Post match: Man City v Liverpool (EPL 10/4/22 4.30pm)

[SBYM]

JK explains the intricacies of the game plan, positioning, the runs to make, how to press etc.

DJ hears, ‘BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH ball BLAH BLAH BLAH net BLAH BLAH BLAH…’

[ILLOK]

@WeeJoe

@ILLOK

Firmino or Mane at the #9 is a must. Jota just didn’t hold the ball up well enough or disrupt City in possession. Mane didn’t play there for too long on sunday but the difference between the two was clear.

At this point I’d have Jota as being first change/need a goal type sub in those games until his off the ball/hold up work becomes as good as Diaz or Mane.

I rarely get the feeling that Jota is playing well. Struggles to hold ball up and lacks awareness of teammates’ runs when on the ball. That said he constantly pops up with important goals which is the most important thing!

Against the likes of City though that’s not enough for me, and it’s not like a front 3 of Diaz/Firmino, Mane and Salah is goal shy.

We need more control of the game, we need to disrupt the opposition more. I think other players offer that more than Jota.

[Bekloppt]

It’s more like - ‘cup your balls like this, and it’ll definitely add to the experience’

[Iftikhar]

With their 14 (or eight) points lead blown away, Cheaty came to this game with lots of trepidations. Now that they have managed to preserve their precious lead, they will be much calmer and confident for the rest of the season.

[Limiescouse]

@PaulRoJo

Citeh were much the better team and they actually defended much better than they used to against us. If they had a clinical striker they could possibly overcome their CL chokeyness.

Im not sure it’s so simple. I think there were still decent sized holes at the bag that we exploited at times. The issue was they defended much better from the front than they have done at times which meant the quality of the ball going forward from us was worse. Whenever we managed to get the ball into their third we looked like we could hurt them, but far too often we got ourselves in trouble trying to get the ball to that point. The irony being Jesus is a big part in why they were able to hurt us like that. But I think even that sort of concession is a bit moot seeing as he also scored. He’s an odious little shit who plays on an unlikeable side, but he’s actually a very good player. If he was to play for us I think we’d rate him quite highly as an option in the Bobby role.

[WeeJoe]

I agree. Its also second nature now to our original front 3. Hope to see Bobby starting. Have 5 subs do Jota and Diaz to smash them off the bench

[Semmy]

@Klopptimist

Presume you shovel coal for a living? Photo of a £5 note to whoever cracks the joke.

God is Love
Love is Blind
sooo
Ray Charles is God?

RIP to my favorite - Richard Jeni

[Klopptimist]

Well, coal shovelers are also called stokers.

[CanuckoLFC]

EVERY ANGLE OF JOTA'S EQUALISER | Diogo finishes a team move at Man City

[Mascot]

@Dutch

I hate to say it but I was really impressed the way they played us. If they keep that level of concentration up for the rest of their PL matches I simply don’t see anyone taking points of them. Perhaps if Simeone orders one of his players to take de Bruyne out …

You’d have said that before Palace though. There are teams they struggle against. Much like us, they should beat anyone on paper - but they do come across teams that can frustrate them, and as well as they did against us, they are not the side of a couple of years ago.

[Aurelio]

My wife decided to go into labor on Sunday morning so unfortunately I missed the match! Still, got a healthy baby daughter out of it so it’s not a bad deal. I said we would have to name her Mo or Sadie if there were heroics performed, but the draw means we’ve stuck with our original name choice.

Haven’t even managed to watch the highlights yet so I can’t comment, but still plenty can happen in this title race. I still believe.

[CanuckoLFC]

Congrats!

[aussielad]

@Aurelio Congrats to you and Mrs.Aurelio.

[RedOpium]

Congrats mate .

[wyld.at.hrt]

@Aurelio

I said we would have to name her Mo or Sadie if there were heroics performed, but the draw means we’ve stuck with our original name choice.

Could’ve named her Drew, I suppose

Congrats buddy.

[auzziez]

Congratulations

[Wilkored08]

Congrats…hope everyone is fine…Ulla sounds good…

[Commando]

Congratulations to you both.

[Iftikhar]

Oh man, that’s such a great news. Hope your daughter and Mrs. are doing fine. Prayers for all of you.

How does Piova or Izarra sound to you

[aussielad]

I’d personally go with Amelia, to be shortened to Milly