08 Mar 2022 23:24:19
I think we were very poor this evening, not one player was above a 6 out of 10 and some were well below. I know we created chances alright and There was effort all round but there wasn't a single one who could stand up and say they had a good game. The effort was there but it was very flat. Delighted to go through obviously but a poor performance.

09 Mar 2022 03:43:47
Id give Diaz 6 and a half.

09 Mar 2022 03:46:03
Trent played well and Diaz was lively when he came on.

09 Mar 2022 06:51:53
We were poor overall. Matip as usual passing to the opponent and TAA not bothering to track back. 3-5-2 always trouble us. Inter were well organized and took Salah out of the game completely.
These are the games where you play your best defender. Konate has pace and physical presence.

{Ed0666's Note - Konate was injured genius

09 Mar 2022 06:56:14
Trent and Thiago played well I thought. We weren't at our best but we hit the woodwork 3 times and the ref let them smash the front 3 every time they got the ball. From 2-0 up there was no point going for a goal we just had to keep possession which we did ok until matip gave the ball away and didn't bother to run to get it back allowing them to score. I know it's unusual to lose at anfield and not to score but we did enough and were through.

{Ed0666's Note - we went through that’s what matters

09 Mar 2022 05:57:52
What exactly did Alisson do wrong?

09 Mar 2022 06:27:36
The beauty of the CL league is you don’t have to win both legs to progress. We could have had our best game of the season last night and stuck 5 past Inter and it would have been the same overall result of us progressing to the next round.

There was always going to be a bad performance and a loss so it’s actually very fortunate it came in a game that didn’t really matter in the end. Hopefully this is a little kick up the arse ready to refocus us for Brighton on Sat.

09 Mar 2022 07:12:28
Do people really think we were poor? I thought we were fine. We didn’t need to be excellent. I have no doubt that if we needed to we could have went up a notch or two.

Inter barely had a sniff over the 2 legs. They needed a pretty damn good strike to breach our defence. We hit the woodwork 3 times and Vidal pulled off an incredible block against Diaz. We can’t play 100mph every game given the number of fixtures we have.

We got through to the next round. No injuries. No concerns. On to the next game.

09 Mar 2022 07:20:48
There’s no pleasing some people 🤦🏻‍♂️.

09 Mar 2022 01:57:34
It was a performance waiting to happen - 4th game in 10 days. Physically and mentally they are probably off the boil. Lucky it was in a match were we had a 2 goal lead from the first leg.

We should have a bit more about us at the weekend (relatively speaking a bit more of a gap to the next match) and, with due respect to Brighton, they won’t be the stiffest test we have faced in recent times.

09 Mar 2022 07:55:01
Brighton won't be thinking like that.

09 Mar 2022 08:04:36
Spot on Barry, the same Brighton we let a two goal lead slip and were lucky to come away with a draw. Coupled with a 12.30 kick, it’s going to be tough!

09 Mar 2022 08:07:23
Brighton have there own issues at the moment barry 1 win in 8. there form as proper fell off the last month or two.

09 Mar 2022 08:18:49
It's up to our lads not to give a toss how Brighton think. Hit the ground running and be right at it from the first whistle.
Win the physical battle and let the difference in football quality do the rest.

09 Mar 2022 08:19:44
Catch a grip! If the 3 chances that hit the woodwork went in then youd have been p. ing yourself about how it was another great european performance. Small margins. The players are nackered and will get a well earned break after Tuesday.

09 Mar 2022 08:25:31
Our record against Brighton over the years is exceptionally good.

Amazingly though over the last 3 league games we’ve drawn twice and lost once against them. Brighton will very much fancy this as they really seem to turn up against us under Potter.

I’d imagine we will be at full strength and will need to perform to get this win. But at this stage results far outweigh performances.

09 Mar 2022 10:28:07
@Barry, you’d certainly hope Brighton aren’t thinking like that, Inagree.

The thing is, it doesn’t really matter what Brighton think. If we turn up with our game heads on and play the best we can 99 times out of 100 we will beat them.

09 Mar 2022 11:36:40
They completely took Salah out of the game Harry? You mean apart from him hitting the post twice?

Inter are a good side but other than scoring a worldy never really out us in real trouble over 180 mins.

09 Mar 2022 07:48:05
Ed0666 I thought we was in control they scored a 25 yard screamer but apart from that we was not in any trouble. We played in 4th gear all night there was no need to go hell for leather we have Brighton at the weekend them Arsenal mid week winning them games for more important as long as we went through is all that matters.
As for they kept quiet Mo must have been watching in different game to me he hit the post twice and was beating his man often but they where just sat back like they was 2-0 up. It’s like some people cannot see the big picture ed only the game on the tv at the minute.

{Ed0666's Note - exactly. I actually felt we were in 2nd gear all night. No one’s gonna remember this game in years to come for the performance it was all about going through to the last 8

09 Mar 2022 19:41:37
It was up to Inter to take the game to us and they couldn’t create one decent chance in 60 mins of play. Why would we go all out against a team we were leading 2/ 0? To prove what exactly? There’s a reason managers get paid big bucks to navigate such scenarios while the rest of us sit in front of the telly. The goal is to get thru to the next stage and we did that? Does it matter how we did that? We are into the next round and that is that. Move on to Brighton.