Liverpool FC Premier League Champions 24/25 - Talk /Gossip/Rumours

For all the injury concerns I think that ended up being easier than a training session

Yep that was McCoist on ITV

I enjoy listening to him. Really just seems to enjoy being out watching a game

First half i thought Richarlison and the new CB were very good. After the goal and Richarlison going off it was pretty easy.

Liverbird upon my chest?

It's a classic, an oldie. Gets banged out every time now and again, but was sang throughout tonight.

Oh captain my captain.....

Sounded a good crowd on ITV anyway I thought… were Sky doing their thing of lowering crowd noise i wonder?

I kinda think it probably had to be this one… with their form I'm not sure I see him being around for the sharp end of any other competitions. Looking at their league position they're sandwiched between a rake of teams who've already sacked their managers in Man Utd, West Ham, Everton, Wolves, and Leicester.

I was listening to the redmen tv YouTube channel talk about this, a lot of them would be regulars at matches, and their thoughts were that Anfield can ebb and flow quite a bit. That the don’t really consider Anfield to be this cauldron of noise. It does happen on occasion but more often than not it can take something to happen on the pitch to wake everyone up.

It was an interesting discussion…

The performance levels in the past few weeks have been impressive but last night was another level. It was the most comprehensive Liverpool performance I've seen under Slot and we sustained the intensity for the whole game.

Alexander-Arnold can pack his bags, Bradley is far better at executing the inside runs that Slot looks for from the full backs. They first appeared in the 2nd/3rd pre-season friendly, I remember at the time saying that the tactical tweak will cause havoc once the team click and the only hope for the opposition is if they go man for man all over the pitch. Last night we saw it executed perfectly, if we sign a left back like Kerkez then next season could be an absolute joy to watch us regularly slice and dice teams. Bradley has really come on as the season has progressed and I think we'll be looking for a potential backup for him rather than a replacement for Alexander-Arnold in the summer.

Jones did really well in the deeper role, there was no dawdling on the ball, he made tackles, covered for Robertson when he went forward and always made himself available as an outlet when necessary to retain possession. To put his performance in perspective, in the 60 odd minutes he was on the pitch Bissouma made 3 tackles, and his partner Sarr made just 1 tackle. In the first half alone, Curtis Jones made 4. Nostalgic moment: Remember when Klopp expressed his disbelief that he had seen Curtis Jones making multiple tackles in a game?

Szoboszlai was my man of the match. He pressed their back line and midfield, got back and shut down Kulusevski, went forward in support of Nunez and occupied the second central defender. That was the Szoboszlai who I had seen play for Hungary a few years ago and that there were glimpses of at Leipzig. His link up with Bradley and composure for the goal were the icing on the cake. Hopefully we'll see those performances more often because he definitely has it in him.

The work rate of Jones and Szoboszlai allowed Gravenberch freedom to get forward. The man is an athlete and then some, if he can start producing goals when he gets space to shoot then we'll need to get him to sign one of those crazy length contracts.

Robertson didn't look completely crocked. The prospect of having him face off against players that could run at him with guile and pace was a worry, but Jones and Szoboszlai didn't let the overload happen. That should be the blueprint for the rest of the season. There were signs of it on the right against Bournemouth last weekend with Gravenberch getting out to cover against Kerkez/Semenyo.

All of the players did their job, but the work rate of the fullbacks and the midfield are what made the game look easy.

I go over quite regularly and Anfield is absolutely not a cauldron of noise. When the touchstone is lit - Arteta making a tit of himself on the touchline, a Conor Bradley reducer on someone, a big European night etc. - the place seethes. It's quite thrilling to be part of that. But I'd say the at least 80% of the time it's just a regular PL ground. Songs at the start, songs when we score and the hardcore few in the Kop trying to get the 'casuals' singing.

Btw it's now been a year and a half since we missed out on paying £50m for Romeo Lavia, just had a look and he's played 620 total minutes for Chelsea across all comps in that time, less than 7 games of football. We signed Gravenberch a week later.

EDIT: Grav has played 653 minutes since January 1st.

He suffered a hamstring injury on his first day of training at Chelsea and he hasn't been right since.

With Szobo last night (and I agree, he should have been motm), up until the goal, I felt like the final couple of percent wasn't quite there. Few touches went slightly awry, couple of times the ball got under his foot etc.

By which I mean I think there's even more to come from him, which is pretty exciting

Took his legit goal pretty well too!