What rocket?
This match wasn't played as a glorified training session like the others, on the back of hard drain earlier in the same day.
When people have said the results of previous preseason games meant nothing, that wasn't hyperbole, it was 100% accurate.
It wasn't the result people were complaining about, it was the performances, which were at least mildly concerning, approaching the start of the season. Had we put up the same performance last night as we did the previous games, I'd say there would be a real cause for concern.
It was vastly improved performance last night. I thought we looked really shakey still for the first 25 mins or so, but after that, we only got better. Hoever, Lallana and Keita all impressed from the early batch. Salah looked up for it too. I thought the second team that came on were brilliant. They completely bossed the game. They won absolutely everything in the middle. Van Dijk and Fabinho are two key players in this regard. I thought Elliot was brilliant. Great at creating space, a crisp passer of the ball and full of confidence. He will get minutes this year for certain.
We aren't fully there yet, with some of our senior players yet to get to full fitness and sharpness, as we saw yesterday with Alisson and Salah, who although looked very motivated, clearly lacked sharpness. No worries, they are just back, Im sure Klopp will have everyone ready to go for Norwich.
We have another glorified friendly at the weekend to help get us to where we need to be. Roll on next friday!