Great statement win from the reds, and now on to Newcastle, and a more real test! Play with the same intensity from kick off and I believe we can win again (pending @Draexnael 's thread start and @Colossal_centre_back 's thread posting).
Obviously after a sub par start, like many groups of Liverpool supporters, I’ve been talking with my friends exchanging views about what’s going on and what’s the factor that will make the difference.
A lot was thrown to the table, from the need to buy midfielders, to injuries and red cards all over, to Klopp’s archetypical 7th year in a club, to defence, to player’s form…
…one thing I had said there in the discussion, was that even with the players not being injured, even with another midfielder (as correct as those points may be), we would have probably still have had a bad start and struggle to get results because of conceding first.
And that we were conceding first because of over cautiousness and lack of intensity…we were following the game and reacting, instead of using our strength and not letting the other team breathe from the go.
In the EPL, conceding first and chasing the game with the style we play is really hard, as we are prone to concede again and it’s hard to break a bus for us.
With our style of play, in this league, it’s so important to score first, and to do that, we need a great start, we need to suffocate the opponent.
It’s exactly what we did, and if we keep doing that, and and if we continue scoring first and early, I think we’ll find ourselves again. Players back will obviously help, a midfielder added to our injury prone and ageing midfield will obviously help if it’s the right player, but first and foremost is what we saw yesterday.
MOTM Bobby with a brace of goals and a hat-trick of assists leading the mentality described above, and a trademark no look goal for his 100th for Liverpool. What a legend, my favourite Liverpool player in Klopp era, what a delight to see he can still do this. Special mention to Harvey Elliot for a wonderfully taken goal, and an energetic performance, makes this right sight a constant worry with the triangle created. My third vote if we had a poll would be Diaz, for his brace and being the best player in the first half hour that set the tone, along with a great performance overall.
Up the reds!
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