Liverpool v Aston Villa 5.30 KO

JPA · 13-09-2014 7:21pm

woop woop woop woop

monkey9 · 13-09-2014 7:21pm

Super performance from Villa that.

Patser · 13-09-2014 7:21pm

Baker - the player that makes every Villa fan shiver - gets man of the match. That's what sort of game it was.

FINAL WHISTLE!!?

Still 2nd, still unbeaten.

Billy86 · 13-09-2014 7:21pm

10 points in 4 games for Villa now, and Liverpool looking shaky again.

Utopia Parkway · 13-09-2014 7:21pm

If you told me before the game that Liverpool wouldn't be able to score on a back four of Hutton, Baker, Senderos and Aly Cissokho, I would have chuckled.

Turned out they all played really well. Granted with a lot of protection.

Lapin · 13-09-2014 7:21pm

Villa deserved it and good luck to them.

Unearthly · 13-09-2014 7:21pm

What a hot, beautiful, sexy, gorgeous result

smcgiff · 13-09-2014 7:21pm

That could have gone on for another 940 minutes and we still wouldn't have scored

Early days with new team though.

Villain · 13-09-2014 7:23pm

Well that is a nice result, 10 points closer to safety

daRobot · 13-09-2014 7:24pm

That was as bad as I've seen us play in a long, long time. Was Guzan even tested once?

Desperate.

Darkglasses · 13-09-2014 7:24pm

Great job by Villa, congrats to their fans.

bad2dabone · 13-09-2014 7:25pm

Loving your work Villa. Loving it.

Augmerson · 13-09-2014 7:26pm

2 up front from now on for Liverpool. 1 up front has been tried, hasn't worked. Didn't work today.

eagle eye · 13-09-2014 7:26pm

I wonder is the hiring of Roy Keane what is making the difference for Villa defensively?

They look so organised this season compared to the last couple.

Neil3030 · 13-09-2014 7:26pm

Jason De Vos is a great pundit.

Hitchens · 13-09-2014 7:27pm

Rodgers out?

COYVB · 13-09-2014 7:27pm

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

If you told me before the game that Liverpool wouldn't be able to score on a back four of Hutton, Baker, Senderos and Aly Cissokho, I would have chuckled.

Turned out they all played really well. Granted with a lot of protection.

Baker aside (who's not played enough to really lob in with the rest), they've been brilliant all season. Cissokho looks a steal, and Senderos seems to have forgotten who he is. Maybe we brainwashed him and he's now convinced he's Paul McGrath or something.

Curious to know how much of this is down to Keane's influence

That_Guy · 13-09-2014 7:30pm

Here's an interesting Aston Villa stat.

Shots on target: 6
Points: 10

Soups123 · 13-09-2014 7:30pm

Liverpool finding how difficult it is to play with a squad, they got very lucky injury wise last year

A lot harder to win games with squad players

Lovren looks a very dodgy buy

Super-Rush · 13-09-2014 7:31pm

Super-Rush wrote: »

Not confident in the slightest.

Mights have a punt on Villa, 12/1 is hard to resist.

Bittersweet.

COYVB · 13-09-2014 7:33pm

That_Guy wrote: »

Here's an interesting Aston Villa stat.

Shots on target: 6
Points: 10

Here's another one:

Opposition players to score against Villa this Premier League season: 0

blueser · 13-09-2014 7:33pm

A big ''well done'' to Villa this evening. That's 2 wins and 2 draws in the last 4 seasons at Anfield now. Amazing stat, I wish City had a similar one. That being said, Liverpool looked very , very ordinary tonight. Missing Sturridge and, of course, Suarez. I think they're going to find this season difficult, with their extra CL commitments.

tayto lover · 13-09-2014 7:35pm

If Liverpool still had Suarez they'd have won that.
Suarez = Bale at Spurs.

COYVB · 13-09-2014 7:36pm

tayto lover wrote: »

If Liverpool still had Suarez they'd have won that.
Suarez = Bale at Spurs.

He'd at the very least have managed to dive and win a peno for the equalizer anyway

Villain · 13-09-2014 7:36pm

tayto lover wrote: »

If Liverpool still had Suarez they'd have won that.
Suarez = Bale at Spurs.

No he'd still be suspended

CSF · 13-09-2014 7:38pm

Rodgers got exactly what they deserved there. Took Villa lightly with his team selection and was punished.

quarryman · 13-09-2014 7:50pm

Wow.

Is that what €150M buys you?

13-09-2014 7:56pm

quarryman wrote: »

Wow.

Is that what €150M buys you?

And so it starts.

Well done Villa, well deserved.

Rayne Wooney · 13-09-2014 7:57pm

Great result

greenman09 · 13-09-2014 7:59pm

Very poor Liverpool. No urgency at all. Expected a lot more especially at home. Possession means feck all when you do nothing with it.

Fescue · 13-09-2014 8:00pm

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Great result

Not for Liverpool.

Rayne Wooney · 13-09-2014 8:02pm

Fescue wrote: »

Not for Liverpool.

