I'm fine with it. We should be good enough to open them up, but we're shite. We haven't done anything to take advantage of the extra man
Turned out alright
I'm fine with it. We should be good enough to open them up, but we're shite. We haven't done anything to take advantage of the extra man
The Patterson one where he chops inside or the Onana one where he went over the board? Onana one was never a pen tbh.I mean, i thought the foul o ndiaz just before it was also a potential pen. So....they can fuck off
Have to agree, it was uncertain he was going to be fit for this game.You're an idiot.
Three days ago he went down to the ground with cramp after playing a full 90 against Brazil. He's a pace player. You want to fuck him permanently after we won 2-0.
Hahahhaha.With 10 vs 10 we’d have been back in it
I've thought the same for a while. I just don't think he's good enough, he relies if physical strength too often,makes bad positional decisions and his distribution is poor. Don't mind him as a squad player competing for a place but I don't think he's close to peak Matip let alone VvD. We probably need 2 new CBs in the next 18 months.
With excpetion of the penalty, and the goal, Salah has been quite poor
Mykolenko played one of the best gems against Salah I have ever seen and Salah knew it. Some credit for Salah being shit goes to an immense defensive performance.
Yeah the refs couldn't say no the second timeI mean, i thought the foul o ndiaz just before it was also a potential pen. So....they can fuck off
Yep. We looked better first half until the changes at least. First 20-25 mins in 2nd half so was flat.Konate should have gone if based on ref was going to be consistent.
Us being down to 10 won’t have hampered us, them being down to 10 caused us more issues in the end as they were always going to play the way they did and even more so with a man down.
I thought Konate was saved by how quickly he pulled his hands back after touching the player - the intent to disrupt the counter illegally was there, but the contact itself was minimal - that was not a stonewall yellow IMO.
You're an idiot.
Three days ago he went down to the ground with cramp after playing a full 90 against Brazil. He's a pace player. You want to fuck him permanently after we won 2-0.
Have to agree, it was uncertain he was going to be fit for this game.
I honestly can't see why people are complaining? 2 goals, clean sheet, no injuries. A win is way more important than how we played. Certain players are off pace, but what did we expect coming into a 12:30 kick off after two weeks on international duty?
Don't agree TBH. Mo. had an absolutely terrible touch today. Everything he touched bounced off him. His control was awful. And yet he still knows where the back of the net is.Mykolenko played one of the best gems against Salah I have ever seen and Salah knew it. Some credit for Salah being shit goes to an immense defensive performance.
Anyway. how I saw it :
Mo. 6.5 (and that includes the 2 goals).Had an absolutely terrible touch today. Everything he touched bounced off him. His control was awful. And yet he still knows where the back of the net is.
Jota 5 - Just didn't make anything happen and between the front three everything broke down.
Diaz 5 (his decision making was awful today, he was either too late or made a mess of it)
Nunez 7.5 that was how you break and make it count, great pass and he was a headache for them from the moment he came on.
Elliott 7 another fine cameo
Gravenberch - 8 (MotM) he has delicious control and vision. Don't know why he was subbed off.
Mac - 6 - he got better as the game went on but to begin with he lacked mental acuity (still jet lagged no doubt). When will Klopp learn.
Szobo - 7 - involved and excellent in defence, not much came off today for him though.
Tsimikas - 5 - he looked a handful in attack and was a willing runner, but he gives away a lot of fouls and seems a liability. We will need better quickly.
VvD - 6.5 - not much to do but handled CL easily bar that first minute.
Konate - 6.5 - he did fine for me. You can see that he's trying to rein in his midfield forays since TAA is so advanced.
TAA - I thought he was an Everton defender at one stage he played so far up field. Some nice touches, passes. The advanced position seemed to work OK since Konate covered him well.
Matip 6 - I could see a difference when he came on. He couldn't do the 'Konate cover job' to the same level.
Ali - 6.5 - a nice afternoon in The Lying Rag for him.
Ha.Ali - 6.5 - a nice afternoon in The Lying Rag for him.
The Patterson one where he chops inside or the Onana one where he went over the board? Onana one was never a pen tbh.
Oh yeah. 6.5 for Trent too.Ha.
You also missed your rating of Trent.
On Mac, he’s capable of so much more but I don’t think he’s capable of producing an 8+/10 performance as the 6 sadly.
Mostly agree on the ratings, would bump Virg to a 7 as he was a lot more confident and assured than Ibou out there. Would also bump Diaz up to a 6, feel 5 is harsh for someone who won us a pen and got that little snide cunt sent off.
Still not seen a decent replay of it, the angles VAR showed were horrific.The Patterson one
Oh yeah. 6.5 for Trent too.
I think Mac can, and has, produced 8+/10 and MotM performance from the 6 ... but he's not going to do it week in week out. He would be better freed up in the LM ... but then where do we put Gravenberch who I think can make that spot his.
Sorry, Diaz was a major factor in attacks breaking down with poor or slow decision making / execution. Sure he won the penalty and got Young sent off, but that's because both of those Everton players are as thick as fuck. So down to luck rather than planning.