I am not sure this Winter break has worked well for us. Very sluggish performances tonight and Norwich. I hope this kick starts a return to normal service
Replacing Mo wasn’t exactly what I had in mind tbh.....we have a lot of work to do before the second leg.
I was referring more to his half hearted effort at running, never mind his inability to control the ball or find a red shirt when he did have it. I like Ox, but it's not looking great atm.
We are going to get the job done at Anfield. It reminds me of Barcelona. We are winning 4:0 at Anfield.
No chance of that score I’m afraid. This is the best schooled defence in Europe imo. We just need to score first. 1-0 and take it into extra time is most likely tbh. Does the same ref play the return? If so, then the crowd need to be on his case as the Atletico crowd seemed to influence him massively. He wasn’t great and is a huge worry for the second leg.
Where did he go on his winter break I thought Orgi’s touch was shocking.....nowhere near good enough. No wonder we’re being linked with Sancho AND Werner!
Calm down it's not over yet. Hope we are champion before the second leg, they cannot keep on defending and defending. We controlled the game yesterday only we are unable to score.
I’m very calm . But I need to point out to you that we only controlled possession....they controlled the game! We are still massively in this but I make them slight favourites. If they score just one, it’s most likely game over.
they don’t need excuses mate. They just cheat.....and they knew that the weak referee would buckle. Hate it like everyone else but very smart tbh. I don’t normally advocate it but we need to be equally snide.
They may be great at defending but I saw enough to suggest we can create. Mane falling for their dark arts took us a peg behind as Origi didn't do much to justify his sub. It would have made more sense to bring in Ox for Mane. The problem for us is even at 2 nil up they will still be in the game. I really hope Klopp shows them how many chances we missed for the Napoli game that it took a wonder save from Alisson to get us through.
All three subs were terrible. None of them were able to control the ball. TBF, I noticed quite a few of the starters miss controlling a pass too so maybe there was something different?
Funny how the shoulder charge by Bobby near the end was a foul but the one in the box a couple of minutes later on Origi wasn't?