Topic: Full time LFC 2-1WBA

[Billy The Kid]

I've an awful quare feeling we're going to win the bastarding league

[S]

A lot of the posts on here sound similar to Barcelona players whenever they suffer an upset. It's a kind of disbelief that a team would dare to adopt a playing style that actually makes them uncomfortable rather than one that plays right into their hands.

Teams are allowed to play a different style of football. West Brom were breaking no rules by crowding around Karius and generally packing players into the box for set pieces.

Great result though and another good performance for around 80 minutes. A somewhat frenetic finish but on another day it would've been over long before that, just wasn't our day in front of goal.

[Johns_Barn]

Pluses: We are developing character with these tricky finishes to games; we weren't really troubled much from open play. This team have gears to move up into.

I wonder what is going through Jurgen's mind in relation to his 1st choice keeper? He looks so flappy, is NOT commanding things in his box and his decision making is currently well off. Matip, thus far, is a Rolls Royce player. I'm extremely impressed with James Milner; amazing he has had less stick playing there than Moreno- a dedicated left back. I'm curious to see where Ings is at. I cannot wait for Can to get upto speed and look like he belongs in this midfield. Annoying not to get the 3rd (4th or 5th) but I'll be glad to not hit top spot too early. Let the gooners take top and have their usual post xmas flap.

[Pelé as a Comedian]

that was nervy af. unbelievable that we couldnt stick a third goal past them.
oh and that group celebration Firmino has implemented is wank. still fun to see the boys having fun and enjoying themselves mind you but yeah, wank.

[Johns_Barn]

Not to give unfair stick to the officials but really?!

[Doc Red]

Most one sided 2-1 game I've seen, and I'd argue it's the best match we've had against a Pulis managed club.
We toyed with them and could have easily walked away as 4-0 winners.

[Filler.]

I like that... think we need to see an Ozzy flag, arms aloft, Klopp face (or something).




Was becoming fairly confident during the second half that we wouldn't have to go through those last 10 minutes. I wasn't overly confident we'd score that needed third to put things to bed either, although we would have deserved it. (I did think we might tho pretty please?)

Very important win tho of course. And it's good to win a game like that - the more games we win after we should run out winners... (i.e being dominant/lots of chances/some goals - late reply) the better - and would I be right in thinking that a sense of panic, although not gone in these situations, has maybe been worked on etc?.. there's a bit more calm about it anyway it seems.

When teams about you drop points, and we play later on or the next day, the deflation of doing the same can feel a kick in the teeth, and we often manage to comply, so am pretty bloody happy with that. Some good play too... sumptuous opener, great finish for the 2nd. No point even entering the debate about corners - we concede them, and will concede them all season and if we score another 2 goals ourselves from a corner I'd be amazed. Having said that... why is Firmino back there in the middle - doesn't that just add to the problem? No? Must be just me. It's just mental.

But whatever the debate and the chat about our performance etc... today was, for me, a result day, and we got it. The fact that the performance overall was also pretty good, is double plus good.

[gemofabird]

What the fuck is he on? Can they do it against the chelsea's and arsenal's? Haven't we played them you bellend?!

Anyway, Good win. Should have put it to bed earlier.

I was thinking the exact same thing. How these planks get gigs commentating is beyond me.

[classycarra]

has anyone seen a good goal line angle of their goal?

i'm convinced it was offside, karius's view was completely blocked by the guy in the front of mcauley and the ball (unless milner played them on?)

usually having vision blocked is offside, but then they fully ran into each other too

[Johns_Barn]

Tony Pulis - arsewipe.

He's definitely the kind of guy who accidentally walks in on the girls changing room showers.

NAILED IT.

[applause.gif]

[rob1966]

has anyone seen a good goal line angle of their goal?

i'm convinced it was offside, karius's view was completely blocked by the guy in the front of mcauley and the ball (unless milner played them on?)

usually having vision blocked is offside, but then they fully ran into each other too

They were offside yes. The officials also missed Matip getting grabbed/grappled/fouled at the other end before their goal which should have been a penalty.

[classycarra]

pretty good dancing... considering he's estonian

[johnny74]

Most one sided 2-1 game I've seen, and I'd argue it's the best match we've had against a Pulis managed club.
We toyed with them and could have easily walked away as 4-0 winners.

But we didn't. Only stat that matters is the scoreline. Can you put it in the net more times than them? Yes or no?

