Wow. What a performance. What a result. We HAD to win today and the boys delivered and they delivered in style too. When we play like that we will beat anybody. My only criticism is we should have scored more goals and that's when you know it's been a very good day.
What a difference it makes leaving Emre Can out as well. I'm sorry, I don't want to attack any player after such a great performance and win, but the difference was there to see, we played a billion times better without him in there.
The first half in particular we were electric. We were all over them. I thought our midfield was fantastic, they really swarmed around Spurs whenever they had possession and we didn't give them any time to play at all. It was also impressive to see lallana, hendo and wijnaldum getting stuck into their two big lads in the middle. All three of them were tough as nails today.
Second half I thought it was more about us being professional and seeing the game out. I didn't think we were as much of a threat as we were in the first half but we were still impressive.
The most impressive thing was apart from Sons chance in the first half, I don't remember them troubling us at all, and this is a very, very good side we were up against with top players who are a real danger to any team. Kane and Ali weren't in the game at all.
Mignolet - I was surprised to see him start but well done to Jürgen for making the call because he got it spot on. Simon was very good today. He made a very good stop for sons chance, his distribution was a lot better and he came and caught a few crosses too. Solid, confident performance from Migs today. Well done.
Clyne - Mr consistent. Always defends well and did again today.
Lucas - He did give the ball away once or twice which was very sloppy at times but apart from that he was brilliant. He is superb at getting infront of the attacker and nicking the ball. He battles all game and gives it his all. Solid performance.
Matip - Apart from getting a yellow for diving in too quick he did little else wrong. Steady eddy.
Milner - Another good performance from James. Usually walker causes all sorts of problems on the right and gets to the byline 5-6 times a game. Don't remember him beating Milner once.
Hendo - A very captain like performance from Jordan today I thought. He was organising everyone, fighting for everything, shouting at the ref, covering so much ground. And his football was good too.
Wijnaldum - if mane didn't score a brace then he was my motm. He was everywhere today. He's unbelievably strong too for such a little feller. Nobody shrugs him off the ball. He rarely loses the ball and he is fantastic at 1-2's and triangle football. He has very good tidy feet and he's such an intelligent player too. He is a proper box to box midfielder and his pass for manes goal was unbelievable. He just needs to be more consistent but he has shown yet again today that there is a real player in him and those who say 'I don't no what wijnaldum offers us' surely they will question that after tonight's show? He needs to play like that most weeks now, chip with more goals and assists and then we have a top top player on our books. Fantastic today well done.
Lallana - my god how fit is lallana? Not in a gay way but seriously does this lad never stop running? He is always the one who starts the press and then his team mates follow him. He has an superb engine on him, never gives up and always gives it his all. Another top performance.
Coutinho - I thought he was a little off the pace today. He didn't have a bad game but he wasn't his usual magician type self either, a bit mediocre by his standards. No complaints though he still played his part in what was a great team effort.
Firmino - fantastic. He is the perfect example of 'defend from the front'. He is another one who worked his bollocks off and Spurs couldn't cope with him at times.!
Mane - wow. Just wow. Made up he's back we are just a completely different team with him in it. Two cracking goals and he ran Spurs defence ragid.
Klopp - after the 5-6 weeks we've had confidence must have been pretty low in our camp. You would never have thought that based on today's game though. As soon as the first whistle went we were well up for it. A huge amount of credit has to go to Jürgen for that. I'm also happy he finally dropped can. Emre is obviously a big favourite of Jurgens but he did the right thing, took him out, and we all saw the difference it made.
A cracking day all round, I'm one happy red tonight.
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