Liverpool 2 Norwich City 1 (Mar 2 2022)

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Dave Usher

 

It ended up a bit closer than it needed to be but overall that was good. I enjoyed it. Making 10 changes against Premier League opposition (even if its the bottom side) is always a risk and has the potential to go wrong, but it never ceases to amaze me how it doesn’t matter how many changes we make now, we still look like Liverpool. 

 

That won’t always translate to results, but even when it doesn’t you can still recognise the usual style and patterns of play. It’s just different personnel, and often those coming in are not at the same level as the ones being replaced. That was the case here. Minamino on his best day isn’t Mo Salah, yet he didn’t need to be. Because the best version of himself is pretty fucking good isn’t it?

 

I absolutely love that we can bring in players like Taki, Kostas, Gomez, Konate, Jones, Div etc and still keep getting results. We won the League Cup doing that and hopefully we can do the same in the FA Cup too. 

 

The only player to keep his place from the weekend was Hendo. Not sure if that’s a compliment or something else really. He was only able to play in this because he was subbed after an hour or so against Chelsea, but then it’s also a sign of his importance that he was selected to provide stability and balance to a team with so many changes in it.

 

I think the main reason for his inclusion was that Klopp didn’t particularly want to include Tyler Morton from the start in a game when so many other players had been changed. It’s also possible that Morton wasn’t 100% fit after being forced off in a u23 game at the weekend. Either way, Hendo was needed and he delivered.

 

 

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[rhylerpudlian]

would love to get everton in the next round, just hope they can overcome boreham wood tonight , fancy them to get through in extra time

[Anubis]

Dave watching Taki's goals.

 

[Kevin D]

38 minutes ago, rhylerpudlian said:

would love to get everton in the next round, just hope they can overcome boreham wood tonight , fancy them to get through in extra time

 

Boreham Wood will be formidable opposition.

[rb14]

Verve. Get you. 

 

AOC. It just hasn't really worked has it? I soooo want him to succeed, but I'm afraid that train might well have left the station.

[index1000]

Apart from a couple of incidents the goal being one i thought Joe was looking good.

Best i can recall by Jones as well. I was beginning to think Dave was his Uncle. 

[alles ist gut]

Top, top other guys analysis there, Dave.

[Pureblood]

Thiago the rockstar? Okay, but he's in and out of rehab. 

[Rushies tash]

I could be wrong, but I think the Rowe chance came after their goal. Smart save from Allison to prevent an undeserved 2-2 and the ball ache of extra time.

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[Razoray]

Allison one of the rockstars surely?

[dave u]

14 hours ago, Pureblood said:

Thiago the rockstar? Okay, but he's in and out of rehab. 

 

He's defo a rock star but that's a good analogy.

[dockers_strike]

Great report again. Ox hit a post with a 2nd half shot as well.

 

This caught my eye though "The cross from Kostas was into a good area but there was no real danger until Jota cleverly backed into the defender to allow the ball to run past them both into the path of Origi." How did this escape the ref and VAR (not that I thought it should have been ruled out)? Virgil did less in the final on Sunday on Matip's goal yet they all said it was a foul!

 

Like I said, they make it up as they go along.

[Reckoner]

The only reservation I had was letting them nearly steal a draw after coasting it. Thanks to Alison for a top class save near the end. I hope that doesn’t prove our downfall as we have thrown away 2 goal leads several times this season. Klopp looked pissed off in his interview at the end ( I think) but smiled best he could whilst praising the team, possibly after bollocking them.

[dave u]

2 hours ago, dockers_strike said:

Great report again. Ox hit a post with a 2nd half shot as well.

 

This caught my eye though "The cross from Kostas was into a good area but there was no real danger until Jota cleverly backed into the defender to allow the ball to run past them both into the path of Origi." How did this escape the ref and VAR (not that I thought it should have been ruled out)? Virgil did less in the final on Sunday on Matip's goal yet they all said it was a foul!

 

Like I said, they make it up as they go along.

 

Virgil didn't commit a foul, he was offside and interfered with an opponent who was trying to get to the ball.

 

Jota was onside when he did that so it's fine.

[StevieMax]

As well as Harvey played in the second half, I thought that Curtis pretty much bossed the first half and gave the team an extra dimension going forward. 

MOTM for me, even though he only played 45.

I agree that the crowd was very quiet for most of the game - I thought that I was back watching a behind closed door COVID game.