[clinical]

Joel Matip is really good

[Upanishad]

Tony Pulis - arsewipe.

He's definitely the kind of guy who accidentally walks in on the girls changing room showers.

Me??
The fifty seventh manager of West Brom?
Wearing my sweaty post match training kit?
Accidentally walking in on the girls changing room showers?
With my reputation???

Bingo!!!!!

[Doc Red]

pretty good dancing... considering he's estonian

Haha!

[wemmick]

Just keep piling on the points, lads. Excellent start to the season.

[JustDan]

But we didn't. Only stat that matters is the scoreline. Can you put it in the net more times than them? Yes or no?

Umm yes?

I get picking people up on the "We could/should have won by 10" if we don't end up winning at all, but we won, so your post doesn't make sense?

[BobPaisley3]

Always nice to beat Pulis.

We were sublime at times, played some lovely stuff. Thought Matip and Lovren were excellent again, both won so many headers. Lallana too, he's really become an integral part of the eleven.

No injuries. Boom. Hopefully give a run out to Lucas, Grujic, Klavan, Mignolet and Origi on Tuesday.

[Johns_Barn]

Hahah I'm glad I wasn't the one who was confused as fuck. "They need to do this against the Chelseas and Arsenals..... Wait a minute..."

The only thing that boils my piss more than should/could/would "OF" is the nonsensical pluralisations of clubs/players....I wont harm with blunt crayons when I hear it.

[S]

The only thing that boils my piss more than should/could/would "OF" is the nonsensical pluralisations of clubs/players....I wont harm with blunt crayons when I hear it.

You would say that, that's just not the kind of comment you get from your Samie's and your Heelsy's.

[beardsley4ever]

I know it may be a bit premature to say this, but our team right now is more complete than the one that nearly one the league a couple of seasons ago.  Then, we relied on the unbelievable brilliance of Suarez - everything that hit his foot/head/shin went in.  He made everyone else look good, just picking up his scraps and running into the space left by the four defenders trying to stop him.  But this year there is so much balance - every week, you could pick any of Mane, Coutinho, Firming, Lallana or Sturridge to score.  Defenders don't know who to try to stop.  It's awesome to watch.  Still yet to be seen whether we can defend set pieces well enough to win the league, but man we look good.

[SerbianScouser]

It`s been a while since Liverpool was this dominant in PL. For the most part we thoroughly dominate the ball and chances in games. Klopp is truly building something very special here. Long may this continue.

[TepidT2O]

Could you just imagine Suarez in this team??

[rscanderlech]

I know it may be a bit premature to say this, but our team right now is more complete than the one that nearly one the league a couple of seasons ago.  Then, we relied on the unbelievable brilliance of Suarez - everything that hit his foot/head/shin went in.  He made everyone else look good, just picking up his scraps and running into the space left by the four defenders trying to stop him.  But this year there is so much balance - every week, you could pick any of Mane, Coutinho, Firming, Lallana or Sturridge to score.  Defenders don't know who to try to stop.  It's awesome to watch.  Still yet to be seen whether we can defend set pieces well enough to win the league, but man we look good.

Yes, and while our attack is not as brilliant as it was that season, our team as a whole well-oiled to the point that we still find the goals even without the world class performances of Suarez/Sturridge, and without the set pieces/blinding through balls of Gerrard.

Our movement is more interesting, our midfield much better-functioning and, of course, the defence looks much improved.

The only two things that concern me are: 1) set piece defending, and 2) injuries to key players. I don't believe we have the depth to deal with a prolonged injury to Matip, Milner, Clyne or some other players. So it's kind of lucky that we aren't in Europe and don't need so much depth, but in terms of winning the title...

[killer-heels]

One area which hasnt been highlighted by some of the so called experts is our ability to win the ball back and not in the counter pressing type situations. There are times our passing goes completely off but its not long before we get it back and as a result our possession stats are very high. Because of that I think this whole intensity thing and burning out may not actually happen. Hopefully.

[Caffeine]

it really is the best site. ever!

I was relying on my wife's dad recording this and watching it this evening, the recording failed, fullmatchesandshows to the rescue!

Fantastic result and wow, this LFC team consistently score absolutely bloody superb goals.

[denebowdalo]

Marvellous performance tonight.

Despite the goal, the defence looked extremely solid with Matip in particular looking very composed, and you can feel the crowd is confident with him in possession of the ball (in stark contrast to Sakho).

