Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

I always considered Michael Oliver one of the best refs they had in England however since the introduction of VAR his level has dropped to well below a standard that should be reffing top class football.

He is letting VAR and the ref in his ear control the game it looks like to me.

United hitting the post should have been the wake up call needed but they just kept playing the same bloody way and the goal eventually came.

Teams are now just suffocating us when we attack with bodies in the way and hitting us on quick counters.

2 years ago our defence could deal with but now every attack against us is nearly a goal scored.

The worst part is that I can't see a way out of this.

Even last week it was heroball by Diaz that got us the draw.

I can't see it through any period of team play or a move.

Shocking half. Continues the level shown in the Palace game really, really passive and laid back, defending for the goal a joke, Virgil standing watching Sancho 8 yards out and let him pick his spot. We are missing players, but that selection is still better than this United outfit, especially with their confidence low.

Last 10 minutes were a bit better, Robbo had been terrific and had led the way. Not much to come from the bench though, how can we change the game?

Fab for Milner is the obvious change. Carvalho the only other one capable of changing the game off the bench. We need to keep this tempo from the off 2nd half. Keep them penned in and we'll get back in it.

Hopefully!!

Doesn’t even need to be a quick counter. You can play a slow ball down Trent’s wing as he won’t be there or he’ll have gone to sleep. Teams have been doing that for 2 seasons now been at fault for every big goal since the ECL final in Paris.

100%, VVD has been so far below his best for ages now.

Completely agree. He was neat and tidy versus Palace for sure but haven't seen anything tonight.

Milner, altho he is clearly struggling in there, is challenging for headers or trying to get tackles in. Neither performance is enough but I haven't seen enough from Elliott at all.

Can only pray Fab is fit enough and Salah can get into the game

I'm was half thinking of just doing Fabinho on for Milner but put him CB and Gomez RB and have Trent roaming CM like the last day.

Can't be as bad as the first half.

Its ridiculous we have to start him again. Milner is a player City had as a utility man they let go 8 years ago. How is Klopp expected to compete with this midfield. Its pointless saying but keita and thiago are injured, they constantly are, this is our midfield for the season.

This Gillette ad on repeat x 10 does my nut in.

Yeah the Salah thing is odd he's just not the same. The end of last season he still looked sharp in general play but his goalscoring has deserted him. Seems to be continuing into this season. Very worrying start to the season

Elliott is playing too safe, he has all the talent in the world he just needs to be let loose.

Just after seeing Alisson being caught out as well as Milner for their goal. He won’t get a lot of blame for it because he probably wouldn’t have saved it anyway, but he was badly fooled by Sancho. Took a huge dive to his left.

The biggest thing about Mane is he gives an extra option in behind. Constantly.

As brilliant as Diaz is, he comes short nearly all of the time. Easier to defend that as a team, as you can slow him down.

So there was no protest or walkout after all that talk from the United fans. Funny how it coincided with their new £400k a week signing, fickle isn’t the word.

How is our shooting always so poor, brutal, takes about 10 attacks to score a goal with us lately, so so blunt

Get Gomez off, now.

Get fcuking rid of him

Good night to this game

Leaning kept him on, I thought the same based on feet

Gomez is awful.

Really can't read a game at all