Get in there lads!
Leeds gave our second string a good game there. Will do a lot of them the world of good and in the end exactly what we needed. We're going to need plenty of these lads before the season is out.
Migs: Aura of vulnerability surrounds him but he did stop a few shots tonight so well in for that. Still flapped at a few crosses and put our own players under plenty of pressure, not even close to competing for a starting spot. 6.5
Moreno: Nearly got caught out on a few occasions and didn't use the ball well enough when he had chances. Two terrible shots when passes were clearly the correct choices. 6
Klavan: Did reasonably well but isn't close to competing Lovren/Matip right now. 7
Lucas: Apart from maybe one occasion looked very good back there, our best defensive player on the night. 7.5
TAA: Thought he had a weaker first half by his very high standards but was much better in the second and that cross for Origi's goal was a thing of beauty. High hopes for this fella and don't think he's far off from challenging Clyne. 7.5 (MotM)
Stewart: After a few assured performances this was very shaky from the young lad, thought he looked a bit lost at times and was giving up possession too often. Not a performance he'll look back at with too many positives in my opinion. 5
Wijnaldum: Much better in terms of arriving in the box more often, seemed to be a regular in there but a lot of his touches just seemed a stride too slow to actually keep the tempo going. Unlucky to hit the post but probably should have scored and the same can be said for his attempt in the first half too. Think he just needs to try to quick up his game more often. 6.5
Can: Thought he was the best of our midfielders again, despite a few sloppy passes he seemed the most imposing and produced some lovely switches of play. Also his stamina seems to be really improving because as the second half kept moving on he seemed to becoming stronger, good sign that. 7.
Mane: Perhaps he doesn't like the cold but he's not been so good the last couple of games. 6
Origi: Excellent finish and I thought, despite all the crazy dancing feet that he got a really rough ride from the ref. Was clearly fouled on numerous occasions and the ref just looked away thinking nothing of it. 2 in 2 for the lad and that has to have his confidence soaring, exactly what we need. 7.5
Ejaria: Really like this lad but I think his form tailed off in the second half. Had a good first half, really influential and then just got less and less involved. Still encouraging and pleased to see him developing. 6.5
Woodburn: Delighted for the lad, seemed like the script was written and boy did he play his role well. Awesome finish, the more I see it the more I enjoy it. Well in young fella. 7.5
Klopp: Got it spot on again, got away with resting an awful lot of players and we delivered another clean sheet and got the job done very well indeed. 7.5
We march on to the semi!
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