Liverpool Match Posts

11 Oct 2026 22:56:02
Disappointing result obviously.

Performance up until the red card was very very good. Good energy, press was excellent and just a couple moments when their midfielders made a good run to get beyond the back 4, but we covered well.

Semenyo vs Araujo is a good example of why having a CDM with natural defensive instincts would be really helpful because Araujo just got no help at all.
He is a huge man playing fullback so he is going to get beaten on the wing every now and then. He needs someone to shadow the inside so he can play the line and give himself a chance. Even then, surely the players on the pitch can figure that out live.

After the red card, the result is fully deserved.

Sucks to lose heavily. For me, it's really hard to watch City right now. I just hope they get through the appeal quickly and then get these guys out of the league. There is way too much dark cloud hanging around them. It's hard to take their team seriously.

Fully acknowledge that it's also hard as a Liverpool fan to say this given how much we've spent recently. At least we've done it within the rules (hopefully lol).

Koumas and Munoz both very good. Can we find a doc who can extract some of their DNA and inject it into WIrtz. The boy needs a boost of something. He ain't going to ballerina his way to fulfilling his price tag with us.. :D.

12 Oct 2026 19:29:51
Yeah agreed, I'm not mad about the result. IMO it was well balanced and I thought we were overall the better team before the sending off, which I think we can all agree was BS. Not the second, that's a yellow for sure (although I still fail to see how Fernandinho made a career of making those types of fouls but hardly ever being booked) but the first was never a yellow, and seems everyone sees it that way thus the game was spoiled.

After that it was only going to end one way, but seeing as we matched Man Cheaty with arguably our 4 best, game changing players out injured up until that point, I'm optimistic for where the team is heading under AI.

12 Oct 2026 19:31:39
Oh, and whilst I don't want to jump on the kids back, I really can't see Wirtz making it with us. I just see any indication at all that he is capable of recreating his Leverkusen form with us. I think it would be best for all involved of he returned to Germany at the earliest opportunity suitable for everyone.

11 Oct 2026 22:42:06
I posted last week that we would get beat today and it happened. No surprise at all under the circumstances. I have to say thought that the team really put a shift in until the ridiculous red card incident which completely ruined the game as a contest.

I thought with the absentees of our best performing players so far this season, the effort was there and we certainly held our own against a team built on corruption, but bouyed by the noise around them since their guilty verdict.

It's such a shame we got schooled by the cheats after the sending off, and it sticks in the throat.

I really hope they all get the same feeling when their punishment finally arrives.

11 Oct 2026 22:14:30
Any team can lose to city 3-0. Add to the fact the injuries ( not making excuses) and the sending off. Thought it was a 1 nil game until the red card. Before the international break we all probably thought city would beat us but the guilty verdict got us up for the it but probably got them up for it too.

Ref not worth a carat. But all that aside I'd still rather the cheating bas*ards win the league above Arsenal.

12 Oct 2026 08:44:10
I thought we'd win Scouse, I've watched City a few times this season and they've been very fortunate to win all their games.

The blatantly offside goal against United and now one of the softest red cards you'll ever see.

Given that we had 5 first team players out we did ok but having that many starters injured means the bench is a bit thin so it's difficult to impact things from the bench. That would be the same with any team especially given that 3 of them were our 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice striker.

I was confused before the game as to why they gave Chris Kavanagh this game. He is a very weak referee and the atmosphere got to him. He was way too quick to brandish yellow cards for both Grav and Araujo which eventually cost us.

This needed a strong ref who can control a game without giving cards for minor things. Kavanagh is not that guy.

Had Gravenberch finished the game without a booking I don't think anyone would've questioned it so to get 2 bookings for pretty much nothing is hard to take.

There's no doubt it had a huge impact on the result. We dropped too deep as we were trying to reorganise so the deflected shot ricocheted inside the box and fortunately for them fell straight to Haaland's left foot.

We are not great when the defence drops deep we conceded numerous similar goals like that last season just for that reason. Yes it was unfortunate Macca's block fell where it did but had we been 5-10 yards higher it's a much more difficult chance for Haaland.

It's still hard to know where we are after that game. We played well for an hour without 5 first choice starters and were arguably the better team. The sending off skewed the game in their favour and popped the ballon for us especially with them scoring so soon after it.

We'll just have to forget that game and move on.

12 Oct 2026 13:53:40
Despite the score yesterday I think we're better defensively than we were last season. So that's a positive. Mainly down to Jacquet and Araujo rather than tactics.

I've got quite a few niggles though with this team, and squad, in terms of where we are.

The home form in the league is very poor, and we don't score enough goals or create enough good chances. Given what we've spent, and the injury record of our forwards, that's not a good place to build from.

The second thing is more of a question. Can we play a more expansive game out wide without investment in a more solid centre midfield? Have we even got the right quality in wide areas to create more and better chances?

11 Oct 2026 21:38:59
6 league games in, first game after a 3 week international break, most in form player out, 2 main strikers out, best player from last season out.
Against a team with no injuries, a 100% record, siege mentality after cheating verdict and a deep squad built on cheating.

Yeah, we lost, we fell apart after a red card.
This is not our ceiling, this is a team still adjusting to a new regime with multiple injuries in key positions.
Chill out, give Iraola a chance.

11 Oct 2026 22:00:00
Amen to that Ron.

11 Oct 2026 22:05:11
Yeah agree with that ron, thought there plenty of positives before ridiculous red card all things considered.

