Torn over this one in many ways. It was a terrible pitch that's for sure, this team will never be seen again in terms of man for man starting 11.
Bogdan - Makes Mignolet look like Buffon - 2
Randell - Never stopped running, gave it his all but at the end of the day was caught out of position a lot and left us exposed too - 6
Illori - Great to finally see him in a Liverpool shirt, looked exhausted by the end but played ok - 6
Enrique - A seasoned pro out of match fitness. Looked old, tired and done to be honest - 5
Smith - Good turnout, has a good bit of pace about him. Delivery was too rushed and disappointing towards the end because he definately has a good cross in his locker. Work still to do defensively - 7
Teixeira - Impressive again, lovely bits of play. Don't think the wing is best suited for him, I'd like to see him more central behind a striker. Must start to feature in the PL now. - 8
Stewart - Bits and bobs looked good from him, seemed to be disciplined and knocked the ball around a horrid pitch. - 7
Brannagan - Again looked good, nothing too special. I have high hopes for this lad and hope to see him a little more - 7
Kent - Raw, very raw but has a lot in his locker. At one point in the game he took it down wonderfully but then ended up trying too much and kicking the ball out himself, summed up his night I think, glimpses of quality but needs fine tuning, what you'd expect really. - 7
Benteke - Looked frustrated as hell out there. Sometimes I think people expect him to cross the ball to himself and head it in too. Got little to no service all match. You cannot score if you don't get the ball. As captain he should have got hold of the young lads on the wing and said get the F***ing ball into me. He didn't which was disappointing - 6
Sinclair - Took his goal well, played well enough, again nothing too much to go on. - 7
Average all round really. Ojo looked good when he came on, Chirivella less so. I would be expecting our u-21 team to beat League 2 opposition, every time so I am a little disappointed that we didn't come away with a win. Every one of those young lads if they went on loan to League 2 I'd want them to be lighting up the league and walking on to teams... I'm not so sure they all would based on that performance. However like I said at the start... This time isn't one we'll see again and that makes it tough playing against a well oiled unit used to playing together, regardless of their individual qualities.
All in all... Still annoyed we didn't beat Exeter but dare I say we showed good character coming from behind twice?
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