11 Mar 2024 08:39:45
Seano_ has written an article entitled, Liverpool vs Manchester City: Review
11 Mar 2024 09:44:02
Cheers Seano I agree with all of that.
So many players could of been MOM. Virgil, endo, Diaz. but Macallister was different class yesterday and bossed that midfield. Great to see his passion and physical presence shown as well as his clever passes in the midfield.
11 Mar 2024 09:50:17
Endo and Mac bossed the midfield. Both intelligent, hardworking and made good decisions all afternoons.
11 Mar 2024 10:15:57
KDB was hiding behind ENDO all thru that second half. Also, the guy completed a mighty 4 passes (16 overall) before he got hooked. Absolute master class from Endo Wataru. The bigger the opponent and the occasion, the better he plays.
11 Mar 2024 10:19:27
I don’t think I have seen City so… human. In that second half they looked lost, confused, rattle, out of ideas and… ordinary. From the players to the manager. That’s why I’m proud of the boys but disappointed in the draw, as City were there for the taking. Endo and Mac dominated that midfield. Diaz was class besides the woeful finishing. He had three one on one chances he should have comfortably finished. But my gosh some of his runs and skills against Walker and Rodri were breath taking.
I do have something to say about Klopp’s substitutions. Not just in this game but consistently over a few years now. At times or should I say a lot of the times he will literally do the opposite to what you think he should do. Maybe I’m wrong, who knows. But we were in the ascendancy but he decides to take off Bradley for Robbo when the obvious choice was to take off Gomez and leave Bradley who offers more going forward. He then took off Nunez who offers pace and a goal threat. Not to mention links up well with Salah but brings on Gakpo who offered zero pace and no attacking threat. Yes, we should have finished our chances but we did lose that extra attacking threat with those subs IMO.
{Ed025's Note - totally agree on the subs Alonso it seemed to help city more than Liverpool imo mate, on Diaz hes like a Duracell bunny who never stops going, the problem is im not sure he knows what hes doing half the time which confuses the opposition as much as him..
11 Mar 2024 10:33:50
For me you can't give Diaz MOTM, he had more than one opportunity to kill the game. Overall I think he's great but all the tricks and flicks in the book are worth nothing if you can't put the ball in the net when it counts. His decision making at times is poor and his finishing is well below par.
11 Mar 2024 10:46:14
I thought Harvey Elliott was outstanding as well.
11 Mar 2024 11:10:51
Mac was my man of the match yesterday. Was the complete midfield performance for me in and out of possession and reminded me of the good old days when midfielders were just as good at attacking as they were defending and there was a position called dm just centre mid.
VVD was colossal as well. At one point he held Haaland off and chested a ball down that had travelled 60 yards and then played a pass.
Elliot, Quansah and Endo were also superb and a special mention to Gomez. I thought Gomez made some silly mistakes in the first half and got exposed few times but he kept his head up and was very good.
Not his fault but he was far better at Rb than he was Lb but as a right footed centre half that should come as no surprise.
{Ed025's Note - it was a great day for Macca JK, played really well and also scored the equaliser with a well taken penalty, the only down side was him not getting a mention at the oscars for his performance an an injured footballer in the last minute of yesterdays game mate.. :)
11 Mar 2024 11:32:32
Ed0025 what are you talking about. I've seen it said that Mac almost had his head taken off which in fairness would take some doing considering the foot struck his chest/ shoulder area lol.
Its a generation thing with footballers these days mate through the best pro's to even grass roots levels now.
Gone are the days where you spend 90 mins trying to not look hurt but they are going down as if they've been shot by an elephant gun under the slightest bit of contact.
Id like to offer my services to the Premier league and demo a good 50/ 50 challenge on their players starting with Bruno Fernandes and Bernado Silva.
Despite both being terrific players i imagine they have their mums still tuck them to bed every night.
{Ed025's Note - im stuck in the past JK and grew up watching the likes of Tommy Smith, Billy Bremner, Souness etc, proper hard men who when they got hit they got back up and whacked you back, im not talking about thuggery im talking about playing hard, these days they all dive even when they havn,t even been touched, i know some will say the game has changed and thats right but i dont know whether thats for the better or not, when i played there was no being out for 12 months with an ACL, you put fiery jack on it and played the next week, bring back the old days i say mate..
11 Mar 2024 13:52:54
Ed0025 in fairness mate back in those days we had the magic sponge.
There wasn’t a injury that bad boy didn't fix.
{Ed025's Note - your spot on JK, that dipped in a cold bucket of water on a cold January afternoon got everyone back on their feet mate, paired with the half of an orange as your half time treat its no wonder the game was better..
11 Mar 2024 14:19:03
I agree with you 25. I would prefer to bring football back to the physical sport I grew up with. these lads are supposed to be professional athletes after all, falling over should be seen as a sign of not being strong enough or up to the test.
The frustrating thing for me is the lack of consistency in refereeing.
11 Mar 2024 15:53:32
City didn't appear to like the physicality Liverpool showed, and it looked like they weren't ready for it. Haaland and KDB seemed especially frustrated.
I don't know if that was the plan, but it seemed to work.
11 Mar 2024 16:36:42
Just because the magic sponge and fiery jack remind ye of when Everton last won a trophy Ed, doesn't mean they were better?.
{Ed025's Note - love it Jude, it feels like it was back when the players had shin pads made from a rolled up Echo and wore cork studs since that happened mate..
11 Mar 2024 19:27:07
I have not been a fan of gomez since his injuries but Sunday i thought he had foden boxed off and that is the most quite i have seen foden in the last two seasons. well done Joe praise where it is due.