Liverpool 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Oct 25 2016)

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Eleven different starters but very much the same result as the West Brom game four days earlier. Spurs put up more of a show than the Baggies did, but just as with the game on Saturday we didn’t kill them off at 2-0 and then conceded late to make it more nervy than necessary.
 
Overall it was a good performance though and keeps our momentum going. You can argue that it’s not worth reading too much into it given that both Klopp and Pochettino fielded second elevens (I think Der was the only Spurs starter to survive from the weekend), and while that’s true, at the very least you’d have to say it shows that we’ve got much more strength in depth than Tottenham.
 
In fact, we’ve probably got more depth than anybody, certainly in attack. Who else can boast back up strikers of the calibre of Sturridge and Origi, not to mention Ings who could only make the bench.
 
What we can draw from this is that our second eleven is clearly better than Tottenham’s, therefore we have more depth. That’s not really in doubt after watching this game, because we were clearly superior all over the field.
 
That said, the main reason we won was Daniel Sturridge, who once again seems to be the focus of much debate and discussion. Klopp will keep getting grilled about him (oh how he loves that) and fans will keep talking about it. On the way home I had the radio on and 5live were stirring it up and a bemused Lawro ended up arguing with some fans who were ringing in and generally spouting a load of shit.
 
Whether it’s those who insist he has to play or those who insist he doesn’t fit in and should be sold, we keep hearing about this “Sturridge problem”. Right now it isn’t a problem at all. We’re all good because the first eleven don’t rely on him any more, but when he comes in he can still do things like this. Where's the problem?
 

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[Bad Red Bull]

What do you think about Gigi's performance Dave? The fact that he's not mentioned once in your report sort of describes his role I guess - efficient and quiet but without any drama

[buster69]

Those radio phone ins do my head in. The kind of people who ring in to those things are probably the same people who vote for Brexit.

 

As an aside, Would you say that Milner is our most important player now? I'm not saying he's our best, but I don't know how I'd react if he got injured for a big game and Moreno had to come in. By the way, where is Joe Gomez now?

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Those radio phone ins do my head in. The kind of people who ring in to those things are probably the same people who vote for Brexit.

 

As an aside, Would you say that Milner is our most important player now? I'm not saying he's our best, but I don't know how I'd react if he got injured for a big game and Moreno had to come in. By the way, where is Joe Gomez now?

 

He picked up another injury but has just started training again, remains to be seen if he'll be training with the first team or the youngsters. Klopp said after the West Brom match when asked..."He's a young lad with a long career ahead of him, no need to rush him back."  

[Mikhail]

Hey Dave what did you think of Moreno wearing Alberto M on the back of his shirt?

[scudger99]

Hey Dave what did you think of Moreno wearing Alberto M on the back of his shirt?

He wouldn't get away with "CUNT".

[dave u]

What do you think about Gigi's performance Dave? The fact that he's not mentioned once in your report sort of describes his role I guess - efficient and quiet but without any drama

 

Mentioned him in the last line, he had a really good second half.

 

Those radio phone ins do my head in. The kind of people who ring in to those things are probably the same people who vote for Brexit.

 

As an aside, Would you say that Milner is our most important player now? I'm not saying he's our best, but I don't know how I'd react if he got injured for a big game and Moreno had to come in. By the way, where is Joe Gomez now?

 

Milner is really important for two reasons. One is because he's quality and the alternative is Moreno, and the other is he's got balls and experience, two things we really need if we're to challenge.

 

Hey Dave what did you think of Moreno wearing Alberto M on the back of his shirt?

 

He always does, and I generally turn a blind eye to it when Spanish players do it, as it's different for them. It's the attention seeking knobheads I can't be doing with.

[UnwelcomeinPeru]

Mentioned him in the last line, he had a really good second half.

 

 

Milner is really important for two reasons. One is because he's quality and the alternative is Moreno, and the other is he's got balls and experience, two things we really need if we're to challenge.

 

 

He always does, and I generally turn a blind eye to it when Spanish players do it, as it's different for them. It's the attention seeking knobheads I can't be doing with.

 

I suspect you might have had something to say if 'Xabi', 'Fernando' and 'Alvaro' had come strolling out in days gone by.

[sh#t waffle]

I thought the game largely had a similar pattern to the league match - two extremely well organised sides, but I do wonder what Spurs actually do apart from pressing. They are excellent at pressuring the opposition into making mistakes, but they don't seem to have such good movement when in possession themselves.