Villarreal (A) - UCL Semi Final 2nd leg, Tue 3rd May 2022 (8:00pm)

[Butch]

[Fugitive]

The twelfth man

[Carvalho Diablo]

Big Virg doesn't even have a sweat on.

[KMD7]

Awaits @Kevin D

[gkmacca]

3 minutes ago, rubble-rouser said:

Salah was superb again tonight for about the fifth game on te trot. Always gave us an outlet. Always made the pitch bigger.

He worked hard, yes. He always works hard. But not in the wildest imagination is he playing well as a forward. By his standards he's just not. That wasted chance at the end, come on - stop being contrary for effect!

[Carvalho Diablo]

Fabinho to BT interviewer :

 

[Carvalho Diablo]

At half time we needed more peas, second half we brought the peas.

[an tha]

These are the days, people......these are the fucking days.

 

 

[rubble-rouser]

2 minutes ago, gkmacca said:

He worked hard, yes. He always works hard. But not in the wildest imagination is he playing well as a forward. By his standards he's just not. That wasted chance at the end, come on - stop being contrary for effect!

Not whatsoever. He isn’t a scoring goals but he’s contributing week in week out. More than hard work. A constant threat.

[col06]

Superb stuff well in the 2nd half but who didn't think we would turn it round the lads are immense

[Carvalho Diablo]

21 minutes ago, J-V said:

Cheating Yellow cunts sunk

Das Booted out

[Carvalho Diablo]

"Imperious"

[Bjornebye]

2 minutes ago, an tha said:

These are the days, people......these are the fucking days.

 

 

They really are mate. 

[Red Shift]

12 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

That game has me...

We smoked ‘em on the water

 

 

[therevivalist]

14 minutes ago, an tha said:

A mix of being caught off guard by how they approached it and a touch of complacency IMO.

 

The fact we fixed it and some is great.

 

It also may just help us - stop any complacency in upcoming games creeping in.

True that, should teach us a lesson or two.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

3 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

Defo both. It will be a really interesting tie to revisit and analyze in the future. The way Villarreal approached it.

Yeah. It reminded me of a boxer effectively taking a breather round. Considering how long they stifled us for at Anfield, trying to slow things down wasn't necessarily a bad idea. Have to credit Emery, with a competent keeper things could have turned out differently.

[El Rojo]

Mo’s still well below par, but the opposition still often double up on him, which benefits others. I don’t think we’ll see the best of him again until next season. Crazy the amount of football he played in January. 

[Creator Supreme]

Shame we'll finish with only 1 trophy, hell of an achievement to get to every final whilst still being within a point of those cunts at the Emptyhad though!

[Leyton388]

Never in doubt. 

[therevivalist]

14 minutes ago, bossy said:

Astonishing comeback. Christ we are spoiled. Naby much better. Everyone much better. Diaz is a fucking boss! Up the mighty reds!

Diaz was detrimental in the second half. Time for another Diaz on the right. 

[Bjornebye]

I think we owe that second half to @TheDrowningMan 

[KMD7]

@TheDrowningMan no more optimistic posting from you from now on Mister! You nearly cost us a final tonight.

[Trumo]

That was as bad a first half from us as I can remember in quite a while. Though much was down to Villarreal flying out of the traps, our problem was that we were simply not keeping the ball at all. I don't think it was complacency or shell-shock, more that our lines of communication were very poor in that first half. It was rank frm us and Villarreal were worth their lead. In a way I'm glad we had that first half as it shows what can happen to a side even as good as this one if they aren't at the races.

 

Bringing on Diaz in the second half gave us an outlet out wide while still had the pace and directness of Sadio and Mo in attack. I think Klopp told the players to keep the ball better, because he knew that Villarreal had a couple of players running on adrenaline alone and won't want to waste energy chasing the ball down. Instead, the more we keep the ball, the more Villarreal will drop back, and the more space we'll have to play in. And so it proved as the whole unit pushed 10-15 yards further up the pitch, and our full backs were where we wanted them. From the hour mark, the game was more like the second half at Anfield.

 

We've earned the right at another crack at Big Ears, we're in the FA Cup final, we're still fighting for the league, and we've got the League Cup in the bag. It's better than anyone else has managed before us, and we have it within us to make it the most incredible season ever. We march on!

[Red Shift]

17 minutes ago, suzy said:

Nope! Normally reserved for Saturday nights!

Bloody ‘ell ! We won w/o the magic pizza!

[Gnasher]

21 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Imagine how excited Blueshite, Mancs, Chelsea and all the other assorted bitter shitbags were at half time.

 

Imagine how sad they are now.

 

UP THE PISS-TAKING, PISS-BOILING REDS!!!

They probably watched the first half like this,