Liverpool 0-0 Manchester United: In game and Post Match discussion

Our front 3 didn't do enough yet you give a shout out to Salah and Coutinho.

Your little digs at Firmino oh dear!

If you read mate, you might understand the point I made.

Coutinho and Salah played well and created chances, but didn't do enough in finishing and threatening the goal. Simple.

As for Firmino, did I dig at him? You lads here have gone all soft with your little pet. The slightest thing and you're all jumping up and down in rage that another fan may have been slightly negative towards him. How dare we! 

Matip, Salah after the Matip chance and Can.

Any of them could / should have been a goal. Not denying we were toothless, but we created more than enough to score once or twice.

And Lovren's chance. We did enough to win the game but didn't convert hence why most people are saying it was 2 points dropped. 

Only decent chance I can remember from them was when Lukaku hit it at the middle of the goal. 

It's not just that though, take that midfield and then in front of them you play a hard working false 9 who will run all day but doesn't provide the sort of goal threat that so many of our rivals possess and you are also going to struggle. It's not jut about the midfield.

If you watch him, he'll more often than not do the opposite of what you want a 9 to do.

He won't drift in between two centre halfs in the penalty spot to be the only player in there, he'll actually move away and vacate that position completely leaving nobody to attack, or aim a cross at.

He doesn't work against bus parkers. He doesn't have the right instinctive movement in those deep defences.

Proof is in pudding.

Mourinho proving again that he is the enemy of football

You can't blame him. He knew - like 99% of the league - that we cannot deal with a defensive strategy, so he figured one point on the road is enough, played like Burnley & Co. and if they are lucky they score from the one and only big chance and even win. It is our inability to find solutions against passive teams that gives out the blueprint everybody uses.

But I don't wanna be too harsh. We didn't lose and ManU is a top club.

Don't think we played bad at all today. Dominant.

De Gea is quality and the only reason we don't win.

Lovren owes Migs a pint it was his ball watching that allowed Lukaku in with the chance.

We did enough to win the game 

We had one real big chance, the rest was not a real threat, just looking potentially promising.

Maureen

"We had one shot on goal - well for you and the experts it is easy to speak but it is more difficult from the sidelines. Liverpool's midfield was really strong. They are faster than us when the game breaks. I had no chance to bring the game in another direction so it is a positive point."

A lot on here had us beaten before the ko, and now after the game a lot on here not happy of how we played , if all you neg heads were asked if you would take a point before the ko you would have taken it , so stop f***in moaning and accept that once again we out played the form team who had beaten most they had faced ,

F**kin pissed off at ppl's attitudes amost every f***in week now, ffs support your club through thick, thin and frustrated times ALWAYS or f***in do one altogether  !!!

YNWA

I was a neg head before the game, not afraid to admit it either. Was pretty happy with that performance though, have to take some of the positives, Gomez looked the part, we looked solid defending at set pieces, defended as a team and generally bossed the game without really throwing as many players forward as we're accustomed to seeing. Plenty to build on for the next couple of games.

Matip, Salah after the Matip chance and Can.

Any of them could / should have been a goal. Not denying we were toothless, but we created more than enough to score once or twice.

Yes, Salah should have left it for Coutinho.

1 clear cut chance, another couple of half chances in 90 minutes of football against a team who asked us to attack at home?

Not good enough I'm afraid.

Why do Sky Sports say things like Mourhino frustrates the life out of Liverpool again?

This is football. It's a game of football. In football you play to win.

Why don't they say "Mourhino plays negative football, parks the bus, and played for a draw with his multi-billion £ club? Why don't they say "Mourhino has looked awesome against the lesser teams but as soon as he comes up against one of the big boys he's looked extremely ordinary?"

Yes, Salah should have left it for Coutinho.

1 clear cut chance, another couple of half chances in 90 minutes of football against a team who asked us to attack at home?

Not good enough I'm afraid.

What are you expecting against a team with 6 parked across the back line and who rarely ventured out of they're own half.
Madrid, Barca etc would have the same problems.

We created chances and if you don't take one early on then they are never going to come out and play.

Why do Sky Sports say things like Mourhino frustrates the life out of Liverpool again?

