A Horse Named Stranger Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Jones should've done better, so should Jota (that one was really criminal, half the goal empty and he finds Clyne on the other half of it). Darwin's miss after that corner in the second half was as good a chance as it gets. Virtually 5m from the goal line you really should score there. Yes, Henderson reacted great, but he really shouldn't have been given a chance to react there. Place the shot instead of just powering it towards the goal and the score is level. Those were the three really good chances you fluffed. If you had been clinical... Diaz in the first half was arguably unlucky with Henderson pulling off a great save. Endo hits the cross bar. Oh, almost forgot about Salah in injury time. Those were the three, where you could've done with a bit more luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 They obviously have had games where they've whiffed a few, but Liverpool have scored 72 goals, a fraction less than Arsenal and City. It's not why they're not going to win the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 (edited) 18 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Darwin's miss after that corner in the second half was as good a chance as it gets. Virtually 5m from the goal line you really should score there. Yes, Henderson reacted great, but he really shouldn't have been given a chance to react there. Place the shot instead of just powering it towards the goal and the score is level. It was a bouncing ball in a crowded box off a set piece. You don't fuck around trying to place the ball in those situations, get a shot off and if it's on target 90% of the time you score. He's done the right thing there, hitting the keeper is basically bad luck. 18 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Those were the three really good chances you fluffed. If you had been clinical... Again, talking about being clinical is really a bullshit way of looking at football, because really nobody is clinical. Haaland is probably the most 'clinical' striker in world football and he misses loads of chances he should score. Jota is Liverpool's most clinical forward and he missed the best chance Liverpool had today. Don't get me wrong I think Liverpool's forwards weren't good today but it's not because they didn't take their chances. It's because they were pretty rubbish in general play. Salah was basically uninvolved for most of the game, Diaz is meant to be one of out main outlets for progressing the ball and he kept losing it. Nunez honestly wasn't that bad imo and Gakpo was pretty good when he came on. Pundits (especially ex pros) don't like to say it but honestly scoring frequently just comes down to luck so you need to weight the odds in your favour as much as possible by doing everything else well and Liverpool really didn't do that today. Edited April 14 by ljkeane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 If Arsenal win today they move onto 74 points, City on 73 and Liverpool on 71. Three points separating the top 3 with 6 games left to play is hardly game over for Liverpool. City should be favourites though given their favourable run-in with Arsenal having the toughest run-in of the contenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 This is a frustrating game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 (edited) I'm watching Leverkusen/Bremen. Leverkusen's gonna win the title today. eta. Sealed with a classic Xhaka banger. Edited April 14 by Consigliere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunland Lord Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Finally new German champions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 First we bottle it, now Arsenal, both of us at home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Nunez is a Donkey. Benfica laughing all the way to the bank. Where is Soylent when u need him? New manager has some big decisions to make in the summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Time for another thread title change? Or are we still laughing at Liverpool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Wirtz with the hattrick against Bremen to put the cherry on top. Anyway talking about Bremen. Keita's not worked out for Bremen at all. First his injuries continued, which prevented him from picking up a playing rhythm and his performance were then not great (just like his Liverpool days, the cynics might say). What's new was this. He was supposed to be in the matchday squad today, as Bremen are suffering from an injury crisis. Yesterday he learnt, that he was not gonna be in the starting XI, despite all of the injuries. That caused him not to go on the team bus, but rather be in a car on his way home (as Bremen's DOF Fritz put it). Consequences for Keita to be discussed on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 In style. Had Dortmund not been such gigantic bottle jobs last season, Tuchel would be leaving Bayern without a domestic trophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 2 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: Time for another thread title change? Or are we still laughing at Liverpool? We should try a bit of positivity. Let's all praise Leverkusen. AncalagonTheBlack and House Cambodia 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I suppose Arsenal dropping points is good for Liverpool’s chances but honestly it just feels like another City title is incoming. Bah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 11 minutes ago, Consigliere said: We should try a bit of positivity. Let's all praise Leverkusen. I was gonna go with 'let's all laugh at Tuchel' but I decided to take this on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Our forward line and defense : 1.Behind in 21/32 PL games this season.2.More PL goals conceded in 2024 than Everton.3.Shot conversion ranks bottom half of the PL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 Also: Ollie Watkins is the best striker in the world. Who knew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 (edited) 10 hours ago, polishgenius said: Also: Ollie Watkins is the best striker in the world. Who knew. Even if kane was ruled out, Southgate would probably try and replace him with Rashford. Edited April 15 by BigFatCoward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Cambodia Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Bigger picture - a bottle-job of a weekend. Rangers threw away the title last night. The Championship automatic promotion contenders all choked. I can't help thinking City's long experience of these run-ins will prove decisive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Just watched the highlights, I don't want to pile on when they are at their lowest (but the best time to kick a man is when he is already down). The amount of empty seats at Arsenal at the end when the team have performed this well until this point, was really embarrassing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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