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Will be time-shifting #LFC today. Watching football on your anniversary is... frowned upon.

The only doubt I have about the Alexander Isak transfer is that those that have a difficult leaving of one club often have some kind of problem when joining the one they always wanted.
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One could make an argument that #LFC is looking to shed distractions in order to right the ship. The Carabao Cup is perhaps one such distraction. This starting lineup and bench selection is not the strongest.
But it will be great to see Woodman, Ramsay, Morrison, and Nyoni in action (alongside Ngumoha, of course).
Palace doesn't have their full strength either, but are a lot closer to i…

If #LFC can get their defense sorted, I think the rest will snap into place better. Kerkez has looked uneven, but I thought defensively he was pretty good tonight.
I'd rather see Bradley start with Robbo and Kerkez rotating. Frimpong available as a sub, pace for the late push against tiring opposition.
And until Konate gets right, there is no stability. It exposes everyone else. Van Dij…

Still holding my peace.
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Non-penalty xG is 1.06 for #LFC to 0.36. Unlucky to be trailing, largely because of a soft penalty.
At some point, the breakthrough will come. Expect Salah off the bench to replace a so/so Frimpong.

Very gullible referee.
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This is also a terrible call, even if it's for #LFC
He's horrid.

Good god, that's a call grossly rounded up.
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Dear god, this referee. No consistency at all.
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Just as bad as Bradley's yellow but this one isn't because........
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Ah discipline, discipline. He'd better hope they don't score a second.
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One of these days, Ibou will accidentally put a free header on target. 🙃
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This is wrong, Jones doesn't have to leave the pitch because it was a carded offense.
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Could have given two yellows on the same play, as the undercut on an aerial Konate is ugly.
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Big save by Alisson! Wow, that was a great through ball and Szoboszlai beaten on a full tilt sprint is a warning sign.
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I will point out that this match commentary sums up some of my frustration with officiating, different competitions be damned.
#LFC conceded beyond the declared stoppage time to lose at Selhurst Park. A substitution in stoppage time allowed the referee's discretion to continue a full minute beyond. 👍
Gamed by "acute" cramping, conveniently timed when the ball is out of bounds …

What has Wirtz done to earn a foul there? How do you assess such a ridiculous performance? Each call is more ludicrous than the one before, as if he's flexing his incompetency.
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Sorry had to laugh.
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Guehi will still ultimately move on, just not this window and it will hurt Crystal Palace financially in the end. I have doubts that their aborting the deal because another deal collapsed will justify both the loss of the fee and the hit to their front office’s reputation. Who now will approach them without extreme reservations?
Guehi, for what it’s worth, still looks classy in the interim. He will likely move to #LFC

Can we get a yellow card for simulation? What in the world was that?
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And there we are.
1-0
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Clear red on Nallo for DOGSO. Pawson gets it exactly right. Second time, isn't it, that he's been sent off playing with the first team?
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I don't know how Hughes escapes a yellow card for that challenge from behind. Ugly stuff in a game that's already over. You don't need it.
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I guess Anthony wants a purple heart.
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Poor Kerkez. Ngumoha won't feed his overlap either.
(He's looked good so far... not having Van Dijk there to yell at him must relieve some pressure.)
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What a fluky bounce. Gomez doesn't get the contact he wants when dispossessing the run and it lands right to Sarr.
Palace had begun to exert some control on the game, but it's been fairly even really.
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Good ball in from Kerkez and Endo is showing the quick, progressive passes that he is capable of doing after winning back possession. Underrated part of his game.
Teams is definitely more aggressive, which has been missing.
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Red card. Now it probably will be a draw.
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This is about what I expected, once I saw the roster selection. For 35', this game was even. Then Palace woke up.
Call me an apologist, but I don't think it's foolish to willingly seek an exit from this competition. Honestly, did you really think #LFC had a real chance of winning the Carabao Cup in their current state? Other than being a trophy, the winner only nets £100,000 in prize …

Federicoooooooooooo! #LFC

Henderson always shows up against #LFC Fantastic and fortunate save.

Feels like one is coming. Much better by #LFC in the second half.

Terrible miss on a free header by Konate.
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Should be 2-0, but for Alisson. What a save!!
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Alisson is saving everything. Incredible performance and he’s absolutely needed as #LFC is too casual out of the back and being turned over too easily.

