Not a terrible result when you consider the calibre of players we had playing in certain positions and the fact they were the better team. I'm a believer of always try to field your strongest team because you get wins and wins will build confidence. Players will take confidence from tonights game, but a number of them will be dropped again until the League Cup/next Europa game so we will be back to square one and fielding players that are on the back of two league thrashings.
I would fully expect us to win this sort of game tonight and given the money we've spent, our "weakened" line ups should still be more than capable of getting the win.
Sakho was without doubt our best player. The nippers done alright but I wasn't particularly impressed, too often our midfield was left chasing their attacks. No communication throughout. Ings was decent enough when he came on but should have started as part of a 2 man attack with Origi. Firmino should have played seeing as he is still trying to get his sharpness but yeah, not really much to say other than Sakho being the best of a very average at best performance.
Not impressed but no doubt Rodgers will dress it up as a vast improvement.
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