Topic: Half time: Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal

[Ray K]

Htf is that not a pen?

The first two handballs cancelled each other out. The third one, not so sure.

[Fromola]

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

Utterly useless invention. They'll spend 5 minutes ruling a goal out for an armpit offside though.

[Gnurglan]

Exciting first half. Annoyed we didn't get the penalty. They started better but we have grown into the game. Unfortunate for Tsimikas. Hope he is back soon. Wonderful ball from TAA and a quality finish from Salah on our goal.

[Fitzy.]

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.

I thought Liverpool competed very well. They haven’t got behind any more than us. But they’re good. So are we.

Excellent game.

[Jean Girard]

Gutted for Tim. Left back shoulders gone full Spinal Tap drummers

[thaddeus]

We've been very good down our right.  Salah a constant threat and Trent has played some great passes (and one which caused Endo's yellow card...).

If we can get a bit more from Diaz and Gakpo then there's definitely more goals in this for us.

Such bad luck for Kostas - it looks like being a lengthy one.  It took Gomez a while to find the pace of the game but he ended the half well.

I'm not sure why VAR didn't give the handball but I've long since given up trying to make sense of why VAR swings between pedant and disinterested.

[rafathegaffa83]

Who's the VAR? Gunnersaurus?

[tubby]

Garbage decision on the handball from VAR.

We've done well to get back into it but they're still a big threat on the break.  Curtis has been great and Diaz looks up for it.

[Samie]

We can win this but donig it the hard way again .we should've got a penalty or two.

[xbugawugax]

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.

nothing freaky about it. arteta the c*nt instruction to judo pull players down. saka did it earlier to szobo.

[Kansti]

How the fuck was that not a penalty? Bring Nunez on imo, Gakpo isn’t doing anything

[Cruiser]

Arsenal getting players forward and back in better numbers.

Tossers behind VAR shite as usual.

[Zimagic]

Great, open game of football. We could be a couple down, could have a couple of penalties, but are somehow level.

Hope Tsimi is ok.

[Garnier]

Furious with Odegaard playing basketball in his own box and the Tsimikas injury

[Draex]

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.

You must be some sort of bot who looks at the score and puts out a templated negative steaming pile of shit comment.

"nothing in their box" bar the goal and the pen we should have had?

[Father Ted]

Good response after a nervy start. Blatant penalty not given for who knows what reason. It’s handball, in the box. Usually you’d think it’s a penalty but not for us of course.

Can’t stand this Arsenal team, such a snide bunch.

[eddiedingle]

Legohead Arteta is a plonker

[StevoHimself]

Awful first ten, but we've done very well to get back into the game, and I'd suggest we were the better side from the goal onwards.

[Mister Flip Flop]

Rice is annoyingly good

He's not as good as Jones, not even close.

[Persephone]

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.

Yeah it's a big concern, unless Salah has the ball we look very flat. No intricate passing or balls played through. Cody looks very sluggish today, and Diaz is running down blind alleys.

[Oldmanmick]

Bet you'll not hear much from the 'LiVARpool' crew regarding that blatant penalty. Absolute stonewall pen.

[TALBERT]

It’s not a penalty because the

Media

Fan groups

And everyone’s Nan

Has a hard on for that Arsenal player

[vblfc]

As clear a pen as you could want

[Gods_Left_Boot]

Shocking first 5, much the better side the rest of the way.

Playing against the ref and VAR as well, par for the course.

[darragh85]

We need to put the boot into these sneaky c*nts

[Fromola]

Rice is annoyingly good

We'd win the league with him in the side, just hope he's not the difference for them.

[Nick110581]

Saka is a cheat. Rolling around like he was hit in face and then bundling Kostas over.

[stockdam]

Good half. We look dangerous when attacking but wide open when defending. I don’t think Wataru or Diaz had a good half.
Brilliant ball by TAA and great finish by Mo.

How on earth was that not a penalty? His arm went towards the ball…….Sky trying to claim that it was a slip.

Saka…….cheat…..gets hit in the chin by an open palm and rolls around holding his face looking for a yellow or red. VAR need to call out cheating like this.


Pretty open game and we need to create a few more chances and to be much stronger in midfield when defending.

[zero zero]

What the absolute fuck is that penalty decision about

It's absolutely stonewall

LiVARpool aren't we?

[KevLFC]

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 😳

I said earlier it's similar to Thiagos one at West Ham last season. I don't want pens given for either just putting it out there.

[RyanBabel19]

Poor for their goal but we’ve grown into the game

Stunner from Salah.

That was as blatant a pen as you’ll see, clear handball. We need to get Gakpo into the game more

Jones been brilliant, wonderful passing from Trent and Konate made some great challenges at the back to deny counters

[Red Eyed]

Delighted with how we came back into it after that start. Great battle in the middle of the park that we are edging.

The game is calling out for Nunez, I don’t know if that’s for Diaz or Gakpo though as neither have particularly impressed.

[Paul_h]

that was a handball by Odegard. Thought we would not get it.

Diaz not at the races, looks weak. Gapko too
they are trying to disrupt our rhythm. Time wasting, fouls.

Was a good set piece by them, fooled us. running backward on mass, then changing direction. Ensures we can't get them offside, as some one overcommits. We should copy them

[Number 7]

The most blatant handball you are ever likely to see.
Only the officiating in this league would not give it. Which makes sense why it wasn’t given.

[Qston]

How the frig isn't that a penalty?!

[Mister Flip Flop]

Legohead Arteta is a plonker

The whole club is a bucket of snidey wankers.

[tubby]

He's not as good as Jones, not even close.

He could have a Ballon d'Or season and you'd still be saying he's shit.

[Persephone]

Ben White clearly visits the same tanner as Donald Trump.

Saka is dirty little shit and I hope he gets booted into the stands at some point.

Ibou Konate is a fucking wall and I'm here for the booming tackles.

[CS111]

I take it the tactics are to bypass our midfield hence why they are mostly not getting the ball going forward.
I do worry about our lack of proper chances created in general.

One of ' it could go either way' games

[TALBERT]

Wonder if Howard Webb’s No 1 bum boy Michael Owen thinks it’s a penalty