Henderson with a fine reaction save to deny Wirtz. Lightning in a bottle saves from him today.
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How Kamada doesn’t have a yellow card is a real mystery to me. If not for hacking away then for accumulation.
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I’d rather scrap the massive added time and get to the locker room. This team needs to get right and it isn’t happening on the field.
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Kavanagh. Every time, that guy. 6’ of stoppage? Let’s play a full minute more because Palace have a throw. I have zero doubt he’d have blown it dead at 95:45 if #LFC were on a counter.
Given that Palace played better in composite, Liverpool being decidedly better in the second half, and that I think Salah did handle the ball that VAR somehow missed… seems the result is justice served.
Glas…

Palace were fortunate in a wrongly awarded corner and the chaos in the box that led to their goal. But in every way possible, except for possession, they have dominated. If not for Alisson, this would be a rout.
Aside from Alisson, I have nothing positive to say about #LFC except that they cannot possibly be as poor in the second half.

Also amazing… in the possession ending in the game winning goal, 10/11 players touched the ball. The only one who didn’t?
Szoboszlai 😎
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The thing is #LFC aren’t that far off, but the players that are struggling are REALLY hurting the team.
Salah, I genuinely question if it’s poor form or decline, my head versus my heart. It’s not just this season. Think back to the end of last season at how his numbers plunged. That it was a comfortable run-in helped mask his declining efficiency. It hurts to see.
I don’t know what’s up wit…

Don’t worry, #LFC only host the team with the highest xG in the league next.

Had to time-shift #LFC because of a meeting. 😠 But now I've gone FT and, wow! There is so much to unpack.
Firstly, I agree with Slot's comments. It was certainly very intense, but quality football was not possible. Newcastle seemingly poured all their frustrations about the Isak situation and wanting to be a top club into this, making it an absolute powder keg. As if winning would somehow…

I never doubted Kerkez
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Racing home, tuned in just in time to see #LFC concede. Almost expected that early scoreline, if I’m honest. 😞

Can we replace the VAR official instead?
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Hell, if Kerkez can score one, why not Salah?!?
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If this is a penalty and Gakpo’s wasn’t,then the fix is in.
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Simon Hooper being replaced at the half? I hope it’s not a health concern.
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Brentford deserve to win this game. But how big are the penalties VAR gave and denied?
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Jones being injured is terrifying. Hope it’s not serious. He’s been a force of stability.
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Konate doesnt cover himself in glory on that transitional counterattack. Defensive horror show today.
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That ruling is just not supportable. To me, it looks like the ball is certainly inside the box but the contact is just outside. To upgrade it all to a penalty while in the same damn game saying Gakpo wasn’t clipped in the box? Bananas.
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Isak!!! Welcome aboard!
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Kerkez. I can’t figure him out at all. Trying not to pile on, but he’s a hole in the side that I don’t understand why Slot insists on a continued baptism by fire.
Unused going forward on overlaps. Wasteful when he does get the ball.
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What a horror show of ineptitude.
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Big save. I though Isak was burying that.
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6 minutes of added time will have Moyes fuming from across town.
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Great pressure, steal, and pass from Chiesa. He's been excellent.
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Frimpong's passing has been wildly off-target so far. Rusty or overthinking?
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Chiesa is determined to find fault with the referee. Even when it isn't there. Man after my own heart! 😆
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Beautiful goal and Chiesa has another gem of an assist. Ekitike scores and then gets the second yellow for removing his shirt.
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Hoping that Leoni's injury isn't as bad as we fear. He looked really good, both defending but also sliding out to the right like Ibou does when #LFC is in possession.

Yellow card for Ekitike is correct and easy, but the original call was bananas.
First time I've ever seen Ekitike get upset about anything. Normally a state of zen.
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Chiesa on the right, Ngumoha on the left, Isak central? Seems the logical deployment.
Endo playing as the DM, with Jones and Nyoni advanced.
Excited to see Leoni play.
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#LFC shot hits the post? Definitely not going in. Close from Bradley. Unlucky.

The #LFC defense has narcolepsy, Good block from Bradley, but should it have been necessary?

