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That's was as bad a performance I can remember bar Nunez. A Christmas miracle those 3 points.
Thiago is brutal this season
I just don't think you can grow hair like that and not be a chaotic defender.
In my opinion was our best player tonight or possibly second best
I see a couple of defeats in that lot. Spurs away, Chelsea away, United away, Arsenal away
Have to agree.
Thought Trent did well too, some of the crap posted on here makes me cringe.
Thiago was our only midfielder tonight and Trent didn't give Barnes a sniff in the second half
In other news Ronaldo added €200 million to the retirement fund today
He doesn't need it. He is actively destroying his legacy with his attitude and strange choice of club to finish his career. Utd jumped through hoops for him and it took a strong manager to stand up to him. All the bull about wanting CL football when the reality was no team wanted the man-child.
Thiago was great today.
Misplaced more passes than normal, but he was the only one in there at it positionally at all.
He was in a sinking ship with Henderson and Elliott this evening, and I feel for Harvey saying that.
Keita made difference too. Must start on Monday
I'd love to agree with you but only Utd and Arsenal are playing decent football and look like they could take on City. Utd might be a little too open and be perfect for City but you never know.
The way we are playing at the moment,city are the least of our worries,won't get top 4 unless we address midfield in some way during January
Elliott just seems miles away from the required standard right now ,
We all no he can't press or run but even his attacking play & his moment when we have it is poor,
Iv noticed Trent never finds space to get on the ball when Elliot plays in front of him ,
It's expected he'll struggle defensively with Elliott helpingn but I think he struggles just as much offensively,
He is poison. What a player. What a tool. How much money does his ego need. Has he no clue of where he is going.
Really looks like that poxy country is going to be awarded a WC. And CR7 probably doesn't even know he is a pawn in the bigger game.
Makes me sick..
Of course we'll lose away to Brentford, so we're fcked either way
Only converted 15 of our 55 big chances so far this season. Anyone hazard a guess on how many Nunez and Salah have missed each?
Salah - 12
Nunez - 15
Those chances are leaving a poor midfield very exposed. Take 3 of those in the right games and it's a different perspective.
Thiago was our MOTM.
Rob, like you as a poster, but imo, that's an absolutely outrageous take on the game today. Hendo, Elliot and Chamberlin were all poor tonight, leaving Tiago to do the work for an entire midfield. He ran the show. Without him, we are toast.
Misplaced more passes than normal, but he was the only one in there at it positionally at all
Spot on. I felt Thiago had some awful moments at times, but his second half performance was very good. He was not helped by Henderson nor Elliot. Midfield needs a rebuild for sure.
Yes he slows down the game way too much due to his over reliance on his left. And he needs to be getting at least an assist a game to make up for his utter lack of any defensive ability or awareness.
We all want Elliott to do well but he is miles and miles off and causing problems throughout the team. Klopp does seem to love him though.
Id go as far as saying if he stayed fit last year we don't have the season we had.
In the post match interview Klopp said that Robertson received a dead leg in the pre-match warm up from a collision with Elliott. It might explain why he was off his game in the first half, the injury was also the reason for his substitution.
Robbo MBE
Don't really get the honours thing, but nice that he's recognised
Whoever is said Thiago had a poor game mustn't have watched the game.
Himself and Trent the only standouts.
Fabinho was missed.
Great to get the win with such an average performance.
I retract I put it down to drink and out watching the match I was clearly wrong there! Just thought the midfield in general was shocking, Keita made a difference though.
I don't want to see the ox play for us again
Much better with keita,I think ox knew he blew his chance,he had a look of resignation coming off.
Didn't get to watch it.
Watching highlights, clear we were blessed and I've actually no felt so bad for an opposition player as I have with Fae.
Very worrying performance tbh. If that doesn't reinforce the need for midfielders then nothing will.
Win our next 4 and we will be averaging 2 points per game which is very respectable, definitely top 4 qualification if we keep that up. We really need reinforcements in midfield though and gapko to hit the ground running hopefully. Happy new year my fellow red men too, love this forum most of the time...lol
Poor performance, but at the same time we could’ve still scored another 2 or 3 easily enough.
we’re creating a lot of chances, which is a step up from some of our previous ruts.
The losses against Leeds and Forest still rankle.
We should be on an 8 game winning streak at the moment and in the title race with the chances that were missed in both those matches.
We are literally 2 good midfielders away from being one of the best teams in Europe
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