Everton 0-2 Liverpool: In game and Post Match Rejoicing

It's like I've just said to a bitter who said it was either gross incompetence or the ref went in with an agenda to favour one team - the lad's studs were vertical. I don't think he should have gone, but I've seen others go for similar. Reckless to go in with studs showing like that.

People still F***ing moaning about the performance, who cares - we won. That's all that's important come the Derby. You won't be F***ing moaning in a fortnight when we tw*t United will you? No cos you're only interested in them and make out that this game is against a Newcastle/Bolton/Fulham. It isn't, it's the Derby. The hardest game of any season, especially at their ground and we won. That's all that matters, not the performance.

People still F***ing moaning about the performance, who cares - we won. That's all that's important come the Derby. You won't be F***ing moaning in a fortnight when we tw*t United will you? No cos you're only interested in them and make out that this game is against a Newcastle/Bolton/Fulham. It isn't, it's the Derby. The hardest game of any season, especially at their ground and we won. That's all that matters, not the performance.

Bang on.

I would of took a 1nil at the death with them having 90% of possesion.  I dont give a sh*t when it comes to beating them sad acts.

Im just glad about 3 things.

1, 3 away points.
2, no suspensions for us.
3, no injuries.

Table doesn't lie.

Suck the F***ing mister.

2 - 0.

Still cheering and delighted with that win.

I for one could not have been happier in the circumstances and fashion we won the game in. Clearly it was not a red card and Suarez made more of it then he should but suck sh*t that horrible sick and twisted bunch deserved to go down in the worst way possible.

Suck it Everton!

Just wanted to make a few points.

Firstly, as much as I admire him, and as much as I hate to say it, we have to get rid of Carragher. He's old and slow witted. I don't see why we should play an old bloke who is sluggish when we could play a fast young centre back.

Another thing is that our long balls were worrying me against Everton. So many wasted balls just driven long in hope of Suarez producing something magic. Very doubtful, especially seeing as I didn't even notice Carroll was playing.

Lastly, I want to say that I have been so far disappointed with Charlie Adam and I would like to see a Jonjo Shelvey or Jay Spearing playing his role in the coming weeks. He is a quality player but his form is lacking, he gives the ball away to easily and he has one of the worst disciplinary records in the league so far.

Definitely the wrong forum mate the clue is in the title - LFC REDS, THE LIVERPOOL FC FORUM you can fit the word supporter anywhere you like.

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Oh you big man....Perhaps you'd have liked to have walked with me down the Priory rd after the game and flaunted the score line ......doubt it.

F88kin hell you must have been a proud red....just looks a sneaky little gesture though i'm not surprised by the joy shown by others on here.....

Jaysus R_H. That's a bit over the top mate. 

My business partner is a Red and was in the Gwladys Street on Saturday. A red behind him jumped up and cheered and then got escorted out. He said whilst he was being taken out blues were screaming to blues near to him 'tw*t him', 'somebody f**king hit him' others were spitting at him with spit even going on there own supporters.

Lovely bunch.

Anyway two nil, table doesn't lie, f***in unlucky.

Yeah but....2-0.

Not enough he got into the game.....we all know the score by now,sadly he didn't,i'm really not surprised by the Everton fans reaction...not that i condone it in anyway....far from it,it was disgusting..spitting is for low life's and degenerates,i seen various reds getting escorted out after the first goal.....your just asking for trouble if you cheer a goal if your an away fan in the home end....wise up.

A little tact is required when sitting in the home ends.....maybe he'd like to jump up at OT or try ST Andrews...no chance.i sensed the hostility first hand and unless your with friends,always wise to just sit there and smile.

Jaysus R_H. That's a bit over the top mate. 

Just something about that photo that grates me....perhaps i'm being over the top but it just doesn't sit right....one for friends and family only i think not for public consumption.....it's horrible.

It's always nice to relax after a match with a nice glass of Everton whine if you don't mind the bitter after taste it leaves in the mouth.

Stuey has been giving you elocution lessons.
That has his genius writ large all over it.

Nice one FatKop.

or try ST Andrews...no chance.

Over the last 8-10 years, most Liverpool games I've seen have been away games, with me stuck in the home end.  Can echo you sentiments when it comes to St Andrews, not a nice atmosphere, in or out of the ground.  A certain etiquette should be applied when you're in amongst the opposing teams and although I'm in no way condoning spitting or worse, you've got to behave.

Just something about that photo that grates me... it just doesn't sit right

Fair enough and I understand that but maybe if you'd just wrote that ^ ^ ^ it would have been enough mate. Just saying.

A little tact is required when sitting in the home ends... always wise to just sit there and smile.

Agreed; a little tact and the will to live.  

