Topic: Half Time: Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool

[thelinnen]

Get Origi on down the left to trouble Fernandinho.

[kennedy81]

We'll win this in the last 15 mins when city run out of gas.

Cmon reds.

[Jack Barrels]

Oh and City fans booing Milner in a half empty stadium. Knobheads.

Yeah that is proper weird. He's gotten a better reception earlier, no?
And it isn't 10 people, it's very vocal!

[Haggis36]

I'd take a draw at this point to be honest. Our defendece looks panicked anytime they come at us and they're causing us real problems down the flank, Sane is a real threat. Up the other end Firmino and Coutinho look bang out of form, so while I expect we'll get a few chances I don't see who is going to put them away...

[88_RED]

Souness talking shite again.

And why are you surprised..

[sminp]

Where do you start with this ref?! Should've had a pen each (Gini and Sterling), Can and Fernandinho should both have yellows, Firmino (not even a foul)  and Matip shouldn't, Toure should have been sent off.

[Libertine]

If you need to see a replay 2 or 3 times, and slowed down, then it cannot be a stonewall pen (either of them).

Should only be given if ref is sure, and he could be with neither of those.

Still wide open game. Crazy there's been no goals so far. Both defences are so suspect.

[sms1986]

Wonder why Coutinho seems so off form. I hope he wasn't rushed back before he was ready. That chance he had from the edge of the box, quite disappointed he didn't even get it on target for somebody of his ability

I think if he was rushed back before he was ready, he would have had a recurrence of his injury by now.

[Motty]

Hardly, how on earth has Sterling got a run on him so far ahead. That's their big tactic, quick move down the flanks and hit across the goal. We don't seem to have an answer for it.

For the tackle not for the build up.

Seriously so.e people are that thick that you have to spell everything out to them.

[Ziltoid]

Fuck off Oliver, and take the petrodollars with you. Got back into this but some of the decisions have been woeful.

[vicar]

Aguero gets Matip booked.
Silva gets Firmino booked by rolling around.

Can should have made more of Toure. Sad to say but thats the way it works.

[Rush 82]

That is definitely a pen on Sterling. So fuck

Agree. A pen for both sides not given.

[peachybum]

City are getting in too easily. Can't see them not getting on the end of these low crosses across at some point and putting one in.

Not sure how we stop them doing it mind. It's what they're setup to do. And they've got great players to execute it.

[Upinsmoke]

When did Aguero turn into such a whinging twat.

When he past his peak

[hesbighesred]

Yeah that is proper weird. He's gotten a better reception earlier, no?
And it isn't 10 people, it's very vocal!

It's because he said that Liverpool is the best team he's played for.

[Funky_Gibbons]

We need Firmino and Coutinho to step up, both been poor. Mane our only threat in the front three.

[liverpool185]

Coutinho poor yet again, when is he goign to find his form?

Has he had his head turned or something..

[Pistolero]

And why are you surprised..

utter bollocks ...one of the few pundits worth listening to

[Samie]

Our bench is going to do fuck all if we have to use it to win the game.

[88_RED]

Get Origi on down the left to trouble Fernandinho.

Origi is most effective when you are protecting a lead as his first instinct is to take the ball towards the corner flags..

[rocco]

More worried about Silva cutting us open than Sterling or Sane

[number 168]

Agree fully.. similarly, Can just got up after being kung-fu kicked by Toured, which nearly took his head off.. but the young German just got up straight away.. a bit smarter and there would have been more pressure on the twat of a ref to maybe give more than a yellow..

Yep, compare that with Aguero's death throes after feeling contact from Matip.

[sms1986]

Yeah that is proper weird. He's gotten a better reception earlier, no?
And it isn't 10 people, it's very vocal!

He mentioned them in an interview last week - http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/classless-liverpool-fans-question-manchester-12765428.

[KevLFC]

According to the bellends on Sky, Ciity should've had a pen and Milner sent off, nothing about our pen appeals?

Didn't you are the Mane one?

[TepidT2O]

Can and gini excellent so far.

[vicar]

Why do they hate Milner so much?

[88_RED]

utter bollocks ...one of the few pundits worth listening to

Like fuck he is..

[kennedy81]

If you need to see a replay 2 or 3 times, and slowed down, then it cannot be a stonewall pen (either of them).

Should only be given if ref is sure, and he could be with neither of those.

Still wide open game. Crazy there's been no goals so far. Both defences are so suspect.

Yeah, neither were pens for me. Toure should have been off though.

[J-Mc-]

City are getting behind us to easily but we still have another level to step upto.

We've been very laid back so far, if we start pushing at their back four a bit more then they'll start to show signs of crumbling.

Coutinho is still massively off the pace, as if Firmino.

[hesbighesred]

I'm not getting the hate for Oliver, to be honest. This is maybe only the second match all season where I've felt like we've gotten away with it a bit. He's not made perfect decisions but they've evened themselves out, IMHO.

[jillcwhomever]

Henderson would be right in Oliver's grid if he was playing.

Agreed he was all over the ref in that Spurs game, that is definitely something we lack.

[cdav]

That was never in a million years a penalty on Mane. Very unlucky for him, that his foot knocked into the player behind as he was winding up to shoot, but you can't give a penalty for the attacker accidentally kicking the defender, for goodness sake.

Otamendi stops him from scoring, its a foul and a pen. Mane is in front and is impeded. If someone accidentally clips someones heels on the wing its a foul, if its in the box its still a foul.

Was a blatent penalty on Sterling too, really lucky with that one

[Reese]

That was never in a million years a penalty on Mane. Very unlucky for him, that his foot knocked into the player behind as he was winding up to shoot, but you can't give a penalty for the attacker accidentally kicking the defender, for goodness sake.

Is that an opinion, or the actual rule? I'll admit mine is an opinion, but inhibiting a shot on goal seems like it should be a pk, inadvertent or not.

[jooneyisdagod]

Sane is a fucking demon. He seems to play like Silva with some superb one-touch passing but has some ridiculous pace to go with it. Clyne doing well to stay with him and deal with the problem. Coutinho should have at least hit the target when he was left 1v1 against Fernandinho. He did the hard bit leaving Fernandinho for dead but the shot was over the bar. There's a game to be won here for us. City are tiring. Now we need to make it count.

[harryc]

Would be good to see Coutinho turn up in the next 45.

[stevieG786]

Very entertaining game, think we will nick it

[TepidT2O]

Otamendi stops him from scoring, its a foul and a pen. Mane is in front and is impeded. If someone accidentally clips someones heels on the wing its a foul, if its in the box its still a foul.

Was a blatent penalty on Sterling too, really lucky with that one

They were quite similar incidents really...

[Harris96]

I thought he did ok, Sane has had his moments but so has Clyne. A good battle between them.

Yeah he's done okay, intercepting well but when he's been one on one sanes got the cross in every time. Shame we don't have anything for clyne to aim for in our box

[redalways]

Neville what a c*nt pundirt winding me up

[hesbighesred]

Can deserves a mention as well, he's been solid and very committed, though he does perhaps go to ground a little bit too easily. Wijnaldium's been very tidy too, apart from that very unnecessary foul(s) on Fernandinho.