Topic: Half time: Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea

[Lycan]

Seriously bad half from us - lots of possession but absolutely no end product.

Chelsea have had the better chances (they have been setup perfectly by Conte).

Little over the top with that comment.

[Samie]

Do none of you need a piss at half time or something? EVERY FUCKING HALF TIME THREAD YOU'RE COMPLAINING.

[Upinsmoke]

Game plan going perfectly I'd say.

what's the game plan then? To create nothing and look fragile when the opponent breaks?

Come off it mate.

Chelsea have stifled us granted, but this wasn't the game plan, we want to create chances and look a threat. Just haven't had that threat the first 45

[Yesitsanextender]

Coutinho might as well be watching from the stands and as for  milner......jeeeeeeusus

[rawcusk8]

We've not been as bad as some of you are making out, Migs has had to make a couple of saves but they were routine. Their main threat is Hazard which is understandable he's brilliant and set pieces. We are doing ok, the big guns will come on second and hopefully that will wake Phil up as he's had little impact going forward and isnt really helping much defensively.

[El Denzel Pepito]

Game plan going perfectly I'd say.

Nah not for me. They've had far too much space and look likely to score - more than us (minus Salah, although he's trying too much on his own atm).

Was it going to plan when the ball was pinging around our box only for us to clear it away unconvincingly (and luckily)?

[StrawberryFieldsForever]

Hoping to see Firmino and Mane at half-time

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

We're doing fine. Keep it to 0-0 until 60mins then unleash hell from the bench.

Sounds good to me.

I hate Chelsea, all their players and their Tory c*nt fans.

[Johnnyboy1973]

I still see nothing to suggest, Coutinho is better in the midfield three. Hazard showing him how its done.

[Rattleduser]

should take it in turns to smash hazard

[rafathegaffa83]

We'e been okay. Finishing leaves a lot to be desired though

[Caligula?]

Mane and Wijnaldum on and we win this game. Very disappointing in midfield and haven't done much going forward.

[tommy LFC]

ours or theirs?

feels a bit like a chess game this. Just a single chance or goal that will decide the game.

Ours. I think we were always going to rely on the bench today. Just had to keep it tight in the first half.

[Geppvindh's]

Need to track those Chelsea runs from midfield into the box. It's a clear game plan/training ground drill and they've pulled it off every single time. I'll get Mane and firmino on in the 60th and give them more to think.

[BobPaisley3]

Yes, Hazard has had it too easy. I think we give him too much space. Compare with the space Salah and Coutinho get.

Absolutely

[stockdam]

People are reacting too negatively. Its a big game against a top side in good form. Thus far the performance is fine.

I don't think anyone is saying that we haven't done ok. The game is finely balanced and I think Mane and Firmino would change it. If Lallana was fit then I'd bring him on too.

[edge]

Annoying half. They're given everything they need from the ref. Also pretty sure they had at least 10 men in their own box in open play at one point. If I didn't know who the coach was I'd bet on it being Mourinho.

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should take it in turns to smash hazard

If the players stopped letting it go through their legs we wouldn't need to smash him

[killer-heels]

I still see nothing to suggest, Coutinho is better in the midfield three. Hazard showing him how its done.

Yeah I am doubting that as well. Doesnt get on the ball and control it enough. He is like a winger who doesnt score loads playing in midfield.

[Clint Eastwood]

Didn't see that tackle by Gomez in the scramble in our box. Excellent work. Stopped a certain goal.

[RK7]

We need to get on Hazard, it's ridiculous the space he's getting. The Chelsea game plan is clear so we need to counter that. Obviously doesn't help that Miler keeps giving the ball away and Henderson can't play DM but that's down to Klopp to fix rather than hope we get away with it.

[sikingthegreat1]

decent performance, if our target is a draw. but if we want to win, then this is clearly not enough.

with milner and hendo in midfield, coutinho basically has to come back and do the job of getting the ball further up the pitch, resulting in him being further and further away from goal..... such a waste.... and left salah do to everything on his own

hopefully 2 of lallana, firmino, mane, wijnaldum will come on quickly, otherwise it's going to be very difficult to score

[smicer07]

Would love some on here to come to Anfield and sort this atmosphere out, I'm sure you'd all manage it.

[John C]

That we really haven't created much going forward and when they have, their chances have been good? Are you watching?

You said we were lucky to be 0-0

[BazC]

Sala should have gone down after that Cahill challenge, he’s been on another level to any other Liverpool player out there today.

Pretty cagey - just hope our numerous brain farts don’t see them nick it.

[Samie]

I still see nothing to suggest, Coutinho is better in the midfield three. Hazard showing him how its done.

Hazzard  ain't playing in a three and he has three workhorses as back up.

[johnj147]

milner been very poor .. one bit o magic is gona win this .. hope to see lalana mane on soon

[Keita Success]

BEIN sports suggesting Klopp is dead.

[Barneylfc∗]

Plastics in control

In control of what? Because it isn't this match.

[fallenhd]

Awful, terrible, lamentable. 

Chelsea, despite tearing us to shreds, have yet to score and it's 0-0. I'm fuming.

Coutinho has been dreadful and needs hooking asap. He's offering nothing going forward and is a liability defensively.

Moreno has been excellent. Henderson too.

What game are u watching, you do realize his job is to shield the defence right, how much time times have players esp hazard ran at them freely, hes not at the same level of kante, but looki at him to see what protecting ur defense means.

[jonkrux]

The midfield is criminal. Absolutely no shape at all.

Henderson is running around like a headless chicken, covering ground but also leaving gaps everywhere. Drinkwater making runs unchecked, freely into the box.

Milner is playing like he is wearing 20 pound heavy boots stuck in quicksand. Coutinho is a non factor in midfield right now.

So I would move Ox into midfield and COutiho wide, get Lallana on for Milner.

I'd do exactly this.

[SwordInYourGut]

Some player Hazard is. If he wasn't always playing for defensive minded managers like Conte and Mourinho, he'd be recognized as the best player in the world bar Messi atm.

[Barneylfc∗]

BEIN sports suggesting Klopp is dead.

What?

[rawcusk8]

I still see nothing to suggest, Coutinho is better in the midfield three. Hazard showing him how its done.

Tbf it's alot harder up against Kante,Bakayoko and Drinkwater. Not to take anything away from Hazard but Hendo and Milner could be doing abit better in terms of getting closer.

[El Denzel Pepito]

You said we were lucky to be 0-0

I wouldn't say he's wrong, to be fair.

[Caligula?]

Do none of you need a piss at half time or something? EVERY FUCKING HALF TIME THREAD YOU'RE COMPLAINING.

It's a halftime thread on a football forum. If you want something all cheery and positive all the time, go join a cupcake baking forum. 

[TheShanklyGates]

BEIN sports suggesting Klopp is dead.

You what?

[Upinsmoke]

Also stop slagging off the crowd. They've sat 11 men behind the ball and we've created very little. The players do need to lift the crowd as much as the crowd needs to lift the players. It's becoming a running them of every match thread to slag off the home support.

[John C]

The big thing now is not to let them settle in to the game before we make our subs. And Jurgen will bring Mane on in accordance with his fitness after everything he's done recently not because LFC fans whinge.

[Pureoriginal]

Milner should be subbed, too many misplaced passes creating Chelsea counter attacks. Think Coutinho has been thoroughly average too given the levels he is capable of. Would like to see Mane on now and Lallana on if Coutinho doesn't improve second half.