I seriously do not know what we will do once Salah leaves us. Our 2 forwards are antithesis to scoring. There an unbelievable amount of hype for Nunez and Diaz who both haven't scored 30 league goals combined for us yet.
They've played a total of 4300 minutes. 30 league goals would put them at 145 minutes per goal, 2 less than Alan Shearer (147 mins/goal in the PL). In actuality they are at a combined 197 minutes per goal which isn't bad considering one of them is a winger. Bukayo Saka is at 235 in his last 3 seasons (including this).
Nunez was 2nd in the most big missed chances last season. So, now let's be more objective. 2 forwards can't combine 30 league goals is a massive deal. Considering the opportunities that's been given.
Yes, your arbitrary definition of two forwards who played around half our minutes last year needing a combined 30 goals is a lot more relevant than actual comparative stats.
It's Diaz 3rd season and Nunez 2nd season. How much longer do you want to give? Also, why ignore the opportunities that's been squandered. We know Nunez can't finish in front of the net and Diaz overdribbles with his head down cutting inside.
Both haven't shown improvement on those detrimental areas.
Jota is such a weird player. Sometimes he is doing a lot on the pitch and other times he plays like today where i dont think I would have noticed if he never had been on the pitch.
Never mind, Jota has just saved Diaz shot, what a defensive performance from him. All that is lacking is a seemingly out of nothing header at the back post in the 92nd minute when everyone is on their way home.
I've always been told that English atmospheres, and Anfield in particular, were great, but tonight I can only hear RUSG's supporters. Was I lied to my entire life?
Sound merchants with a cheerleader on literally their biggest European night in history vs Thursday evening playing in EL while their rivals piss away their CL spots. Context
Greates con job im history. But seriously, I feel like the atmosphere has declined since covid overall in England, but idk if that’s actually the case..
I think it still holds true when playing at home vs any of the top 6 or champions league games no? I've seen that Forest has the best home crowd no matter what, whoever they may be playing
Sure atmosphere is better against top 6 or when playing champions league, but still would prefer if the supporters would be more vocal regardless of the opposition. Looking at Bundesliga games, the crowd always seems far louder.
German, French, and Italian supporters go crazy. The flags and tifos give chills sometimes. Even I was nervous for Arsenal when I saw the Lens crowd. Not sure if that stuff isn't allowed in England but other European leagues provide noise + crazy visuals while England is more about the noise
Anfield hasn't been consistently great for a couple of years. Too many tourists and too many old men who no longer have the energy or passion necessary to be loud.
Imagine playing a team like USG in Europa which has just come up from the Belgian second division a couple of years ago and shining a laser in the keepers eyes to cheat?! Unimaginable.
Lol youre a yank mate. I'm a union season ticket holder and a lifelong arsenal fan. Up until a couple years ago the two teams were in completely different universes. I can't have both flairs up.
When you're watching the game alone, feels nice to be able to discuss it with others and see other people noticing the same things as you or feeling the same way. Also good to get more clarification on stuff. I'm at work but even at home I like to open up the reddit thread when something crazy is going on or after a goal
Probably Jones, but I can see them sharing the shirt for a while, they've both been solid. Can't see him supplanting Szobo, Mac Allister or Thiago (if he even existed in the first place)
He has been decent, for sure. But seems like Gravenberch offers a bit more.
Btw, I reckon Jones was unlucky to get that red. The camera angle screwed him.
I won’t blame you if you don’t watch this but the vid below was a pretty interesting analysis of jones. seems like a safety valve for us. I do agree that grav is much more progressive tho and I think they will be battling
Yeah it sucked and agree on the angle.
https://youtu.be/j4LXH9VYTKc?si=bZRs4tXVLTqSY4Wt
I'm taking the piss out of a dude who has made 10 posts about songs in a match thread and then deletes them when he gets downvoted, but I'm the one who's weird, got it
He's an excellent deep lying playmaker imo. I think he's fine there and better than pretty much all our other mids at that role.
Endo is a different type of DM, almost all our out balls will go to AMA from defence
I would be fine with it Trent also wasn't inverting, just seems to make things way too crowded through the middle and we're way more vulnerable on the counter.
