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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…

Van Dijk!!!!
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No luck, but bad luck.
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The “giant Georgian”!
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Doku really has been spectacular. MOTM easily. #LFC

Token foul for Salah,so as not to appear one-sided.
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It’s a looooong time to review a clear and obvious error.
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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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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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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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The closure wasn’t quick enough, but that’s some bad luck. City have been better, certainly, but this scoreline should be closer.
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Difficult to compete with Haaland in the air, but Konate should have done better, which is a recurring theme. He is a mess this season. 😢
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Did VAR even look at it? If so, that review was FAR shorter than the penalty given and even shorter than checking to see if Marmadashvilli was off his line for the save.
We just want consistency and this smells bad.
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I don’t know how we can look at a replay for minutes to determine if there was contact and decide to give the penalty, then disallow a goal in seconds when there is clear evidence the player was not in Donnaruma’s sight line.
PGMOL is such a disgrace.
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Still holding my peace.
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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?

Ah discipline, discipline. He'd better hope they don't score a second.
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Oh this decision is madness. #LFC

Courtois always plays against #LFC like he's sold his soul to the devil. That's a great save.

Two minutes of stoppage is a joke.
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What a touch by Isak to lay it down.
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Honestly, that's the correct call. It's also NEVER a call #LFC would get on the other end.

Fucking Anthony Taylor. My god, what an absolute hack!
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Courtois and then everyone else. My god, they are so lucky.
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Slot never one to shy away from a bold substitution. 😳
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Referee didn't even look at that challenge. It's a yellow for sure.
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Real Madrid don't get called for fouls often, but when they do... 🟨
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Ten minutes in, exceeded the shot output for the first half. Improved.
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Kerkez and Gakpo really don’t have much chemistry. Hope that improves soon.
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First foul on Real Madrid and of course they are complaining even though it's clear as day. (#LFC have 5, don't you know...)

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 the referee could perhaps block our players a little bit less often, that would be great. Twice in under a minute.
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Wirtz is really strong on the press. Just gets after it and would be so annoying to play against. Very solid performance.
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Goalie obstruction to slow or kill a counterattack is always a yellow. Except when it’s Chelsea and Anthony Taylor.
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This is the fourth time the commentators have watched the replay and said there is absolutely no foul at all. All four against #LFC

Great ball in and even Courtois can do nothing. As I've said before, "Never go in against an Argentinian midfielder in a crowd"
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Look, I don't think it's a handball. But if it is, in the same way that Van Dijk was penalized for the edge of the box... this is exactly that.
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Should be a yellow for simulation. Maresca looks like a clown for arguing it and gets a card. And, predictably, Taylor has lost control of the game.
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He absolutely missed Cucurella tugging Bradley’s shirt to gain the space, but did see Bradley’s grab to recover. No justice. He’s an awful referee, Anthony Taylor.
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Cannon of a shot, but given so much welcome to keep coming. Van Dijk thought to honor the other attacker, but the rest of the defending was terrible. Mac Allister just jogging in behind. Konate late to close down.
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Hurts. Robbo doesn’t have the quickness of an 18 year old and a blind prayer of a pass did us in.
The narrative will be that Chelsea were deserving winners, but while they had lots of possession in the final third, #LFC were more dangerous.
Slot needs to be brave with Salah. I love him & he’s earned some grace, but he’s been poor again and the hope he’ll find a moment isn’t worth it.

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

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…

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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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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Can we get a yellow card for simulation? What in the world was that?
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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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 …

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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Also, special shout out to Wirtz who has weathered so much criticism as he's tried to adapt. He was the best we'd seen him tonight. I salivate at the prospect of him growing further.
And while Ekitike had a middling rating on FotMob of 6.3, I think his job was extremely difficult and he was far better than that number. He has a sophistication in reading the moment that is amazing for such a young player.

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.
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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.

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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Isak!!! Welcome aboard!
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What a horror show of ineptitude.
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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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Big save. I though Isak was burying that.
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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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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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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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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 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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