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Saw this on the guardian live feed... made me chuckle...
"Liverpool are finding it too hard to pass their way through West Ham's mass defence. They need to go old school - play it long, get a corner and punch the keeper in the face..."
Great tactical sub by Brendan getting Lucas on and taking Coutinho off.
We won the midfield in the 2nd half and Lucas was probably the best player of that half together with Sterling.
I knew we'd win in the end, it is a bit worrying that two pens won us the game. Guess, fans who hate us are raging today.
Anyway I'm not gonna be too harsh on Suarez, Sterling and Sturridge. They did what they could but West Ham defended with 8 men all the time, barely gave them any space.
Gerrard was pinging some great balls throughout the whole game. He's going to be massive on Sunday.
And of course ice cold veins to score both penalties, especially the second one, with so much riding on it. He was great the whole game for me; didn't rush things, passed neatly, and of course, made some of the boss pings you mentioned. He was easily my MOTM today.
Gerrard was pinging some great balls throughout the whole game. He's going to be massive on Sunday.
By the way, I thought that we actually defended the set pieces very well. Other than that obvious cheating, I don't think they had any clear cut chances from the high balls into the box. Skrtel was a beast and Sakho an able assistant at the back.
Diame was a very tough assignment for Flanagan. Kudos to the lad for winning the penalty but he clearly struggled the whole game.
Also, while our subs were boss, I thought Allardyce's subs were crap - removing Nolan and Diame helped us more than them.
He says it looked like Carroll fouled Mignolet though. Fair play there like.
I thought Sakho and Skrtel did an outstanding job of making Mr. Ponytail uncomfortable.
Sakho barging into him a few times and putting him on the deck was quite amusing.
The fact that Steven Segal light was reduced to tumbling to the ground over and over in an attempt to dupe the referee because of the physicality of our defenders speaks volumes IMO.
Diame looks excellent every time we play them. With a ludicrously priced get out clause (2.5 million or something) he'd be a very useful option to bring in. He's a great tackler and strong midfielder but can pass and dribble too. I rate him very highly.
Hahahaha. 'Talking about officials rather than a clean competitive game' says fat Sam.
Fuck. Off.
Diame looks excellent every time we play them. With a ludicrously priced get out clause (2.5 million or something) he'd be a very useful option to bring in. He's a great tackler and strong midfielder but can pass and dribble too. I rate him very highly.
I agree with this word for word. I have always rated him, thought he did well again today as well.
Would be a great option for us next year in midfield with the number of games we will play in the league, cups, and Champions League.
Agreed. It's why, while I found Flanagan's performance wanting today, I knew it was also a bit harsh as that was one tough assignment. Even out of position, Diame is still a good, pacy and skilful player and he clearly had the upper hand today over our youngster. I was glad Allardyce pulled him - honestly, I felt our chances of winning went up when he did that.