It’s scary when the front 3 are all in top form at the same time. Firmino has produced some outrageous football this season. Mane and Salah keep scoring goals. After going 1-0 down there is no panic from these players. They showed it time and time again last season. These players will keep their heads under all circumstances. I’m finally reaching the point as a fan where I don’t panic either. It takes some getting used to when supporting a team that is so ridiculously good. Newcastle’s opening goal was nothing more than an annoyance. The result was still never in doubt. This Liverpool team has a solution to ever single problem. If it is going to take over 100 points to win the league, this group of players are capable of doing it.
The touches by Firmino to set him up were the sickest part of that move. Nice win after a worldie wake up call. Toon started well but succumbed to our relentless pressure. Nice day out, hope Divvie's ok.
Nice to see Henderson get a full rest today - would have liked Gini off immediately after the 3rd goal, and shame Origi had to go off. Shaq needs a chance - his passing is really good as are his touches in general.
Bobby Firmino is a genius. Fab was great today - did all the dirty work, won the ball back tons of times. nothing spectacular but incredibly important. agree that Gini getting a rest would have been excellent. nice to see Ox do well, still a tad rusty but very close to 100% now. just needs a goal. 14 wins scoring 2+ each game. we have a truly great team.
the impression I'm getting is that the refs/VAR have decided to turn a blind eye to most pen-area wrestling-type fouls on the basis that if they start calling them they'll end up with 3-4 pens every game. maybe they'll start tightening up on it next season after giving teams plenty of warnings that it's coming? in this case, as the comms said - if the ref had called that pen VAR would not have overruled him.
I think we got a glimpse of why Klopp sometimes goes for Gomez when a more defensive perspective is needed. Their goal was superb, well taken, great shot and will be up there for goal of the month. But he should never have been able to cut inside TAA and get the ball on his right foot. The defense had the box covered, there were no free men. TAA should have come out earlier and tighter on Willem and shuttled him to the byline. Instead, by not challenging early, he allowed Willem to run at him a little and then cut inside. It was a poor goal (albeit very well taken) to give up. A team with more attacking options and better players would and will target TAA.
Well, the clean-sheet run didn’t last long, did it? Sack! On a serious note, this was a good result given the disruption which is the international break. Next.
nah it wasn't that bad. the scorer is known to have no right foot, so AA was anticipating him moving that way, and the guy fooled him. shit happens. I agree though, Gomez is a better defender.
Nope. TAA was out of position and didn’t move to correct it. When he did, Willem did him. Poor defending. IMO.
a couple of times TAA was in the center of the pitch, half way inside Liverpool's defending half. i didn't see where Matip was, but that much space on Liverpool's right wing cannot be good, and that's where the attack came from that led to the goal. TAA closed down on Willem as quickly as he could from his position, but that left him vulnerable to be caught on the wrong foot when Willem cut inside.
Lets just face it taa has a tendency to make defencive errors but he'll grow out of that. What he does is giving us another dimension going forward. If he continues to develop he'll be what every RB aspires to be
Many are now making the argument that Firmino is our best player. On current form it’s hard to disagree. He has been sensational, and is playing better than he did at any point last season. If we sing about him being the best in the world enough, it may just become true. Anyone who is Liverpool’s best player, can’t be far off being the world’s best. We do have the best defender in the world. We have the best goalkeeper. We have the best pair of fullbacks. Sadio Mane could make a case for himself as the world’s best at the moment, and Mo Salah would tell you that he’s better than Mane. We happen to also have the best manager in the world and the best fans in the world. Is there anything this team can’t achieve?
You could say that but outside of pulling a bizzarro trick move he is being defended, do I'd agree with Sam - it's really not that bad of a mistake. Sometimes you can't stop a guy taking a surprise shot. It's a bit like saying that Cruyff or Messi shouldn't score all those goals with better defending. If this was such an exact science, no-one would be watching - well, I wouldn't, anyway ....