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    liverlad
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    Another struggle, but another win, there should be no excuses on here, we are playing poorly & this has been over the last 6/7 games.

    I didn’t agree with Jurgen taking off Mane, should have been Salah as he is not very good in his defensive work, or Firmino who also was not very good, come on lads I know he is you favourite player, but surely you must agree he should be scoring more goals.

    Hard to pick MOM, but I will go for Wiji.

    #1829400

    Songman
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    Tonight was a night for our fullbacks, and they rescued the game for us.

    The main cause of our lacklustre approach was us missing Henderson’s driving force, his importance to the team cannot be underestimated.

    Keita, very disappointing, didn’t play badly, but offered little threat. Ox immediately made a difference when he came on, and that lineup with him is our strongest eleven until Henderson comes back.

    Tough game at Watford, but we have to go all out to win it – no dropping of standards in any game

    #1829411

    NotoriousBingo
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    Best win of the season, four more games to go, what a long party that could be… I really like both Mane and Salah right now, they are in lethal form and I think they will improve a bit until the end of the season…

    #1829418
    Razor
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    Not going to read too much into the performance. Still think we haven’t regained our momentum yet. Freshness of the other teams during this period as well means they stay in the game against us for longer periods of time. With all the season defining battles to come, the intensity in the league is only going to pick up and I don’t forsee this being a long term issue. Front 3 lacking sharpness, Gomez really poor and midfield too porous about sums it up in my book. Ox did well when he came on. MOTM TAA for me although defensively he still looked suspect.

    #1829483

    redsforever
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    The title procession continues. We didnt play that well but im.not complaining because in the course of a season it is virtually impossible for a team to play brilliant free flowing football every single game.

    Truth be told, ok we havent played that well in the last 3 games.. but every team has a dip in form or blip in a season and maybe this is our ‘blip’. But even with this dip in form we still manage to win all our league games.

    #1829489

    Sean the sailor
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    Redforever, I think this our blip bit we just keep winning games. I don’t think we have played a good full 90 mins since utd on the 18th of jan.

    Nb, I thought salah was dreadful last night mate. So many times attacks break down with him. His touch had been so wayward the lastbwhile. Is he happy here? Carraghet was saying before the game , he is under appreciated by some of our fans? Is he angling for a move?

    Liverlad, be nice for bobby to score at anfield but his game really isn’t about goals. Look how deep he dropped at times last night. I thought he did ok

    Not sure the break has helped us but hopefully we get a bit of rhythm back before the Madrid game

    What a run we are. 4 games to go. What a team

    #1829493
    AK
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    Sometimes I wonder if we all watched the same game everyone apart from Naby was a 7 out of 10 or above.

    You guys do realise this group of players are about to be crowned PREMIER LEAGUE champions!
    79 points from 27 games!

    And we did win last night didnt we? as someone else pointed out they could have just took the foot off the gas settled for a draw its not like we need the points but the manager & players are striving to be the very best & thankfully the fans in the statium understand & get fully behind the players.

    #1829517

    liverlad
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    Razor… Good post
    I agree with you on TAA I too thought defensibly he was suspect, but on balance maybe I should have made him MOM.

    redforever. It has been about 6/7 games we have been poor & the break has made it even worse.

    Hi Sean…Firmino does work hard for the team, he does some fabulous touches & links well with Salah & Mane but surely he should be scoring more goals.

    To all.
    Will Salah get near his best again? I personally doubt it, too many times he struggles to control the ball, loses the ball to often, teams also know that he will hardly ever use his right foot.

    #1829523

    Songman
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    Give Salah a break, he’s our leading scorer with 19 goals so far this season.

    Having said that, he needs to stop giving the ball away so often, and stalling too long on the ball in the penalty area, complicating things, instead of just shooting.

    If he can sort these deficiencies out, he’ll be an even more lethal striker

    #1829538

    kopite
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    Salah may not be performing to the levels of the previous 2 Seasons but 15 goals in 24 games isn’t too bad. Still on course to equal last season’s tally of goals despite playing less games, also within touching distance of a 3rd consecutive Golden Boot.

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    AK
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    Carra spot on here

    #1829605

    Sean the sailor
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    Songman, I love salah buts a forum and I’m only discussing out he played last night

    Would I sell him? Absolutely no way

    His stats are very good and he is a wide player so his goals record is unreal

    He can be frustrating but he is an absolutely world class player

    #1829607

    NotoriousBingo
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    Salah is our best forward in about three decades, its utter nonsense that he does not defend or perform off the ball, someone has to make the runs he takes… Someone needs to stay up top to try to exploit the space there. Its part of how we work as a defensive unit, if we can’t relieve pressure we can’t counter like we do.

    #1829648

    liverlad
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    When you take into account that he has scored 3 penalties & then the softest goal of the season v West Ham it’s down to 11 PL goals. My point was not about his scoring anyway it is about his control, him losing the ball dribbling into a packed defence & hardly uses his right foot.
    When compared to Mane his defending is poor, also he at times shies away from tackles.
    I would love him to get back his mojo as he is now inconsistent.

    #1829661
    Razor
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    You don’t see Mane or Firmino taking that many poor touches or losing control of the ball that often. I stopped counting at 6 after 20minutes from yesterday’s game alone.

    #1829672

    NotoriousBingo
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    Oh yes I do, nobody can infuriate like Bobby does when his flicks and tricks do not pay off, Mane also loses the ball plenty, he often runs into a dead end… If you look for faults in their game you will find them, nobody is perfect but giving him stick for how he is performing right now is utter lunacy. He is playing so narrow, with so little space, there is always a man marking him, usually they double up on him before Trent gets up there with him, yet he creates space and find his runs and is leading the goal scoring charts for us. Some here are bitching about his defensive qualities when its his job to stay up top, he tracks back the ball he loses, he defends on corners and he has a pretty good eye for the 2nd ball. You know how blunt our attack would be if all three of our forwards tracked back all the time all the way into our own box?

    #1829680

    liverlad
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    Razor I agree.

    Notorious . See all my previous posts on Firmino, I agree with you.
    Mane does lose control, but still is more dangerous beats men more on either side & defensively better. He is with Henderson player of the season (so far)

    #1829691

    gingerlfc
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    The passing and touch was pretty bad all round last night.
    I’d suggest the wind played a major part in that.

    #1829697

    pinezes69
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    What worried me a lot yesterday was the 2 goals which we conceded.
    We had a lot chances to score more goals against a moderate team but
    against Atletico Madrid we must play much better.

    #1829704
    Razor
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    Alisson still has my vote for player of the season. Adrian was already good but Alisson has shown that he’s just a class above all the rest since he’s come back. For me it’s between him, Hendo and Mane.

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