Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

That Reece James one was ridiculous too. It was obvious in real time!

I'm finally getting around to watching the highlights of yesterday's game and can someone tell me how on earth Jones didn't get a penalty for when Sanchez completely took him out??? You can't just go through a player just cos you touched the ball, that's crazy!

Can you imagine if van dijk just completely swiped someone's legs out from underneath him with full force after barely touching the ball. That would be a free kick 100% of the time imo.

Yeah, if that was a defender outside the box that takes out a player that is through on goal due to a deflection off the same defender it will be a red card. Surely they need to take into consideration where the ball ended up and not focus on him getting the touch.

The joke is, if there was no touch but Jones moved the ball away from the keeper and into a worse position, penalty. The keeper touches the ball and it ends up behind him with Jones on goal in a better position, no penalty.

Nyoni signed his first professional contract with Liverpool!

I’d a kid’s birthday at the weekend, so I only saw bits and pieces on Sunday, so I watched it back last night.

It was in interesting set up from Slot. The objective was clearly to sacrifice possession to allow Cheslea on the ball and try hit them on the counter. I though that was quite clever as Chelsea have been the most potent team in the transition this year when they turn over the opposition, and I was quite worried that they would score a few against us playing that way. But I felt this really nullified them, they toiled a lot on the ball, and bar 1 or 2 moments we were quite comfortable throughout. Trent, Konate and Virgil were all excellent. As was Grav and Jones just ahead.

Whereas we could have had another 1 or 2, the non peno which was 50/50, but the offside goal and the Gakpo chance, after an excellent counter and brilliant Salah pass should really have been executed better.

We won the midfield battle which was crucial, but Dom in particular was guilty of some poor passing options, I’ve also noticed he is covering a ridiculous amount of ground, this is clearly affecting his technique in some situations, there was 2 situations in the 2nd half where he took the wrong option, but on re watch he was just off the back of 2 full burst sprints from one end of the pitch to the other. He surely won’t be able to keep that up over a full season.

Nunez was actually a difference maker, he had his usual brain farts here and there, but the 2 Chelsea centre-halves were clearly uncomfortable with him throughout. I wasn’t overly impressed with any of Chelsea back 5.

It was a fairly professional performance against and good side, one we could have won by more but for some poor execution in the final 3rd, after initial great build up.

I don't know where that guy is, but I'm happy with the guy that's won 10 of 11 and has us top of the league.

If that's true, I honestly think he's undervaluing himself. Easily worth 250k a week even at the later stages of his career.

If that deal can be done, it should be done yesterday. Best defender in the world, hands down.

I’d love if that is the case. 220k a week in the grand scheme of things is a bargain for 2 more years of Virgil. Not with 150m and 350k a week could we come close to replacing him within the next 12 months!

I re-watched the game last night and the guy is just ridiculous. Without doing anything stand out, the guy is just a freak. Wins every header, reads the game unbelievable well, like how many times does he actually have go to ground to make a tackle?? It’s very very rare. Never gets beats for pace either, even though he never seems to be sprinting after anyone. Most importantly, he exudes an aura of calm around him which benefits everyone else.

Another takeaway from yesterday, and it has been the case for most of this seasons so far. But Virgil, Trent and Salah were comfortable 3 of the most influential players on the pitch yesterday, considering the contract craic going on the background, at least it does not seem to be yet having any effect. I've never seen Salah track back as much as he did in that 2nd half, he was clearly instructed too, but still, its nice to see.

Nice finish from young Koumas tonight.