Corvinus85 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 I see City's reserves will get the chance to play in the Champions League for the return leg with Sporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 So happy to see Elliot start over Henderson. What a moment for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Inter are causing us more problems with their pressing than I expected. Elliott isn’t really having the best game so far. Bayern behind against Salzburg apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 A fun game so far. Mostly good from Liverpool, though room to do better. Salah has been weirdly hesitant, and both Elliott and Robertson have been sloppy in possession a number of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 For some reason Klopp has decided to bring Firmino on and throw the tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 Inter have been excellent this second half. Diaz looks good though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Well it has been 10 against 12. Yeah, Diaz looks really lively again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunland Lord Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Handa couldn't resist to fail us by not trying for that ball. Amateur defending on that goal overall, oh well. Our zero depth on bench won't help us either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Brilliant header Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Yep. Firmino has been dreadful otherwise, giving the ball away cheaply constantly, but that's not an easy goal to score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Heh, Salah's been pants tonight too but gets a goal anyway. Strange one, with Konate putting off the Inter defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunland Lord Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Haha, in the end we'll lose disastrously. Handanovic practicing his statue pose yet again. Can't wait to see Onana in his place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, The Sunland Lord said: Haha, in the end we'll lose disastrously. Handanovic practicing his statue pose yet again. Can't wait to see Onana in his place. There was a deflection on the shot, so while it looked bad from him, he didn't have much of a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunland Lord Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Soylent Brown said: There was a deflection on the shot, so while it looked bad from him, he didn't have much of a chance. He never tries though, that's my concern with him. If this wasn't the norm I wouldn't complain. Congratulations for the win to you guys, was a good game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Inter were good. They were pretty unlucky to end up losing by two goals. That's probably the best Van Dijk has played since coming back from his injury and Konate looked really good alongside him too. Not the best game from Elliott unfortunately but he's only just back from injury I suppose. Firmino was no worse than anyone else at the start of the second half, scored the key goal and played pretty well from then on. ETA: Bayern got it back to 1-1 but that's far better than most people expected Salzburg to do I think. Bayern shipped four goals at the weekend too so maybe they aren't quite the force this year we were expecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 47 minutes ago, Soylent Brown said: For some reason Klopp has decided to bring Firmino on and throw the tie. ahem...you were saying? Inter gave us a real workout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Even after his goal, Firmino continued to give the ball away. Him giving the ball away constantly was one of the reasons Inter were able to keep the pressure on us for so long. Elliott is still mostly potential at this point, and typically doesn't play all that well, so not a great surprise. He's only a kid, and there are lots of positives to his game, but a lot of our fans have gone way overboard with him. VVD and Konate both had great games, and I thought Diaz looked really good again too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunland Lord Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Inzaghi plays better brand of football than Conte. Our board brought him because he plays same formation as him; but he's working with what he has and doesn't complain to the press constantly, and earns 3 times the less himself. It was a more pragmatic choice than some visionary signing from their point of view. They were otherwise going to hire Allegri (who prefers very negative football) a year before when Conte was threatening to leave us (publicly). Shame that Inzaghi lacks depth to work with, if only he was the one having Hakimi and Lukaku to use some speed upfront. The only upgrade we have is Calhanoglu instead of Eriksen, Hakan did more for us in few months than Eriksen in a year and a half. Hell, if we were the ones to overspend on Tammy Abraham instead of Roma, we'd be much more clinical upfront. Abraham does great in our league for a freaking Roma side that spends far less time in opposition's half than we do. Klopp changed the game with his subs and there was little Inzaghi could do there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 The question with Abraham is whether he can keep up his good form. He's done something similar with Chelsea in the past, but dropped off quite badly after around 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Good to see Keita and Hendo redeem themselves a bit tonight. We had better control when they came on, even with Fabinho departing. Plus Diaz looked sharp and our CBs were very good. Mane, Salah and Trent aren’t at top fitness at the moment. Inter worked very hard to give us a tough game but it was going to be tough for them to sustain that for the whole match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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