Managed to see just the goals and a separate link to 'Bentekes misses in extra time only'.
The first goal was criminal. Awful, shocking defending. First of all Payet has all the time in the world and isn't closed down at all. He passes inside the Valencia who skips past two of our defenders inside the box with ease. He whips the ball in and Antonio is unmarked back post with a tap in. School boy stuff.
Fair play to Benteke for winning that free kick with four defenders around him. All he could do was win a free kick and he did. Coutinho miss hit it in my opinion and meant to get height but scuffed it along the floor and luckily it went in.
The second goal was never a free kick, Lucas was just stronger. If that had been Lovren, a big tall strong centre half, then I don't think the ref gives it. But because it was little lucas the ref feels there is a shove because he out muscles their forward that much who puts on a bit of an act. There was F**k all wrong with that challenge though.
Great delivery and a great header it has to be said. When I saw that we had conceded to a set piece I thought same old story but seeing that goal I don't think our defenders can be blamed for being out jumped by Ogbonna and I don't think Mignolet can be blamed at all either. It was just a good goal.
The clip of Bentekes misses in extra time was quite comical. I know his confidence is shot but even so. I've just had a watch of his 49 goals for villa (YES IM THAT SAD) and I counted 42 of his goals were scored inside the box. He very rarely scores outside. 3 or 4 of those were on the edge of the box too but I gave him the benefit of the doubt and let him have them outside the box. The vast majority of his goals unsurprisingly were from corners or crosses which were great deliveries. He scored half a dozen or so penalties too. There were very few goals (just 1 or 2) that involved any kind of dribbling and beating a man and then finishing. Again there were only just 1 or 2 absolute screamers that he hit too. His goals were mostly chances that fell to his lap which he tapped in, some were nice finishes and he still had bits of work to do, but a lot of them were handed to him on a plate.
At Liverpool we don't create the type of chances Benteke craves. First of all we never whip a corner in properly. Secondly some of his goals at villa were crosses from full backs forty, fifty yards away and we never lump the ball into the box like that either. Unless you whip a ball in to the six yard box then Benteke isn't scoring for you. All this build up and link up play and pass and move and doing through balls is absolutely pointless with Benteke in the team, he isn't a natural link up man or a natural finisher.
Its not his fault he was signed but we should never have spent so much money on a player who is the complete opposite of the type we need.
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