Dortmund 1-1 Liverpool: In-game & Post-match "YNWA"!

The only place they still wear flares is Dudley ....

speaking through personal experience

Do we really want to be turned over by Stoke at weekend or lose to the bitters in the upcoming derby?

Every game means something and I hope we hammer stoke on Sunday.

Remember the last time we lost to Stoke; even tho' we had 'nothing to play for? Crucifixion.

Although... I am very confident that some of our fanbase will have (again) matured enough not to apply that same standard, should we lose this time 'round too. 

Remember the last time we lost to Stoke; even tho' we had 'nothing to play for? Crucifixion.

Although... I am very confident that some of our fanbase will have (again) matured enough not to apply that same standard, should we lose this time 'round too. 

Having nothing to play for is not the same as prioritizing 1 competition over another.  At the moment, we have plenty to play for, just not in the league.  And that game we got hammered against Stoke was important as it was our last chance to see a living legend don the shirt....

Having nothing to play for is not the same as prioritizing 1 competition over another.

You're right Harry and league position being irrelevant (after having won a competition) another but yet many a c**t still found room to yap about the biggest legend of the lot.

Again tho'; I have an inkling that won't happen this season. 

We kept our shape for the whole game which was great discipline and mentality but there were a few daydream passes especially in that first half, that just put them on the front foot.
Can's all round play in the first half was sh*te and I don't think Lallana or Coutinho touched the ball until about the 35th minute.
Milner played almost like a second striker behind Origi and it was his header that put Origi through..

Can defo upped his game second half as did Coutihno but Lallana is too lightweight for me.

Took our eye off the ball for the goal.. sucker punch!

How the hell we didn't score in that attack just after they scored I'll never know..that one handed save down to his right from Coutihno was world class..

Solid performance and one we really should have won..

These yellow cards hanging over our players! will they miss the 1st leg of the semi(if we get through) should they get booked on Thursday? when does the amnesty kick in?

speaking through personal experience

Bustin ....   Black Country specials are flares

For everyone in favour of resting players, does that mean we start with Sturridge against Stoke?

Am I the only one who thinks Can was very very good? He uses a full array of skills to get the ball out of defense and he was not afraid to run with the ball out of defense using his pace and strength.

Thought the whole team played well, though we gave the ball away far to easy for my liking, pity we couldn't get the second goal but a great performance all the same

https://youtu.be/Lex9ODqA1zY

Charge us !

We kept our shape for the whole game which was great discipline and mentality but there were a few daydream passes especially in that first half, that just put them on the front foot.
Can's all round play in the first half was sh*te and I don't think Lallana or Coutinho touched the ball until about the 35th minute.
Milner played almost like a second striker behind Origi and it was his header that put Origi through..

Can defo upped his game second half as did Coutihno but Lallana is too lightweight for me.

Took our eye off the ball for the goal.. sucker punch!

How the hell we didn't score in that attack just after they scored I'll never know..that one handed save down to his right from Coutihno was world class..

Solid performance and one we really should have won..

These yellow cards hanging over our players! will they miss the 1st leg of the semi(if we get through) should they get booked on Thursday? when does the amnesty kick in?

no amnesty in Europe i think

Exceptionally, all yellow cards and pending yellow-card suspensions expire on
completion of the play-offs. They are not carried forward to the group stage. In
addition, all yellow cards expire on completion of the quarter-finals. They are not
carried forward to the semi-finals.

http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/23/69/59/2236959_DOWNLOAD.pdf

There are 24 more points to play for, including 2 games in hand (in some cases 3) There is a lot to play for in the league, just to secure Europe for next year.

If we do get past this tie, then there's still Villarreal (solid Spanish side) Seville (current double holders) Braga (2011) or Donetsk (annual European Cup side) amongst others to face. That's the task in front of us in Europe, so I don't want anyone taking the foot off the accelerator in the league anytime soon.

There are 24 more points to play for, including 2 games in hand (in some cases 3) There is a lot to play for in the league, just to secure Europe for next year.

If we do get past this tie, then there's still Villarreal (solid Spanish side) Seville (current double holders) Braga (2011) or Donetsk (annual European Cup side) amongst others to face. That's the task in front of us in Europe, so I don't want anyone taking the foot off the accelerator in the league anytime soon.

But at least in the cup you have a double chance. Go all out in the league and lose we are pretty much fu**ed.

Go all out in Europa and lose, we still have another chance to get through to the final in the second leg.

You can understand the reasoning behind going all outhe for the cup... But like you said the top 4 race is far from over.

Win our two/three games in hand and we are only a couple of points off city. Still a very good chance to get into the top 4.

Am I the only one who thinks Can was very very good? He uses a full array of skills to get the ball out of defense and he was not afraid to run with the ball out of defense using his pace and strength.

Really?!! Dunno about that mate..
For our centre midfield player on the night he was all over the place in the first half..
He ran from the edge of our 18 with the ball at one point, up the pitch and just kept going and going and going then ran out of ideas and lost the ball like a school boy.
In the first half his passes across the back line we're lazy and his attempted hoofed clearances we're Sunday league stuff.

He did improve in the second half but not to the standard we've come to expect from our centre midfield position, especially away in Europe!...

His only saving grace is that he's only 21 so he should improve but is he our centre midfield answer? No

Exceptionally, all yellow cards and pending yellow-card suspensions expire on
completion of the play-offs. They are not carried forward to the group stage. In
addition, all yellow cards expire on completion of the quarter-finals. They are not
carried forward to the semi-finals.

http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/23/69/59/2236959_DOWNLOAD.pdf

Cheers for that Saint..now I know.. well, thats good news I suppose.

Am I the only one who thinks Can was very very good? He uses a full array of skills to get the ball out of defense and he was not afraid to run with the ball out of defense using his pace and strength.

As Atkinson said so rightly..first half he was having a mare...2nd half he was a jewel.

That is exactly how I saw it.

Am I the only one who thinks Can was very very good? He uses a full array of skills to get the ball out of defense and he was not afraid to run with the ball out of defense using his pace and strength.

You're the only one who's brought him up. He looked like a real complete player out there: matured, skilful and strong.

If it wasn't for Origi putting in such a great performance. I would have voted for Can as motm but had to give it to Origi because the way he used his strength and held the ball up. Gives us a totally different option now, with him improving so much.

Its a decent result, the only regret it could have been better but then now we play on our territory. We just have to score twice to get through and the way we played against them in the first leg it doesn't seem to be that tough a task. I'm very confident of reaching semis now.

Its a decent result, the only regret it could have been better but then now we play on our territory. We just have to score twice to get through and the way we played against them in the first leg it doesn't seem to be that tough a task. I'm very confident of reaching semis now.
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            A 1-0 win would be enough to get us through to the semi final.The lads will be fired up for this.

A clean sheet would be enough. Klopp knows well it's primarily midfield's task to keep them at bay. All in all what we did there plus some extra focus on set pieces and the job can be done.

As for the frontline the safest way to take some of the weight off our apparently busy defence is to score whenever the opportunity is given or keep their defence as busy as possible.

Tuchel is resting against Schalke Pierre-Emarick Aubameyang, Reus and Weindenfeller.