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Bradley AND Frimpong! 👏
Will be time-shifting my watching and going radio-silent. Hoping for a strong performance.
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I'd like some kind of investigation if any bets for a red card for West Ham were laid.
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Simon Hooper is being gamed here. Complete lack of confidence he will be able to keep the spice out of this game.
Newcastle are effective when they are allowed to play physical football. LFC are decidedly not, being a bit soft overall.
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Ekitike or Sexytike? My god. What a run and finish!
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Ibou! Feel for him and happy/sad all at the same time. Must be so hard.
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Bananas decision by Simon Hooper. My good, he’s so atrociously incompetent.
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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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Risky from Gordon, even if the officials allow it because of impact location.
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Burn should be off for that.🟨🟨
Simon H👀per doesn’t see it that way.
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Nobody knows the handball rule anymore, least of all Simon Hooper. Two in a row ignored.
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Wirtz to Ekitike!!! Something we’re likely to be cheering for years!
1-1 in an 11v12 game so far.
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Four consecutive terrible decisions by Simon Hooper. Four!
The home crowd is giving him righteous condemnation.
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Very fortunate with the woodwork to once. Definitely could use some possession, if nothing else tha to relieve pressure.
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Watching emotionally and not analytically, but it seemed like a tactical shift to their shape out of possession around 25’ in put #LFC into a better shape to clog passing lanes and disrupt Newcastle. Particularly in the midfield. It could also be that Simon Hooper stopped calling ridiculous “fouls” and let the game play. 🤷‍♂️
Ekitike has obviously been brilliant. Their player ratings aren’t spec…

The wind appears to be the main winner.
As with that goal.
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Wirtz!!!!! Unselfish from Salah, who hasn’t been great today, overall, but understood that Burn coming to double him meant he was abandoning Wirtz in space. 🧠
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Lucky to have that contested ball come to him, Gordon. Kerkez not close enough and Alisson could have been better.
Probably deserved on overall play, but damn.
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Have to time-shift the match until much later tonight. Might be a blessing.
I hope for our luck to turn, our players to return to form, and that we find firm footing to use as the foundation for the rest of the season.
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In the second half we'll be playing with the wind. So look out for shots going well over the bar.
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Mac Allister with a header that crossed the line before the keeper could parry it back out.
Good flick on from Ekitike, but a bit of box slop. About time that happend FOR #LFC
Is that two set piece goals in two games?
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I'm quite sad that I have to maintain my silence.
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I'm quite sad that I have to maintain my silence.
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Another Gakpo left footed shot, did you say?
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Van Dijk shoots like a defender or it'd have been 6.
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The inverse of the Salah to Szoboszlai free kick from the last game.
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I don't know that I've ever seen player ratings for an entire side be so low.
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Feels a bit like a feeding frenzy as Mac Allister gets a tap in for the brace.
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Fede! Confident finish on a Van Dijk 2v1. If it stands, that's three assists for VVD.
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Such a gorgeous ball in from Mo and perfectly timed run from Mac Allister, but he scuffs what would have been the hat trick.
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The Qarabag defense is shockingly disorganized, but they've managed to get a block on a couple of the open shots. Gakpo unlucky on a couple.
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The second touch from Ekitke... :chefkiss:
And you know he's 💯 scoring when facing a closing keeper freely.
Good find by Virgil to thump it out to him.
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Think that's two left footed shots from Gakpo tonight, which the second wasn't half bad. He clearly is trying to diversify the known commodity of always cutting in, reverse Arjen Robben style.
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Wirtz! 5 goals in 9 games say the commentators. Great combo with Ekitike through traffic. Kept the defender in his pocket with a choice to foul him or release, neither a good option.
Clinical finish.
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Frimpong down with a groin injury? Class from Qarabak to play it out, when they didn't have to.
Ridiculously bad luck on the defensive injury front.
Endo coming on in replacement and now the LB and LCB are not proper defensive backs.
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Good confidence builder, certainly, but it shows how much stronger the EPL is relative to the Champions League. At this moment, 5 of the top 8 UCL spots are EPL teams.
Don't have a clear MOTM today. So many players were excellent. I'll give it to Endo for doing so much dirty work and filling in seamlessly.
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Simon Hooper. Such a buffoon.
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Man of the year, Szoboszlai.
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Instead of blind crosses into the box, #LFC should instead feed bounce passes in Szoboszlai’s direction and let him blast the half-volley on frame.

Chiesa, Arne. Give us Chiesa. And Rio.
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How is this not immediately a penalty?!? Nor at all?
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This sub is overdue. Wirtz has been visibly gassed for ten minutes or more.
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Losing is bad enough, but having to listen to Martin Tyler while losing is so much worse.
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I cannot understand what Van Dijk is thinking, nor can I fathom any argument in his defense.
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Ekitike has such a quick release. Capable of snapping one off with real power and surprising a keeper.
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Dreadful defense. Kerkez too often gets wrong-sided. He has to be inside on that run and he’s lost again.
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I also haven’t bellyached about Simon Hooper yet, but here is a 5 second burst where he gets it spectacularly wrong twice.
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Horror show from Van Dijk. Tough to hold others accountable for poor performances when the captain himself is playing extremely poorly.
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In the shadow of defensive pratfalls, lurks a real elephant in the room.
LFC spent massively on offense and they can't score. They've an aging superstar in Salah, who looks finished. He can't be benched without blowing huge amounts of political capital, but at this point Slot almost has no choice. This decision is overdue, and yes, it hurts!
The wing-heavy attacking ideas that carried #LFC

I still would like to understand the no penalty decision for Ekitike. I mean, sure, there’s the en vogue precedent of ruling in whichever way harms #LFC maximally, but there is usually some flimsy rationale trotted out.

