Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Think we play twice before Newcastle play again,Spurs will probably be 4th by then

3 of the next 5 league games at home,

2 away are Palace , and Bournemouth , two struggling sides, like that matters. But we should be winning all 5!

Eddie Howe is the first manager to lose 10 consecutive league meetings with Liverpool😅

If we're honest, that still wasn't good enough. But being clinical with our only chances in the first 20 was key.

Too porous in midfield, but VVD was immense.

Hopefully it gives confidence for this week.

If we get top 4 after the head start we've given everyone again ... lol.

Wonder who the third midfielder will be against Real? Bajcetic and Hendo look fairly nailed on after coming off on the hour mark. Will he bring in the energy of Keita or Elliott maybe, or stick with the trio that have gotten the back to back wins, even with Fabinho still looking shaky?

Great result but a poor performance.

Newcastle had conceded 13 all season before today, we had 2 good goals and a third chance that forced a red card mistake within 22 minutes.

We didn't do much after that but we also didn't have to, we played the game out and didn't concede.

Could be jota with the amount of pressing/tracking he does also not bad going forward

Actually wouldn’t be a bad shout to play two up front and Jota as a pressing 10 hounding their defensive mid. Hard to say who that’ll be at this point with Tchouameni badly out of form, but they tend to see a fair bit of possession in the build up so having a constant pressure on that position could be a key to victory. Man City did it to Fabinho in the league match at the Etihad towards the end of last season and it completely nullified us in the first half.

We obviously play nothing like Man City, especially this season, but the Real game is one where we have to think a bit more about stifling them than we usually would, given our lack of control in midfield.

I’d go with the same back four as today, Henderson, Bajcetic and Keita as a midfield three with Jota sitting just ahead of them, behind Salah and ideally Nunez but if he’s not fit, I’d stick with Gakpo over Bobby.

Man City concede more goals in the 76th- 90th time frame than they score, which is not the City of last few years. Haaland most likely the reason, he'll score goals, typically 3 or 4 against the minnows in the league, but won't score many against the top teams, or defend from the front

He absolutely was that bad.

2 goals in 28 appearances confirms your opinion and there was me thinking he was a cult hero.

3pts off 4th if we win our game in hand,😄

The stick Karius gets is really unfair.

If you accept that the CL final performance was influenced by a pretty bad knock to the head, which I do, then you should be able to overlook that. After that, he was a perfectly decent keeper. He had a few mistakes him, but generally he was grand. And the grief he gets for his Instagram is disproportionate too.

I find it really sad how the last five years have gone for him and would love him to be a hero next weekend

The injury to Nunez is a concern. If he isn't fit to play on Tuesday then we have lost a major threat and the balance of our team will shift the tie in Madrid's favour. Jota and Firmino both need minutes on the pitch to get sharp and I think the Champions League game is too soon for them to have an impact.

Weird game yesterday I had a feeling we'd get a result between Newcastle not being in great form and us half turning a corner against Everton.

The first half was brilliant counter attacking performance. Second half we looked like we were the team down a man. Can't go wrong with 6 points in the last two games and no goals conceded though.

Now we just have our European arch nemesis Madrid to deal with but I'm more confident than I was a week ago.

You can tell we won the thread is dead

Top 4 is on!

I wasn't able to watch the game with too much concentration last night as I was watching Paul Heaton sing about Gini Wijnaldum.

Great start but then sort of stopped and just played for the counter attacks. Some would say boring and not going for the jugular but I would say smart because they could rest their legs before the CL game on Tuesday. Also this is a team that has been lacking legs in recent months so it's no harm in saving them where possible. Alisson had some big saves to make but at the same time I'm nearly happier with the clean sheet than the extra goals. I think that will do the team more good. While it's also nice to see Gakpo on the scoresheet and Nunez doing Nunez things.

Hopefully the Nunez injury is not a bad one.

I wonder if there's any direct link to the likes of bajčetić, gakpo and Nunez looking solid, combined with Elliott not starting, that has performed a mini exorcism here......

Also Karius **** the bed on loads of occasions for us.

The CL final was just the final straw.

Four goals at Bournemouth, palming a ball out to Victor Wanyama late on against Spurs at Anfield, they are just ones that come to mind.

I seem to remember a goal or two conceded late in our semi final win against Roma too which made the second leg nervier.