Did our usual thing. Sat back thinking it was in the bag and we fannied about, so we got caught napping.
Today was the reason we showed what players like Keita and potentially Thiago bring to the team i.e passing through defensive lines. Today Gini disappeared in a game more creativity was needed. Too bad those players I mentioned are not fit
Before he made that mistake I was thinking he doesn't really move the ball quickly enough, often enough - the game can slow down when he has it. Although it was difficult with such a packed defence in front of him.
Today was the games Thiago was bought for, to break down stubborn teams with quality passing. Its a ****ing pain the arse he's injured.
Cant blame him for keeping it safe as it is the midfield role in Liverpool. He was naive to conceed possession for their coner though. Need Thiago up and running ASAP
Said same thing at HT and in second. In some games it’s fine where it’s a bit more open and he has space to run into with the ball. When he has no where to run, need to pass the ball and he just slows things down by wanting to touch it 6/7 times before doing something. The goal was same thing. Could have passed the ball but took 3/4 touched, ran into space and closed down his passing angle
It's not so much about playing it safe - he can do that by the correct pass, even if it's square or backwards. I have no problem with that if it's keeping possession - I just think he holds on to it too long.
Rather complacent against a team in relegation fight. Our players turned up as if the match was already won. When the score remained 1-0 I thought we were vulnerable to one of the counterattacks. The worst 2 points dropped this Boxing Day and would have given encouragement to our rivals who all dropped points. Imagine how they would have felt if we had opened a gap. City are the only ones to close the gap.
Disappointing game but we are still 3 points clear. That’s a better position than I dreamt of when we lost a ton of players to injury. I’ll focus on that.
