EL Semi Final 1st leg, Villarreal v Liverpool, BT and Setanta 20:05pm

livinginkorea

Jesus Christ

monkey9

Horrible. Not deserved at all.

Pyjamarama

Sh*t...

Feck sake

recylingbin

Kick in the balls.

jebidiah

FFS

~Rebel~

Cock.

irishguitarlad

Great goal to be fair, that soriano is class.

daithijjj

Moreno AWOL. Forrest Gump.

BorneTobyWilde

This game has regret written all over it. With Sturridge we'd have won 2-0.

derm0j073

That's a kick in the nuts.

Slattsy

Cant help but we've shown them too much respect tonight. They're not great.

Too negative from Klopp.

martyos121

They were there for the fcuking taking all game ffs.

Klopp has been excellent but he deserves a bit of stick for this, unless Sturridge is crocked again.

citytillidie

Should have had a striker on earlier

whatawaster

Played for a draw and paid the price

jebidiah

Should have been playing it down into the corner

monkey9

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Forget that, Villareal are a team that warrant support and admiration no matter who they are playing, shouldn't just be support from those wishing Liverpool ill.

Is that typical Villarreal or just a bad night at the office?

quarryman

Delicious

livinginkorea

Well we had some very good chances, if we don't take them then we can only blame ourselves. At least it is only one goal and we will take them in Anfield

Fromvert

Fromvert wrote: »

I would not be confident of getting a goal against these guys if we needed it next week

This is a reality now, an away goal was there but klopp chose not to go for it.
It'll cost us.

happyoutscan

Selection lost us that. Might be better off having yo go for it next week.

paulie21

Villarreal realise this is two legged right? Think they were through judging by their celebrations

BorneTobyWilde

Every fan wanted Sturridge to play, every neutral expected him to play. Villarreal expected him to play. The media expected him to play.
This decision is a bit like bringing Skrtel on at half time against Southampton . Klopp is weird at times.

kingshankly

How are we getting caught on the break in the last minute away from home drawing 0-0

Slattsy

Glad Klopp getting questioned by Macca. Desperate tactics.

ERG89

whatawaster wrote: »

Played for a draw and paid the price

Loads of mistakes tbh, thought we got away with it with the Bukambu chance. Bringing on Ibe, sitting Sturridge all look worse now than 20 minutes ago

Osmosis Jones

Can't understand the Ibe substitution, he's been useless.

What a horrible way to lose. Moreno bottled his chance, should've had a penalty with Lallana.

Andersonisgod

Goal! Goal Villareal! You wait, and if you wait long enough Villareal will strike with the most Villareal goal known to mankind. The football out from the back is sublime, they drew Liverpool into a press, Bruno's ability to work his team out of tight spaces is why he is prized so highly and from there the counterattack is like clockwork, Suarez with the most beautifully deft touch to get the ball out of his feet, he then unselfishly squares it to Adrian to tap into an empty net. On a massive night for the club at El Madrigal it's a fairytale ending, a beautiful ending, a beautiful goal, a beautiful team.

~Rebel~

ERG89 wrote: »

Loads of mistakes tbh, thought we got away with it with the Bukambu chance. Bringing on Ibe, sitting Sturridge all look worse now than 20 minutes ago

Ibe really added absolutely nothing.

That Lallana offside call though...that one stings.

Gutting though, Suarez aside, Villarreal were poor throughout.

SuperTortoise

Suarez MOTM won it for them, may regret playing for a zero-zero now.

Slattsy

Slattsy wrote: »

Glad Klopp getting questioned by Macca. Desperate tactics.

He wasn't 30 seconds away from a decent result.

Macca? Lol

jebidiah

kingshankly wrote: »

How are we getting caught on the break in the last minute away from home drawing 0-0

Just a minute before the goal, Milner played it to Lallana on the right, and pointed to the corner (Lallana passed to someone else). That's exactly what we should have been doing.

The players should have realized that the manager was happy with a draw and played it safe.

Brutal to be caught like that, but we were throwing men forward.

SlickRic

If Kolo is your 2nd best available CB, you're always going to be asking for that to happen.

Also, we should've thrown Sturridge on when we saw they were quite vulnerable. Too cautious from Klopp IMO. Didn't react to what was in front of him.

Hopefully we can pull it out next week.

kingshankly

kingshankly wrote: »

How are we getting caught on the break in the last minute away from home drawing 0-0

Moreno!