Much as I was delighted with the result, I'm really worried about our performance. It was mediocre at best and in all truth didn't look like we were gonna get the result until Stevie and Bellamy came on. What got me was the amount of space that we allowed Everton when they had the ball. At times we stood off them as though they were the team with 11 and we were down to 10.
Before people jump down my throat and say I'm being knee jerk I'll give you an example of what I mean. At the start of the second half Everton pumped the ball long to Saha. Saha had his back to goal , he had time to bring the ball down, turn round, look up, take a couple of touches and then take a shot which went about a foot passed Reinas right hand post. In all that time he had no liverpool player within 10-15yards of him and only after he had taken his shot did Adam make a belated effort to close him down. Against a better team that could've been worse than it was.
I've noticed in our recent games we tend to stand off teams, the mid field doesn't close players down or press for the ball and for me that worrying.

Another Neg

Fraggle.

At times?
Plural? = More than once?

Yes:  all that event with Saha is true and Pepe went f*****ng ballistic !

The game that I watched ...... that was the only time we didn't close down quickly.

As it was, Le Peroxide Head missed and I think if I'm not mistaken,   we won the game?

You re being a Knee Jerk.

All the bluenose fans who have a problem with Suarez reacting to Rodwells challenge only have to look at Jagielka's ridiculous flop (which rightfully wasn't called) when Dirk went around him and put in that cross for Suarez's header in the beginning of the first half. Suarez didn't do anything more than hold his knee and avoid the brunt of the challenge, if they have a problem with that then they might as well not watch football.

happy days

ynwa

It wasn't a sending off, but that sending off probably kept other Everton players on the pitch.
That might sound odd, but he surely had the red card in the back of his mind for other tackles that were worse later on.
Either way.

2-0

#Thats very astute of you.But most seem to ignore the fact that both Hibbert and Cahill should of had straight REDS.

Rodwell's red was pay back for Mascherano's red two seasons ago. cu*ts.

Old pube head Fellaini should of been dusted that day but he stayed and we still beat them.

11, 10, even with 7 reds on the pitch we'd F***ing batter the shithouses.

2-0!

People still f**king moaning about the performance, who cares - we won. That's all that's important come the Derby. You won't be f**king moaning in a fortnight when we tw*t United will you? No cos you're only interested in them and make out that this game is against a Newcastle/Bolton/Fulham. It isn't, it's the Derby. The hardest game of any season, especially at their ground and we won. That's all that matters, not the performance.

Mate some of them on here these days wouldnt recognise a good result if it bit them in the arse.I dont know what is going on.

Chill indeed.

Everton 0-2 Liverpool says it all.

Smile.

Chill indeed.

Everton 0-2 Liverpool says it all.

Smile.

Like your Charlie Sheen pic......it says it all. #WINNING!

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Jaysus R_H. That's a bit over the top mate.  Undecided

Just something about that photo that grates me....perhaps I'm being over the top but it just doesn't sit right....one for friends and family only I think not for public consumption.....it's horrible.

Now you know how the majority feel about your posts. 248 posts mostly of subtle snide remarks against our club, baiting other forum members, and now having a go at one of our mods. Nobody cares about the blueshites feelings, you have a problem with the photo go find a blue on the street and give them a hug; but stop dragging this forum down.

I can't believe this crap after a derby win and with the scum coming up.

Had an argument with a blue who was calling Suarez a cheat.  He said that Suarez rolling and all the players surrounding the ref was what convinced the ref to give a red card.

I said to him that was bollocks and that the ref went straight for his red card before any Liverpool player even got there.

I've watched it loads of times and as soon as the ref blew the whistle he instantaneously went for the red card.

Some blueshite have got so bitter they are actually now starting to ignore what their eyes are even telling them.  

That's why they keep going to watch that bag of sh*te week after week and blame everyone else for their lack of judgement.

I get the feeling that if we played like we did on Saturday for every remaining game this season and won the PL those who complain about this win would complain about winning the league.

The same probably had a w*nk when h&g were killing us.

Meh.

Everton V Liverpool | Stat Analysis

I believe most neutrals who watched the Liverpool – Everton game would claim the result was for the most part decided once Rodwell was shown the red card. As a Liverpool fan, I believe it played a big part.

The following are some of the select stats as they relate to the team.

Defending  

Liverpool’s defence generally looked solid for much of the game. While they did have some mistakes, they did not look as shaky as they have seemed during certain games this season.

- Liverpool won 56% of their ground 50-50s on the day. They generally maintained their average of 55% for the season thus far. That 1% however does show that players were more than likely to try harder to win balls.

