Pre Match | Liverpool vs Everton | PL Matchday 25 | Saturday February 20th 17:30h | Anfield

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Everton set up with one up front (not a regular frontline man) and all behind ball. And we give them the perfect gift of a goal in the first 3 minutes. Going to be difficult after that. Everton with disciplined two lines at the back defending. No pressing our defence so stay in position.

We need to get Salah into the game if we’re to get a goal. Henderson injury maybe a groin abductor injury. Bad luck, non contact injury, but just before of course the Everton player tuggin shirt to prevent our progressinon. And there is the gripe I have in this game, wherin each ball transition, Everton are tugging or fouling with no yellow.

Eventually Gomes gets a yellow, but then Kabak gets one for first offence.

Anyway, we need to do much better. Put Salah in the middle. Nat winning headers as usual since hes in. Kabak should come off, especially with his yellow card. Kabak ball watches too much.

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Definitely, we started very slow and paid the price with that early goal. I don’t like saying this but they looked more up for it than we did.

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Need to move to a 4231 get Jones higher up. Push these back more and try unlock them with Curtis up higher.

Think Klopp has attempted to resolve the issue of playing against 11 defensive players with the players he has bought… Keita, Thiago, AOC, Jota etc… Unfortunately. either injuries have wiped them out, or a lack of enthusiasm from the players themselves when given a chance

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I think we should have started Nat to begin with. And had Hendo back in midfield. Hendo could of dropped deep to help Kabak and Nat… And spearhead our attack from that deep laying playmaker role.

And our midfield is dire. No goals or assists in that lot. Hendo would help in that department. At least with assists…

Biggest disappointment has been Thiago. He is just another mid recycling the ball and looking fancy with some of his chip passes. But he is not really having any impact on the game.

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And that’s exactly what we need. No nonsense defending at the back. Kabak is the worry in the second half with a yellow.

Last two games he was terrified of doing anything after the caution. Everton divers will have a field day.

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Just out of interest what will getting Curtis up higher achieve.

He doesn’t score and he rarely assists.

For last 3 years we’ve relied on Robbo and Trent to create. Fab and Hendo did their defending. Now midfielders are/were at CB and full backs have to defend

What from his own half where he’s playing

For 7 minutes then he needs to lie down for 3 months.

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I still live in hope that we can put two past this lot in 50 minutes. Phillips has done well again since he came on Kabak needs patience more than anything from us at the moment. A Shaq or Naby moment when one of them comes on for Curt, hopefully soon.

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The passing is off, players up front are stationary, not moving around like they should be to set up shots. Overall disappointing half. Hopefully we’ll get it together in the second half!

Souness gets it spot on. We play passive football. Backwards, forward, side to side, all lovely possession stuff, but with no penetration and no end product.

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Phillips looks like he is playing with a point to prove.

Too bad nobody else feels they have a point to prove for the absolute wank fest they’ve served up over the last 3-4 months

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We’ve actually created some good wide positions in this game, but with teh cross coming in, only one or two are in the box. Need midfield runners.

And too narrow. Everton spreading the pitch much better than we are.

This exactly.

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Klopp can’t go moaning to the press or the owners now about having to play his best midfielder in defence after getting in 2 defenders in Jan and only playing one of them and benching the rest of his CDs…

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Absolute shambles of a half compounded by losing Henderson.

How about playing with some intensity and win a few challenges for a change?

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Couldn’t agree more, he’s been pedestrian to say the least