Match Day Thread Swansea V Liverpool - Premier League

So......

1. Clyne has been responible for both goals let in in last two games.

V hull he let his man go and the ball fell at his mans feet.. goal.

Today swansea i think isolated him as a midget trying to mark a guy and it was an easy goal.

Sorry klopp but its the manager fault here. The guy is just not tall enough to be doing whats beibg asked on set piece.

2. Its very cear to me playing at noon is not in klopps mentality. I was looking at warm up and he looked grumpy... i just dont think we looked on it from the off.

3. I felt the press was nonexistent today til we scored.

4. I thought swansea gave a blueprint how to beat lfc today. Dont give henderson time and he will cough it up constantly. They double marked coutinho too.

So overall.. we got a bit lucky. Swansea should have had it won by 2 or 3 in first half. I deffo saw at least 2 glaring misses.

 

Probably agree on replay given there was contact but ref saw what he saw and gave the card so fair enough.

I was more annoyed with the lineman missing mane getting stamped on even if it wasnt deliberate stanp. It was a free.

 

Think you're being hard on him.

 

I agree. However, Hendo committing more or less the same foul in the middle of the park brought Swans a free and Hendo a yellow.

 

Maybe.

Still think he could have put in a bit more effort in.

 

I thought it was henderson shouting abuse at the ref was the real reason he got booked. I felt oliver was telling him to calm the tone as really all he did was a sly little pull so thatscno reason to give the whole calm it hand signals.

 

I don't think it's laziness, it's just that he has a languid style. He's never going to look the industrious type but that doesn't mean he isn't working at his own game.
I don't think he's playing particularly well atm, but he has the ability.
I think the problem for him is not only his tendency for injuries, but also that the fear of them can inhibit his play.

 

For the record i felt sturridge was poor enough cos he wasnt really trying to get in there and the one he missed was poor and there was one or two clear ones he should have bullied through and got on the end of.

Just disappointing for me. I think hecmay be just thinking why me..

 

Yeah, you're probably right about the dissent. I'm just pointing out that Hendo's foul was no worse than the one on Sturridge, but Sturridge is booked for simulation yet Swans get a free.

 

I suppose it depends on the refs view.

The contact was clear on replays from some angles.

 

Don't think sturridge was lazy, just made poor choices on the ball and was too slow to release.

Wasn't a pen but wasn't a yellow either.

 

Telling you...Oliver gave fouls to the busy team...when we were ****e and falling over he decided we were trying to buy a free out of desperation...second half...we looked the busy team so he gave the frees....

 

So why didn't the 3 Swansea players screaming the in refs face for the pen get booked?

 

Probably more to do with what you say than how you say it

 

Everyone's a critic..
We were far from our best..
Away to a decent footballing team..
Went a goal down..
Came backin the second half..
Showed character..
And won..
Enjoy the points..

 

Because of you or because of them?

 

Both. swansea haven't got a huge squad, but they have a decent-ish side when they don't have too many injuries. And we were just gash in that first half too.

 

Both.. they came out of the blocks great and countered our press
And we weren't as intense with our play in the first half, upped it in the second half and we're the better side.
They're better than a 4pts from 7 games team!

 

Fair answers from both of you

 

As MITO said, Swansea did to us what we do to others. It's why I still think Can comes straight into the team as the deepest CM because he won't be bullied off the ball when pressured.

Looked Coutinho dropped deeper when Lallana went off, and he looked good for it.

Clyne has been poor defensively all season and has been involved in a lot of goals conceded - not sure if it's down to him supporting the attack more. I may be being harsh but he's not great defensively and he doesn't do much on the ball as well. I wouldn't be surprised if we look for competition down that right side.

It may be his first test but thought Karius was awful today. Everything which he was good at seem to go out the window - usually confident with the ball at his feet, very decisive when coming off his line and also attacks aggressively. But as with most young keepers, I hope Klopp persists and let's get used to the league.