Alisson: 8
That is some save. I mean, how many times have you seen The Reds do alright at Old Trafford and then some bellend wafts past your ‘keeper and slots? That is a brilliant save. Brilliant.
Andy Robbo: 7
I reckon he might be a T100 there, you know. I mean, Lukaku fell on him from the top rope like the fucking Big Show and landed on his outstretched arm. A normal exoskeleton is decimated there. It’s the law of fucking physics. The first one.
Joel: 7
Front-foot defending was pretty good first half. Fucking slotted that one, didn’t he? Reckon he knew it was off.
Virgil: 7
The danger never entered his red zone aside from the Lukaku through ball. I reckon that happens cause Virgil doesn’t believe he has got that in his arse pocket.
Milner: 6
Twatted it out a lot first half, didn’t he? The Reds were set up to get him on the ball in the final third and he twatted it out a lot. Bit of a blow.
Henderson: 7
Think that’s a poor decision to take him off, if I’m honest. Thought he was one of the only ones on the pitch trying to keep the ball when every other cunt wanted to bladder a through ball because we needed to score NOW.
Fabinho: 8
Reckon he’s The Reds’ best player. Kept trying to get them playing, when every other cunt wanted to bladder a through ball because we needed to score NOW. Won some belter headers first 20.
Gini: 7
Impressive first half when he kept hold of the ball. Not so much second half when he disappeared. Looked fucking knackered, in fairness, before Hendo got took off.
Mo: 4
Shite today. No way round it. Offered nothing as an attacking threat.
Sadio: 4
Couldn’t pass the fucking thing five yards second half. Literally five yards. Time and again. Just pass that fucker five yards lad, and The Reds are in. I’m not sure Liverpool could play any worse second half and I’m saying the forwards are mostly at fault, and the eager cunts who wanted to treat it to them.
Firmino: 8
Giving him an eight because The Reds were relatively good when he was on and absolute dog shite when he wasn’t. Get yourself some of them horse blood injections that Michael Owen had, lad. Be back for Wednesday.
SUBS
Sturridge: 3
Not sure he is worth a carrot anymore. Think the decision is made at a time when we needed composure, hence he comes on. Flirted and floated and fannied around the pitch to zero effect. Shite.
Div:
Legged it.
Them:
It’s mad the way Alex Sanchez is still bouncing around, isn’t it? Looks like he couldn’t be arsed going the shop there so ate one week of his £365,000 wage in pound coins. Or maybe that bulldog he used to bounce around with. Just ate that little cunt whole.
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Liverpool’s worst enemy. A tight and packed defence.
These players cant deliver us the title. But they had a go at least.
You know we’re top with only 11 games left to go don’t you??
For now.
And we were once top with a 7 point lead..not too long ago.
For now? I really don’t understand how you can be so pessimistic and thinking the worst? We’ve been beaten once all season, we’re sat top of the league with everything in our hands. 7 points, 1 point it doesn’t matter as long as you’re top in May.
If you’re this down about it at the moment you’re not going last till the end.
Why are you even on here. Always with the negative comments.
Yes, we played shite yesterday.
Yes, we need some additions to the team.
Get some perspective mate, we’re top of the fucking league.
I have a right to be here just as much as you do, even when my opinions differ from yours.
And you know very well that these type of performances are not enough to win this League. The players are crumbling under the pressure. We do well if we finish 2nd.
League titles are won on points and not performances – you can be shit and get the points, (many would argue that is what makes a title winning side).
We may have been average yesterday but I didn’t see the players “crumble,” however if they did /doit’s probably down to opinions such as yours which puts undeserved and unneeded pressure on them. Get behind them and enjoy it rather than all this “we won’t finish 2nd (which actually doesn’t matter anyway)” rubbish because if you can’t back them now you don’t deserve to be celebrating with the rest of us in May.
Funny really. Not a bad result going there and getting a point. However, considering their injuries and the fact they’re not that good makes it a bit harder to take. This winning the league thing is boring at times but obviously still well within the grasp of these lads.
Fair ratings, Hendo was unlucky to be benched, the subs offered nothing positive to add.
Missed opportunity imo. We need to rediscover pace and a Sense of urgency going forward. Bringing Sturridge on a huge mistake he offers nothing . Hate to say it but City would have battered them . Positive note we are top of the league . Just need to stay solid and move the ball forward quicker and with more purpose. Mo ?.. not on his game ..
again , best player ratings .
I knew we were up against it when Firmino went off. For all their talent Mane and Salah can’t pass the ball to a mate who is open. Firmino makes them, he opens up defenses and he gives them something to work with. On their own they are toothless.We need a second #10 in the summer, one who can unlock tight defenses. I was hoping that Keita (was he injured?) didn’t see him on the bench – would be that one but although he has shown glimmers of hope he is not yet consistent enough. I hope he can come to terms with the P. L. for next season.
