A frustrating afternoon for The Reds but what did our panel think of the result and performance today? Was there enough in the game from Liverpool? Who stood out? And where did that Albie Moreno performance come from!?
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Today Neil Atkinson hosts and is joined by Charlotte Campbell, Gareth Roberts and Stu Wright.
Liverpool are sacrificing winning for the sake of playing Firmino imo, he looks good and works hard but doesn’t win you points that will win you a league.
Solid performance from The Reds against quality opposition, but no real fire in the bellies of either side. Maybe the the lack of passion wasn’t just down to tactics… no Scousers and no Mancs in the starting line-ups.
Garreth’s point about this not being a Mourinho masterclass is really important. The xG map I’ve seen is LFC 1.8-0.3 MU. Whatever your stance is on analytics, it just means Man United really did get away with one here. In turn, it means we must start taking these chances.
So while I obviously want to win the league, I never predicted we’d truly be in for it this season. It’s had Man City written all over it since they signed Guardiola. And that means the mediocre run of form we’ve been in boots us out of the league cup…and that’s all. It’s not catastrophic.