Match Thread - Liverpool V Manchester United - Sky 12:30pm

murpho999

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Hard to see how Liverpool can come back and mount a title challenge, their just dropping too many points.

They're (see what I did there!) not going to challenge this season. Top 4 at best.

ERG89

Pretty low quality stuff by both sides. Only coutinho looked like he could actually do something when he got the ball, hope if it was a knock he got it ain't serious. I'm not surprised Utd sat back & even less surprised Liverpool didn't punish them.

Hulk Hands

United will be disappointed with the performance, but result ok.

1 win in 8 now for Liverpool, must be worrying

JamboMac

martyos121 wrote: »

If you play that fearfully against the big teams, you won't have to worry about that happening, don't you worry.

But if you can't score when dominating a game where do you expect to finish?

johnpatrick81

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Top of the league

City have to win there game

Not good enough by a long way for a title challenge. Ye'll be battling for top four more likely. Abysmal.

murpho999

murpho999 wrote: »

Disagree with this.

Did standards and expectations drop when Chelsea or City now change managers?

What about Liverpool in the past going from Shankly to Paisley, Fagan and Dalglish?

Of course Fergie is a hard act to follow but I do not think he would be happy with how Mourinho has Utd playing at Anfield these days.

A second half were Utd offered nothing, had zero threat and just played to stifle the opposition is not the Utd way and I don't see how fans could be happy with it.

You do watch your team to be entertained after all.

We've been entertained all season so far

A draw result away at Anfield is how trophy winners do things

super_furry

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Hard to see how Liverpool can come back and mount a title challenge, their just dropping too many points.

Don’t think too many people were expecting a title challenge after the summer transfer window.

Not sure that United will mount one either. I could see them drop off after what was a very handy start to the season.

Lukker-

Two average sides

mightyreds

Does any one know who is top of the league after that result ??

murpho999

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Your talking out of context

A draw at Anfield isn't the worst result

That's how you win titles

Then you beat the teams you should be beating

Liverpool will lose next week and Utd will win

That's the difference

United are not going to win the title.

They will be found out as the season progresses and tougher teams are met than what they have played before today.

johnpatrick81

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

Not good enough by a long way for a title challenge. Ye'll be battling for top four more likely. Abysmal.

We are beating the teams we would draw against last season

You are failing to get how winning titles works

murpho999

murpho999 wrote: »

United are not going to win the title.

They will be found out as the season progresses and tougher teams are met than what they have played before today.

Nope

johnpatrick81

United have had 2 tricky matches this season so far, and won neither.

niallo27

Hulk Hands wrote: »

United will be disappointed with the performance, but result ok.

1 win in 8 now for Liverpool, must be worrying

Utd don't seem to have improved from last year. Must be worrying.

murpho999

M!Ck^ wrote: »

We've been entertained all season so far

A draw result away at Anfield is how trophy winners do things

Entertained by beating nobodies.

Look at how they play against their first Top 6 opponents.

super_furry

Lukker- wrote: »

Two average sides

Think that’s the truth of it really.

Lukker-

Lukker- wrote: »

Prob for 15 minutes

The next match isn't until 3pm is not not?

Hulk Hands

murpho999 wrote: »

Disagree with this.

Did standards and expectations drop when Chelsea or City now change managers?

What about Liverpool in the past going from Shankly to Paisley, Fagan and Dalglish?

Standards and expectations dropped massively when Liverpool went to Daglish?

Mr.H

Mr.H wrote: »

It means nothing about the title. He would have set ye up that way no matter what.

He bitched a couple weeks ago about only one team trying to win the game and look at him now.

United will be found out this year. No attacking threat against non relegation candidates

That's your biggest problem

Getting bet by cannon fodder

johnpatrick81

M!Ck^ wrote: »

We are beating the teams we would draw against last season

You are failing to get how winning titles works

Stoke and us were yer only tough matches. If you are comparing against your pathetic season last year in the hope of transferring to a title challenge you're doing it wrong.

Titles will be won by winning matches like today against 4/5/6 best teams. City will win more of those and be far ahead of ye.

Mr.H

ERG89 wrote:

Pretty low quality stuff by both sides. Only coutinho looked like he could actually do something when he got the ball, hope if it was a knock he got it ain't serious. I'm not surprised Utd sat back & even less surprised Liverpool didn't punish them.

I think Salah would think your wrong

chupacabra

Lovely! Job done, Liverpool frustrated and we steal a point. Our worst performance of the season but who gives a flying fúck :pac: top of the league!

murpho999

murpho999 wrote: »

Entertained by beating nobodies.

Look at how they play against their first Top 6 opponents.

First team in the top 6 is Liverpool this season

monkey9

martyos121 wrote: »

Is it a good result though all of a sudden? Some serious overconfidence from a lot of United fans before this game, seemed to think they'd smash us, they'll have to change their tune now I suppose.

I don't know what they expected in fairness. The ones I know would have been happy with the draw.

That's a proper Mourinho performance and result. It's what he does. It gets results and it is a result. He turned up with a Chelsea side in 2014 and they played like a League 2 side.