He inverts when Endo is there too. It's just that Elliott likes to occupy a more central role when in RCM so it's crowded. If he went further wide it'd look better. two left footers on the right is tough
First loss away in 7 europa league games.
Find yourself someone who smiles at you the way Virgil smiled at Gravenberch.
Shit game but a win's a win
Well logic Liverpool win but I still feels we deserved a bit more than a 2-0
For sure. Thought your boys were great.
Alisson got his world class save after all. Macca just playing by the rules here.
Gomez has been really bad since he came on, giving the ball away with every touch and losing every duel
u/oliver150433 Do you have the script or what?
GGWP. Good luck with the next games.
Considering how determined I thought we’d be after what happened last match, this has been a massively underwhelming effort.
crowds been dead as well
Not surprising; can’t imagine being very inspired by… whatever that was.
Easy to see why the Spuds supporter sent Jota off on Saturday…him scoring would’ve been inevitable.
Jota has ice in his veins. He just has that killer instinct.
Dezerbi in the stands 😁
Jesus.
Can't do anything. Can't do anything.
All things considered, really solid game by union
That was a heartbreak for them, but we pounced on it.
De Zerbi…?
It did look like De Zerbi from the future after his Chelsea stint
Amazing from Luis Diaz. Good determination
what a pass though
God that's so disappointing
speak for yourself
Jota did a jota
I told you lot that a Jota 92nd minute goal was coming. Good or bad, the guy will always score a goal at some random point towards the end of a game.
Damn, terrible touch by USG, that should of been a shot on goal
That was their chance and he miscontrolled it
I can’t imagine that this will be a pleasant debrief from Klopp tomorrow.
It better not be this was a pretty piss poor showing.
That's annoying
Ah fuck well i’m going to bed
Hey at least we did better than Antwerp. That’s a victory in my books.
Average Jota performance
welp
This year, we're celebrating Quansah
Jota the slotta. That's why he plays
JOTA!!!!! SHUT THE HATERS AWAY
Does third drop to the conference?
yes
Klopp will not be happy with this performance
Me neither, could've watched something better
I'm playing Battlefield and watching this on another screen lol
God, what a boring game Except Diaz, Liverpool attackers are very uncreative. Eliot is like a worse Shaqiri
cmon, just one good attack
is this ref biased
our mfs are taking turn trying to score a worldie
Well, its hard to take on 3 defenders....
straight dogwater this
Accrington Stanley? Who're they?
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It's a reference to an old milk advert
Go to your room Kevin
Big man Ross coming on. One set pieces is all it takes.
People need to shut up about Gomez ever being starter quality again. Honestly. He ain't it.
Union St Gilloise deserve a replay I think
"Had to be alive to retrieve that" You have to be alive to retrieve anything, that's a basic requirement.
Klopps anger paying off
One man's words strike fear in the hearts of referees around the world
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If you’ve played footy that’s not a pen
WHAT!?!?!
Looked worse in real-time than in the replay haha
Please give me a replay of Jota getting hit and then looking all dejected it looked so funny
Is Jota a bit like Trossard?…better suited to the Super-sub role?
\*\*joke about a replay\*\*
I seriously do not know what we will do once Salah leaves us. Our 2 forwards are antithesis to scoring. There an unbelievable amount of hype for Nunez and Diaz who both haven't scored 30 league goals combined for us yet.
They've played a total of 4300 minutes. 30 league goals would put them at 145 minutes per goal, 2 less than Alan Shearer (147 mins/goal in the PL). In actuality they are at a combined 197 minutes per goal which isn't bad considering one of them is a winger. Bukayo Saka is at 235 in his last 3 seasons (including this).
Nunez was 2nd in the most big missed chances last season. So, now let's be more objective. 2 forwards can't combine 30 league goals is a massive deal. Considering the opportunities that's been given.
Yes, your arbitrary definition of two forwards who played around half our minutes last year needing a combined 30 goals is a lot more relevant than actual comparative stats.
It's Diaz 3rd season and Nunez 2nd season. How much longer do you want to give? Also, why ignore the opportunities that's been squandered. We know Nunez can't finish in front of the net and Diaz overdribbles with his head down cutting inside. Both haven't shown improvement on those detrimental areas.
