Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Fabulous take, turn, and run there again.

Not too surprising really that it's taken a couple of weeks for a lad moving to a new league in a new country to get up to speed. Another example that maybe it's good for us to have a bit of patience with lads.

Great to have Diogol and Fun Bobby's songs get an airing, with both actually on the bench to play a part at some stage.

I know it’s a derby and the players will naturally be more fired up for it, but this performance absolutely must be the standard going forward. There’s no excuse not to be playing with this intensity each week.

Interesting to see how our midfield is playing... could see this game being a trial run for the Madrid game. Fab is playing even deeper than a regular 6 a lot of the time, often almost like an extra CB, with Bajcetic doing most of the breaking up in midfield. Takes the pressure off Fab, and we've looked more solid and organised than we have in ages as a result.

Things being that one level deeper has given Gakpo some room to drop into at times and pick up the ball as well, which has suited him.

Bajčetić is a lock for motm surely?

By the book Doucoure should be off, clear yellow foul then thumps the ball away well after the whistle.

Robertson did absolutely nothing there, entirely Pickford storming out to give him a dig.

Does Coady not get a card for grabbing Robbo by the neck there??

Robertson's reaction was hilarious - he just burst out laughing at Pickford's pathetic bump

He got booked for the ball being kicked away and not for the foul, after Grey wasn't penalised for a 3 footed lunge. Referee has let away a lot of petty niggly sh1t all evening and it's culminated in that handbags crap with a Pickford and Coady. No one got hurt yet, but no thanks to the referee.

We've been better tonight without being brilliant. Good to see a few bodies like Bobby and Jota back, Virgil on the bench /bouncer too, so who knows.... I said it before I'd NEVER write this team off, top 4 here we come 😂

He's already on a yellow, and I'd say with the score as it is the ref doesn't want things to kick off any more than they already have with a sending off.

Can't see it myself:)

Some ball from Elliott up the line to Milner there!

That'll do donkey, that'll do.

Good to get some goals and try build some momentum.

Best thing about tonight was the return of energy, intensity, counter pressing & counter attacking. Green shoots there. Nunez looks like he has that dog in him and prepared to dig in. Bajcetic composed abd enjoying being a bit higher up the pitch.

Nice to get a few bodies back on the pitch too.

Relief for Gakpo, and relief for Klopp.

Quite a few moments this evening where one of the midfielders would put in a tackle, not win the ball but knock it loose, and have another of the midfielders mop it up. It was a midfield performance munch more reminiscent of our league winning season where their job was entirely workhorse and there to facilitate the fullbacks supporting the attack.

This is by no means a "back to our best" post, but I hope this midfield (not necessarily the personnel but the positioning) is the blueprint moving forward this season.

Yup, I wasn't sure about him for the Madrid game - but tonight was transformative for him. He went from a good tidy player to someone who ran the show. And as much as I've given out about Fabinho, he looked better in his new position tonight with a lot less responsibility. His reading of the game is still good, so dropping deeper and letting Bajcetic handle all those step-out interceptions gives us an extra defensive safety net.

I think that almost-sweeper role, and actually just regular CB should be Fabinho's positions from now on. Can't handle a regular 6 role, but still has something to offer in less dynamic roles.

Bajcetic was signed as a CB. That's some great coaching and development to have him playing in midfield now.

He was the last youth player to come in before the Brexit rules and it was between Liverpool / Man Utd to sign him. A nice win to get the player in as he looks like he can becomes a really good player.

Sounds like Mo really enjoys playing with Darwin, was very positive about him in the post-game interview. Bajcetic speaking very well for an 18 year old in his second language.

Great confidence boost. Fingers crossed we can kick on.

Definitely need two or three midfielders. Don't want the same to happen to Baj that has happened to all the others

Nice interview from Gakpo there

With all the moaning about the Argentina goal at the World Cup where the subs were on the pitch would the Everton goal have stood as technically one of the subs was standing on the pitch for the corner 😁

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