Scott_M

Start the game like we’re already 2-0 down and we’ll be fine.

Ah, we’ll never learn. Hopefully they have some mis-placed confidence in their ability ahead of Sunday.

Didn’t them and Leeds get a European ban in the 70’s as well? Never mentioned though.

Imagine the score line if they’d have gotten a good nights sleep.

Just Googled it. Good knowledge. They did get the match abandoned though didn’t they? Effectively killing any chance they had of staying up.

Like Dennis Law’s back heel for City to send them down?

Werner also off injured. Although that helps Chelsea.

I hate them struggling and us flying. Well, I obviously don’t, but not taking 3 points on Sunday will be viewed the same as dropping points at Brentford. We’re 21 unbeaten, scoring for fun, they’ve 1 clean sheet in 20 games, in a stinking run of form…. Hopefully it’ll be like the 3-0 under Rodgers where you could tell from the atmosphere inside the group that they were beat before the game kicked off.

I’d rather they were flying ahead of Sunday instead of this. Lukaku also off injured for Chelsea.

Well yes, that’s the headline but it doesn’t tell the full story. Anyways, we won, I’m made up. Improvements needed for Sunday.

He might have a point to be fair. The lack of control we exercised over Brentford, Man City (although their tactics were spot on) and yesterday were few and far between with Gini in the side - 3 occasions in 4 games is a pattern to me. Only later in the season, when we finally have a run of Hendo, Fabinho & Thiago will we finally be able to tell. I do think there is something else going on in our midfield though. Playing Elliott over Hendo and Thiago. Not starting Fabinho last night. Hendo bombing forward more often… I know Klopp has said we need to be less predictable, but it’s leaving us more open.

Giminez absolutely made the most it, but it was very untidy from Jota. Wrong side, tried a little grab, bit of a body check. My first impression was it was a penalty and it shouldn’t take 88 replays at hyper slow motion to say otherwise. IMO, that wasn’t the definition of a “clear and obvious” mistake.

Are you implying we managed that game well? If so, I can’t agree. We conceded 2 poor goals. Alisson had to make 3 or 4 good saves. We were sloppy in possession, didn’t keep the ball well enough and looked shaky every time they attacked. The only time we dictated the tempo was when it was going around the back 4. As soon as progressed it forwards, we lost it. There was a period of 5 mins before the penalty where we boxed them in but I can’t remember many other occasions. It was like Brentford all over again, we just couldn’t either get the 4th (although we didn’t look like getting it) and couldn’t keep the ball well enough. But having said all that, I’m absolutely delighted with the win. As I said yesterday, we played a really good side, in a hostile atmosphere, a bogey side for us and we won the match. I hope Klopp points out significant holes in our performance to the players ahead of Sunday, because if we defend like that and offer as little control, we’ll get turned over.

Completely agree. That makes up for the VAR disallowed penalty - which IMO should have stood.