That cheered me up a little bit when few other things could’ve Ben. Great stuff as always.
Glad someone on TAW finally gave the sad truth about Sturridge the way it actually is. As much as I love Neil Atkinson, he and others simply won’t admit it. Thanks for the memories pal, but he indeed is not worth a carrot anymore.
I’d also argue Milner was less than a 6. Love the fella, but he was fucking dogshite with the ball time after time, it was infuriating. He was given so much space constantly and his passing and crossing looked like a YouTube compilation of the worst of Clyne.
The way Studge and Origi played made me wonder if there’s any chance of Brewster coming back sooner. Can’t be much worse than those two right now.
Sturridge ended us. Front 3 I felt were just getting into the game a bit more when Firmino got injured, albeit they were shite beforehand.
Him coming on offers us nothing, he can’t play across the whole front 3, only central due to his severe lack of pace, and he proceeds to continuously drop 30 or 40 yards away from goal and be ineffective there instead.
Both sides had 10 and a half men, us with Sturridge and them with Rashford being injured almost the entirety of the match.
Hundsughtnos obviously a wonderful thing. It’s a point I’d have taken before the match, it’s also a point I feel disappointed with all we have to show for today, though in the end we didn’t deserve the win anyway. Just on the basis of how little threat I thought they offered, even before injuries.
*Hindsight obviously a wonderful thing.
never felt so shite sitting top
Agree with all the marks apart from henderson. I dont “hate” Hendo but i can totally understand why he was subbed he was totally ineffective. No penetration no runs forward just sideways sideways backwards sideways. I just dont see how you can say he was gettingba gripnon the gsme , because from whatbi saw todsy he was a million miles away from getting a grip on anything. Its dead easy to second guess what klopp should or shouldnt have done with the benefit of hindsight, but for me taking hendonoff and usingbkeota to drive forward after halftime should have happened. Sturridge? Yeah i can see why he tried him. In games like this he can occasionaly find half a yard of space, no backlift and place the ball in the yop corner. Just didnt worknout for him today as chances and space were at a premium.overall yes we wany to win every game, we want to win every time we play at united but history showsbthat just doesnt happen automatically with uour biggest rival. What i think qe should focus on is what Neil points out. That save. That save gave us a point todsy that our performance didnt really mwrit. That through ball and chance created by united surpassed anything in the attacking third that we could muster and on thst basis alone youd have to say that united should have had the 3 points today. In seasons gone by that would have been the case. But now we have Alison, now we have that save and that save and the point it gave us today could be hugely, HUGELY significant at the end of the season.
I thought Henderson and Milner didn’t show enough coolness in the first half. Henderson attempts to get involved in things with the opponent and the referee. No need to, just play your game. Milner’s crossing was poor first half.
Any other day I would have taken a draw at United all day long. But not yesterday, this was simply the best chance in years to give them a proper beating on their own pitch. I simply can’t understand our game plan in the second half, if I’m honest. It was like we were freezing all of a sudden instead of going after them and chasing their defense for 45 minutes. Party to blame for this must be Klopp. Even with one eye you could see the tactics didn’t work ten minutes after the break, don’t bloody wait to bring on Shaqiri for another ten minutes! And why Keita was left on the bench the whole game, is simply beyond my belief. Big, big missed opportunity!
Desite that, top of the league agian! But we need to improve big time in the coming weeks, I slightly get worried about our lack of energy recently…
Klopp’s priority was to not get hit on the counter which was utd’s big plan, and they are good at it. We did that. Just!
Their game wasn’t affected much by the injuries, it was just defending deep. It didn’t weaken them in their half.
Dangerous opponents you make sure you don’t have to chase the game, keep it tight for an hour. Then try some more experimental things after 70. Little point with the forwards so bad though.
If you can’t win, don’t lose.
Keita not yet trusted to hold midfield.
Wow that was frustrating to watch, particularly Milner who was awful all game. Felt he needed moving to midfield and Hendo dropping in at RB to at least see if it made a difference.
Just seen a stat. With TAA in the team we average 2.5pts and have a higher XG and concede less. This averages 95pts across the season. Without TAA we have a 1.5pts average which is 60pts across the season.
Sunday saw a host of below average performances from us. We stank. In fact Becker was the only reason we got a point.
As for the subs, they were awful when they came on. I am glad 2 of those 3 will be gone in the summer hopefully taking Lallana with them and equally I hope we also off load Lovren with them.
We made so many mistakes on Sunday and this includes Klopp’s decisions.
One thing I will say is the pitch was also a deciding factor. It was like glue at times.
Poor performance and that’s been the trend in 2019. Time for rockets up arses.