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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…

In 1953 we fell out of the 1st Division for 8 seasons until Shankly created the structure to get out of the 2nd division and be the kind of club we know now.
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Don’t worry, #LFC only host the team with the highest xG in the league next.

Federicoooooooooooo! #LFC

I never doubted Kerkez
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Henderson always shows up against #LFC Fantastic and fortunate save.

Ah discipline, discipline. He'd better hope they don't score a second.
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Racing home, tuned in just in time to see #LFC concede. Almost expected that early scoreline, if I’m honest. 😞

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

Can we replace the VAR official instead?
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Terrible miss on a free header by Konate.
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Hell, if Kerkez can score one, why not Salah?!?
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Should be 2-0, but for Alisson. What a save!!
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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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I'm quite sad that I have to maintain my silence.
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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.

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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Henderson with a fine reaction save to deny Wirtz. Lightning in a bottle saves from him today.
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I'm quite sad that I have to maintain my silence.
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Konate doesnt cover himself in glory on that transitional counterattack. Defensive horror show 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…

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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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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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.

Rough days. I believe it will get better, as there is so much talent in the squad. But it’s increasingly difficult to see the vision and that there is any tangible momentum to get there. Change can be chaotic, but the many self-inflicted injuries don’t help. Some roster decisions, e.g. Salah, Kerkez, etc. don’t seem supportable.
The failure to land Guehi mixed with the injury to Leoni have kept an out of form Konate in the lineup. Gomez? Endo?

Sorry had to laugh.
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And there we are.
1-0
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Isak!!! Welcome aboard!
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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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I guess Anthony wants a purple heart.
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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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Red card. Now it probably will be a draw.
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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.

I'm so fed up of Carragher and his tedious comments.
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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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Unsurprisingly, I haven't heard the term 'parking the bus'.
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Robbo gets soundly beaten to the inside, which just can’t happen. Give them the touch line, but never allow them inside.
Alisson with a great save, but the lack of awareness by every LFC player leads to the goal.
When it rains, it pours. The team has some key injuries, but far more depth and quality than what we’re seeing.
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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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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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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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Does removing Konate improve the defense? This is what I’m genuinely pondering.
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Good movement now. Forest always outstanding at blocking shots. They’ve had some key ones.
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The goal is to claw back to a Champions League spot, which seems laughable presently, but the span from 11th where #LFC currently languish to 4th will be anywhere from 2-5 points by the end of the weekend. There are a lot of "ifs" required, but there is enough talent in the squad that it should be possible to make a decent push towards it.
The priority must be to shore up the defense. K…

I thought Kerkez was good today. Not asked to do much, but he was steady and he needs to have a bit of that.
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In fairness, I’m not sure that was a handball for the disallowed goal. The replays were all terrible, so the on field decision must stand.
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We are imploding. Mac Allister gambles again in such a high risk scenario and the rest of the squad cannot rotate in defense.
Shambles.
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Could a team be worse defending corners?
Could be offsides if we hold the same precedent as City. We all know how this standard works.
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It’s like we’re living in an episode of Quantum Leap and the show has opened with Scott Bakula’s character finding himself trying to play central defense as Konate.
I genuinely can’t understand what has happened to him. He’s so far off where he once was.
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Konate’s defending on the wrongly disallowed goal was very poor. He got wrong sided and lunged in effectively. Earlier, he panicked and scuffed the ball out for a corner that would become the wrongly allowed goal. (Yes, I’m petty.)
It’s not solely his play that is sinking #LFC this season, but the inability to replace him might well be. Shipping goals to team that have no real attack and having t…

Reading the Bradley & Wirtz injury news. With Frimpong out still, will Slot go with Gomez or put Szoboszlai at RB again? Endo? Curtis Jones?
I might initially try Szoboszlai and put Curtis Jones in the middle, allowing the freedom to pivot in the second half. For me, both will be on the pitch, and I think Dom has better defensive capacity. But you sure hate to blunt his progressive impact.
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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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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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I don’t even know what to say about Salah. Bereft of confidence.
Even Gakpo would have hit the woodwork…
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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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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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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.

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 had thought this to be the 3rd of 3 really tough games. Win one and I’d be happy because entering this stretch, #LFC were really playing poorly. We’ve won 2 and I thought we’re playing with house money.
City, at home, have been excellent and LFC less so. I was braced for a loss and at peace with that possibility. Bad luck on two goals can happen, but damn this officiating farce. I am livid abou…

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…

No luck, but bad luck.
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Token foul for Salah,so as not to appear one-sided.
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Van Dijk!!!!
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The “giant Georgian”!
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Good save on Szoboszlai by Donnarumma. It would have been disallowed had it gone in for reasons to be determined later. 🧂
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Doku really has been spectacular. MOTM easily. #LFC

It’s a looooong time to review a clear and obvious error.
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Great ball across from Salah. Would have made it 2-2* if Gakpo finished it.
* yes, I know, but I’m petty like that.
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Nonsense. Doku is in the exact same sight line. Letter of the law, but not the spirit of it.
Always uphill against PGMOL.
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