Good vibes on that thread
He’s not a Liverpool fan @ExtjExhtts
That's a really good point you make. All the little details but would definitely give us more cushion to preserve our lead.Feel like we saw some knock ons effects from the Europa League here. Had Saliba been fit and Holding was bought on to secure the win that may have been enough to see out the game. Same with White having a nightmare without Tomi to fall back on.
Citeh have drawn to Everton, Notts, Newcastle and Villa this season. No reason why we can't at least drawFar too much negativity. A point at Anfield is fine. A point at City and it’s likely ours. Save the gloom for after that game if necessary. We have as much chance of winning all the other games as City.
Really annoying how deep we dropped in the second half. I think initially it was a mental thing, but I don’t think Arteta reacted quickly enough to either change things, or double down and properly shore things up.
In hindsight, KT should have come on early in the second half imo.
It was a terrible sub in fairness.
Look at the above breakdown of the 2nd half, we had weathered the Liverpool storm and between the 58th - 80th minute Liverpool didn't have a shot and we were comfortable. Now look at that third phase 80th - FT where we had made the Kiwior sub and changed to a back 5, we invited all that pressure on us again.
It was a terrible sub in fairness.
I usually say you need to play through that sh*t but in that game it made a huge difference.To me it is pretty clear. Paul Tierney really turned this game by changing how he refereed once we went 2-0 up. He gave White a card for exactly the same challenge he didn't even whistle for when Konate tackled Xhaka and they broke with the ball. Robinson and others were hanging on Saka, Martinelli and Jesus like backpacks and nothing. The list can go on and on. This is what turned the game in Liverpool's favour.
We can analyse tactics and blame Arteta (for subs) or our players (Xhaka), but the person who definitely impacted the game and turned it towards Liverpool was mainly the referee.
He is the cover on left, correct?Is this Xhaka's fault?
Think the game was too fast for Jorginho.Yeah, I'm amazed Jorginho didn't come on, we needed to wrestle control back in the middle.
This is why I would rather have a half fit Saliba for City than Holding.Sorry Rob but this guy makes good points