Konate cannot get out jumped there. Maybe he’s climbed over, but he’s got to be stronger.
Add another tick mark to the set piece disaster tally.
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Also Kerkez, it occurs to me, has probably not attacked a low block a lot until this season. While his final pass has frustrated me, he’s having to learn on the fly. He’s had a pretty solid game today and seems to be trending in a positive direction.
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I’d like to see Chiesa get another start, but he didn’t exactly make a compelling case for it today. Wasn’t bad, but didn’t stand out either. To be fair, some regular play might allow him to settle in better. But then again, he might be best as a super sub.
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Started late but am now caught up. Too slow and cautious early, but as Wolves tired (and defending so much is exhausting!) cracks began to appear.
Frimpong, we know, is lightning quick but has really good control as well. His burst surprised the defense.
Wirtz has been magnificent. Beautiful pass from Ekitike, who has shined even in a game against a low block.
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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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This is the way for #LFC this season. Box slop, defensive shambles, set piece vulnerability, godawful luck, PKs not given. It’s been a perfect storm of misery.
The failure of their shooting… 14 shots but only 4 on target is a failure. 0.83 xG in a game that was wide open for the latter bit of the final half? Poor.
With Gomez now injured (again) and Konate struggling (and now sadly coping wi…

I had to walk away in disgust. #LFC defending is so awful. Whether you think it’s more on Kerkez’s lack of awareness on the run or Van Dijk blundering the run on side, it’s far too easy.
For me, Van Dijk has not is showing that he’s not nearly as quick nor as strong as he’d been historically. The casual play he could get away with in the past, he is now unable to and it’s costing the side dearly…

Szoboszlai!!!! Free kick genius.
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Replay shows no foul at all, of course.
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Hell of a header/shoulder. Van Dijk needed that and so did #LFC

All but one of the corner balls have been so tight to the keeper and too easily claimed.
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Promoted set piece coach has plenty of work to do. Two very poor corners, both lacking for quality in service.
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Watching Gravenberch be too gassed to stay with Christie and setting up a 3v2 was terrifying. Fortunate to escape.
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Ekitike was the one getting kicked and otherwise there is no foul. But it’s called anyway, as is on brand this season.
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Even Lee Dixon(!) has been critical of the officiating, this time as they somehow miss a clear save and give a goal kick. Buffoonery.
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I don’t know why Alisson didn’t come and claim that ball in, but more so what the heck Van Dijk is doing? Gomez is late because he too is expecting better.
So inept, defensively. Not tactics, but individual failures.
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That’s a foul outside the box and he’s standing right there and ignores it because Ekitike doesn’t ever dive. If PGMOL really cared to cut down on dives, they could actually do so in instances like this.
FFS they gave a foul seconds ago against #LFC when there was zero contact. In the same damned position on the field.
And then Rio doesn’t go down and another fouls is swallowed. This woul…

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…

Cheeky attempt from Mo there.
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how in the world is that a foul on Frimpong?
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Lol, Frimpong with a ping pong shot that scores.
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Never safer than a Gomez free look on goal. One day... 🙏
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Big save from Alisson after three defenders nearly bungled it.
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Alisson with a fine save after a set piece is initially defended and #LFC do their classic trick of going to sleep and not closing down everything after.

Gorgeous counterattack! Salah to Szoboszlai to Ekitike. Offside though.
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Gomez has looked really solid. Cut out a decent looking counter before it could get started.
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Van Dijk with a Konate moment. Can't break up that partnership, even with one not even present.
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Close from Mac Allister! Pushed it a yard wide.
Good stretch of minutes, but compare how narrow #LFC are in possession to that of Marseilles. It's like a practice drill where you're playing on a tiny pitch.

Gakpo! I feared Gravenberch had waited too long, but his pass caught a tired Pavard leaning the wrong way.
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Really good save from the Marseille keeper. Surprised he was so disciplined, as I was buying pass all day.
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Oh my goodness, Gakpo gifts Salah a free run in on goal and he's got Jones for a tap in and instead duffs it badly.
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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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Szoboszlai! Gem of a free kick, keeping it low and tucking it just beyond the keeper's reach!
Happy to have that one, after a tough week.
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Could have been two yellows issued, despite advantage being played on the clip of Frimpong. None given, which is fine. Referee has been good overall.
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Gravenberch is not off to a great start. A scuffed header led to the best Marseilles chance and just now easily dispossessed.
Needs to settle in a bit.
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Isak! Great reaction from #LFC in the quick counter and a lovely vertical pass from Wirtz.

Sadly an OG, but the first touch from Frimpong on the driving dribble was fantastic. A much sharper angle than I expected, but his speed is such that it makes sense.
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This season has been so cruel.
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I am literally screaming “just possess”!
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Hope that’s a cramp for Wirtz and not a hamstring.
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Head injury. How does John Brooks not know this? Basic.
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Clown shown defending. Just buffoonery in clearing loose balls.
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