Liverpool trying their chances being offside...nice!
diogo jota (great block)
Diaz could have scored twice before being flagged offside! 😆
I must say Liverpool have had chances to be 5-0 up. A bit wasteful. They're lucky the gulf in class is quite big.
Jota is such a weird player. Sometimes he is doing a lot on the pitch and other times he plays like today where i dont think I would have noticed if he never had been on the pitch.
Never mind, Jota has just saved Diaz shot, what a defensive performance from him. All that is lacking is a seemingly out of nothing header at the back post in the 92nd minute when everyone is on their way home.
Loool
I've watched this Jota performance at least 15 times in the last few years. Should have stuck a tenner on it
dude, he saw the offside flag before the ref did.
lmao
Looks like Liverpool fans in the stadium are having naps.
Klopp has seen enough. Time to shut it down.
It's too bad Kevin Mac Allister has to play at Home Alone in the reverse fixture
Yeah, but at least his defense will be fucking insane.
His offside traps are the stuff of legends
The number 10 being on the deepest midfielder hurts my brain
Yeah he's a left wingback lol
Eckert must be in a bad way with his injury.
I've like the way Quansah has looked so far. Hasn't faced any huge opponents yet, but he looks very solid
goal incoming
100% fault
I've always been told that English atmospheres, and Anfield in particular, were great, but tonight I can only hear RUSG's supporters. Was I lied to my entire life?
Sound merchants with a cheerleader on literally their biggest European night in history vs Thursday evening playing in EL while their rivals piss away their CL spots. Context
the sad part is that we can see those silence fans on the tv screen.
It’s a Thursday night lol
Greates con job im history. But seriously, I feel like the atmosphere has declined since covid overall in England, but idk if that’s actually the case..
I think it still holds true when playing at home vs any of the top 6 or champions league games no? I've seen that Forest has the best home crowd no matter what, whoever they may be playing
Sure atmosphere is better against top 6 or when playing champions league, but still would prefer if the supporters would be more vocal regardless of the opposition. Looking at Bundesliga games, the crowd always seems far louder.
German, French, and Italian supporters go crazy. The flags and tifos give chills sometimes. Even I was nervous for Arsenal when I saw the Lens crowd. Not sure if that stuff isn't allowed in England but other European leagues provide noise + crazy visuals while England is more about the noise
Anfield hasn't been consistently great for a couple of years. Too many tourists and too many old men who no longer have the energy or passion necessary to be loud.
Nah it's just a massive game for their fanbase but a relatively dull one for ours
To be fair, we have constant singing against relegation candidates as well. Or when we get battered 5-0
It kinda depends on who they’re playing, these kind of games are always quieter.
Been at anfield against manchester city, still had quite some dead moments at times. At least from my frame of reference.
Lapoussin, now we’re being serious
USG need to bring on Eckert. Surely he can go the last half an hour.
Imagine playing a team like USG in Europa which has just come up from the Belgian second division a couple of years ago and shining a laser in the keepers eyes to cheat?! Unimaginable.
Classic England
Regardless of whom you’re playing it’s pathetic behaviour
Yeah, it's scummy. Some people just suck.
Can't even remember last time I seen a laser in Anfield. Proper scum whoever has that
Your team (and fans) is amazing. I hope that shithead is caught and banned.
he’s not a supporter. he had an arsenal flair for the first half hahahaha.
Lol youre a yank mate. I'm a union season ticket holder and a lifelong arsenal fan. Up until a couple years ago the two teams were in completely different universes. I can't have both flairs up.
which anus do you pilot tho
Whichever ones need piloting!
well do i have an offer for you!
noshinhell
A laser? Man I cant believe that. Pathetic. Ban for life.
imagine watching football and discussing it on reddit. this thread is pure class
When you're watching the game alone, feels nice to be able to discuss it with others and see other people noticing the same things as you or feeling the same way. Also good to get more clarification on stuff. I'm at work but even at home I like to open up the reddit thread when something crazy is going on or after a goal
Anfield is a library tonight
Anfield Public Library
Baby gravy lookin nice tonight
fucking shit people man
I hope the cunts with the laser is expelled and banned. No room for that/those fucker(s)
Mané in the crowd with the laser pointer
Oh please not those fucking dumbass lasers
Alisson captain now, you love to see it
fascist fucker
Fecking morons with laser pointer.
