Liverpool v Chelsea 17:30

mada999

crazy ball from Milner.. ffs...
Hendo and Milner wayyyy tooo slow at releasing the ball.... stop taking extra touches... pass it off..

BorneTobyWilde

Penalty if Salah goes down, contact maid

Fromvert

Smart foul, Liverpool could do with doing it more often.

mada999

how can chelsea touch the ball 3 or 4 times and get up the pitch.....we touch it 20 times and get no where

ERG89

Great tracking again by Henderson for Drinkwaters run :rolleyes:

BorneTobyWilde

Everyone stopped to admire Salah

Harry Palmr

mada999 wrote: »

how can chelsea touch the ball 3 or 4 times and get up the pitch.....we touch it 20 times and get no where

Diagonals and runners going from in to out.

mada999

Salah is just a class act...

~Rebel~

blegh, Salah does great stuff moving the whole way around the outside of the box into a great position to pull it back to the penalty spot, and no one has followed what he's doing, leaving 5 blue shirts in the box before you find a red one.

Lukker-

niallo27 wrote: »

Come on. No other player spends more time on his arse than him.

He's the most fouled player in the league by a fair distance. Players can't get close to him so he's chopped down. He gets f*ck all protection here compared to any other league too.

Edit: I guess Henderson didn't chop him down there either

rekluse

Couple of lovely touches from Morata so far.

GreNoLi

Morata oozes class, great signing, good to see Drinkwater fit again.

Fromvert

~Rebel~ wrote: »

blegh, Salah does great stuff moving the whole way around the outside of the box into a great position to pull it back to the penalty spot, and no one has followed what he's doing, leaving 5 blue shirts in the box before you find a red one.

Ox, Henderson, Milner are not goal scorers. It's just not natural for them to make and see those runs sadly.

Minderbinder

rekluse wrote: »

Couple of lovely touches from Morata so far.

Real Madrid were out of their minds to let him go. He is top class.

Not sure about Drinkwater being so advanced though.

~Rebel~

rekluse wrote: »

Couple of lovely touches from Morata so far.

Beautiful footballer alright. He looks like he should be gangly and awkward, but he moves like a dancer.

mada999

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Diagonals and runners going from in to out.

one touch and give with good runners yop

Slattsy

Anfield a library.

mada999

aye someone have a shot

~Rebel~

Fromvert wrote: »

Ox, Henderson, Milner are not goal scorers. It's just not natural for them to make and see those runs sadly.

Very true, but where was Sturridge at least? If there's one thing he has its intelligent movement, but he just seemed to stand still and watch like the others.

I actually kind of 'get' this lineup to an extent - lots of grit and determination in there. Guys that will show up. Which is why I can't understand Firmino missing up front. Or even Solanke who certainly gets stuck in. But aside from the little break from our corner around the centre circle, you'd barely even know sturridge is playing.

mada999

in fairness Chelsea have a lot of players back at all times.

mada999

the OX has poor touch...

mada999

lovely move by Chelsea...would have been a nice goal . .

BorneTobyWilde

Klavan has been decisive thus far.

Harry Palmr

I'd have taken the point before kick off, certainly would now. Hard to see how Liverpool can score with this lot up front.

Lukker-

mada999 wrote: »

in fairness Chelsea have a lot of players back at all times.

And all the good chances too

machiavellianme

Unlucky mo

Fromvert

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Very true, but where was Sturridge at least? If there's one thing he has its intelligent movement, but he just seemed to stand still and watch like the others.

I actually kind of 'get' this lineup to an extent - lots of grit and determination in there. Guys that will show up. Which is why I can't understand Firmino missing up front. Or even Solanke who certainly gets stuck in. But aside from the little break from our corner around the centre circle, you'd barely even know sturridge is playing.

I'll have to watch it back but think he ran towards the goal (six yard box) and then everyone else stood outside the box. Was shocked to see him get the start.

BorneTobyWilde

Salah powerful

mada999

Lukker- wrote: »

And all the good chances too

yop built for the counter

GreNoLi

Salah by far and away pool's best player.

~Rebel~

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I'd have taken the point before kick off, certainly would now. Hard to see how Liverpool can score with this lot up front.

At least with the bench we have, if we can keep it tight for the first half, could put in a strong last 30.

BorneTobyWilde

You can push people over now, cool, game on ...

Fromvert

Gomez has had a few chances to put in good crosses and the have all stunk. Getting himself in the position but not taking advantage of it

mada999

did Hazard use his big árse there??

mada999

na looks like he used his arm to push coutinho

monkey9

Lukker- wrote: »

He's the most fouled player in the league by a fair distance. Players can't get close to him so he's chopped down. He gets f*ck all protection here compared to any other league too.

Edit: I guess Henderson didn't chop him down there either

Nobody's doubting that.

bur

Milner/Drinkwater would be an interesting foot race.

Lukker-

Opened up a bit more and Pool came into the game

Harry Palmr

Meh Coutinho is not having a good game at all, he wants to be the No 8 but isn't using the ball well enough from that deeper position. Too many balls are going back and sideways, no dynamic linking with Sturridge or OxCham.

monkey9

mada999 wrote: »

in fairness Chelsea have a lot of players back at all times.

Two banks of four in the box. But they're a threat going forward. They're hard to break down and i don't mean that in a derogatory way.

BorneTobyWilde

Game is finely balanced, like a tight rope walker with no safety net .

mada999

monkey9 wrote: »

Two banks of four in the box. But they're a threat going forward. They're hard to break down and i don't mean that in a derogatory way.

yup very good on the break... one and two touches.... make it look easy..

monkey9

mada999 wrote: »

yup very good on the break... one and two touches.... make it look easy..

They're playing the game perfectly.

~Rebel~

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Meh Coutinho is not having a good game at all, he wants to be the No 8 but isn't using the ball well enough from that deeper position. Too many balls are going back and sideways, no dynamic linking with Sturridge or OxCham.

A fully fit and firing Lallana would be perfect to bring on for him for the last 30 - but is that what we'd be getting? Been out a long time... might be a bit too much for his first appearance.

Harry Palmr

~Rebel~ wrote: »

A fully fit and firing Lallana would be perfect to bring on for him for the last 30 - but is that what we'd be getting? Been out a long time... might be a bit too much for his first appearance.

I'd move Coutinho to wide left bring on Firmino as the No10 and Mane up front with Salah.

---Couts----Mane

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Salah

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Firmino

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OxCham----Hendo

Maybe Lallana can get 10 mins wouldn't expect more.

BorneTobyWilde

Chelsea have only conceded 6 in league since end of Aug.

machiavellianme

I don't watch a whole pile of Hazard but constantly hear about how he's the most fouled player in the premier league. Based on what I've seen tonight, he's possibly one of the softest and seems to go down under every touch as if he'd been stabbed terminally by a red hot knife.

monkey9

Hazard kicks Klavan to try to win a penalty. Fair enough.

Harry Palmr

Milner got away with that in my view.

Fromvert

Same as first half. No one taking a chance and running in!