THAT was a really strange game to score players. It seemed there was as much wrong collectively as individually. But I’m here to have a go. So go easy…
SIMON MIGNOLET 5
The big Belgian in our goal makes good saves from Cazorla and Ramsey early on and a Giroud header later. But you felt he should have done better with the free kick. Generally not his fault.
EMRE CAN 5
Looked as composed as anyone at centre half. Lost completely at wherever he was playing second half. Got sent off in frustration at how bad at crossing he was. Stupid challenge.
KOLO TOURE 3
Come on, mate.
MAMADOU SAKHO 7
Some great defending when he was getting absolutely no help from anyone else. Some trademark turns too to cheer everyone up
JORDAN HENDERSON 5.5
Not a wing back. Not really his fault. Square pegs. Did some good shouting at the ref.
ALBERTO MORENO 4
No use going forward and dreadful for their opener.
JOE ALLEN 5
Good when we were on top. Useless when we weren’t. Needs to look into that.
LUCAS LEIVA 4
Might have been rusty. Seemed to pass to them loads though.
PHILIPPE COUTINHO 5.5
In that position he needs a base to build from and didn’t get it.
RAHEEM STERLING 6.5
Our best attacking player. But we know that anyway. Was reminded constantly that his wage demands didn’t fit his performance. But it wasn’t exactly one in the column for ‘he can achieve what he wants at Liverpool’ either.
LAZAR MARKOVIC 5
Ah, mate. Struggled with the position and didn’t show for the ball enough. He was right to pass though. He just made an absolute mess of it. After that he showed commendable determination to make up for it. So well in for that.
DANIEL STURRIDGE 5
STOP TURNING INTO THEIR PLAYERS!!!!
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Mig a 5 really? Gets 1 or 2 ratings below what he deserves every week.
Harsh on Markovic I think.
The Away End: 2.
Awful from our end all game.
Noone get my vote. LFC has disapointed me for a decade now
Generally on the money with the pattern of your scores but every each one is probably a point too much.
Can you start scoring the manager? For me:
Team selection : 5. Hamstrung by daft suspensions in defence and Kolo the obvious choice over Lovren this year. But Allen and Lucas together with Hendo at RWB?
Substitutions: 4. Again, hampered by a thin squad but seeing that Lucas was struggling so obviously, to keep him on the pitch and take Markovic off? Well, bringing Sturridge on was the right call but Marko at RWB pushing Hendo back into the centre made more sense from an attacking POV.
So Sakho is our MOM when we get beat 4-1…..christ!
That was as poor a team performance as I have seen for quite some time and I wouldn’t give any player above a 4 tbh. Harsh maybe but none of them come out of that abysmal performance with any credit in my eyes.
They were all crap today maybe apart from Sterling, Mignolet & Sakho in patches but don’t overlook Sakho giving away the free kick for no reason.
Moreno is getting worse by the week, & why are we constantly playing people out of position at RWB? Manquillo seems to have been bombed out but he’s better defensively than Moreno on the other side yet he’s a permanent fixture recently.
Classic Mignolet: two great saves, sets up a wall for the free kick and then forget why and forgot to cover the other half of the goal. The heat has been off him lately, but it’s still an area that needs addressing.
Moreno was poor throughout. Lucas had a poor first half but an excellent second half. Allen was absolutely woeful, completely anonymous, worse than useless. Markovic shows a lack
of confidence, but he was far from being the worst player and I thought that his substitution was not justified while Allen and Moreno were kept on. Rodgers NEVER gets it right. He makes the wrong substitution decisions constantly. Allowances can be made for the sudden thinness of the squad, but the last few games have shown that canny managers out-think him.
That’s our season, and we probably got what we deserved. Some exciting stuff but found wanting when it counted.
I’m fuming. We got beat today. It was an early kick off. I’ve had all day to ponder it. I’ve had people want to talk football. This was meant to be a day out. I knew it was ambitious when I put Arsenal away in my diary. I didn’t expect this. I’m not in the mood. I’m fuming. I think some people wanted this. Makes me madder. Stuck in a place now.
Just read this back. Reads Hipster. I’m fuming. We got beat today. It was an early kick off. I’ve had all day to ponder it. I’ve had people want to talk football. This was meant to be a day out. I knew it was ambitious when I put it in my diary (Arsenal away had to be put in). I didn’t expect this. I’m not in the mood. I’m fuming. I think some people wanted this.
Makes me madder. Stuck in a place now. I’m just not an analysit. I’m just a fan. And it’s okay to be upset. Stop trying to make answers. Just fume.