This is football. It's a game of football. In football you play to win.

Why don't they say "Mourhino plays negative football, parks the bus, and played for a draw with his multi-billion £ club? Why don't they say "Mourhino has looked awesome against the lesser teams but as soon as he comes up against one of the big boys he's looked extremely ordinary?"

Because Murdoch and Utd both take it up the arse from the Devil.

1 win in 8 f**king hell

isn’t it spurs next in the league? We’re fu**ed

Why do Sky Sports say things like Mourhino frustrates the life out of Liverpool again?

This is football. It's a game of football. In football you play to win.

Why don't they say "Mourhino plays negative football, parks the bus, and played for a draw with his multi-billion £ club? Why don't they say "Mourhino has looked awesome against the lesser teams but as soon as he comes up against one of the big boys he's looked extremely ordinary?"

Because they are too busy licking his ring piece. Guarantee if it was the other way round they'd be saying we were dreadful and the Scum dominated.

IMO it is. We play too much horizontal and too little vertical. When you don't have the best midfield you don't make it your main anchor. Right now we play like Barcelona in its best days, but without their talent. Bad idea. Klopp once was known for one-touch-football with strong drive to the goal, nothing seems left of that idea (and he got the league in Germany with that strategy).

^ This. Love Jürgen to bits but his substitutions baffle me completely. Can, Gini and Henderson are like drag anchors to our attack. He should have taken at least one of them out and replaced with  the Ox. Ox at least can run forward unlike Henderson, who seems to have some crab in his DNA, he goes sideways so much.

Ox at least can run forward unlike Henderson, who seems to have some crab in his DNA, he goes sideways so much.

 

Today's result is not a bad one at all. Unfortunately tho if you don't smash the cannon fodder, it makes the 0-0 disappointing.

Why do Sky Sports say things like Mourhino frustrates the life out of Liverpool again?

This is football. It's a game of football. In football you play to win.

Why don't they say "Mourhino plays negative football, parks the bus, and played for a draw with his multi-billion £ club? Why don't they say "Mourhino has looked awesome against the lesser teams but as soon as he comes up against one of the big boys he's looked extremely ordinary?"

Mourinho has already shown that his team can play a number of ways.

He can shut a game up, or he can rattle the cannon fodder - and when you're regularly rattling the cannon fodder like they have been doing, then it doesnt hurt them to stifle a supposed rival. Plus, he had Pogba and Bailey missing so that would have cemented his need to National Express it.

But he has a base to work with. A defensive base and can adapt accordingly - we only play one way and and don't have the variation, I'm afraid to say and it's becoming monotonous.

^ This. Love Jürgen to bits but his substitutions baffle me completely. Can, Gini and Henderson are like drag anchors to our attack. He should have taken at least one of them out and replaced with  the Ox. Ox at least can run forward unlike Henderson, who seems to have some crab in his DNA, he goes sideways so much.

Jürgen doesn't make those changes if it was last season when we had no Champions League football. I don't believe anything else aside from the fact that there was only a recommended time limit upon which they could play to.

Christ, this team has had plenty of injury issues in recent years and we don't need to exacerbate them further by Jürgen burning them out and rendering them useless and turning the second half of our season into a car crash. Doesn't say much about the depth of our squad (nor our recruitment policy) that we can't seem to be able to make these changes without severely decreasing our chances of victory. I mean look at the Mancs in comparison - take of Martial and they put on Rashford. Almost like for like in quality and ability to get the winner.

But knowing our luck, looking after our players probably won't make a difference.

Only because they didn't even bother to attack.

Funny cause it's true.

Clean sheet? talk about clutching at straws. 

Personally I'm not surprised at this result, despite predicting a loss. For the most part United did exactly what I expected Mourhino set them up to do, and similarly, Liverpool, despite playing well, failed once more to take the chances that came our way. This game above all else proves the need for a 30+ goals a season Striker between Mane and Salah. We played well but we never really tested them, and they never really tested us so it's very difficult to know if we've turned a corner. Spurs should be a different proposition though. Can't see Poch setting them up for a draw. Let's hope three points there sets up the rest of our season.

I did expect Utd to have a bit more attacking intent with their recent run and recent signings