EUROPA LEAGUE: LIVERPOOL V ANZHI MAKHACHKALA 25th October KO 20:05 (Setanta Sports 1)

Tusky

Assaidi was the best thing about that game. Has pace, technical ability and a brain. Looks a great buy.

Nice one

Roll on Sunday!

mike65

Can I say Andre Wisdom can have my children?

dexter647

Happy with that and sets us up nicely for sunday:)

monkey9

Thought Assaidi was MOTM

Anyone

NukaCola wrote: »

Nice touch from Rodgers with Downing there

He was showing him to the Anji owner and saying "You buy, you buy!!"

djPSB

Good performance.

Top of the group now, 3 clean sheets in the row.

I would Suarez 2/10 for his performance and attitude tonight. Pure utter sh1t.

Slattsy

Suarez was shocking tonight. Cringe looking at him at times. He needs to cop the **** on asap.

Assaidi was quality again. Looks really good. Nice and direct, exactly what we need especially with Sterling on the other side and drop Gerrard into the three of Sahin and Allen.

Washington Irving

I love 1-0 wins

Jones has done enough to seriously contest Reina for a starting place, he has looked very composed

darced

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monkey9

monkey9 wrote: »

Thought Assaidi was MOTM

Very impressive.

Himself and Sterling are flyers

NukaCola

black francis wrote: »

At least he's our idiot.

He was rotten tonight.....in general play and attitude

Leiva

as the waiting shadows have to step backwards into the dark.

Will I Amnt

Good performance by Liverpool bar Suarez, he was truly awful.
Surprised Anzhi didn't offer a bit more, they were horrible in possession.

Fowler87

Nice of Rodgers to get the Kop to acknowledge Downing. Match winner tonight..
Should have won by alot more though but its a win thankfully

Cartman78

[QUOTE=NukaCola;81429099]Nice touch from Rodgers with Downing there[/QUOTE]

Thought it was a bit unnecessary myself tbh....kinda embarrassing for Downing I would think.

Suarez was very frustrating tonight. Impressed again with Assaidi

darced

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PRAF

NukaCola wrote: »

He was rotten tonight.....in general play and attitude

Yeah, have to agree. He ran around like a headless chicken. Did a few things right but no need to get himself booked like that. Also gave the ball away far too much

Leiva

Our new left back...:pac:

djPSB

darced wrote: »

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His attitude of jumping on the ground every two minutes and mouthing at the ref was pathetic.

Slattsy

darced wrote: »

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Huge difference between work rate and attitude.

NukaCola

Cartman78 wrote: »

Thought it was a bit unnecessary myself tbh....kinda embarrassing for Downing I would think.

Suarez was very frustrating tonight. Impressed again with Assaidi

Listening to the post match interview with Downing and he said he was chuffed with it....

Morzadec

Great night for us with Young Boys beating Udinese. Suddenly we're in a great position in the group. 1 win and 1 draw from the next 3 should be enough.

Assaidi has been rightly praised - he looks a real bargain.

I thought Skrtel and Agger were both brilliant tonight. Wisdom as well very composed.

That's 3 clean sheets on the trot. Also, we have been defending set-pieces superbly this season. Not sure if that is something we've been working on in training but we've been very solid in this regard.

We've seen out two 1-0's now, but I still feel we can be killing these games off better. Not so much in terms of getting a 2nd goal as I know we struggle to score, but just in terms of keeping the ball, not losing the ball stupidly with 4 players committed far up the pitch, being clever in these situations.

5starpool

4 points from the last 3 games will see us through, but hopefully the other teams will draw a couple of games to make it easier.

Morzadec

Also Sahin was very good tonight, without doing too much that stood out.

joe123

Was at work so missed the match.

1. What did Agger do that you were all commenting on?

2. What did Rodgers do at the end regarding Downing?

Leiva

joe123 wrote: »

Was at work so missed the match.

1. What did Agger do that you were all commenting on?

.

2.took Downing over to the KOP for some man fan love

darced

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Morzadec

Did Johnson pick up an injury? Or was he just being rested ahead of Sunday?

mike65

deccurley wrote: »

I have to say I'd take a draw right now

where's your ambition?

joe123 wrote: »

Was at work so missed the match.

1. What did Agger do that you were all commenting on?

2. What did Rodgers do at the end regarding Downing?

Agger headed the ball out of the keepers hand and scored but alas it didn't count as the ball was technically still under the stoppers control.

Missed Downings leaving the pitch but I think the manager just gave him a warm hug and a round of applause and a mug of cocoa

Chucky the tree

Morzadec wrote: »

We've seen out two 1-0's now, but I still feel we can be killing these games off better. Not so much in terms of getting a 2nd goal as I know we struggle to score, but just in terms of keeping the ball, not losing the ball stupidly with 4 players committed far up the pitch, being clever in these situations.

We've been terrible at this. Allen, Gerrard and especially Suarez all guilty of giving the ball away very cheaply in the last 3-4 minutes tonight. It'll cost us at some stage if we keep doing it.

livinginkorea

Fair play to Downing...instead of complaining and sitting on his ass he showed that he wants to fight for his place. Fair play.

paddy kerins

mike65 wrote: »

where's your ambition?



