Your both partly right and both partly wrong. Everton defended well but it wasn't a top notch 'world class' defensive performance. We attacked and created a few chances but not as well as we can. Plus we failed to take the chances we did create. Neither were at their worst or best. From Everton's perspective, you can only defend against the opposition in front of you. From Liverpool's perspective; the attack wasn't good enough on the day.
No one said it was a World class defensive performance...... You failed to take 1 chance that you created, the Mane miss, that was literally it.
that's a different debate to the statement i was against. As for the squad management i've already discussed that (i don't think Klopps rotation was good management. In a nutshell, earlier subs in the spartak game, rest players in the WBA game if he had to) so we'll save that for another time. Not meaning to pick on you, just that i found the Firmino more likely than salah to score a statement that i had to point out was incorrect
But the irony is that we’ve struggled against the big teams this season but we have won more against the lesser teams. We have broken down stubborn defences this season (see our recent run of form). All I’m saying is that it’s easier to defend against a team that isn’t penetrating. We were really poor going forward but I think that largely stems from our midfield. I hope we can draw a line under this Tobes. I respect you.
Mane clearly made the wrong choice but the guy is unselfish and this was just a lapse. After his brilliant performances over the last 18 months, he is entitled to shoot. And he probably remember his goal last year (again on his left foot).
Mane as done that a few times recently but it's gone unnoticed because he's done it when we already had a healthy lead and we went on to win. I actually think he's getting a little more greedy because of Salah’s exploits. He's not currently the main man (personally don't think he ever was, that's Coutinho)