Isak off to a bright start AND #LFC players are finding him.

The right opponent at the right time for #LFC but one game does not a trend make. Away at Brentford will be a challenge.
* Szoboszlai was my MOTM before the goal. Unquestionably afterwards.
* Wirtz was great, a pair of assists and worked so well with Szoboszlai & Jones.
* Ekitike must always start. He plays with a sophistication far beyond his years, combining well with Wirtz.

Hamstring injury for Frimpong. 😩
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The captain! Great way to silence the critics.
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Definitely a more active press in the second half. I like it.
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There is your Wirtz assist. So many should have been. Gakpo with a tap-in.
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Great cross from Gakpo and Bradley did well with the header, but a fine save.
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Konate! Thunderous header. Another CB finding a way to silence the critics, lol.
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Absolute worm-burner from Szoboszlai, who was already my MOTM. Another assist for Wirtz.
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Nice to have the good fortune to play a team worse at defending corners than we are! 😉
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I had to time-shift #LFC but have finally seen it through to FT. Tough watch. Burnley played a dour, inartistic, inert brand of football that takes all of the art and beauty out of the game. To be clear, I would do the same in Scott Parker's place. It's ugly and joyless, but conditionally necessary. They will need every possible point this season, but it makes for a brutal watch.
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Ekitikeeeeeeeee!!!!!
What a strong run and clinical finish. Great one time pass from Robbo, who might be slower, but still sees the field excellently.
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Unlucky for Mo. A square pass would have scored, but you can't fault him for trying to bury it there. I wish he would have, not for the scoreline, but instead for his confidence.
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LFC have been close on a lot of tight action, but hadn't gotten the bounces. Ekitike got a fortunate bounce and then had the keeper leaning the wrong way. Cool as you'd like in finishing opposite side.
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Chiesa still sprinting to win the ball, ahead by 4 goals. 😍
Slot has to give him more minutes. Maybe he is best as a super sub, but shouldn't you have to give him a look with some regular starts too?
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Only one person has to be marked on corners. An #LFC botch it.

I know what the narrative will be, but it’s inaccurate. #LFC had 2.76 xG versus 1.26 for United. Gakpo hit the post three times. Salah missed a chance he never misses. The referee, I think reasonably, did not blow the play dead on a head injury, resulting in a goal. A handball in the box was correctly not given.
My point is that it took a lot of good fortune for United to win. It’s clear that LFC…

Indefensible ruling by Oliver on that foul. My god that’s terrible.
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He’s been off target, but Ekitike has come on strong and determined. I like it.
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There is reason for hope. #LFC aren’t playing well, but the stats are generally even. If anything LFC have had the better attack: xG of 0.09 to 0.58. Chelsea have gotten into dangerous positions, but have only one shot on target to show for it. (It was a howitzer though.)
LFC can improve with subs. Can Chelsea?

I don’t even know what to say about Salah. Bereft of confidence.
Even Gakpo would have hit the woodwork…
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Are you not entertained?
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Screened by an offside player?
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LAST TEN MINUTES, THAT'S WHAT!!!
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Still time. One team is a goal over double their xG and winning. The other is on half their xG and losing. It just takes a finish. The chances are there.
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Head injury should stop play, but it’s asking too quick of a decision from a referee I think. I didn’t know it was a head injury at the time, to be fair. Goal stands, regardless. Defense has really been a weakness this early season.
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Thumping header from VVD. And seeing Simeone whining and trying to get after some scouser in the stands? DEEEE-licious.
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I REALLY like putting Kerkez on, if for nothing more than the psychological boost. Perhaps a lesson learned from the way Quansah was handled?
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I still don't understand how the Atleti goal was allowed to stand. Griezemann was clearly an influence on the play in an offside decision. Might have even screened Alisson.
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Several times this half, defending midfield Atleti players have moved to block off the passer to prevent the return pass or the run. Smart, but dark artsy. Has gone unpunished.
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The EPL and CL starts were filled with difficult matches:
Bournemouth (4th)
Newcastle away (10th)
Arsenal (2nd --ALWAYS 2nd 😇)
Burnley away (17th)
Atleti
If #LFC have managed to eke out late wins while struggling to gel, what will it look like when they get sorted? It's tantalizing to think about.