11 Oct 2026 22:19:35
I'd have to disagree with you unfortunately Ron. I understand the points you are making about the need to be positive but after today I can't see us being involved in anything other than a top 4 battle this season.
The draws against Fulham, Forest and Newcastle have done a lot of damage.

We just looked toothless in attack so that's why I find it very hard to be positive.
Even with Isak and Gakpo on the pitch those days we just lack any excitement of going forward.
I fear for Iraola and I can't see him lasting the season if this patchy form continues.

{Ed666's Note - judge Irola when he has tools to do the job. It’s like giving him a tablespoon to do brain surgery at the moment..

12 Oct 2026 13:15:59
Did you think we were going to be involved in the title race Mayo?

11 Oct 2026 18:58:52
Evil has prevailed unfortunately. grav being sent off was the ending for us. does anyone know what's even wrong with szoboslai because we needed him more than ever for this game.

11 Oct 2026 18:50:57
Red changed that game today completely, I was pleased and proud of that performance up until then, state of the refereeing continues to get worse in my eyes.

11 Oct 2026 19:15:31
We won the first 62 minutes and then Kavanagh finally got what he wanted and sent off Grav. A great example of a ref ruining a perfectly good game.

11 Oct 2026 19:32:55
100% he has always been poor and shocking that he was even given this game.

12 Oct 2026 19:13:15
Kavanagh consistently gives poor decisions against us. He is from Greater Manchester. I know someone who knew him when he was coming through as a young ref in the local Manchester leagues. He said he is 100% a Manchester United fan and always has been. But he told the PGMOL at the time that he supported Stockport, or someone like that.

His brother is also a season ticket holder at Manchester City. I am absolutely certain that a City player would not have received yellow cards for either of the challenges Gravenberch made. The fact that Kavanagh gets anywhere near games involving Manchester clubs is a disgrace.

11 Oct 2026 18:36:07
Proud of the players that were playing, up until the ref Cheated us again

But I've got to say, we've got some players in this squad that Hide way too much! Today was a massive day for football, especially Liverpool, and yet again Isak is missing, Szobo hiding behind an injury, Gakpo hiding because he was linked with City in summer.

We've got cowardly players in this squad. That bench was atrocious. Man City turned up today, full squad, all ready to face the music, take the punishment. And half our Squad was too scared to play with slight Knocks and Strains.

It's a really difficult group to like this Liverpool Squad. It's littered with Cowards.

11 Oct 2026 19:04:01
I agree lfc8 as regards the sending off changing the game, 50-50 until that. Thought we gave as good as we got until then. Postives where grav looked back to his best until red card and munoz v good. back 4 looked reasonably solid until sending off as well.
On the negative end we've no cohesion going forward at all, no link up play and don't really look that dangerous.

Wirtz is getting worse by the game, offers nothing.
I would disagree with u as regards the injured players, gakpo on end of a serious bad tackle and we be lucky if he only misses a game r 2. szobo I can't remember him missing a game threw injury since he signed, always available.

11 Oct 2026 19:07:45
Slightly unfair mate, Gakpo and Isak were injured on international duty and it was known they would miss today's game, Szob runs himself into the ground each game so to say he was hiding today again when injured is a stretch! I can accept criticism of the players on the pitch hiding after we went to 10 men but not players who have been left
Out by the coach and medical team.

11 Oct 2026 19:29:03
The three players are injured.

11 Oct 2026 19:34:57
I was genuinely excited when we signed Wirtz.

All last season and the beginning of this season, I would think that "he'll settle in". But it looks like I've been hoping in vain. He brings hardly anything to the game, apart from the odd "cute" touch. Cannot control a ball, cannot pass, cannot shoot and the only end product of his game is the opposition gaining possession. Makes the odd half-hearted press and pulls out of tackles. Really disappointing.

12 Oct 2026 06:18:06
LFC08 is joking about the players "hiding" behind injuries, right? I can't read that as anything else except satire.

11 Oct 2026 18:27:55
Result aside I felt we played well up to the sending off! Red card was soft and completely changed the game, not just one soft yellow but two, not going to start on conspiracy theories and refs are cheats but on any other day Grav finishes that game so ultimately the ref has badly changed the outcome of the game.

Finally I think the crowd were amazing, the singing, booing and chants for cheats whenever the city player touched the ball was great to see!

11 Oct 2026 18:20:24
Very disappointed today. Injuries didn't help and red card is harsh but we collapsed like cards in the wind. Weak mentality wise. Never controlled any momentum in the game. Disjointed, directionless and leadership.

Weak mentality. Struggling to find any shape or pattern. As bad as any Slot team performance. Barcola, wirtz and macca very disappointed by. A real poor day at the office and I don't see any positives going forward.

11 Oct 2026 18:46:20
I thought we were really good up until the red card. Without some key players too-Dom, Isak/Hugo, Gakpo, Bradley all start that game if fit.

It easy to say fold when watching from the sofa. I expected better myself but that city team are one hell of a talented bunch. They controlled the game down a man at OT, let alone up a man.

I was proud of the performance up until the red. Could of done with one of Isak/Gakpo/Isak to finish a move.

11 Oct 2026 19:32:51
I thought we matched them up until the red. With half a team of starters missing. City imo will win the league this year. Bit of perspective.

11 Oct 2026 20:43:24
We weren't very good at any point. No sustained momentum or any real chances created.