After watching the game 3 times now, whilst it's not a good performance, it's also not the precursor to the oncoming apocalypse, that I was led to believe by reading some of the posts on here and elsewhere.
A few discussion points, I've mean saying for a while now, our back line doesn't communicate well enough. It's been awful, not one player has taken on a leadership role in the back five and it seriously needs addressing.
We look unbalanced without a left footer on the pitch and it caused us issues when attacking.
I don't like bashing refs, they make mistakes, I like mistakes, best part of the game for me, but awarding fouls in the middle of the park and ignoring similar in the box really grates with me.
Mignolet - Still not quick enough to release the ball at times, distribution isn't good. 6/10
Clyne - Dealt with most of what came is way, unlucky ricochet with Lucas. They spent more time going at Gomez, than Clyne and the reason is obvious. 7/10
Gomez - A dip in his level, going to happen. Caused us many more problems than Lovren, didn't get and doesn't deserve as much criticism, but was poor. 5/10
Skrtel - Not a huge amount to deal with, most of the Hammers attacks came from elsewhere, but it dealt with nearly everything that came at him. 7/10
Lovren - Awful mistake in the first half but dealt with almost everything else, had two or three moments in the second half that caused palpatations. Poor. 5/10
Can - Another performance that highlighted why we miss Henderson. 5/10
Lucas - Our best playing, going forward and defending. I like Lucas, never hid that, but he should never be our best player on the pitch. 7/10
Coutinho - A performance that will be forgotten. Dreadful. 4/10
Firmino - Still looks slightly off pace, but an interesting performance. 7/10
Milner - Poor, little worked for him and he needed to be handing out bollockings to a few. 5/10
Benteke - Got into positions, final ball, in the air and on the ground didn't reach him. Needed to be more aware of runners around him, which will come. 6/10
Moreno - Provided some balance, put in some nice tackles, not sure he knows how to cross a ball. 6/10
Ings - Hustled and bustled in areas that were too deep. 6/10
Ibe - Not on long enough to rate,
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