In fairness Rodgers got a few games completely wrong last season but still finished second

quarryman · 13-09-2014 8:21pm

rarnes1 wrote: »

And so it starts.

Well done Villa, well deserved.

In fairness it was total muck. €150M of which about €120M was on the pitch for that game in front of the home fans.

Twas pants.

13-09-2014 8:45pm

quarryman wrote: »

In fairness it was total muck. €150M of which about €120M was on the pitch for that game in front of the home fans.

Twas pants.

It was a horrible game of football. The result is all that matters I guess.

When you sell your best player and replace him with chancers that's what happens.

13-09-2014 8:45pm

Lol delighted for villa

Oranage2 · 13-09-2014 8:51pm

I think Rodgers showed again how poor he is in the transfer window, not to name individuals but a 60 plus million strike force for those players is simple shocking!

Another 60 plus million on that back 5 is an other joke!

This is what happens when half your players played for the team that finished 8.

13-09-2014 11:30pm

Oranage2 wrote: »

I think Rodgers showed again how poor he is in the transfer window, not to name individuals but a 60 plus million strike force for those players is simple shocking!

Another 60 plus million on that back 5 is an other joke!

This is what happens when half your players played for the team that finished 8.

Sack em all Orange, sack em all

Top stuff, top gun, top hat

Oranage2 · 14-09-2014 1:43am

rarnes1 wrote: »

Sack em all Orange, sck em all

Top stuff, top gun, top hat

You won't admit his signings have been poor?

Paully D · 14-09-2014 2:00am

CSF wrote: »

Rodgers got exactly what they deserved there. Took Villa lightly with his team selection and was punished.

Did he not play his first choice team of the players available with the exception of Sterling?

Sterling aside, when looking at the bench I'm not sure who else he could have played to make his team selection stronger.

Bounty Hunter · 14-09-2014 2:43am

Liverpool fans being very gracious in defeat, fair play.

Think it was a mistake to rest sterling here instead of vs the Hungarians mid week as they needed his creativity, energy and tbh attacking form from the off but villas rag tag bunch of defensive players continue to play better than anyone expects so villa continue to not have been scored against by an opposing player while gabby once again pops up with a big goal to celebrate his new contract.

breghall · 14-09-2014 10:54am

why didn't we put 2 on the posts for the goal?? schoolboy stuff

matrim · 14-09-2014 11:07am

breghall wrote: »

why didn't we put 2 on the posts for the goal?? schoolboy stuff

I thought you had 2 on the posts. Not sure who was on the back post, but Gerrard looked to be on the front post

CSF · 14-09-2014 11:53am

Paully D wrote: »

Did he not play his first choice team of the players available with the exception of Sterling?

Sterling aside, when looking at the bench I'm not sure who else he could have played to make his team selection stronger.

You're absolutely right. But resting your 2nd best player when your best player is out injured is definitely taking Villa far too lightly.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 14-09-2014 1:36pm

The difference yesterday was we didn't start with SSS.

monkey9 · 14-09-2014 2:03pm

Oranage2 wrote: »

You won't admit his signings have been poor?

After four matches, why would he?

Oranage2 · 14-09-2014 3:43pm

monkey9 wrote: »

After four matches, why would he?

Well besides Sturridge who would you consider a success?

Coutinho? Has a lot of off days but will be considered a success because of the fee paid for him.

SM01 · 14-09-2014 3:52pm

Very pedestrian, disappointing performance from Liverpool but well done Villa for a very professional, disciplined performance. I can't recall them being properly troubled once in the 90+ minutes and I'd like to see them do well this season.

Someone pointed out (not sure if it was this thread or the Superthread) that Liverpool were shaking starting out last season too before gaining momentum. Hopefully it'll be a case of history repeating.

Gbear · 14-09-2014 3:54pm

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Liverpool fans being very gracious in defeat, fair play.

Think it was a mistake to rest sterling here instead of vs the Hungarians mid week as they needed his creativity, energy and tbh attacking form from the off but villas rag tag bunch of defensive players continue to play better than anyone expects so villa continue to not have been scored against by an opposing player while gabby once again pops up with a big goal to celebrate his new contract.

That's making the assumption that Sterling was rested as a sort of box-ticking excercise rather than because he needed a rest.

If he wasn't fit to start he wasn't fit to start.

We played the strongest team available really. You could argue that there was a tactical mistake in playing only one up front but that's a different matter.

breghall · 14-09-2014 4:23pm

i don't think one up front works well for us. I think we need 2 up there, by the way we play we seem to function better and create more chances with 2 up front...... strictly IMO ....

5starpool · 14-09-2014 4:35pm

Oranage2 wrote: »

Well besides Sturridge who would you consider a success?

Coutinho? Has a lot of off days but will be considered a success because of the fee paid for him.

Do you make up your mind on all new signings after 4 games (less in most cases) or only non Arsenal players?

Liverpool v Aston Villa 5.30 KO

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