Skylinehead

paulie21 wrote: »

Villarreal realise this is two legged right? Think they were through judging by their celebrations

Yeah, how dare they be happy at a last minute goal.

citytillidie

quarryman wrote: »

Delicious

Welcome it only took you 93 mins

SuperTortoise

Slattsy wrote: »

Glad Klopp getting questioned by Macca. Desperate tactics.

And yet if the injury time goal did'nt go in it would have been seen as a decent result

Rossi IRL

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Goal! Goal Villareal! You wait, and if you wait long enough Villareal will strike with the most Villareal goal known to mankind. The football out from the back is sublime, they drew Liverpool into a press, Bruno's ability to work his team out of tight spaces is why he is prized so highly and from there the counterattack is like clockwork, Suarez with the most beautifully deft touch to get the ball out of his feet, he then unselfishly squares it to Adrian to tap into an empty net. On a massive night for the club at El Madrigal it's a fairytale ending, a beautiful ending, a beautiful goal, a beautiful team.

Beautiful AIG. The poem is acceptable on this occasion as its against Liverpool.

Beautiful

Andersonisgod

monkey9 wrote: »

Is that typical Villarreal or just a bad night at the office?

The goal is typical Villareal, some of their play tonight was excellent, their movement off the ball and the unusual angles they play at make them one of the most interesting teams to watch in Europe. They were up against an excellently coached Liverpool side so it's tough, I've seen them put in far more complete performances this season but that was a massive win in so many ways.

dfx-

Big goal, I'd fancy Villarreal to defend very well again, even at Anfield.

Rayne Wooney

Pyjamarama wrote: »

Are people really criticising the DEFENDER who ran the whole pitch and had someone leaning into him for not scoring what would have been a screamer? He did great there imo.

Well you can when he's actually a terrible defender

paulie21

Skylinehead wrote: »

Yeah, how dare they be happy at a last minute goal.

Last minute of the first leg. There manager was halfway across the pitch ffs

monkey9

As disappointing as it is to be suckerpunched like that, and we are up against it without the away goal, this can certainly be overcome.

We were the better team tonight. I'm not quite sure what Jurgen's reluctance to go for the jugular was in that second half was because Villarreal were there for the taking, but we've seen enough to know we can still get through here.

Turtyturd

citytillidie wrote: »

Welcome it only took you 93 mins

He's been missing since before the Dortmund game.

NyOmnishambles

Not the worlds greatest result but there was a win there for Liverpool if they had pushed for it

Villareal are decent but nothing special, would expect Liverpool to win at Anfield

Ronan|Raven

paulie21 wrote: »

Last minute of the first leg. There manager was halfway across the pitch ffs

Now in fairness if it was the other way around people would be going on about Klopp and the passion he shows.

A kick in the bollox to concede that goal but how and ever there is 90 minutes to come.

BorneTobyWilde

If we were playing for '' the draw'' then did Klopp forget to tell Moreno?
And how do you end up getting caught on the break in last min with defenders no where to be seeing if you are playing for '' the draw'' . It makes no sense, we dominated most of it and had man on bench who would of taking advantage of the chances we created.

HardenendMan

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Goal! Goal Villareal! You wait, and if you wait long enough Villareal will strike with the most Villareal goal known to mankind. The football out from the back is sublime, they drew Liverpool into a press, Bruno's ability to work his team out of tight spaces is why he is prized so highly and from there the counterattack is like clockwork, Suarez with the most beautifully deft touch to get the ball out of his feet, he then unselfishly squares it to Adrian to tap into an empty net. On a massive night for the club at El Madrigal it's a fairytale ending, a beautiful ending, a beautiful goal, a beautiful team.

Wasn't as beautiful as the Man U tie but what can ya do...

Osmosis Jones

Pyjamarama wrote: »

Are people really criticising the DEFENDER who ran the whole pitch and had someone leaning into him for not scoring what would have been a screamer? He did great there imo.

Whenever Moreno is criticised you always go on about how fullbacks aren't meant to defend anymore, how they're suppose to be good attackers and that's what Moreno does well. If that's the case then he should be hitting the target.

Andersonisgod

monkey9 wrote: »

As disappointing as it is to be suckerpunched like that, and we are up against it without the away goal, this can certainly be overcome.

We were the better team tonight. I'm not quite sure what Jurgen's reluctance to go for the jugular was in that second half was because Villarreal were there for the taking, but we've seen enough to know we can still get through here.

His worry was exactly what transpired at that last goal. Sturridge isn't particularly strong pressing the ball (neither is Benteke but I understand that switch) allowing Villareal more space in midfield is a recipe for disaster, that kind of goal is what they thrive on. On top of that playing a false 9 allowed more controlled possession and surely the idea was to unsettle them with movement from deep.