Sense is that the squad comparisons with City are now catching up with us. Salah and one other forward go through a bad patch - little to no other options really.
As soon as I saw the teamsheet I was concerned. I think I made the point before even the United game that Fabinho and Henderson in the same team leaves too much pressure on the other midfielder (in today's case Wijnaldum). You can tell from the way the team starts that Fabinho is supposed to be the one linking defence and attack, in front of the defence.
Ten minutes in though I see Henderson running backwards to Matip to take the ball off him. I'm not saying which one should have played or not - just that playing both of them is something I expect towards the end of a game - say protecting a slender lead in the 2nd leg of a cup competition.
I don't know what Keita or Shaqiri have done wrong but one of them should have been in against a poor Everton side. There was no need for two defensive midfielders.
Having said all that, we had the chances to score and score more than one. Salah out of form, Mane not too great today and obviously Firmino on as a late sub.
Thought it was harsh pulling Origi off. Those three had more opportunities to maybe switch sides around a bit than they did.
I'm very rarely critical of Klopp - because lets face it we are on 70 points and it's just our sh*t luck that we're competing when another team are also competing to such a high level - but for whatever reason I think he gave Everton too much respect with his line up and surprisingly he was a little bit too cautious.
Who knows what happens from here on in - maybe just maybe chasing might suit us a little bit. I didn't think us leading by one point last week meant we would win the league and equally I don't think City leading by one point this week means they will win the league.
Still sh*t loads of points to win or squander for both sides. Better to be on the train pissing out than on the platform trying to piss in. We go again!
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