General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

Liverpools like of legs in midfield really cost them.

TAA if he's not scoring or assisting can look like a real liability. His positioning can be really poor at times.

Salah didn't look up for it.

United very good tonight, got rid of Maguire and Ronaldo and looked good, Ronaldo can still do a job just not tonight. Will have a up and down season but looks to be going the right direction.

To be fair, they still aren't a patch on last year's quadruple winning side sitting in 16th 😂

Lucky enough I don't class a season after 3 games, calling Liverpool finished and so on, I'll give united credit when due but no team is winning the league or finished after 3 games. I know that Liverpool are 16th but let's grasp the situation we are in the same boat at this point in time

What a mad match day.

I'd be confident Liverpool will play much better when Matip/Konate, Thiago, Keita, Jota & Nunez return. Midfield is a massive problem at the moment. Milner is 36 & Elliott is 19, both players at the extreme ends of their careers but the player alongside then is 32. Firmino's legs have gone by the looks of things and doesn't cover the ground anymore, or have the pace. Lacking energy and legs there in the middle of the park. Weren't able to cover runs and the energy of Man United cut them apart in the first half. Created the gaps which made the Liverpool defenders look worse. The midfield was the source of the problem.

When Klopp turned to make changes tonight his options were an out of form DM, a reserve LB and a teenager. 2 keepers on the bench and 5 subs under 20.

Liverpool very poor tonight overall, in the first half especially, but played well in the last 30 alright. When the starting players return, there should be an upshoot in form. You'd have to hope there's no more injuries as there is enough as it is.

Totally agree...think Klopp has probably overachieved with winning the CL and the 1 premiership title especially when you look at the financial might that city have...

You had the world's most expensive centre back and keeper. You've also just spent 100mil on a striker, Diaz, Thiago, jota, fabino, keita cost over 200mil.

Liverpool spent lots of money

Delaying the restart of a game, whether it’s a corner, free kick, goal kick, throw in or kick off after a goal is time wasting. Jesus, it couldn’t be any clearer.

Injuries aside I think my major concern if I was a Liverpool fan would be that over the past 3 games they have been out fought. When a team/squad has been successful and they collectively start to lose that fight it should be a worry.

United I thought were fantastic and knew exactly where the weakness was in the Liverpool set up. Dropping Maguire, Ronaldo and Shaw was gutsy by ETH and it paid off. Bruno led the team superbly and never stopped running (both his legs and his mouth). Rashford, Martial, Sancho and Elanga terrified the Liverpool defence with their pace. The United defence was very good but Malacia in particular I thought was fantastic.

Right now it's just a one off performance so it means very little but if they can perform like that week in week out then I'll be very very happy

Last night game was a reverse of what them game where like before Klopp came to Liveprool ,

United being the better side & Liverpool having coming out and playing blood & thunder to have a chance of beating them,

It was just one of those games reversed,

Liverpool missing a bucket load of players out of them Konate,Matip,Thaigo, Keita, Jota,Nunez all would have been a big help at stages last night,

On top of them lo Kheller, Jones, Ox, Ramsey are all missing to ,