Patchy, disjointed game from us upfront. How many times did we mis-control the ball, over hit a pass, not pick the right option.
But again, managed to win away from home and keep a clean sheet
And through to the semi final
They had some good chances, probably should have scored with a bit more quality.
Kostas was poor imho, apart from the ball in for Jota's goal, thought he was the weak link defending, and delivery generally poor going forward.
Gomez did better than I expected, thought would be rustier, not as good as TAA going forward, but defended OK.
CBs solid enough as usual.
AOC and Elliot passengers while on.
The 4 subs didn't make a huge difference, but it was enough to give us a little more quality/legs at that stage of the game.
Jota again popping up with an important goal.
All in all, good result, not great performance, clean sheet, a semi final at Wembley.
We roll on
It was a really poor performance. So many bad passes and first touches.
I think the attack with Jota and Firmino did not work.
And in the midfield, Keita was below par and Oxlade was trying too hard. I think his time is over, too many opportunities not taken. A real problem we have is that our midfield does not like to dictate the tempo to get us out of tricky situations and release the pressure.
I don't understand Klopp's management of Origi and Minamino who deserved a chance. But it seems to work so far.
Jota, what a player. He was average, but he does what a striker should do, score goals. Firmino should not forget that.
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