Well that was fucking brilliant. What a performance. From start to finish we dominated Real Madrid and but for that Postman Pat looking goon in goal this would have been a mauling for the ages.
We’ve had a lot of wins already this season, but some of us have been wondering when the “statement win” that would really put the stamp on this now being Slot’s era was going to come. You could have previously argued that it already happened with Leverkusen, but I don’t think you can make that argument now after this. Leverkusen was great but this was another level, because of who it was and how we did it. Beating Real Madrid so comprehensively in front of a raucous Anfield crowd, THAT is his statement win.
We’ll remember this one for a while. Doesn’t matter that it was a group game. Doesn’t matter that they had a few players missing. It’s Real Madrid, our bogey team, and they still had some of the most famous players in the world in their line up.
“Real are down to the bare bones” McManaman kept saying. Bare bones of Courtois in goal, Rudiger in defence, Modric, Bellingham and Camavinga in midfield plus Mbappe up front. Yeah bare bones.
Vinicius Jr will have been watching this thanking his lucky stars for that injury so he didn’t have run the gauntlet of Bradley and Konate. Maybe he saw it coming and cried off! Had Vinicious been playing, Mbappe would have been in a different role, probably centre forward. The one time he ventured into that area Van Dijk hit him so hard he literally ended up standing on his head. Go and look, there are photos to prove it!
Mbappe has struggled since moving there and the excuse was that he wasn’t getting to play in his preferred left wing position. Well here was his chance to shine, and what happened? Conor Bradley bullied him and stole his lunch money.
We lusted after Mbappe for years. Not just the fans, Kloppo too. He was the ultimate fantasy signing, the one "if only we could get him". You know what though, I'll say it. He couldn’t play for Liverpool. He doesn’t have what it takes. I’m not talking about talent, obviously he has the talent to play in any team, past present or future. He’s ridiculously gifted both technically and physically.
He’s a lazy cunt though and he’s not someone you want in the trenches. I know I’m biased, but give me my boy Darwin all fucking day. He’s a Liverpool player, because he works his fucking arse off and he feels it. He’s emotional, passionate, and puts the team first. Disagree all you want, that’s fine, you’re allowed to be wrong and I won’t hold it against you as we’re all friends here.
We’ve seen Mbappe at Anfield a couple of times now and he’s been shite. The first time, with PSG, he was a fucking disgrace. Standing around, never chasing back and trying to outdo Neymar for the “biggest preening tit on the pitch” award. This time I don’t even think it was that. He didn’t do any defensive work but at least when he had the ball he was trying hard to make things happen. He just couldn’t do it because Bradley and Konate were right up in his shit the entire night.
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