Pre Match - Newcastle (H) - 1st Jan 20:00
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Oh fuck you've done it now. We'll never hear the last (you're supposed to downplay it to keep him in check).
I wouldn't replace Gomez at LB to be honest. He's playing better than Robbo has at almost any time this season.
You can still watch it to enjoy every inch of Housten in her prime.
Didn't we win every game last time there was an AFCON when Mane and Mo went away?
We have Diaz back and looking like he's fully recovered, Mac is back just in time to cover Endo, Gomez looking like a better LB than Robbo or Tsimi, Konate back and getting up to speed, Jones taking it to a new level and Jota back and firing too.
We have a tough run but we'll be fine.
That 1st goal was made up of so many good plays and decisions in the build-up:
1. A good bit of tracking back from Jones, helping out Trent and collecting the ball after Joelington attempts to cut inside.
2. An aggressive long pass from Trent (the ref played good advantage for the foul on Jones) and Nunez holding off the defender to lay off the ball.
3. Impressive acceleration from Szloboszlai to get to the ball ahead of Gordon, then a great decoy run to create space for Diaz to cut in.
4. Superb vision from Diaz to pick out Nunez unmarked on the right. Salah immediately gets himself into scoring position, of course.
5. Nunez deciding to pass in that moment - absolutely the right decision that turned a difficult chance into a tap-in.
Beautifully worked team goal!
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Your ratings are always generally fair- except you always tend to give Nunez +1 and Trent -1.
At some point though, you’re going to have to accept that there’s a reason the RB inverts and it’s not just about Trent - another RB and we’d likely be asking him to do the same.
Trent’s being used in a slightly different way as an inverted FB because he’s got a different skill set to most other RB’s, so is being used slightly differently.
If you’re clinging to the notion that we’re going to sign a rampaging RB that’s going to run up and down the right touchline like he’s on train tracks, then you should probably prepare yourself for some disappointment.
TIFO IRL did a really good breakdown of what Klopp’s doing with Trent in that role, what’s working and what’s not working. I think it’s really helpful in explaining why inverted FB’s are more common now.
Have a look :
Why is he wearing gloves the fucking fanny? Have you seen Budapest this time of year? It wasn't even cold last night.
People always claim players from hot climates hate Liverpool weather. Let this your proof it's not true always.
These two missed the cold temps, the rain and the grey days.
Yes, likewise. It just can't be stated enough how much leadership, winning mentality and will to win Endo showed last night. When we were struggling, he was driving the pace of our attacks when in possession. He gave everything. It was like if we put Suarez's desire to win into a small DMs body. Insane.
He will have off games, but he has settled into this team insanely well. The best outcome now (for me) is that we find a nice 'double pivot' for next few games with Jones & Mac Allister before Endo returns having led his country to glory at the Asian cup and swaggers back in and takes us on that winning run to #20.
Dude he dived.. The touch was so soft it didn't affect him, he took another step and then threw himself on the ground... Very disappointed in him for that...
Dude seriously, it's a dive
There can be a foul that doesn't involve a player being tripped.. so he 'made the most of it' but it wasn't simulation in that there was no contact.
Not sure where I stand on the whole thing. Would VAR or the ref give a foul for the GK missing his 'tackle' without Jota going down? Probably not - which is part of the problem.
I'd be livid if it happened to us.
Not sure where I stand on the whole thing. Would VAR or the ref give a foul for the GK missing his 'tackle' without Jota going down? Probably not - which is part of the problem.
I'd be livid if it happened to us.
It was both in my opinion. He was clipped by Dubravka which was enough to get the ref to blow for a pen (which VAR were never going to overturn), he still could have scored but instead, rather dramatically, fell.
I'm fine with it being a pen, I just wish Jota had stayed up and scored without needing it. The fall was clearly over dramatic
Jota couldn't win there.
If he stays on his feet, stretches for a shot and it gets blocked or goes wide, the ref isn't calling it back for the penalty. Newcastle go down the other end and equalise. We all go mad about not taking the penalty.
Or does go down, everyone else has a shit fit. Fuck'em.
If he stays on his feet, stretches for a shot and it gets blocked or goes wide, the ref isn't calling it back for the penalty. Newcastle go down the other end and equalise. We all go mad about not taking the penalty.
Or does go down, everyone else has a shit fit. Fuck'em.
Indeed, and if this was Harry Kane they’d call him clever instead of diving.
Not enough contact for him t
It was just before we scored the second.. Ali gets the ball and we go up the other end and score... There was contact but it was more a coming together and the Newcastle player had knocked the ball to far in front of himself..
We wouldnt have even known it was pen.. If a professional footballer can't score from there then he should give up playing football... He dived and I'm really disappointed in him.. Can you imagine the outrage if that happened to us
Kane is better at diving...
Surprised there is any outrage for Jota. He clearly felt the ball was getting away from him when the clip helped with so he went down. I hate the fact that if you don’t go down refs don’t give it and we’ve had a few of those already this season. I’m more than ok with Jota going down when he felt contact. It wasn’t a dive but it was soft but the clip prevented a tap in and he may have missed had he stayed on his feet.
Onwards and upwards!
Onwards and upwards!
By the way how good was it seeing Jota race clear, you just knew he was taking it around the keeper. He loves to do it. Pity he can’t teach Nunez that skill.
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