When Ireland do it and get results like Monday, we just have to suck it up. Mourinho is a proven winner at the end of the day/season. Man U fans will be chuffed today and rightly so.

murpho999

Hulk Hands wrote: »

Standards and expectations dropped massively when Liverpool went to Daglish?

eh...Dalglish won double in his first season and two more leagues after that.

Slattsy

Fairly pathetic for man u but to be expected from jose at Anfield.

Just a pity we can't score!

murpho999

M!Ck^ wrote: »

First team in the top 6 is Liverpool this season

Exactly, that's my point.

citytillidie

murpho999 wrote: »

eh...Dalglish one Double in his first season and two more leagues after that.

shhh football only started in 1992

johnpatrick81

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

Stoke and us were yer only tough matches. If you are comparing against your pathetic season last year in the hope of transferring to a title challenge you're doing it wrong.

Titles will be won by winning matches like today against 4/5/6 best teams. City will win more of those and be far ahead of ye.

You like City

Fair play to you

I'm indicating where we have improved

And you are struggling to understand

That's how titles are won

0gac3yjefb5sv7

niallo27 wrote: »

Utd don't seem to have improved from last year. Must be worrying.

Hahaha. Eh what? Look at the league table.

Mr.H

M!Ck^ wrote:

Nope

If one of Liverpool's chances hit the back of the net, it would have been an embarrassment for united.

United have no chance of the title with that sh1t

gimli2112

chupacabra wrote: »

Lovely! Job done, Liverpool frustrated and we steal a point. Our worst performance of the season but who gives a flying fúck :pac: top of the league!

congratulations, great result for yea

monkey9

murpho999 wrote: »

United are not going to win the title.

They will be found out as the season progresses and tougher teams are met than what they have played before today.

They won't be found out. City may end up being better, but Man U have that solidity within them. They will absolutely challenge City more than we will.

murpho999

murpho999 wrote: »

Exactly, that's my point.

Yes and my point is we also drew against teams we really should be hammering at home

We've clearly improved

Only the bitter seem to think otherwise

MD1990

I expect Man City to open up a gap in the next few weeks.

ERG89

Mr.H wrote: »

I think Salah would think your wrong

His shots that went 15 or 20 yards wide are the things I best remember that he did.

MD1990

MD1990 wrote: »

I expect Man City to open up a gap in the next few weeks.

It won't be Liverpool anyway that's a fact

Mantis Toboggan

I think that's probably the end for Liverpool this season, top 4 is about the best they can hope for now.

Burial.

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Your talking out of context

A draw at Anfield isn't the worst result

That's how you win titles

Then you beat the teams you should be beating

Liverpool will lose next week and Utd will win

That's the difference

I dunno in hindsight a draw is a great result but play that way against City, Spurs or Chelsea and United are going to get mangled. If Salah learned to shoot properly or if Liverpool had an actual striker they would have won that. I knows ifs and buts means nothing now and a draw is a fine result for United, but setting up that way against league rivals is never going to win you a title.

johnpatrick81

M!Ck^ wrote: »

You like City

Fair play to you

I'm indicating where we have improved

And you are struggling to understand

That's how titles are won

Improving on sh!te to title requires much more than that

You are struggling to understand that.

Your manager results in matches worse to watch that MON does with Ireland.

After all the money he has spent on his attack, that's disgraceful.

rob316

So poor it's light years behind what el classico throws up. Neither team will be doing a jot in Europe this season.

niallo27

Pheonix10 wrote: »

Hahaha. Eh what? Look at the league table.

Similar to last year's start in fairness.

pjohnson

citytillidie wrote: »

shhh football only started in 1992

How dare people talk about the last 20 or so years. The pre-war days were the best.

niallo27

Tyson Fury wrote: »

I think that's probably the end for Liverpool this season, top 4 is about the best they can hope for now.

Top 4 would be a great season. Expecting to win the league is madness.

As expected.

Two poor teams playing a poor game.

Minderbinder

M!Ck^ wrote: »

murpho999 wrote: »

Disagree with this.

Did standards and expectations drop when Chelsea or City now change managers?

What about Liverpool in the past going from Shankly to Paisley, Fagan and Dalglish?

Of course Fergie is a hard act to follow but I do not think he would be happy with how Mourinho has Utd playing at Anfield these days.

A second half were Utd offered nothing, had zero threat and just played to stifle the opposition is not the Utd way and I don't see how fans could be happy with it.

You do watch your team to be entertained after all.

We've been entertained all season so far

A draw result away at Anfield is how trophy winners do things

It is usually Mick, but we weren’t playing against a very good side today. They’re top 6 contenders at best. I could understand against a team who is our rival on the table. If we set our stall out away to these upper mid table sides we’re going to do the same against the top teams. That’s a lot of games and points to sacrifice, especially with a team like City in the mix.

Rekop dog

I mentioned Uniteds very poor record against the top 6 earlier as main reason they won't win today. It never looked likely once you seen the flow of the game.

Can't see them getting much from City or Spurs with that approach, given they are more clinical than Liverpool

Mr.H

M!Ck^ wrote:

Only the bitter seem to think otherwise

It's spelt better

chupacabra

"Clear penalty on Phil?" lol give me some of whatever Flopp is smoking :pac:

Unearthly

niallo27 wrote: »

Similar to last year's start in fairness.

Last year's good start lasted the first 3 games of the league before falling off a cliff