I've seen some performances from us over the years. I've seen some results. But that is the best for me and I include Istanbul in that.
To come from 3-0 down to win 4-3 against arguably the best team in the world and without your two of your best players (who together form your strongest asset) is incredible.
On Monday I went for a game of snooker with my mate. He's a bluenose, but a sound one to be fair. He asked me what my predictions were. I said to him it's going to be tough, obviously, but we have something nobody else does, and that's Anfield.
We all know it, and we all feel it. There is something magic about it. It's why I never wanted to move stadiums. There is something magic about that place. That performance last night doesn't happen anywhere else in the world. Only in Liverpool 4.
For that reason, I was actually confident. My comments in the pre match thread are there to see and I state we will smash those idiots 4-0. And that we F***ing did.
I'm so proud of each and every one of them. I'm so proud of this club, the players, the manager, the fans. In such a short space of time they've given us a team that we all connect with and who we F***ing adore. They'd run though walls for us and we'd do the same for them. I F***ing love them.
Every man played their part last night, each of them are a hero in their own right.
I thought Alisson was superb. It was vital we kept a clean sheet and Barcelona had 3 or 4 decent chances which Becker kept out comfortably. His concentration levels were spot on.
Moving on to Trent. If it wasn't for the goals from gini and origi then he would have been my motm. He was F***ing brilliant. Coutinho didn't have a sniff all game to the point he got dragged off. He was defensively sound but also offered so much in attack too and got himself a couple of assists once again. That corner at the end was sheer brilliance. Well done Trent mate, excellent lad.
The two in the middle VVD and matip once again were solid as a rock. In particular I want to praise matip. We all know how good Virgil is but matip the past few months has really come out of his shell and shown what a top defender he actually is. Fantastic partnership and another fantastic defensive display.
Robbo. I F***ing love this lad. Wears his heart on his sleeve and was prepared to get stuck in with those cheating South American cu*ts. He takes no sh*t. Was devastated to see him go off and hopefully it's nothing serious, but everything turned out ok in the end anyway.
Fabinho. An absolute monster. He is another one who takes no F***ing sh*t. I love that he has that in his game and to be honest we've missed that for years. We've missed that bite. He is F***ing everywhere, dominates midfield battles on his own, but he's also a fine footballer too. Very impressed once again.
Jordan F***ing Henderson. Now people who know me on this forum will agree I'm his biggest critic but what a fuckig transformation from this lad. Jürgen has taken him out of the 6 and he now plays as our 8 and I'll admit I had my doubts whether he was good enough but F**k me, the last two months he's been F***ing excellent. Another brilliant display from him last night and that's something I would describe as a CAPTAIN PERFORMANCE. One of the main things I've criticised him for. He was everywhere, ran his socks off, made the first goal, put his body on the line. Absolutely fantastic. Keep it up Jordan. Brilliant mate.
Jimmy Milner. Mr reliable. You know what your going to get from Milner. He never lets you down. 100% effort and top professionalism. Top experience. He then filled in for Robbo and did an excellent job at full back.
Shaqiri. I thought he gave them problems all night. He worked so hard as well. He has great feet and so much quality on the ball. He should be proud of that contribution and to be honest, it's going to be difficult for the manager to leave him out after that now.
Mane. Menace mane. Same thing. Gave them problems all night. I've thoroughly enjoyed watching mane grow as a player under jurgens guidance and watching him last night I was sat there thinking he's gone from a good player to a world class one. He's unreal. I wouldn't swap him for any wide man in the world and that's a big compliment to the lad. Another fantastic performance from sadio.
Divock origi. What a F***ing bloke. Very rarely plays but does he sulk? No he just gets on with it. When he's called upon he does his best and he's scored some F***ing vital goals for us. He bagged another two last night and I couldn't be happier for him. He deserves that. He's man of the moment. Our hero. The kops hero.
GINI WIJNALDUM. My man of the match though. Coming off the bench to bag two goals in five minutes to put your team back in the tie. WOW. He was everywhere too and at times just took the F***ing piss. Liverpool taking the piss LIVERPOOL LIVERPOOL TAKING THE PISS.
I'm on cloud F***ing 9 today I'm just so F***ing buzzing. I F***ing love this club.
GET THE F**k IN. MADRID HERE WE COME.
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