Topic: Half time: Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal

[TheShanklyGates]

First of all, gutted for Kostas, such a freak injury after finally getting a good run in the team.

On the performance, can't fault the effort or the intensity at all, the lads are giving everything out there. The quality is just lacking though, a moment of magic from Mo aside.

We'll need to sharpen up in attack and tighten up at the back if we're going to win this. Jurgen got the response from the crowd that he was looking for and we'll need them to keep it up for the rest of the game.

[Coolie High]

What a player Curtis Jones is!

[Wool]

Nunez on for Diaz at HT so they can’t push up as they’ll be worried about his pace in behind.

[Cusamano]

Elliot to come on

[rushyman]

What the absolute fuck is that penalty decision about

It's absolutely stonewall

[dirkster]

Absolutely outrageous decision not to give the penalty there. Fucking corrupt gang of bastards.

[Draex]

Really worried after that first 10 minutes but fucking hell what a reaction, playing some brilliant football.

[MonsLibpool]

Bring Darwin on!

[greenone]

Htf is that not a pen?

[skipper757]

What the absolute fuck is that penalty decision about

It's absolutely stonewall

One of the worst of the season (and that's saying something).  He gets beat and slaps the ball.  No pen.  Ridiculous.

[Gili Gulu]

Who's the VAR? Gunnersaurus?

[Simplexity]

Arsenal playing fucking basketball in their own box, somehow not a pen???

Thought we were overall second best to most, thank god Mo rolled back the years.

[smicer07]

Get Saka sent off the little rat

[art03]

That was a defo handball! VARs are really useless honestly. Who cares if you slip, that arm was dangling so far from the body.

[Bend It Like Aurelio]

Not worried.

[[new username under construction]]

What the absolute fuck is that penalty decision about

It's absolutely stonewall

I mean he hooks the ball away with his arm, slip or no slip thats a pen

[leinad]

Bro thought he was in the NBA and we don’t get a pen.

[Fromola]

Lucky to be level on chances. Takes a wonder goal again, created nothing otherwise. Easy for them to get in behind.

Hopefully can keep the intensity up at least and tighten up. Another game where we've done nothing in the opposition box.

["Bobber" Thanks :)]

Ben White is such a fake tan eyebrow plucking wanker

[ArcticRed]

What the absolute fuck is that penalty decision about

It's absolutely stonewall

Kavanagh and Coote, that's what it's about

[Chakan]

Two teams looking to go for it, so can't really complain about that. We've been second best in some situations and I think Arsenal have had the better chances.

Gakpo has really been a non entity, I think he's touched the ball like 5 times.

Gutted for Kostas, hopefully just bruised and not broken.

We really need to get the midfield and Dom in particularly playing through the middle and getting that forward moment going.

[red mongoose]

Zivchenko is their weak link, just as he was for City - we need to keep attacking that side.

That pass by Trent for the goal was pure pornography.

If we take the context of the situation out, and forget that it happened to us - that has to be a handball, for fuck's sake. What are we doing?

[Caligula?]

Chris Kavanaugh can absolutely do one 

How was that not a penalty?

[KevLFC]

Absolutely outrageous decision not to give the penalty there. Fucking corrupt gang of bastards.

It's not a pen, was similar to the thiago one last season and that wasn't given either

[nick_8589]

So apparently you can bounce the ball like a basketball player in the box now.

[CS111]

Stonewall penalty
Konate beast

Any defenders left

[eddiedingle]

Che Neville says he slipped thus it's not a pen lol

[Ghost Town]

Stonewall pen not given.

These are good, but we can beat them. We just need to make sure we don't beat ourselves by being too tentative or too affected by anything that happens, like the pen not given.

[Hestoic]

Can't believe Saka got away with that challenge without a card. He pushed him while he was off balance and Kostas' head bounced off the ground.

[rafathegaffa83]

Officiating has been utter shite. In a different game, Saka would have been sent off and we would have had a penalty for an obvious handball (as blatant as the one we didn't get against Chelsea). We've recovered well despite conceding early.

[DelTrotter]

Be nice to get Mo some help and get out of our "rely on a wonder goal" method of scoring which can't last. Diaz offering nothing again.

Their cheating is out of control, Saka is the English Fernandes, rolling around, pretending to be injured and snide assaults on opponents and they've been nowhere near as good as sky have tried to make out. Another "human error" against us in a big game, same as at Newcastle, Brighton, Chelsea, Tottenham, Utd etc etc

[Nick110581]

How is that not a peno?

[Clint Eastwood]

For the first 30 they were brilliant and we were poor. Salah’s brilliance rejuvenated us and we have been on top since. Could go either way.

Stonewall penalty, imagine if that went against Arteta. Disgracia. Also fuck Saka and his cynical shove on Tsimikas. Hope he’s on the end of a firm tackle next half.

[Legs]

What the absolute fuck is that penalty decision about

It's absolutely stonewall

You not heard mate you can slip over and still handle it ?

Seems to be new rules every week it’s good isn’t it 😳

[Mister Flip Flop]

Disgraceful that VAR doesn't get the referee to look at that. Stonewall peno.  Absolute cheating cnuts

[HarryLabrador]

Htf is that not a pen?

Definitely a pen. He patted the ball away with his hand !

[Paisley79]

What is the point in marking out a technical area? That Lego headed bellend hasn't spent a single seond inside it & nothing's been said

[TepidT2O]

That was a defo handball! VARs are really useless honestly. Who cares if you slip, that arm was dangling so far from the body.

They will have seen him falling and there’s different tolerance then.

That being said it’s ball to hand.

Suspect that it doesn’t get overturned if he gives it.

[naYoRHa2b]

They started quick and we didn't. Poor defending on the set piece, mainly Gakpo and Ibou.

We've come back into it well though. Great ball from Trent and fantastic finish from Mo.

We need to really start seeing some patterns of play though, theres very little attacking cohesion lately which is strange because we looked more cohesive earlier in the season.

Try and keep hold.of the ball more too. Jones putting in a great shift.

Nunez for Gakpo at some point.

[TALBERT]

So I’m allowed to fall over and slip and then palm the ball towards my feet in the penalty box…

Teams that can handle the ball by outfield players:

Arsenal
Man United

Teams that cannot

Andy Robertson FC (even if it’s accidental)