FOR reasons I can’t go into, I ended up watching it on a stream, in a non-Liverpool boozer, with Jeff and the boys about two minutes ahead of us.
Every time there was a cheer, Palace, United, or some other cunts had scored. Every time there wasn’t a cheer The Reds had scored. Our stream was unstable, to say the least.
If you think these scores are worse than usual — and that takes some fucking doing — it’s probably because I didn’t see about 45 per cent of the game. I mean, I don’t watch the frigging thing when I am in the ground, so why should I start now?
You want something to test your nerves? Watch a 4-3 win, on a stop-start stream, in a boozer where everyone wants you to get beat, whereby you end up watching the last two minutes on Soccer Saturday on the telly, with no volume, and second guessing Jeff and fucking Paul Merson’s facial expressions. Fucking hell.
Alisson: 7
Couldn’t do anything with the goal. Didn’t see the second. Let’s say it wasn’t his fault. Probably should have saved the third, but I like to think he was saving his saves for when they matter.
Milner: 7
Great turn and through ball for the Joel for the chance. Played higher than Trent, pretty much. Got legged by Zaha but in fairness there aren’t many full backs who wouldn’t have been in that situation. Great run and ball onto Speroni’s hand to set up the winner. Got sent off, we have now got no right backs. No one in their right mind is arsed.
Big Joel: 6
Mad one there when he got played in with his big Porcelanosa boots and he was the last fella on earth you wanted in that position. Good save, in fairness. He is dead dangerous on corners but not dangerous at all in the same breath. Boss movement to create himself a chance, head like Kryten. Played the fucking world onside for their goal, didn’t he?
Virg: 7
Don’t know what he did or didn’t do for their goal, but it feels like he’s so good that if he wanted to keep it out he would have done. Genuinely haven’t got a clue how he played, but given we conceded three I’m saying he wasn’t amazing.
Andy Robbo: 7
Good defending to save a corner when they broke midway through the first, but then absolutely emptied his position chasing a shadow and they looked dangerous for a weird little five minutes. Why didn’t he hit that one first half when he played it back? Our only full back available now, but no one in their right mind is arsed.
Henderson: 7
First 10 minutes they broke twice and Henderson legged them and won it back. Loved the sort of middle defensive four we set up with. Twat of a ball to Milner for his second yellow. I was going to give him an eight but thought it was a step too far.
Fabinho: 8
Looked like they decided to let him have the ball first 15 and he pinged it all over the gaff. What a ball for the third goal to Milner. Went off hurt, hopefully something and nothing.
Naby: 6
He is nearly, almost, half a yard away from brilliant first half but instead tends to be ineffective at best, and maybe a little bit shite at worst.
Mo Salah: 8
Touch let him down three or four times in the first half when a possible half chance looked on. When I say let him down, I mean it wasn’t fucking perfect. Lashed himself for a pen there in an absolute don’t touch the red button brainstorm. Great finish off a big, horrible, spawny deflection. The best of goals.
Hahahahaha, his second, la. Their keeper with an assist. Fucking red shite bastards.
Firmino: 7
Fucking horrible, horrible, bobbly, spawny red nose twat of a goal that, weren’t it? Get in. Get in. Get in. Get in. Hahahaha.
Sadio Mane: 7
From what I seen — granted, it wasn’t a lot — he looked to be making some pretty fucking selfish choices. Slaughtering him to myself, watching a stream that seems to have took place in another fucking century, but then he popped up with a goal that may well have been celebrated four times. I don’t know who I am anymore. Are we going to win the league? Can someone just put me out of my misery?
SUBS
I don’t really know who come on, but was Shaqiri playing right back for a bit, there?
SUBSCRIBE to TAW Player to listen to our immediate post-match reaction…
“15 more cup finals…” 🏆
🗣 Subscribe for all of our reaction after the Reds go seven points clear at the top Legaue 👉 https://t.co/XZAK9veWt7 pic.twitter.com/rMTr4WELog
— The Anfield Wrap (@TheAnfieldWrap) January 19, 2019
Recent Posts:
[rpfc_recent_posts_from_category meta=”true”]
Pics: David Rawcliffe-Propaganda Photo
Alisson had a bad day. Would have a better chance with his feet for the first, should stop the third, is nowhere for the second. We all have bad days though and we won, so no one in their right mind is arsed.
Milner was great at times but exposed also. Similar for Matip, at times in the first half he was the most direct player but has his limitations also. Can’t wait for Trent and Gomez to come back.
Almost felt like a game from last year, which was a bit bonkers really. Got the win though, so no one in their right mind is arsed.
It really was that sort of game. Loads went wrong, some went right, but we won so I’m not arsed. Not sure about the right mind bit though.
You obviously not read my comments last time out Ben. If you had you would not be watching some dodgy stream in some pub where everyone wants us to get beat. That said, I was still trying to get home from work and had to listen to the entire 1st half on BBC Radio Merseyside… I truly think that’s worse. Got in, put the game on and it was as the ball was dropping out the sky for Salah to put it in.
Anyways I have since watched the entire game. All you can say is that we had a makeshift defence, with one returning from injury in there. That Alisson stank as he suddenly became Migs. He should done better with all 3. That they got their 3rd when we were down to 10 men and one those was Lallana and we had by that point lost Fabinho to injury. So effectively that’s 9 men or should we say 8 as Alisson was doing his best Migs impression, oh and we had Camacho on at that point as well within that 8 remaining.
Then there Keita. We are all hoping he comes good. If anything he is going the other way. May be time to consider bringing Wilson back from Derby, who again yesterday got a goal and assist, which you just don’t feel Keita is going to do anytime soon.
Mad game. Hendo is a bellend for under cooking that ball to Milly when under no pressure. Like the Watford game when he went out his way to get sent off, then today he did the same for Milly… seem to recall the last title run in and Hendo getting sent off and that not aiding our cause.
So all in all we were pretty poor yesterday. But we got 3 points despite Jon Moss again giving us nothing all game and awarding handball against Mane who had suddenly grown the whitest of white arms… spec savers Jon is the only answer.
Jeez, any excuse to have a pop at Henderson… He was easily one of our best players
He also fucked up when it was easier not to
I didn’t have the most reliable stream, either. Seemed to me like Skrtel and Kolo Toure didn’t have the best game, but at least the 4 goals were just enough cushion to see us through.
This made me laugh