Udinese v Liverpool 6 pm sharp! ITV4

Fowler87

**** me thought that was in and Di Natalie of all players! Were through

Washington Irving

TiltedBrain wrote: »

Anzhi gone out???

No, Young Boys out. Anzhi finish second

Chucky the tree

It was a better finish than Young Boys but they seem like headless chickens at times in the last five minutes.

monkey9

That ending has really pissed me off, when will we learn. Good to get through though!

SteelyDanJalapeno

ConorCBS wrote: »

Nope. Young Boys are out.

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Fowler87

5starpool wrote: »

Fúck you Jordan Henderson. Nearly messed up at the end there. My heart. This club will give me a heart attack one of these days I'd say.

He was very good tonight overall thankfully

Francie Barrett

Good result, good performance. Suarez was unlucky not to have a goal. All in all, we deserve the win.

mike65

Not sure why Sterling was brought on, as with the last game it was not the smartest thing to do, he doesn't have the game intelligence yet to play it smart, instead he thinks he should be rushing forward.

ConorCBS

TiltedBrain wrote: »

You sure?

Yup. Anzhi were already guaranteed qualification before tonight.

K-9

A little too cocky at the end but barring a 10 minute spell in the second half a pretty good performance.

smileyj1987

TiltedBrain wrote: »

You sure?

Who cares top of the group baby !

K-9

mike65 wrote: »

Not sure why Sterling was brought on, as with the last game it was not the smartest thing to do, he doesn't have the game intelligence yet to play it smart, instead he thinks he should be rushing forward.

Thought he did all right. Sitting back on a lead is dangerous.

Strongbow10

ConorCBS wrote: »

Yup. Anzhi were already guaranteed qualification before tonight.

how were Anzhi guaranteed qualification before tonight? I saw that on the provisional table

all 3 teams had 10 points, surely there was a slim chance Young Boys could have pipped them on goal difference? With Young Boys beating them tonight Anzhi can't have gone through on the head to head either

5starpool

Strongbow10 wrote: »

how were Anzhi guaranteed qualification before tonight? I saw that on the provisional table

all 3 teams had 10 points, surely there was a slim chance Young Boys could have pipped them on goal difference? With Young Boys beating them tonight Anzhi can't have gone through on the head to head either

Nothing to do with goal difference. When 3 teams finish level it goes to a mini league. With all 3 on 10 points, the mini leagie between them all read:

Liverpool 7
Anzhi 6
Young Boys 4

Same way that we would have been out if we lost and Young boys lost as we would have finished third in the mini league with YB and Udinese with YB getting second in the group and us 4th.

Stevecw

Liverpool end up top, Anzhi are 2nd

Chucky the tree

Strongbow10 wrote: »

how were Anzhi guaranteed qualification before tonight? I saw that on the provisional table

all 3 teams had 10 points, surely there was a slim chance Young Boys could have pipped them on goal difference? With Young Boys beating them tonight Anzhi can't have gone through on the head to head either

It's not on goal difference. It goes down to a mini league between the three teams.

mike65

K-9 wrote: »

A little too cocky at the end but barring a 10 minute spell in the second half a pretty good performance.

K-9 wrote: »

Thought he did all right. Sitting back on a lead is dangerous.

See any contradiction?

applehunter

Take Suarez out of that team and its not pretty.

Pitch looked ****e but you'd still expect Liverpool to pass it better than they did there tonight.

What a disaster of a stadium. You can see where Italian football's problems are. What is their fascination with having running tracks. Is athletics that popular over there?

The_Kew_Tour

Such a harsh sending off. Ridiculous.

Liverpool better side.

Kerrigooney

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Such a harsh sending off. Ridiculous.

Liverpool better side.

If it was in The EPL then his first yellow would probably have been a red but yeah the second yellow was very harsh.

carlop

applehunter wrote: »

Take Suarez out of that team and its not pretty.

Pitch looked ****e but you'd still expect Liverpool to pass it better than they did there tonight.

What a disaster of a stadium. You can see where Italian football's problems are. What is their fascination with having running tracks. Is athletics that popular over there?

Nearly all stadiums in Italy are owned by the local council and are only rented by the clubs. The stadiums are multi-purpose because they are built to service the whole community and not just the football team.

I agree though that Udinese's is definitely one of the ugliest in Italy and in eager need of a coat or two of paint.

K-9

mike65 wrote: »

See any contradiction?

Not really, I didn't think Sterling was at fault for giving away possession near the end.