Missed Downings leaving the pitch but I think the manager just gave him a warm hug and a round of applause and a mug of cocoa

Then brought him home, tucked him in and read him favourite bedtime story

mike65

Possession 59% v 41%
Corners 5 v 3
Goal attempts 16 v 11
On target 7 v 3
Fouls 9 v 15
Offside 2 v 0

Luckycharms_74

OK just home and was getting ready to watch the match from ITV4 recording. The fcukin recording failed .
Can anyone give me a quick synopsis

A2LUE42

Luckycharms_74 wrote: »

OK just home and was getting ready to watch the match from ITV4 recording. The fcukin recording failed .
Can anyone give me a quick synopsis

Turn on itv4+1 quick

MD1990

Wisdom was very good tonight
glad we didnt waste 20m on Phil Jones last year

mike65

Luckycharms_74 wrote: »

OK just home and was getting ready to watch the match from ITV4 recording. The fcukin recording failed .
Can anyone give me a quick synopsis

Liverpool were neat, a bit slow, the middle didn't work but the left wing did. Luis was falling over, running down blind alleys, picking the wrong option. The other team didn't really offer much - Eto might as well not have played in truth. The second half started brightly for Liverpool and then "BANG!" Downing who was shunted to LB from attacking right (Johnson off, Sterling on) sent a glorious ball into the far side of the keepers net. Other than that it was largely more of the same and then the ref blew up.

Luckycharms_74

A2LUE42 wrote: »

Turn on itv4+1 quick

lol thanks. I forgot about that

Morzadec

mike65 wrote: »

Liverpool were neat, a bit slow, the middle didn't work but the left wing did. Luis was falling over, running down blind alleys, picking the wrong option. The other team didn't really offer much - Eto might as well not have played in truth. The second half started brightly for Liverpool and then "BANG!" Downing who was shunted to LB from attacking right (Johnson off, Sterling on) sent a glorious ball into the far side of the keepers net. Other than that it was largely more of the same and then the ref blew up.

Standout players Assaidi, Skrtel, Agger, Sahin, Wisdom. Probably in that order.

Francie Barrett

opr wrote: »

Honestly once Lucas gets back to provide proper defensive cover Downing could prove to be an excellent left back. Him and Johnson on the other side against weaker teams could be a wonderful option.

Opr

He made 3 or 4 terrible passes/crosses that led to Anzhi getting chances. If it wasn't for his goal, people would have been saying he was the worst Liverpool player on the field tonight, and they would have been correct.

opr

Francie Barrett wrote: »

He made 3 or 4 terrible passes/crosses that led to Anzhi getting chances. If it wasn't for his goal, people would have been saying he was the worst Liverpool player on the field tonight, and they would have been correct.

Yeah because he isn't used to the position. He will need time to grow into the position. Downing is a player who can't beat a man so as an attacking full back he is perfect. The winger creates the space and slips the ball to Downing. It's why with a counter team like Aston Villa he did quite well. He's excellent at driving into space and crossing the ball or shooting but can't beat a man. He has all the raw attributes to be an excellent LB except for the defensive stuff which will take time. I've been saying for over a year that we should be using him as an LB and it has nothing to do with him scoring from that position tonight.

Opr

Luckycharms_74

mike65 wrote: »

Liverpool were neat, a bit slow, the middle didn't work but the left wing did. Luis was falling over, running down blind alleys, picking the wrong option. The other team didn't really offer much - Eto might as well not have played in truth. The second half started brightly for Liverpool and then "BANG!" Downing who was shunted to LB from attacking right (Johnson off, Sterling on) sent a glorious ball into the far side of the keepers net. Other than that it was largely more of the same and then the ref blew up.

Thanks Mike

Just saw the 1st half summary on 101greatgoals. It looks like Assaidi had a great half and is a serious box or tricks. The reports said he was MOTM. All in all it bodes well for us & a nice little run of form going in to our next few games .

mike65

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xulz9e_y1-0y_animals?start=30

~Rebel~

Just have a feeling Assaidi is going to score against Everton. I see he scored in Heerenveen's home derby game last season against Groningen (as much of a derby as they have I think).

RasTa

MD1990 wrote: »

Wisdom was very good tonight
glad we didnt waste 20m on Phil Jones last year

Glad I waited for the lineups! It's still too early to call Jones a waste but don't let that get in the way of a cheap dig

gafferino

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Just have a feeling Assaidi is going to score against Everton. I see he scored in Heerenveen's home derby game last season against Groningen (as much of a derby as they have I think).

Ah come on that's stretching it a bit!if it rains on Sunday and he scored in holland when it rained.......I hope your right though!

~Rebel~

gafferino wrote: »

Ah come on that's stretching it a bit!if it rains on Sunday and he scored in holland when it rained.......I hope your right though!

That's not my reason for thinking he'll score, just a fun fact. My reason for thinking he'll score is that he's gotten consistently better, will be brimming with confidence if he gets to come on, and has a very good scoring record over the past 2 years.

whatawaster

Tusky wrote: »

Assaidi was the best thing about that game. Has pace, technical ability and a brain. Looks a great buy.

Riera with pace

slingerz

whatawaster wrote: »

Riera with pace

Riera was a good player for liverpool. a faster version would be much welcomed