Topic: PL: Liverpool 1 vs 1 Newcastle Mo ‘3 Willock 90+5'

[TepidT2O]

Well well well, what a week it’s been! With the Super League debacle somewhat behind us we can concentrate on the footy again. The Leeds game was pretty much in keeping with how this season has been for us, play well in patches, miss chances, look tired, play shite and then concede. It’s not been a good season for us, no denying that, but, we have a chance to get back in to the top 4. West Ham have injuries and respectfully, not the best squad going, Chelsea have a hectic schedule and Leicester have a nightmare run in. We can still make the top 4 but we really need to keep winning. Time will tell whether the Leeds result was a good one or not but with West Ham playing Chelsea straight after our game it’s massively important we get the job done against Mr. Potato Heads somewhat rejuvenated Necastle side. Their main threat will come from the very tricky Alain Saint-Maximin and we’ll also have to keep a close eye on soon to be Liverpool player Miguel Almiron (if you follow the transfer thread you’ll know what I mean).

Injury news.
Curtis Jones and Nat Phillips could be back for this depending on how they fare in tomorrows session. The rest, as we know are long term casualties.

Newcastle will be without captain Jamal Lascelles, Ryan Fraser, Isaac Hayden and Fabian Schar. According to Bruce, Saint Maximin is a doubt with a swollen ankle but we know he’ll be in their starting lineup come Saturday lunch-time.

Reverse fixture
Newcastle 0-0 Liverpool

Possible starting XI for us.

Ali
Trent
Kabak
Phillips
Robbo
Fab
Thiago
Gini/Naby
Sadio
Bobby/Jota
Mo

Questions...
Do we need Gini for this?
Time for Naby to come back in?
Will we ever see Davies?

Over to you Rawkites.

[TepidT2O]

[TepidT2O]

[jillcwhomever]

Take it away, Chopps. 

Meatpie sausage roll
Come on Liverpool giz a goal


2-4-6 and a quarter
who are we about to slaughter
Neeeeeew-castle



Give me an E.......

[BobPaisley3]

To the sounds of ‘Take me out’ by Franz Ferdinand the players make their entrance onto the hallowed turf. Banners and flags back on the Kop and it’s a beautiful sunny day on Merseyside. The reds know a win puts them back in the top 4 and with Chelsea and West Ham going head to head later, surely no further motivation is necessary. Come on the Reds.

[BobPaisley3]

And we’re off with the reds attacking the Annie Road. Mariner reffing.

[BobPaisley3]

2 decent spell of possession comes to nothing. Newcastle try and break but the pass is overhit.

[jillcwhomever]

Wow.

[BobPaisley3]

1-0 Reds. Mo. Ball into the box not cleared and he swivels and smashes it home on the half volley.

[TepidT2O]

Get in Mo

[jillcwhomever]

That first touch the way he got it away from the defender was incredible.

[Rush 82]

Gerrin Mo

Damn....twist and turn Bam!

[BobPaisley3]

5 Superb defending from Kabak. SM gets into the box and nearly gets past the young defender who stands up and forces the danger away. We then break but it comes to nothing. End to end.

[TepidT2O]

Newcastle have a bank of 4 in front of a bank of 5.

[BobPaisley3]

9 Yellow card for Kabak. SM is so dangerous. Dribbles through the middle and gets hacked down. Clear booking. SM hobbling off.

[BobPaisley3]

12 Trent crosses into Sadio who fires over but he was offside. SM back on but not moving well.

[TepidT2O]

That’s an appalling tackle on Jota

[BobPaisley3]

14 Good build up from Newcastle ends with Trent clearing off the line but again, it would have been offside. Jota smashed in the face in the build up. Snidey whack in the face. VAR obviously not bothered.

Over to Tepid.

[TepidT2O]

15 fore arm smash in the face to Jota.  Nothing happened.  No booking, nothing.  Dreadful

Oh.. I think he was booked

[Rush 82]

This delayed offside flag for obvious offsides is really irritating

[Rush 82]

15 fore arm smash in the face to Jota.  Nothing happened.  No booking, nothing.  Dreadful

Oh.. I think he was booked

Yep


Incredible

[TepidT2O]

18 free kick to Newcastle for a foul by Kabak.

40 yards out, the cross is cleared by kabak

[Rush 82]

See Saint-Maxima dropping like he'd been poleaxed

Kabak needs to be careful

[TepidT2O]

19 Newcastle have come back into this now. 

[TepidT2O]

19 ball down the middle and long staff shoots at Alisson

Big chance

[BobPaisley3]

We’re wide open.

[jillcwhomever]

The back line have to tighten up we keep playing them onside on occasions.

[Rush 82]

 Sadio allowing himself to be robbed of the ball too easily

[BobPaisley3]

  VAR looking at that. He’s about five yards offside and there’s a foul on the keeper.

[TepidT2O]

20 the ball is inthe net, but it’s offside

[Rush 82]

The back line have to tighten up we keep playing them onside on occasions.

Eep! Alisson saved that well - need a 2nd and 3rd goal to calm our nerves

[TepidT2O]

22 confer to the reds, but (shocked) it’s cleared.

Shit form Jota after a lay off from Salah goes over form the edge of the area

[TepidT2O]

23 Mane crosses low from the left and Jota volleys it straight at the keeper

[Rush 82]

Good defensive work from the front by Mo - ensured that Saint-Maxima didn't break on us with a good covering tackle

[TepidT2O]

24 Jota tries to play a 1 2 in the area with Mo.  It comes off a Newcastle arm.

Nothing given

[Rush 82]

23 Mane crosses low from the left and Jota volleys it straight at the keeper

Shinned it is why

[jillcwhomever]

Eep! Alisson saved that well - need a 2nd and 3rd goal to calm our nerves

Saint-Maximin is going to give any team challenges to be fair. But the problem is we would usually have Fab in midfield and he would be hoovering the balls up earlier. We really need our CB's to stay injury free. 

[Rush 82]

24 Jota tries to play a 1 2 in the area with Mo.  It comes off a Newcastle arm.

Nothing given

nothing replayed either

[BobPaisley3]

We really miss Fab in midfield.

[jillcwhomever]

nothing replayed either

Did they even look at it?