Liverpool 5-0 Swansea City: In game and Post Match discussion

I hope all of you had a great Christmas Day with friends and family. We face the Swans at Anfield, the first game of a three game run in six days.

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Anfield:







Team comparison:





Liverpool: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Klavan, Robertson, Can, Wijnaldum, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Coutinho, Salah, Firmino

Substitutes: Karius, Lovren, Gomez, Milner, Lallana, Mane, Solanke

Swansea: Fabianski, Olsson, Mawson, Fernandez, Naughton, Carroll, Mesa, Fer, McBurnie, Ayew, Routledge

Substitutes: Sanches, Nordfeldt, Rangel, Clucas, van der Hoorn, Dyer, Abraham

Statistically speaking...

Philippe Coutinho and Simon Mignolet are in line for their 200th Liverpool appearances.
Should Mohamed Salah score three times in the remaining two games of 2017 he will set a new club record for most goals in a season before New Year. He has scored 21 currently, two behind Roger Hunt's tally of 23 set in 1961-62.
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 10 Boxing Day home games since losing 1-0 to Manchester United in 1986

Can't actually believe he's starting Mignolet again.

Crazy to keep Mignolet in there, absolutely crazy.

Maybe because Karius is shyte as well he just decided to keep Migs on goal?

Agree.  Time to give up this Mignolet loyalty thing.  Karius isn't amazing but he's a better keeper than Mignolet.  Really feel this is a sign of massive pig ignorance from the manager - not impressed.

Having said that - up the reds!

By my reckoning the pendulum swings back to lovren for the Cockup that costs us a goal

Maybe because Karius is shyte as well he just decided to keep Migs on goal?

How do we know how sh*t he is has he even played 2 consecutive games for us yet?

We know for a fact Mignolet is sh*te.

How do we know how sh*t he is has he even played 2 consecutive games for us yet?

We know for a fact Mignolet is sh*te.

I'm assuming Klopp thinks he is sh*te that's why he doesn't play him instead of Mignolet. I'm not saying I know, just an assumption

How do we know how sh*t he is has he even played 2 consecutive games for us yet?

We know for a fact Mignolet is sh*te.

Maybe he's sh*te in training

Maybe he's sh*te in training

Or maybe Achterburg prefers Mignolet and Klopp blindly relies on his coaches.

Pleased that we have gone strong, makes a change to see players who make a difference sat on the bench these day.

Pleased that we have gone strong, makes a change to see players who make a difference sat on the bench these day.

How is Mignolet strong?

Had enough of Mignolet. I've no confidence in Klopp now after today regardless of the result. Picking Mignolet shows Klopp can't make important obvious decisions.

Had enough of Mignolet. I've no confidence in Klopp now after today regardless of the result. Picking Mignolet shows Klopp can't make important obvious decisions.

Maybe it's something we have to get used to with Klopp at the helm, look at how he kept Weidenfeller as his #1 at Dortmund....

Maybe it's something we have to get used to with Klopp at the helm, look at how he kept Weidenfeller as his #1 at Dortmund....

I'm starting to think Klopp struggles with change. It could be why his subs are often so late.

Don’t care who the keeper is today. Went 4-1 in the prediction league and we shouldn’t be worrying about this lot. They’ve got nothing for us.

Low risk and possibly high reward keeping Migs in goal. He has a good game and maybe it gives him some confidence and he plays better. If he plays poor we should still win easily and it makes Klopp’s decision easier going forward.

Maybe it's something we have to get used to with Klopp at the helm, look at how he kept Weidenfeller as his #1 at Dortmund....

Maybe we will have to get used to winning F**k all

F**k united equalise

Low risk and possibly high reward keeping Migs in goal. He has a good game and maybe it gives him some confidence and he plays better. If he plays poor we should still win easily and it makes Klopp’s decision easier going forward.

low risk? A balloon would probably save more... We need the balloon back from the Reina days. Only reward in Playing migs is if someone buys him in Jan.

This is premier league, no games are easy.

low risk? A balloon would probably save more... We need the balloon back from the Reina days. Only reward in Playing migs is if someone buys him in Jan.

Just so you know not to waste your time replying to my posts, I’m putting you on ignore just in case you somehow escape another ban. Cheers.

low risk? A balloon would probably save more... We need the balloon back from the Reina days. Only reward in Playing migs is if someone buys him in Jan.

This is premier league, no games are easy.

I do agree with him, it's a game where we should be winning without our GK, so in a way, it is low risk and it would also give some confidence back to Migs for the games ahead.

Chance to close to within 5 points of second place, absolute must win this.

So we drop lovren & mane for obvious reasons but keep the clown between the sticks,the mind boggles.
Strong line up & glad to see ox in the starting 11,basemeant club or not let's be professional reds,no F***ing complacentcy & thinking to yourselves this will be a walk over,just get the job done and give us a belated Christmas pressie of 3 points.
Come on reds