Swansea v Liverpool, 12.30, Sky Sports

NukaCola

Much better

8-10

Also need to target van der Hoorn. He's great in the air but slow as feck turning and running. Isolate and get him on his heels and we'll find joy

livinginkorea

That's more like it lads.

Osmosis Jones

As if we're ever winning that cross.

NukaCola

A better delivery from Sturridge and that would have been a perfect move

5starpool

Stupid foul from Coutinho. I hate those stupid things that give opposition players the opportunity to go down with very little contact to get the free. Really irritating.

martyos121

Yellow card for Swansea! :eek:

shamrock55

Klopp must have given too much away on mnf,Swansea have our number hear

Osmosis Jones

Seriously?

5starpool

Stupid dive from Sturridge. Slight contact, but blatantly overplayed.

martyos121

That probably was a dive in fairness.

Osmosis Jones

Whether it's a penalty or not it's not a dive

bur

obstruction, booked Henderson for the exact same foul.

NukaCola

Yellow is harsh he went down easy all right but there was contact

5starpool

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Whether it's a penalty or not it's not a dive

Of course it was a dive. Did the contact force him to lose his footing?

Pyjamarama

Thats not a dive. There's contact and he went down under it. Madness. Games like this really make you question certain things.

BorneTobyWilde

That's no dive. Contact was made while Sturridge had two feet off ground, that contact pushed him off balance

TitianGerm

5starpool wrote: »

Of course it was a dive. Did the contact force him to lose his footing?

Routledge arm was on Sturridge and leans into him but it's not a penalty or a dive.

Agent Coulson

Lightly touched on the chest and his legs went from under him it's a dive.

murpho999

Time for calm heads here.

Keep on the ball, keep passing and chances will come.

martyos121

Nice to know what it feels like to have Neuer in goal. Bit of a thrill ride.

davycc

As blatant a dive as you will ever see, definite yellow card imho

NukaCola

Swansea are getting lucky now....

5starpool

I think it was a dive, others don't, doesn't matter though, it wasn't given.

Osmosis Jones

davycc wrote: »

As blatant a dive as you will ever see, definite yellow card imho

As blatant a case of hyperbole as you'll ever see.

Osmosis Jones

Henderson in the box, no pressure, kicks it back to them in our half.

5starpool

We've done better the last 10 mins, but we could easily concede again.

NukaCola

That was shocking from Henderson......need to clear your lines better there

shamrock55

Is ings on the bench,I'd have him instead of Firmino who is poor today tbf

5starpool

Undeserved equaliser before halftime would be nice.

NukaCola

Swansea will be happy to go in at HT more...starting to click for LFC now....

NukaCola

Coutinho final ball has been awful.......

rob316

just not clicking today.

5starpool

Very bad first half from Liverpool, credit to Swansea mostly for stopping us play.

Osmosis Jones

Sturridge goes down too easily, dive. Mané stays up when fouled, so no penalty. It's a tricky one.

Riesen_Meal

rob316 wrote: »

just not clicking today.

Has one of those days written all over it, hope we can pull a point back and not concede more at this rate...

BorneTobyWilde

NukaCola wrote: »

Coutinho final ball has been awful.......

Dropped deeper now with Lallana off.
He is finding his target with pass but it break down pass later.

5starpool

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Sturridge goes down too easily, dive. Mané stays up when fouled, so no penalty. It's a tricky one.

The Mane thing would have been extremely soft as well if it was given.

livinginkorea

Glad that's over...Klopp will give them a good telling off now. We have some luck down the right side but the final ball has been poor.

NukaCola

Not a nice first half.

Early goal.
Poor play in the final third.
Lallana gone off.
Ref listening to the crowd/Poor Linesman decisions.

However, much better play in the final 10 minutes. Plus Swansea come out and play a bit.

At this point I'd take a point. Unfortunately its hard to call, we can rip a team apart in a few minutes but we've also shown we can completely fail to click. Need a big second half here.

NukaCola

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Dropped deeper now with Lallana off.
He is finding his target with pass but it break down pass later.

Yea, frustrating, the movement for him isn't great either to be fair.

8-10

Midfield needs more Emre

shamrock55

shamrock55 wrote: »

Is ings on the bench,I'd have him instead of Firmino who is poor today tbf

Firmino could have a moment or two of magic yet.

With Lallana off we are now limited enough..... the bench is now Mignolet, Klavan, Moreno, Lucas, Can, Origi.

Klavan and Lucas will bring nothing to the pitch in this game a goal down.

Can't see Moreno being brought on unless we are still a goal down with 10 mins to go and Klopp reckons it's worth risking conceding for his pace down the left.

Origi might come on but unless he's showing some of last year's form in training than there's little point but two up top would be worth a go imo if we are still trailing midway through 2nd half.

murpho999

shamrock55 wrote: »

Is ings on the bench,I'd have him instead of Firmino who is poor today tbf

Great informed post as Ings is not even in the squad.

You don't think Firmino cannot still do something in this game.

Also, completely ignore how Swansea are closing down on Liverpool and causing them problems.

davycc

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

As blatant a case of hyperbole as you'll ever see.

Don't shoot the messenger son , you should be pissed at sturridge , not me, if it was me I would stay on my feet and get the shot away. No brainer

NukaCola

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Sturridge goes down too easily, dive. Mané stays up when fouled, so no penalty. It's a tricky one.

We wont be getting any big decisions unless its absolutely stonewall. Both would be soft anyway lets be honest.

5starpool

Sky talking rubbish about zonal marking yet again.

passremarkable

Very disappointing performance so far. Lethargic out there. Need to just blank that half and start again.still in the game thankfully but we need more from Countinho mane & firmino

BorneTobyWilde

Very much Burnley Part Deux

NukaCola

5starpool wrote: »

Sky talking rubbish about zonal marking yet again.

Thought that was a nice throw back there alright.......Saunders giving tips on defending set pieces was particularly enjoyable.