TAW contributors with talking points straight from the ground after Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Arsenal.
Lessons Learnt
Great win. Decision making the main difference from Saturday. Reckon they’ve watched 100 videos from Monday. @johngibbonsblog
Lallana Love
Adam Lallana isn’t human, is he? He ran more than I’ve ever seen anyone run in a game of footy. Looked like he was gonna die and then had the composure to not play Divock Origi the ball when he was offside and then play a peach of a ball. He was incredible. @PhilBlundell
Lallana was so intelligent on that third, held it, held it, then played the killer ball. And no one deserved that goal more than Gini. Absolute Trojan. @robbohuyton
The Tank
You see why Jürgen Klopp wanted someone like Gini Wijnaldum in centre mid rather than a Joe Allen — so strong, lost count of how many times he out-muscled the opposition. @C_Hannan7
Oh Mane, Mane
Sadio Mane is a great lad. Would love to go ten-pin bowling with him. @johngibbonsblog
Reliant Ragnar
Ragnar Klavan was excellent. @johngibbonsblog
The Klavan-Lucas Leiva thing is a bit mad, isn’t it? One of them plays, looks good, does something daft and then the other one gets back in before the man made of crisps gets back in. Then he gets injured and we repeat the process until the man made of crisps is back. @PhilBlundell
Sign Sanchez
We should throw everything we’ve got at signing Alexis Sanchez from them in the summer. @paul7cope
Me and Neil were talking at length about the extent to which Sanchez should play for Liverpool. @johngibbonsblog
Lower Main Limbs
The reaction to the third goal was boss, barely anybody had spoke in the Lower Main until that point, everybody went mad. Up the Reds. @jsexton24
Average Arsenal
Didn’t think we hit the heights of the Spurs game today but Arsenal were poor. Tried to set up like others have successfully against us but don’t have it in them to play like that. Saying that, we looked more assured for long spells than I’ve seen us before and limited them to two real shots. Emre Can should be knighted for his tackle on Sanchez. Gini should have a statue outside The Kop. @paul7cope
Arsenal are proper shite. That was not that stressful. I thought Mane and Wijnaldum were immense. The run starts here (again). @RobGutmann
The Reaction
Boss reaction from everyone — they wanted that, they care, you could see it. We slaughter these lads all the time but ultimately they’re human like us — it’s hurt us that the title looked on and now it isn’t, it’s hurt us to be out the cups. It’s hurt them as well. The manager, the players, everyone. I think you’ve seen that — confidence has been brittle, motivation has been low. It’s hard to suddenly realign sights that were set at the very top. But that will help big time with doing just that. Second, third, fourth — all are a big improvement in loads of the seasons we’ve watched recently. So let’s seize that chance — finish as high as we can, stop feeling sorry for ourselves, create some feel good. And fucking beat Burnley FFS! @robbohuyton
Thought we were excellent again, that being said I thought we were at Spurs.
Can’t go up against Burnley next and fail. We need to use these big results as a catalyst to push on. Our record against the top sides shows how good this team is, but we need to use the next 10 games to prove that. No Champions League would be a massive failure for a side of this one’s ability.
Hugely important now that any opportunities that present themselves we pounce upon, to ensure we get automatic qualification, with the likelihood that Manchester United win the Europa League.
Thought we were typically excellent today as we have been against most of the top sides, just hope that’s the end of the madness. @PaulSenior1
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Love all the observations. Quick note on 4th place quirks re. Senior’s point: there’s a maximum of 5 English teams that can take part in the Champions League. If we were to finish 4th (and I agree, fuck it, might as well aim higher), we’d only miss out if both United won the Europa AND City lifted big ears. Christ, I wanna be back at that level. Top 4’s not worth a bus parade but it feels really crucial at this point in time. Bring on Burnley. No more false dawns, Liverpool!
Only if City also finish outside the top 4 isn’t it? i.e. United and City both win the cups and both finish outside the top 4 = team who finishes 4th doesn’t get in to the CL next year.
Can we please, please, please offer Arsenal 40M and a pound for Sanchez?
And as a big Joe Allen fan, I thank my stars that we signed Gini. Does all the under-appreciated stuff I love Allen for, plus he’s made of iron.
Gini, Hendo, and Lallana are all fascinating to watch off the ball.
“Can we please, please, please offer Arsenal 40M and a pound for Sanchez?”
Now that would be funny !
The talk of signing Sanchez is as fucking mind numbing as the talk of “were gonna win the league” was last November……if Sanchez was 22 and worth 15M, then maybe.
But he isn’t.
All this is great but I’ll start to relax after we’ve convincingly beat Burnley and Bournemouth and the next bottom half team by 3 goals each. We do that and it’s REALLY game on.
‘Emre Can should be knighted for his tackle on Sanchez.’ This. Taking a yellow for the team. Up with this sort of thing.
I like the idea of robbing a rival of their best players. And Sanchez would be a proper fit, if he is a team-player, that is. Fact is, the season was never meant to be a title-running one. Unique chance w/o CL footy, yes but I am positive, the Reds get their got at the title even having to play more games a week. Btw Gibbo, I’d suggest Crown Green Bowls with Mane, rather than bowling – so un-British, isn’t it?