Didn’t play well but luck just wasn’t with us today. dodgy pen given. First goal hits Haaland and loops in after konates flick Legit goal wrongly disallowed then doku decides today is the day he’ll actually be productive.
The two dms and szobozlai playing next to the forward is not working, it hasn't worked all season. We've basically got 4 forwards nobody in midfield then 6 defenders. Once the press is easily beaten the two dms are trying to cover space for 3. Leaves the defence completely exposed. Considering slot was apparently all about control, he's surrendered it completely
Good news. International break. Enjoy being glum if you like. It was always a big ask to play Madrid and then city given we couldn't play 3 in a week when the last one was brentford (according to the manager) Salah let me down bad. Should.have been 3-1 there.
Fun fact: Liverpool have lost five of their 11 matches in the Premier League this season (W6), the most defeats by a reigning champion at this stage of a campaign since Leicester in 2016-17 (5). Only Chelsea in 2015-16 (6) have ever lost more after 11 games of a Premier League season as reigning champions.
Not if you are after predicting 3-1 to city in the prediction league mate. But seriously he is one of the problems. Full backs are walking past him in a chase and blocking him out so given he doesn't defend as well then we are looking at an issue right there His fall off seems to mirror the rest of the squad being unable to match many teams for fitness. Soemthijg in the squad conditioning and injuries is badly off.
The disallowed goal thing... 1) It had absolutely no bearing on the result. City deserved their win, and then some. 2) It was insane. Robertson is neither in the keeper's eyeline nor does he in any way impede the keeper's ability to save the ball. Now, perhaps some can remember West Brom having a similar one ruled out against us some years back (it was the game Ally scored in the last seconds). I argued vehemently with Tobes that it didn't matter that Ally would never get to that ball (their disallowed goal), because the law specifically states (or did) that if a player impedes their vision, they are offside - their player was standing right in front of Ally. Robbo was neither blocking the goalie's view, and nor was he in any way impeding the goalie from saving it (or any other City player). The fact that VAR reviewed this and came up with that call is ludicrous. Just as annoying is the various pundits and commentators saying that it wasn't fair, but they are the rules: no, they're ****ing not.
If our season is so bad that we don’t make the top 4 would you get rid of Slot at the end of the season or so long as he makes top 6 he gets a reprieve?
Absolutely not. I didn't expect us to change half of a title-winning first XI in the Summer, but as we have, he must have at least 2 seasons to get them playing his way. Not qualifying for CL next season would be a disaster, but let's not get all Man U about and change our manager every time the weather vane moves.
I think it's time EPL had foreign refs. Not because they are better, but because it would remove any debate over supporter bias. Some of them are perhaps lower league club supporters but not all, I mean Oliver is a Newcastle supporter surely every game he refs in the Prem impacts the club he supports, how can he not have a bias towards a result that might benefit his club. And even if they don't support a Prem team, there are enough historic and local rivalries as well as local feelings towards certain teams and areas. Time for proper impartiality. Then you could only say it's a **** decision.
