Topic: PL: Liverpool 1 vs 1 Arsenal Gabriel 4’ Mo 29’

[Paul_h]

Mo ran out of steam 2nd half. Cannot keep relying on him.
Too many wayward passes, from the whole team. Diaz doesn't run.

Need to practise shooting, and passing. Not good enough.
Do we need a set piece coach? do we have one? needs sacking if so. There is just no variety to our corners...
Endo had a good game, I thought.
Disappointed with Gakpo. Needs to up it if he wants to cement his place in the team.

[Fruity]

I think we were a bit gassed at the end there. Gravenberch didn't really get up to speed when we needed him to.

Whilst Mo scored a great individual goal, at the beginning of the 2nd half his decision making and execution was awful when we had opportunities.

Overall though we definitely gave it our all and for a while we looked like the pressing machine of old and Trent should have got the 2nd goal. Le Arse are a very good side on that showing - not really overwhelmed by the atmosphere.

[StevoHimself]

Konate was excellent though.

[jillcwhomever]

We have to rethink our attacking play. What's the point in punting it long when Mo hasn't the pace to chase them? Also our passing was all over the place, Dom's in particular. Trent should have scored and we didn't create enough to win the game.

[Redsnappa]

Yeah, Jones should have stayed on, Szob should have been off miles earlier.

Impressive defending by the Arse you got to say though, Saliba and Gabriel were solid as.

Having said that, we had the winner with Trent's chance. Not our day.

We looked shattered after that, the West Ham game took it's toll.

Hope Tsimi is ok, but that looked like a collarbone job. We are out of left backs.

[rob1966]

What is VAR for if not to correct the obvious mistake.

When you've got a cheating ref doing the VAR, you've no chance

[b_joseph]

 Very timid to end the game. Feels like Arsenal have an intensity level that goes higher than ours...especially Rice and Saliba.

One of the few games that has made me miss the good version of a Henderson/Millie type. Endo was really good again.

[Fromola]

Miracle that we are 1 point from top. Only 4 points from Utd, Spurs, City, Chelsea and Arsenal is just terrible.

We've not been good enough ultimately. We just need to stay in touch at the moment.

I'd like to see us bring a couple in in Jan who can make an impact.

[gemofabird]

1 point off the top at Chrimbo?

Would snapped the hand for that in August

[Jean Girard]

Very frustrated. The pen decision and Trent miss, that was there for taking.

Needed more from Gakpo and Diaz, and Szob on the ball (even though he worked his balls off)

Subs beyond Joe didn't quite have an impact or get to the intensity of the game.

Everyone else played really well. Small margins again.

[Mister Flip Flop]

Never saw such a shit cameo as what Gravenberch played out there. Killed us singlehandedly on both ends of the pitch. Killed our momentum stone dead.

Jumping out of challenges is unforgivable

[Coolie High]

Konate was sublime, definite MOTM. Fuck knows what they were watching giving it to Saliba

Saliba was great as well hardly a bizarre decision, Konate was his equal but I think Saliba got more praise because he looked more elegant doing the same thing as Konate.

I would argue actually I’ll give Konate more plaudits for dealing with Martinelli, he was literally a one man defence on that side at times.

[Egyptian36]

Good result. The players had to work extra hard to get this point especially with how average our attacking play is, we could have even snatched the win if TAA wasn't unlucky after Arsenal messing up the corner. Endo MOTM.

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On a side note, any chance of relaying the pitch?

[darragh85]

Diaz is a worry. Offers so little and no where near manes level

[stockdam]

In no way does shearing a point with Arsenal at home suit us. 

Would you rather have lost

I said “in a way”…… it isn’t the worst result and keeps us 1 point off top place. We played a good team so a draw isn’t that bad. Yes Arsenal will be happier.

[lindylou100]

MOTM Konate followed by great performances from Endo and Jones, Gomez was fantastic. Szobo was poor as was Diaz, even the link up play with Salah seemed off. We have issues upfront but we still looked the stronger side.

[the_red_pill]

That’s the frustration with Trent, world class footballer but always a spoon or fuck up in him. He buries that simple finish and we aren’t talking about all the other shite.

Gutted.

Ball bounced just as he was shooting it. Nothing that could be done there.

[zero zero]

They are a horrible side.

Cheats all over the pitch.

Nobbled two of our players.

Started feigning injury in the 7th minute.

C*nts.

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

Rice played well for them. We didn’t really have any standout players. Bring Mo into the centre was a mistake.

Konate was incredible.

And Mo only went in to the centre because Diaz got injured. It was going to be like-for-like with Darwin for Gakpo.

[Tonyh8su]

Good to know that you can foul, take people out and handball it in the box under the guise of “slipping”.

[B0151?]

Miracle that we are 1 point from top. Only 4 points from Utd, Spurs, City, Chelsea and Arsenal is just terrible.