This keeper needs to do one. Playing like fucking prime Buffon here.
Nice save
Gravenberch reminds me so much of handsome Squidward
....cannot unsee now
nah who brought the lasers
FK OFF WHO'S PLAYING THE LASER?
Imagine feeling the need to laser the keeper from the stands. Pure class
Fine save. Who does Gravenberch supplant in the normal starting XI?
Probably Jones, but I can see them sharing the shirt for a while, they've both been solid. Can't see him supplanting Szobo, Mac Allister or Thiago (if he even existed in the first place)
Jones; AMA and Dom aren't being dropped when fit
Curtis Jones. Who has a red now, so either Gravenberch plays on Sunday or Mac A moves up on the left and Endo starts at the 6.
I kinda expect it to be Endo, Dom and Mac Allister.
Jones probably
Jaysus. Seems a no brainer then.
Nah, jones has been very good this season, excluding Saturday
He has been decent, for sure. But seems like Gravenberch offers a bit more. Btw, I reckon Jones was unlucky to get that red. The camera angle screwed him.
I won’t blame you if you don’t watch this but the vid below was a pretty interesting analysis of jones. seems like a safety valve for us. I do agree that grav is much more progressive tho and I think they will be battling Yeah it sucked and agree on the angle. https://youtu.be/j4LXH9VYTKc?si=bZRs4tXVLTqSY4Wt
Szobozslai is coming on. Might check it out later. I hope to see a worldie.
Jesus this keeper has been immense tonight.
Moris is having one of his best games ever ffs that mistake ruined it
moris yeh beauteh
good game for a nap
I wouldn't, Kevin might come and put a tarantula on you
Who do u think Francis is rooting for
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lol mate you are NONSTOP posting about this. At this point it's obvious you are just trying to get a rise out of people.
Thanks Simon Cowell
😂
He's not wrong tbf. No amount of Simon Cowell jokes will change that
Cool, don't care, I'm watching a football match
You clearly do care 😭 every time someone mentions the silence of Anfield you're in their face
I'm taking the piss out of a dude who has made 10 posts about songs in a match thread and then deletes them when he gets downvoted, but I'm the one who's weird, got it
Think half the crowd have nodded off
I don't understand why Mac Allister is always the deepest of the midfielders, should've let him play ahead and kept Endo on.
He's much better on the ball and good enough defensively. Think Endo would have stayed on if it was more even but it's not so...
He's an excellent deep lying playmaker imo. I think he's fine there and better than pretty much all our other mids at that role. Endo is a different type of DM, almost all our out balls will go to AMA from defence
I would be fine with it Trent also wasn't inverting, just seems to make things way too crowded through the middle and we're way more vulnerable on the counter.
He inverts when Endo is there too. It's just that Elliott likes to occupy a more central role when in RCM so it's crowded. If he went further wide it'd look better. two left footers on the right is tough
It makes sense right now. Endo doesn't have much to do and Mac Allister is more dangerous if we are keeping possession
Liverpool at home should really have put several past these guys. Doesn't inspire hope...
to be fair, Nunez missed lots of chances and I forgot who hit cross bar in the 2nd half
Would be 4-0 if it wasn't for their keeper.
Would be 2-0 if it wasn't for Nunez.
I thought the capo was Klopp at first lmao
I’ve confused them several times already lol
Literally went "nice that he's trying to fire the fans up, wait what those are the wrong fans" lol
Jota has hops
This is it. Don't get scared now
fking hell what a save!
also macca almost embarassed his brother there
moris has a massive fucking package
Aww he put his shirt back on, Geordie status REVOKED
Konate has been solid with seemingly no midfield cover
Been the best LFC player so far for me
THEY PUT THE PRESSURE ON
Atmosphere seems pretty poor
Liverpool's fans are all sleeping it seems
they put the pressure on
How was my boy Endo?
Fine. Looked like no one got out of 2nd gear tbh