Leicester City 2 Liverpool 0 (Sep 19 2017)

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It’s only four games without a win but somehow it feels like we’re in the midst of a crisis right now. In isolation, losing at Leicester with a second string side in a cup competition that Klopp and the club privately don’t give a flying one about isn’t really cause for panic, but the way things have been going of late we needed something to get us back on track. Instead we’ve just got more reason to feel worried and disillusioned. 
 
Ok, it wasn’t our strongest line up but it seems to be the same story regardless of who is in the starting line up. Lots of good football, chances not taken, defensive lapses, disappointment. Let’s not forget either that Leicester left their best players out too and were still able to beat us fairly comfortably in the end. 
 
If our makeshift line up had been kept out by Maguire and Schmeichel and then got done on the break by Mahrez and Vardy that would have been understandable, almost acceptable even. This was nowhere near acceptable though as the drop off in performance between the first half (which was excellent) and the second (which was dogshit) was alarming. Coutinho going off really shouldn’t have caused that, but without him we completely fell off a cliff. There was no leadership and very little fight. 
 
The Brazilian bossed the first half and for the most part Leicester couldn’t get near him. Whereas on Saturday he seemed to be oblivious to the fact that Andy Robertson was on the pitch, this time he found the overlapping Scot over and over and between them they caused havoc. Robertson’s timing of his runs and delivery when he gets there caught the eye in an opening 45 minutes that was really impressive other than for the lack of goals. 
 
We should have been two or three up by half time as it was almost total dominance of the ball and Leicester were hanging on. The keeper wasn’t made to work as hard as he should have been but we had numerous chances that we didn’t take and the football was superb. Then Coutinho was brought off and it came to a grinding halt. 
 

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[Mark M]

Good report. Completely agree on the Chamberlain points.

[lifetime fan]

Sorry Dave, can't be arsed reading that and thinking about that shit show again.

[Tom R]

We are a fucking abortion of a club and Oxtail Soup is the worst fucking signing since Andy Carroll, the useless fucking turd. 

 

Fuck off football. Cunts. 

[Duff Man]

Hysterical fannies. We just need to sign Van Dijk, and then everything will be fine!

[Marcas]

Haven't a clue what anyone ever saw in AOC, always thought he was a slightly less shite version of Jordan Ibe. But I may have changed my mind on that after last night, come back Jordan (nah, not really!). But at least we didn't pish £40 large on Ibe. Troopz must be laughing his blud off....

[Ipplfc]

You should have just put the Burnley report up again Dave

[bigal]

Ward is 3rd choice because we didn't pay millions for him. Seems better than Karius to me having watched him on loan as well.

[sir roger]

Went to the cricket so only ended up watching the second half , but didn't think Ward looked any better with his feet than the other two & while he did well to claim that cross, we would be in trouble if he kept coming through traffic trying to catch crosses on the edge of the box.

[Dave D]

Hilarious, I actually thought of our illustrious founder Mr Usher when I saw Ing's hair.

 

Although I thought he'd be impressed!