Topic: Half time: Atletico Madrid 2-2 Liverpool

[Zimagic]

Well, it's official, the purpose of the yellow kit is to completely disable our defensive capabilities

I hate this kit.🤮

[Fromola]

Fucking shambles defensively so we are. Could easily be 4-2 to them. Really don’t think hendo has the defensive instinct to play in the number 6 role, keita has been a disaster in midfield apart from his goal and really don’t think Milner can play more than a game a week nowadays.

Too often we look capable of conceding 4 goals in about 20 minutes. We just lose the plot.

The system we play can't carry passengers.

[Bobinhood]

hf what a half

[Wabaloolah]

So you mean there was some kind of warning that we could have perceived in our preparation here?

Well that kinda makes it worse then, no?

not like you to be a Mr Negative

[JackWard33]

Playing Milner and Henderson on short rest hasn’t worked and was an odd decision to be honest

Fuck knows why we’re throwing palyers up the pitch when 2-0 up against a team that only likes to counter

Oh and Virgil’s been fucking awful

Apart from that …. Good stuff

[west_london_red]

You can slate Keita for the non-tackles on Lemar and Felix but they're still carving us open pretty easily and we were quite clearly 2nd best for the last 15 minutes at least.  For me I'd actually say Van Dijk and Hendo have been the biggest culprits for the loss in control of the game.  It's At. Madrid though, they're not jokers.  We can at least get out of here with a point but yeah I'd say Fabinho needs to get on.  For me it'd be Hendo but I'd guess Keita or Milner.

Keita has been the worst, but yeah there’s a fair few out there who haven’t done themselves justice.

[Funky_Gibbons]

It hasn't?  AC Milan, Man City, Brentford mustn't have passed through your selective viewing. hahaha

What was wrong with the defence against Man City?

[T.Mills]

Seriously, how the fuck can their first goal be allowed to stand?!

I thought that

[kennedy81]

Seriously, how the fuck can their first goal be allowed to stand?!

Interfering with play? Have they changed that rule or something?

[Macphisto80]

Seriously, how the fuck can their first goal be allowed to stand?!

Mental decision. Their forward puts studs on it. Even if he misses it, he's went for the ball in an offside position. WTF.

[John C]

Matip should have been better placed for their 1st.

[fallenhd]

We're doing like Lemar and felix are poor players, yes they went past Keita a bit too easy but they'll do that against most players. Lemar literally did the same against trent and wipped a good cross in. Th eproblem atm is that the back lines looks disjointed and we're not also not getting enough cover in front of MF. Henderson is all over the place.

[red vinyl]

Playing Milner and Henderson on short rest hasn’t worked and was an odd decision to be honest

Fuck knows why we’re throwing palyers up the pitch when 2-0 up against a team that only likes to counter

Oh and Virgil’s been fucking awful

Apart from that …. Good stuff

This.

[RyanBabel19]

They’ve broken through our midfield line with ease. Hard for the defenders to deal with people running at you and runners off the ball.

No one elses fault he was terribly positioned. Stopping the ball earlier is obviously the aim but you still have to defend well yourself

[Pistolero]

we've looked a fuckin shambles since Keita's goal.....that midfield is so, so poor...

cmon on Redmen for fucks sake...we owe these c*nts one

[12Kings]

I hate this kit.🤮

Taxi!

[naYoRHa2b]

Playing Milner and Henderson on short rest hasn’t worked and was an odd decision to be honest

Fuck knows why we’re throwing palyers up the pitch when 2-0 up against a team that only likes to counter

Oh and Virgil’s been fucking awful

Apart from that …. Good stuff

I don't understand why we can't ever sit a little deeper and be more organised especially when we are 2 up away from home, in Europe.

[Bend It Like Aurelio]

So you mean there was some kind of warning that we could have perceived in our preparation here?

Well that kinda makes it worse then, no?

I think both teams are playing to their obstinate strengths. Their players are trained to give us the ball in non threatening positions, we are trained to move forward with it.