We should have more from those games but it's a massive whopper comment to say it's a miracle we are where we are. Table doesn't lie, we should be even higher without the robbery Vs Spurs. And I'm not crying about it, just we deserve to be where we are so fuck off with that shite

[TepidT2O]

Yeah, Jones should have stayed on, Szob should have been off miles earlier.

Impressive defending by the Arse you got to say though, Saliba and Gabriel were solid as.

Having said that, we had the winner with Trent's chance. Not our day.

We looked shattered after that, the West Ham game took it's toll.

Hope Tsimi is ok, but that looked like a collarbone job. We are out of left backs.

Jones has to play on Tuesday. 

We have to pretext players these days.  Same for arsenal

[Fromola]

That’s the frustration with Trent, world class footballer but always a spoon or fuck up in him. He buries that simple finish and we aren’t talking about all the other shite.

Gutted.

Has to score but you need to create more than one big chance in a home match though. Other than that it was a great goal (which is what it takes for us to score now) and just more long range hit and hopes.

When you're creating so few big chances players start to snatch at them.

[smicer07]

1 point off the top at Chrimbo?

Would snapped the hand for that in August

Exactly. Some perspective needed on this forum.

[stoa]

Good to know that you can foul, take people out and handball it in the box under the guise of “slipping”.

We already know that one of those is only true, if you're not wearing a Liverpool shirt. Just ask Curtis...

[F-T-9]

Quite worried by a few of our players. Diaz, Nunez, Gakpo, Szob and Gravenberch in particular. Feels like we're really blunt in attack now aside from Mo, we've lost a lot of goals with Mane and Bobby and the others haven't really taking the reigns in that sense.

Szob didn't have a good game, again. Not sure what's happened since the international break but he's a shadow of himself.

And Gravenberch, this isn't a knee jerk or anything, but he offers nothing. I honestly couldn't tell you what he does well. Jones/Elliot are infinitely better than him at the moment.

[elsewhere]

1 point off the top at Chrimbo?

Would snapped the hand for that in August

True that but we were 4 pts clear on top if we did the business against Utd and Arsenal.

[Mister Flip Flop]

Bottom line is Darwin and Gakpo have to start performing because right now they don't look good enough.

[Redman78]

By far the better side. Playing 11 against 15 is not easy against anyone.

If we finish ahead of City we'll win the title, these are going to go away.

Were we watching the same game? I thought we were disappointing and didn't threaten anywhere near enough, Arsenal weren't great but probably had more control than us.

[Robinred]

If Konate can’t get MOM after that, I don’t know what to say.

We wuz robbed. What a bunch of snides in their manager’s image they are - if we can’t win the title I’m honestly hoping City win it rather than them.

Our subs - Harvey aside - didn’t work. Endo was a revelation - really good. Thought taking Jonesy off was understandable but a mistake.

[Nick110581]

When is Jota back ?

[medley]

For someone that can look so composed on the pitch, Dom has a few really wayward passes in him unfortunately. We badly needed to manipulate the ball better in the latter stages of the half. We kept giving it back to them and Grav was the worst culprit

Jones going off so early was a bit of a strange one. Thought he was doing well up to that point really. The lack of confidence in Diaz is very worrying. He never attempts to take anyone on anymore and its hurting our game massively

[killer-heels]

Were we watching the same game? I thought we were disappointing and didn't threaten anywhere near enough, Arsenal weren't great but probably had more control than us.

All numbers have us ahead. We should have won.

[Gili Gulu]

Ball dipped just as he was shooting it. Nothing that could be done there.

Should have scored, very bad miss which could be very costly.

[Garnier]

Don't think i've been this frustrated with a game for a while, it'll take me too long to forget that Trent chance... so unlucky. We were so close!

Things got really sloppy in the second half, maybe there was something wrong with the pitch. Players miscrontrolling and mishitting passed for both teams.

And there's the small matter of Tsimikas and Diaz getting injured.

Super annoyed.

[TheShanklyGates]

He’d sprinted 90 yards and it bobbled slightly, i think he was unfortunate…

Those are the margins between winning titles and ending up second best though. He simply has to score.

[y2w902]

The pass to Trent was bobbling throughout, there’s no excuse for the miss, it’s a bad one.

Salah brilliance aside, some of his passes were horrendous, same for Gakpo, Diaz and Szobo in the 2nd half, Gravenberch horror show.

Jones was class, Endo was great after the yellow and Konate manhandled Martinelli.

[TepidT2O]

When is Jota back ?

Soon.

I’ve read online that Diaz is just a clash of Kees, I hope that’s right…..

[The G in Gerrard]

We have to rethink our attacking play. What's the point in punting it long when Mo hasn't the pace to chase them? Also our passing was all over the place, Dom's in particular. Trent should have scored and we didn't create enough to win the game.

Didn't that tactic to Mo create his goal and the Trent chance would have won us the game no?