    * There was a notable increase in their aerial 50-50 success %. Our season average marks in at 58% so far. However, Liverpool managed a 7% increase to total out at 65% for their game against Everton.
    * The one area where Liverpool’s stats fell this week was their tackle success percentage. They fell from 76% for the season so far to about 53%. Furthermore, they only managed a tackle every 5.5 minutes in comparison to their season average of 5.
    * Liverpool’s average interceptions per game fell from a close to 11/game to about 6/game.
    * In comparison to their season average of 8 minutes, Liverpool’s defence lost possession every 8.5 minutes.

Analysis:

So, the stats suggest Liverpool did rather well in defence. They generally upped our stats in most areas. The loss of one of their midfielders meant they didn’t have the ability to attack as much.

Liverpool’s tackle percentage and numbers fell in comparison to their season average. I attribute a part of that to their luck and carelessness with cards so far. I believe they were trying to keep composure and not over compensate this week.

The lack of Everton’s attacking threat also meant that Liverpool had fewer interceptions as well as tackles to make at the back. Considering their possession stats were higher as well, it makes sense to assume the defence wasn’t as troubled and as such, some of the stats scored better than their season averages.

With that said, it’s not like Everton quit attacking altogether. As such, Liverpool were solid at the back. Liverpool, for once this season, did not make major defensive errors, didn’t lose possession too many times and won a lot of our 50-50s.

Passing  

I believe Liverpool’s midfield did well to break up play and keep possession. However, I also believe they weren’t as creative as a lot of us would like. Let’s see what some of the stats say :

    * Liverpool’s passing, as a result of their possession for one, was great. They completed 81.41% of their passes which eclipsed their season average of 76.6%.
    * Their open play passing rose 6% from 79% to 85%.
    * Liverpool’s percentage of forward passes fell from around 55% to 52%. However, so did their backward pass %. The right side saw an increase from 22% to 27% for this game in comparison to their season average.
    * Liverpool’s crossing accuracy fell from a season average of 24% to 16%.
    * Liverpool created a total of 11 chances with a chance created every 8.5 minutes. Their season average sees them create a chance every 7.78 minutes. So a drop in this stat.

Analysis : Liverpool had an extra player on the field. As such, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that they had better possession and as a result, more space to make passes. Liverpool’s passing accuracy and ability to hold on to the ball was better than their season averages. As mentioned in the opening note of this section though, Liverpool weren’t very creative.

Due to the nature of the derby, possession is lost easily. Football during this particular derby isn’t always the prettiest. The drop in Liverpool’s forward passing was notable. They seemed to have a plan to keep possession. Pass and move. As such, they had more than usual passes across the line. (Side passes) Something else of note about this is that Kuyt probably saw a lot of the ball.

Liverpool’s crossing accuracy fell quite drastically in comparison to their average as well. However, with the physical nature of this game, it is expected that Liverpool don’t get on the end of all crosses.

Even with a player down, Liverpool still didn’t meet our season average stats of chance creation. That is down to the lack of creativity in my opinion.

Attack

Felt Liverpool didn’t have their usual round of service for this one. However, they did take their chances.

    * Liverpool scored 2 goals. Based on the stats for this game in particular, that rounded out to a goal every 47 minutes. Liverpool’s season average stands at a goal every 83 minutes.
    * Liverpool had 6 shots on target and 6 off target and a shooting accuracy of 50%. In comparison to their season stats, they were 9% better in terms of shooting accuracy.
    * We maintained our average of a shot every 7.8 minutes. (Average of 8 minutes)
    * Our chance conversion shot up from 10% for the season to about 17% for this game.

Analysis : Liverpool were not very creative in the middle of the park. With that said, unlike previous games, they converted some necessary chances. This would have increased had Dirk converted his penalty successfully. The stats for the season suggests that Liverpool generally managed to score a goal a game. So 2 in this game is a definite improvement. We couldn’t see a major improvement in the time it took for shots probably because our chance creation didn’t see much of an improvement either.

Final Words

Liverpool played well. However, they have some areas where improvements are needed. The defence over the last couple of games definitely looks a little more solid. I believe consistency in the starting line up will make Liverpool better.

Liverpool need to create more chances. Even though the opposition were down a player, Liverpool still couldn’t match their chance creation of their season averages. Furthermore, their crossing accuracy wasn’t great either. Liverpool passed to the right more in comparison to the left. That means the likes of Downing are probably not getting as many touches of the ball in comparison to Kuyt. They need to more balance and consistency. Liverpool also need to be able to take advantage of several avenues of play.

Liverpool were more efficient in front of goal this weekend. They also had more shots on goal in comparison to their season stats averages, but Liverpool still lie behind the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal, United, City and Tottenham in terms of chance conversion.

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