We twatted Villa without hurting them - maybe more because they allowed us to than anything but so what. They sat back and invited us on them. We got into a few dangerous positions, especially with the full backs overlapping. What we lacked was somebody willing to take on the Villa defence, running at them, until Sterling came on.
Coutinho looks to have a cob on that Suarez has gone and now seems unprepared to pass to anybody in an advanced position. Balotelli, I've never rated highly anyway, doesn't do enough for me. Lallana, again somebody I don't rate, looked out of place. Markovic looked to have moments but wasn't consistent enough. Gerrard and Henderson were both too deep and neither broke on ahead of the front line to give us an extra runner. Sakho is a liability. Lovren has struggled to make the step up from Southampton to Liverpool. Moreno started slowly then grew into the game. Manquillo was alright. Mignolet didn't do a lot wrong.
Something was really lacking from the performance. It was almost as if the players had one eye on Tuesday night instead. There was no urgency to our play, too lethargic throughout. Lack of movement from the front four. Just a bad day all round.
Put ourselves in a difficult situation already. This was a chance to captalise on dropped points by Arsenal, City and Tottenham and we failed to do so. Have to win against West Ham and Everton now.
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