Great result yesterday and if I'm honest I had us down to bottle it with this curse we've been under since I can rememeber.
With Spurs winning who then leap frogged us, the mancs losing who we could have made ground on, and then playing against a side you would expect us to beat quite comfortably and get the three points I thought it would be same old liverpool and we would get beat.
However, it was very impressive. That was the type of performance you would expect from a top team. Confident, in control, disciplined. We needed those three points and the boys delivered.
I was very happy with the starting 11. I've repeatedly said that's the team that I would always go with personally. The only change I'd make is lallana in for Ox when he's fit and ready and then playing against a tougher opponent id consider putting milner in at right back ahead of Trent.
Although he wasn't tested a great deal I thought Karius had another good game and for me, he is a level above Mignolet. I'm not saying Karius is the answer or that he's even a good goalie, I haven't seen him enough to make that judgment yet, but what I do know is I massively prefer him to Mignolet and I'm much more confident with him in goal. I think our defenders might be too.
VVD had another good game too and he is leading the back four like we all hoped he would.
Wijnaldum frustrated me again. I thought he covered a lot of ground yesterday and did some donkey work that goes unnoticed like tracking runs etc, but I just wish he would put his foot on the ball and dictate the play at times. I know there's a player in him but some games he goes missing it's just weird.
Salah and firmino showed their class once more, particularly for that second goal which was just immense. The club needs to sit down with both in the summer and offer whatever they want. We need to keep both of them at all costs otherwise it will be the same old one step forward two back when we sell both to Madrid.
Very good performance from the mighty reds, very mature, very impressive. We desperately needed those points and we've put ourselves in a great position going into the final run of games now.
It's completely in our hands. We will see now what these lads are made of and if they've got any bottle. I've questioned the mentality and bottle of this team many times so I hope they prove me wrong.
Get over the finish line, secure CL again, start again in the summer and really push on for next season. We aren't a million miles away we just need a couple more pieces to complete the jigsaw.
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