THAT midfield, aye.
I reckon there was a massive online storm beforehand. How the fuck isn’t he playing Henderson? And what the fuck is he doing playing Milner full back when it could be him, Henderson and Gini in the middle? The dream midfield? Fuck’s sake. Hasn’t got a clue, this cunt.
Alisson: 7
He’s tremendous, isn’t he? He just makes it all look so easy. The save after 10 minutes was amazing. Was sound that they didn’t bother mentioning or showing that he was offside like.
Milner: 8
Played like a number 10 which is sound until you realise everyone else is as well. One of our best players tonight.
Degsi: 6
I mean, it was mad the way he had to mark a literal fucking giant. That was a bit out of order. Actually thought the back two defended really well considering they had fuck all help first half.
Huge fan of his jockeying the ball out for a goalkick attempt that stopped on the line and resulted in him looking at it like a golfer trying to make his putt drop. It’s not going unless a train goes past, lad.
Marvellously he fucking tried it again, this time from 30 yards from the byline, like he was in the Winter Olympics having a lovely big game of curling without the fucking mop. What a fella.
Virgil: 8
Gave away a five-yard pass first half and other than that did some defending on his own against a man taller than our house, and that includes the chimney stack. Got a cob on with us giving it away in ridiculous positions with us ridiculously exposed which pleased me enormously.
He is just really, really, really good, isn’t he?
Robbo: 7
Lucky with the disallowed goal. He’s two yards behind our line. To be fair, he was probably just surprised to find himself at the back instead of overlapping Firmino and Mane.
Would like him to get a rest but then I reckon if you told him to go home and put his feet up and maybe watch the telly, you would get home to him having knocked through the living room into the kitchen, lashed a steel lintel up on his own, took the brick to the tip, and was halfway through knocking a fucking roast rib of beef together.
Chambo: 8
Great movement to find space, great touch and great finish for the first goal. Offered no balance in midfield first half whatsoever and gave it away a bit, but so what? Lad, he’s just flicked one with the outside of his foot in off the bar. Unreal goal, that. Better once he scored the second.
Fabinho: 7
Eh, happy birthday lad.
Great ball to Oxo for his goal. Had an awful lot to do in the middle without the ball first half. When I say the middle I mean the middle, the whole middle and nothing but the middle of the pitch. Every other fucker was having a disco upfront. Was made up when Naby came to give him a lift second half.
Keita: 8
Hahaha, that first minute pass with his back. Jesus Christ take him off and wrap him in a bubble.
Tremendous when he is on the front foot, constantly taking people out of the game, linking the play, getting The Reds going. That said, he can’t really run backwards at all. That’s absolutely sound if he is set up in a side that allows for that, but not when every cunt is in their box and you are asking him to play one of them wide centre mid positions.
The ball through in the lead up to Chambo’s goal is fantastic. Much better second half when he basically ran the show.
Mo Salah: 8
Misheaded one from five yards at 1-0 that should have defo been a goal. Gave it away too easily all night really and couldn’t really get in the game until he set up Sadio out of nothing. Takes his goal really well. Great strength. Unreal strength, actually. Lovely turn and finish.
Firmino: 7
The little flick through for the Sadio chance was scandalous. Probably needs some form of inter-governmental enquiry. Root and branch stuff. Our best forward, looked after the ball first half, didn’t stop working, (I know) and combined brilliantly with Mo to set up Sadio’s goal.
Sadio: 7
Like his mate, couldn’t get into it all night then bang. One chance, one brilliant finish. Was great once he scored.
SUBS
Joey Gomez:
Did really well to cover round and then loved his little volleyball effort to get a yellow.
Gini:
Come on and added absolute balance. Great work to pinch the ball for Sadio’s goal.
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Kin ‘ell, listened to it on 5 live and the way Alan green and warnock were talking, we played like absolute shite. Warnock slating Naby every 30 secs. Just watched the highlights. Sublime goals. That Alan green is a miserable bstard!!
Brave man listening to 5 Live… You can never tell what’s happening when Green is commentating. He leaves you shredded.
Honestly, between him and Martyn Tyler, we’re better off not listening to any commentary!
I heard that Green is a Liverpool fan, which makes it all the worse.
Yeah apparently he’s a red.
Thought Naby Keita was a joy to watch.
Sets the tempo keeps things moving, ticking-over.
He is a master of “nicking the ball”.
Retaining possession when winning the ball back.
Some great goals. One memorable.
Solid result.
This report pretty much summed it all up for me. I have to say that I was surprised that Becker equally also didn’t start playing up top with our attack. He’d of been entitled to as everyone of our players accept Degsy and VvD kept bombing past the forwards to get up top, overlapping everything… which is sound when you have the ball, but not so when you fucking haven’t. I was going mad though that we kept giving it away and there was acres of space behind us, with most of their guys running into and they were dropping the ball into this, as all our lot were like Forrest fucking Gump at the opposite end.
Seriously, we played like a Primary school team for most of the game, until we realised we didn’t have to. Not happy with the chances we gave them, especially the goal. (Yeah I am having a serious fucking moan).
If I scored those goals on FIFA I’d quit the match and start again, citing a lack of realism. You can’t do things like that, particularly Chamberlain’s goal. I mean what was that? Who does that?
As for Firmino’s flick – don’t even start. Nobody does that. I mean, has anyone, anywhere, ever done that? I don’t think you can even do that on a video game. It really upset me that Mane didn’t score. I get why he couldn’t, but why couldn’t he have just been allowed to for sheer aesthetic purposes? Makes me sick.
Mane’s goal – how do you chip a keeper when the ball is 0.3 inches from his arms. How?
Lol at Salah holding off thirteen defenders and pulling off a turn that wasn’t possible.
What a carry on.
There’s a flick by Milner (backwards) towards the end off the game, which appears no look, outside of the boot and is like a chip done by a golfer on to the green from a sand bunker… I want to find footage of it as it is so nonchalant and yet sublime.
We did look like we were playing in some form of cheat mode yesterday with some of the stuff we did.
Some of it was absurd. It must be so demoralising as an opponent to see us do this when we’re not even at our best.
“How do you chip a keeper when the ball is 0.3 inches from his arms. How?”
Exactly. Their keeper’s flying off this line, too. Not too many people spotted that.
I can’t stop watching that goal – from Gini nicking it, to Bobby turning his head before he receives it to see where Mo is, to Mo using his ‘wrong’ foot – (twice, last night, significantly – at last!) to cushion it, swivel, and caress it inch-perfectly for Sadio to do what he does.
An absolute monster goal, one opf the best we’ve scored under Kloppo. And we’ve scored some belters….
Well said. i think this is the ultimate goal. Like Can’s against Hoffheim at Anfield.
Mane’s goal should be goal of the season, but it’s barely in the top 3. If nothing else, Firmino’s ball into Mane should count for two goals. But I’m made up for Alex Ox. The goals were a long time in the making, leaving him for 18 months in a waking coma where he gets to watch his mates be the best side on the planet.
Woe betide the rest of the league – and Europe – if the lad and Keita fulfill their potential.
As for the Man-Giant of Genk, anyone ever see Crouchy run that fast?