There is a genuine lack of understanding of what goes on a football pitch based on the ht thread. Before I even get into that, the criticisms of the line up are beyond baffling. We have 3 centerbacks coming back from serious injury, why would anyone be surprised that they aren't going to play 3 games in 8 days?
The midfield generally always gets rotated [and it's not like we put in our u18s ffs, henderson and keita came in]. The only surprise is Origi.
Now having said that, the reason we conceded 2 goals in the first half [contrary to popular belief] isn't because Salah missed a penalty or because Origi played. It's strictly down to being reckless and sloppy individually and collectively defensively, pressing and compactness went away after a relatively great 25 minutes. Anyside worth their salt, will create a chance let alone score a goal if play in such a manner. Now this is very rare for us when we are at our best, we don't often lose control like that but we have. [Salzburg at Anfield 2 seasons back, we were clinical, took a 3-1 or 3-0 lead and it was 3-3 for the same reason Milan scored 2 goals in the first half].
So, even if you score 4 or 5 goals, that doesn't prevent you from conceding goals when you play poorly defensively on the other end.
Anyone arguing otherwise, is watching a different sport. Milan were no better than what I thought they would be going in, no where near us, but we allowed them back into the match because of the mad 10 minute spell.
We rectified the mistakes in the 2nd half, responded well, and won the game ultimately. Salah missed a penalty but he was sensational. Origi for all the critics he has, did well enough to contribute and impact the game, more so than Jota on the night for instance.
3 points, while Atletico and porto dropped points.
