lmanion Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Salah should have been subbed 15 minutes ago. I love how we play under klopp but his reluctance to make changes and drag Mane or Salah in games early enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 The impact Choupo-Moting makes to a side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 BOBBY!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Guess, we won't see the obligatory Firmino is shite post from Soylent, today. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Bobbbbbbbyyyyyy love the celly. What a game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Poor from Mbappe to lose the ball like that deep in his own half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Well,i'm sure all the neutrals must have enjoyed this game,but for fucks sake someone explain to me why Klopp leaves his substitutions so late! I'm a rank amateaur at footy,but a few minutes before PSG scored their 2nd, even i was thinking that he should have taken off Salah,who was clearly tired/off form. Sturridge should have easily put away at least 1 more goal for an easy 3-1 win.Instead we had to do it the hard way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 I just realised ITV don’t even have highlights anymore this year. Fuck’s sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Liverpool outplayed PSG and were in complete control in the 2nd half but almost ended up fucking it up. Nice finish by Firmino and really poor defensive play by Mbappe and Neymar just before that. Neymar was rubbish in this game and more of a liability than anything else - not allowed to sub a player who is bigger than the club though. Red Star earn a point against Napoli. Poor result for Napoli who have to play Liverpool next and they haven't looked as good as they did last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 It's still early in the season, so I am curious whether this TUchel - PSG marriage is gonna work out. But I think, there needs to be a visible improvement by december. Otherwise I can see Tuchel really just spending only one season at PSG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 They don’t really have a midfield. At least without Verrati. They probably should have spent money on midfield instead of buying two of the most expensive attackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 I just got out of a meeting to see the result. Very happy with the outcome, although we almost managed to Spurs it up. I have it recorded on the DVR at home to watch after work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 PSG are thin in midfield especially without Verratti and Motta having retired. Even Emery wanted midfield reinforcements and a left back but Henrique blew the money on Neymar and Mbappe which left them needing to sell players to balance the books and look for cheaper signings. Now they have to play their 1st choice CB in midfield. They have some promising youngsters in Bernede, N'Soki and Nkunku but none of them are ready to play at this level yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 I'd say it's just Neymar and Mbappe who either don't help out or do it very poorly. Cavani works his socks off. Verratti's return should improve things but they need a quality holding/deep lying midfielder - someone better than Lassana Diarra or having to play Marquinhos out of position. ETA. Their left back situation isn't so great either. Bernat isn't very good and Kurzawa is no better (possibly even worse). These were the areas Emery wanted to strengthen but Henrique had other ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 No argument from me. Neymar did more harm than good. Bernat had his hands full looking after Salah but Neymar could not be bothered about tracking back which allowed TAA to push up and VVD was constantly picking him out with easy diagonals where he was in acres of space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Having now watched the full game, Milner, Henderson, Robertson, TAA and Gomez were excellent, while Gini and VVD were very good. The rest were good but not great. Sturridge took his goal well and had his best interplay yet with Mane and Salah, even if he still contributes much less than Firmino. And he should have scored a second header. TAA deserves special mention for a very confident showing and out-playing Trippier on Saturday too, after he had looked very rusty in the earlier games of the season. Salah was not as bad as some reports suggest but he was very tired after ~70-75 minutes. He may need a break at the weekend. Also, he was fouled a lot more than Neymar; PSG seemed a bit hypocritical on that point. PSG really rode their luck. Their first goal was offside, the disallowed goal could easily have stood, Sturridge should have buried that header, Liverpool had several chances and generally controlled the game, but PSG showed good quality to take the couple of chances they got. Mbappe was dangerous but did little damage with cutback crosses, then he finally got a central chance. The home crowd was pretty quiet for long stretches and put to shame by the traveling support. PSG are a quality side, albeit too tolerant of Neymar coasting and not used to opposition who can match them. We did well to outplay them without Firmino and with Mane and Salah still off form. I’d expect our front three will be in better shape for the rematch in Paris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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