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

Liverpool were 14 points behind City in January of last season and got title race down to the last game of the season.

I wouldn't right them off yet.

This world cup and break will play a big part in the season yet.

I didn't deny Salah was world class but I know who I'd rather have in my team and he's not from Egypt. When Salah was the same age as haaland he was in the swiss league. Haaland is a phenomenon.

Ah lads, Haaland is world class. Salah is also world class. Haaland has been world class from an earlier age (possible burnout later in his career?), while Salah has been world class from a later age (late developer? didn't do enough in his younger years?).

People are different, growing and learning at different ages. PSG would love to have both of them in their side.

Klopp asked MOTD to look at the Silva foul, kick & elbow on Salah and MOTD said no we don't have time to look at that.

Maybe he's figured people are gonna hate them no matter what they do so they might as well act like cúnts.

There was no need for Klopp to react the the way he did.

Martial scored twice against city 2 weeks ago, does that make him twice the player salah?

There's a lot of trolls in action here since yesterday and a lot of people feeding them too. 🤣🤣

Did liverpool have some games in hand when they were 14 points behind last season? Also Liverpool are not just that amount of points behind man city, they are also that amount of points behind spurs, chelsea and arsenal.

Had to laugh at MOTD brushing over one of the big talking points as it proves Klopp was right to go crazy, but he can't do what he did ant not expect a red card, but would not have happened if the officials did their job.

Just can't be on the touch line I think on Wednesday night

The odd thing is that Klopp was totally justified going mad about that decision, as it was an awful one. But as he admitted himself, he went too far and crossed the line so deserved to be sent off.

So many of the big in-game moments came down to bad refereeing. Firstly Taylor gave a goal kick instead of a corner when Ederson saved 1v1 on Salah. Ederson went down to waste time and then directly from the goal kick, Haaland tussled with Fabinho and the referee waved play on, which I actually thought was fine in real time. But then he also allowed Haaland to foul Alisson while he had his hand on the ball and let that go when it should not have.

There were 2 or 3 fouls on Salah that escaped a free kick, let alone a booking from Rodri & Silva. Silva kicked out at Salah during this last incident and then also pushed other players away, which some referees are very happy to show cards for. Silva still escaped a card. It's easy to see why Klopp lost it at this point.