The match ratings from Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Sunderland.
Loris Karius: 8
Another clean sheet for the young German, clearly gives no fucks what you think and good for him. Two decent saves in each half in angled one v one situations.
Bar giving a soft corner away, made an absolute mug of everyone with his lofted lay off with a few minutes to James Milner at 1-0 and had everyone in a flap.
Nathaniel Clyne: 7
Regulate. Seemed to always be an option in the box.
Joel Matip: 8
Didn’t get sucked into any Sunderland nonsense, dealt with Jermain Defoe and Victor Anichebe comfortably enough and is currently giving a certain Big Finn a run for his money for bargain of the last century.
Dejan Lovren: 8
Taking turns to have mad runs at the oppo defence. Ridiculous backheel for Emre Can IN HIS OWN AREA late on when under pressure, seems like a completely different lad this year.
James Milner: 7
Scored a pen. Crossed loads. Put the game to bed.
Jordan Henderson: 7
Toiled in front of Sunderland’s back 18 but never lost concentration and kept plugging away.
Emre Can: 8
Got into his stride early on, inches away a few times in judgement and timing but his best game of the season so far.
Georginio Wijnaldum: 7
Holds the ball up so well and looked physically the strongest player on the pitch today.
Sadio Mane: 8
Frustrated for 75 minutes and then becomes the most important and influential player in the last 15 to make it count.
Philippe Coutinho: 7
GBNF…
Roberto Firmino: 8
Does not lose the ball ever, the ultimate offensive troll, which possibly explains the top-knot.
SUBS
Divock Origi (on 34′): 8
Changes the method and angle of attack for the Reds, seemed to be more direct as the game wore on
Inch perfect finish to relieve a billion tons of pressure off the entire stadium to give the Reds the lead.
Lucas Leiva (on 87′): 7
On for the medal tally.
Ben Woodburn (on 92′): 10
Better than Lionel Messi.
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Haha Ben Woodburn’s rating actual belly laughs :D
Was a frustrating day with the right result in the last 15. Great stuff
What about the manager? Need to give Klopp ratings. He’s got 99 problems and the Kop ain’t one.
Mane: shite all game and then that…..
How about their manager? I thought that when people said Moyes was a footballing genius they were joking. But if genius is indeed seeing what everyone else sees and thinking what no-one else has thought, he is in fact a bona fide genius. “I thought we had done enough to keep them out”.
Ben Woodburn’s rating is 693 points too low. Agree on Can – best game of the season by miles. Firmino does lose the ball occasionally, usually when not under pressure, but possibly just so he can win it back. His failure to roll the ball across for the 2 unmarked men and the far post was surely as bad as his miss last week for me. So he should lose a point. Matip and Karius should get 2 extra points each for pretending to give them a corner by accident after which only an O’Shea rugby tackle stopped a big counter. So much to like about today’s performance. And so much to love about Karius.
Woodburns had 15 incredible seconds. Gets leveled in the air, wins a tackle, slips on his arse, completes a simple pass. Celebrated each one like a goal. Up the reds.
Top comment bout Bobby being an offensive troll, ha.
Made up lads,dug deep and got a result!! Hope Phil is alright, let’s play for him now over the next few weeks! Andy, is there a TAW app I can download as I am away working midweek?? Or can you recommend a good footy app for the reds??? Cheers
Leaving aside the emotional attachment to the players, you could half all their ratings. These are the matches we should be putting yo bed early doors. We were slow today. No zip to the passing..whereas before we would blast quick passes and move to receive quick blasted passes. Today we tap slow telegraphed passes and then didn’t move. We need to improve to win this league. Still very happy and relieved with the win.
In a perfect universe mate,
Sometimes you need to dig out an ugly duckling of a win,
The very best Liverpool teams have toiled against worse than yesterday’s oppo.
Generous score for Mane; worst he’s been. He was properly doing my head with bad decisions and fluffed finishes but then he finished the game with his big sprint into the box.
Showed a lot of patience today, a game we would have drawn in years gone by. Great rating for Woodburn Andy. Ha ha.
Mane and Can!!! You extracting the Michael. Both had very poor games. Bring back John Gibbons. He’s boss,
Zzzzz zzzzz
Happily Pete, can you have a word?
Mane and Can had their worst games for ages.
Top 3
Henderson MOTM
Wijny
Jimmy
Good’ol Davey Moyes; parked the bus alright but forgot to close the windows. Great to see this team digging in when it counts and turning draws into wins. My MOM goes to Origi, one bit of magic changed the game, without it we could well be sitting here lamenting a 0-0. Special mention for Emre. Despite not being the fastest or the most skillful player out there, I thought his desire to win that game was immense, defensive lines just seem to crumble before him. Der Panzer.
I’d give Hendo an extra point for clapping after Karius kicks it out and somehow managing to avoid making the clap ironic. That’s captain material!
I think I’ve officially become too critical of Emre Can because it is clearly past the point of “what is he adding to the side,” but I still find myself grumping around. I do like the way the camera focused on his celebration as if he had scored the goal, leaving Origi as a peripheral afterthought.
Klopp deserves a 10 for single-handedly turning around about 10 years of moan with a few emphatic arm gestures.