Feel sorry for the criticism that Karius is taking, didn't do much wrong with very little to do. Their goal is offside btw, and again shithouse officials a minute before don't give anything for Olsson manhandling Matip, consistently shite as ever.

Keep beating this type of team and ...  . Up the Reds!

[rushyman]

Why are people complaining about Karius.  He had absolutely nothing to do today.

I haven't been but that's not really a great endorsement on a keeper who conceded. He was all over the place for the cross that lead to the corner then glued to his line for the corner itself that was the goal

[mikeb58]

In the past we should have shit ourselves in the last 10 minutes and probably dropped 2 points. But although it a got bit nervy, thought we more likely to get a 3rd than them grab the most undeserved equaliser of all time!

Notice as well this season, no fucker bullies our boys around anymore, we get stuck in and hunt in packs to regain the ball or to help a team mate out if they're in trouble no matter who the opposition.

Almost glad we gave Pulis the sniff of a point, he'll be even more gutted he walked away with nothing, and it proves we don't cave in under pressure like we used too.

Our quick pass and move stuff when it's comes off is undefendable at times and a joy to watch.

3 points was vital today to make up for 2 we dropped against the Manchester version of West Brom on Monday, made up we got them, ok we didn't go top, but no prizes for that anyway in October!

[Shite Name]

Shame we couldn't put more past the bastards.

[alonsoisared]

I had to miss the second half but what impressed me most about the first half performance was the way that, despite the pressure and them having everyone back, we still managed to frequently get passes through to players on the run rather than stood stationary with their backs to goal. I think at times we will struggle in midfield but certainly what we are getting from them consistently at the moment is the creativity and incision in their passing, and with the front three that we possess it is invaluable.

The other impressive thing is that we seem capable of scoring pretty much every type of goal imaginable. Look on youtube and theres a video somewhere of match of the days goal of the season competition from the late 80s and practically every single one was from a liverpool player; we could be on for similar this year! 25 yard free kicks, 30 yarders, headers, beautiful team moves, counter attacks, you name it weve already done it this season. Teams will make it so difficult for us to play but as long as we have this variety in our goalscoring, from multiple different players, you always feel we have a chance.

I shouldnt dedicate too much thinking time to man utd but it was funny seeing pulis using exactly the same tactics as mourinho. Stick him in charge at united and shitcoat in charge of west brom and the results today and monday would probably be exactly the same. Only difference being that mourinho has a team worth an absolute fuckload of cash.

Im doing the preview for the southampton game in a month; palace away and watford home before then. 6 points from those and its going to be one giddy pre match post.

[GIPPO77]

Really pleased with the result and most of the performance. We just became a little bit lax in the last 15 minutes and once again conceded from a set piece.

[Ste08]

The score didnt reflect the game.  On another day this is a 4-0 game. This was a really good performance, really pleased.

Onto midweek.

[Mister Flip Flop]

That first goal of our's 

[Giono]

I was surprised that Klopp didn't have Lucas come on earlier and move Hendo further forward like he has before late in matches. But I guess Lucas may be playing a full 90 midweek.

[Shepnois]

2-1 is very flattering to WBA we battered them. We're bloody good & I'm loving it.

[Gnurglan]

2-1. Well deserved three points. It's wonderful to watch us play at the moment. The intensity is there, the creativity too. Coutinho and Firmino are my favorite players, because you can see how they enjoy being out there. We should have scored another goal or three, but we won and got the three points. More of this type of football, please!

[Henry Kissinger]

I was surprised that Klopp didn't have Lucas come on earlier and move Hendo further forward like he has before late in matches. But I guess Lucas may be playing a full 90 midweek.

It's interesting you mention that because I thought it was a reaction to how the players responded to their goal. The way we were pouring forward you would have thought West Brom had just equalised. The players seemed overly focused on getting a third goal in order to go top, when perhaps they should have been slowing the game down, keeping possession and frustrating the opposition.

This is what Klopp means when he talks about game management I believe. I could also be completely wrong. It's happened once or twice.

[rushyman]

Could you just imagine Suarez in this team??

I would say we'd win the league. Was about to

But then remembered we had a decent front 5 with him playing. Scored over 100 goals

Defence did for us.

So I say to you imagine a strong defence in this team. Suarez is gone, the defence can be rectified

Starting with both full back areas. Which will probably be next season now