, also a Liverpool fan and woke up like me at 2 am to watch it...
We have an Ambassador in our clan...
Awesome stuff.
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So best attack against one of the worst defenses (in terms of conceding chances)? I'll take it. We'll just need to break through the voodoo of missing chance after chance that Bayern succumbed to.
Bonus points to Van Dijk for spelling "Kyiv" correctly.
it was 6-1
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[article]There is a myth that attacking merely means throwing players forward, creating chances and taking lots of shots. But it’s as much about what you do without the ball as with it, and do in your own half as much as the opposition’s. Without sounding too wanky, it’s about playing active football rather than passive football.
This is where Liverpool have improved most under Klopp. They were capable of breathtaking attacking play under Brendan Rodgers, but in too many games (including some big ones) were passive, particularly after falling behind.
Sky Sports got rid of their ‘Player Cam’, but the next time you watch Liverpool keep your eye on Roberto Firmino for five minutes. The amount of ground he covers is obviously ridiculous, but it is his ability to never be more than five yards away when an opposition player gets into trouble in his own half that astounds. It is no coincidence that teams defend badly against Liverpool – that phrasing fails to give them enough credit. Liverpool and Firmino make you defend badly.
It’s also why it went wrong after Ragnar Klavan’s introduction (more on that later). Liverpool switched from active to passive, and Roma sensed a sniff of a chance.[/article]
[article] I don’t want to feel like I’m piling on him, but Lovren was also at fault for a Roma goal. Milner was the unfortunate scorer of the own goal, the ball cannoning off his face and past Karius like a two-man Chris Brass special, but it was Lovren’s doing.
It is a small thing, but as a young defender you are taught to clear the ball out to the sides rather than up the centre of the pitch.
That’s for three reasons:
1) It avoids you doing something like kicking the ball in the face of a teammate or opponent, who is more likely to be in the centre of the penalty area than out wide. And if they are out wide the ball is less likely to rebound into your own goal.
2) If you scuff the clearance, the worst that will happen is that a cross can come into the box, rather than it setting up an opponent for a shot in front of goal.
3) If you connect with the ball, it might send a winger or wide forward down the channel. They are more likely to find space down the wings than the centre of the pitch.
It did not matter, but Lovren will know that he stuffed up. Onwards and upwards.[/article]
[article]If Klopp learned one thing in Rome, it is that bringing on defenders for attackers when defending a lead can often be a false economy. Having provided a threat on the counter attack all night, Klavan came on for Mane after 75 minutes and Liverpool immediately sat deeper. That invited the pressure that led to Roma making the tie semi-interesting.
The strategy seems logical but rarely proves so. Not only does the extra central defender cause a team to psychology go into their shell and invite pressure, it can also cause defensive unease due to the extra body and therefore change of shape. If Mane was indeed tired, Klopp might have been better bringing on Woodburn or Ings and telling them to harry and hassle like men possessed, even if they did it 40 yards from their own goal.
Roma had 24 shots on Wednesday evening. A quarter of those came between the 78th and 90th minute of the match, when Klavan was on to supposedly tighten things up. It doesn’t work.[/article]
[article]Finally, a plea. Over the last 18 months, the Premier League has become the home of manufactured crisis. Assisted by a media desperate for traffic and so keen to find controversy where none exists, managers of every top-six club have faced serious questions about their future. Sometimes these questions have been justified, but sometimes not.
In August, Guardiola was told that he would have to change to meet the demands of the Premier League and could not hope to dominate as he had done before. He has made those assessments look very silly indeed.
In October, Klopp’s own job was being called into question after Liverpool went four games without a win. In January (yes, this January), The S** ran the headline ‘Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp could be sacked if he doesn’t deliver trophies soon’.
“We are not the biggest difference from the top teams right now, even if it looks – from the points – a little bit different,” Klopp responded when asked in a press conference about being sacked.
“If I was to come in today as a new manager – this would be the situation – and everyone would give me time now to do the next step, that would be perfect. Unfortunately, if they sack me now, I don’t think there are a lot of managers who would do the job better than I do. I don’t think I’m perfect, but it’s quite difficult to find better options.” Such a statement of the bleeding obvious should not need to have been made.
Less than five months later, Klopp has his team in the Champions League final. We are very quick to accuse football clubs and their owners of lacking patience, but some making that accusation are themselves guilty of passing judgement too quickly.
Klopp spent seven years at Mainz and seven years at Dortmund; he intends to spend at least seven years at Anfield. In that time there will be peaks and troughs, but none need push Liverpool or their manager off course. Forget the manufactured crisis, and focus on the bigger picture: Klopp is overachieving, and so are Liverpool. Now bring on this magnificent final…[/article]
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A few thoughts
- I thought Karius was really good tonight - maybe could have done better on the save that led to their second goal, but he controlled the box and did his thing.
- TAA - besides some great passes, he was poor defensively on a few occasions. Now, he was left exposed a few times, but he made a few rookie mistakes. Like with JoGo however, that's to be expected and he'll learn from from these games than the games like Man City where everything goes right.
- That one run from Robbo - fucking class.
- Though VvD was good - but sometimes he's TOO calm, like he's playing in slow motion before he realizes "Oh shit, time to get back"
- Hendo/Milner/Gini - they were everywhere tonight. Our front 3 was a bit undisciplined imo, and left them with a shit load to do ... and they did it well.
- Mane - best game in a long time ...
- Salah & Firmino - just seemed a bit off today.
- I thought we really missed Ox today - none of our midfield 3 can push the ball forward and relieve pressure that way. Thankfully next year, we'll have him & Naby.
- We got lucky with a few calls, but I don't really think Roma were ever convinced they could get back ...
- Klopp mentioned how the squad is really thin in his presser - hopefully that means we'll get a bigger squad next year so we can do damage on all 4 fronts next year.
- ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ!
The atmosphere in the stadium was fantastic.. . I was lucky and got two away section tickets for 500 Euro combined. The few days leading to the game I considered to buy ticks in the Roma section but I am really happy I didn't. Those were some crazy fuckers and really showed hostile behaviour. They tried to break into out section and police with batons did their job to keep them away. Wrong name on my ticket made me a little nervous but the guard was a little stressed so hardly checked my passport. Good to have early goals... After a long day the busride back to town felt like an eternity but police was everywhere and I think we avoided trouble. Good win on a great trip!!
Good point. We haven't won with me in the stands this season. Chelsea, Spurs and Roma.
Salah looked off the pace but either he is knackered or when he got clattered in the first half he did get a dead leg. He seemed to lose some of his pace for the rest of the game.
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