It’s not all doom and gloom here. They scored on some poor play by us, we scored on some poor play by them. I’m actually quite happy we are level at the half. It’s pretty much par for the course if you go by the pre match predictions.

[killer-heels]

Van Dijk should have tackled Griezmann. Greizmann just gets a shot off with no challenge. I know Van Dijk is a calm customer but still.

[Beninger]

I don’t see how a player jumping over the ball right next to Matip isn’t interfering?

[vicar]

Good point from BT sport, the jump from Lemar stops Matip really stretching to stop the shot

I thought that on the first replay, matip looks like he stops attempting to kick it

[Gray Hamster]

Defence need more protection from midfield

[blert596]

Fab on for Kieta and move Milner to the right

[rushyman]

This season feels like being back in 17-18

I’ll take 98 points all day 😂

[Fromola]

Playing Milner and Henderson on short rest hasn’t worked and was an odd decision to be honest

Fuck knows why we’re throwing palyers up the pitch when 2-0 up against a team that only likes to counter

Oh and Virgil’s been fucking awful

Apart from that …. Good stuff

Could have maybe carried Milner and Henderson if Fabinho with them, we're just down to the bare bones and Ox not trusted.

Game management like Brentford was shocking.

[Black Bull Nova]

I think when we went 2-0 up we started to believe it was still saturday and we were still playing Watford, unfortunately AM are one of the best teams in the world, there margins for error are slim and they are deadly if you are slow to react.

[kennedy81]

Mo hasn't scored yet, so really it's 3-2.

Get Fab on and we can do these.

[killer-heels]

I’ll take 98 points all day

That was 18-19 (97 points).

[RyanBabel19]

I think both teams are playing to their obstinate strengths. Their players are trained to give us the ball in non threatening positions, we are trained to move forward with it.

It’s not all doom and gloom here. They scored on some poor play by us, we scored on some poor play by them. I’m actually quite happy we are level at the half. It’s pretty much par for the course if you go by the pre match predictions.

Good post mate. It looks bad because we got 2-0 up early but it was bad defending for both. Having more of the ball makes it feel a lot like you should be ahead but this is how they play

[OkieRedman]

Seriously, how the fuck can their first goal be allowed to stand?!

What do you mean? Looked onside to me.

[Samie]

Thank fuck we're playing this lot in the groups. The play acting would be even worse in the knockouts.

[Macphisto80]

Van Dijk should have tackled Griezmann. Greizmann just gets a shot off with no challenge. I know Van Dijk is a calm customer but still.

He couldn't have because he got left exposed on the wrong side of the ball by Matip going wide, and Trent ball watching.

[Mister Flip Flop]

I don’t see how a player jumping over the ball right next to Matip isn’t interfering?

Yeah, it was a shocking decision. The other way around no way that's given.

[Funky_Gibbons]

Mo hasn't scored yet, so really it's 3-2.

Get Fab on and we can do these.

He got the first.

[Jm55]

I’ll take 98 points all day 😂

That was 18/19.

17/18 was where we consistently fucked up commanding positions and regularly were unable to kill matches.

[GreatEx]

All I can say is I hope Simeone doesn't replace Solskjaer, or Bruce for that matter. He's got us worked out.

[Nick110581]

Trent bombing on at 2-0 up is a weird tactic

[JackWard33]

Good post mate. It looks bad because we got 2-0 up early but it was bad defending for both. Having more of the ball makes it feel a lot like you should be ahead but this is how they play

It is …. But the frustration is why are we not changing what we do against them when 2-0 … all they want to do is counter ?!
Ho hum….. we start again

[duvva 💅]

Why are people so eager to see Fabinho, Milner and Henderson as our midfield? Keita may not have been great for either goal but we still need him in there for something different. If Fabinho is coming on I’d rather see Milner or Henderson come off

[PhiLFC#1]

I’ll take 98 points all day 😂

That was the season after