Villarreal CF 2-3 Liverpool: In game and Post Match discussion

Get the f**k in, what a turnaround!

This team has so many ways to win games, it’s absolutely incredible

YES mate

Although anyone could have made those changes. We were so bad and our failures were obvious to everyone.

If you can't see that they were very, very good in that first half, probably as good as anyone against us in recent times, then I can't help you. Yes we were bad but the way they played made 8/9 of our players in that first half look average. That doesn't happen. The fact that they had F**k all left in the 2nd half showed how much they put into the first 45.

We won.

Few of you guys are obsessed with drama and trying to get negative reactions.

Enjoy the night and be positive please. Find some happiness in life.

Incredible stat we have here:

https://mobile.twitter.com/chrismackop/status/1521457199721193472

Played 10 Won 1.

Played 10 Won 1.

Mad, that.

Evertonians will try do something with that. Guaranteed!

Played 10 Won 1.

Another stat - if I heard it correctly - did they say that we have never lost a game that Konate has started for us?

I mean, we've only lost a few games this yhear anyway, but that is still pretty impressive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-uJWPKLtCA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISDv97UJ5Ko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yvVjrVpzws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2opp1HsX9ks

I don't know if he watched and neither do you.

You're the one who asked the question.

You're saying that "we don't know either way" in one sentence, then strongly suggesting that he's not watching in the other.

If we don't know either way, why speculate then?

I'm slightly confused as to why you would ask to begin with, if you clearly don't believe he watched?

Why not just say I don't think he watched?

You're the one who asked the question.

You're saying that "we don't know either way" in one sentence, then strongly suggesting that he's not watching in the other.

If we don't know either way, why speculate then?

I'm slightly confused as to why you would ask to begin with, if you clearly don't believe he watched?

Why not just say I don't think he watched?

I don't think he watched.

You are the one making a big deal out of it.

I'm the one putting you on Ignore.

First half was so worrying, thought we could turn it around with a half time team talk and changes maybe, but that first half we were lumping the ball forward in hope, like a long ball team, crap to watch, they seemed to have 2 extra players in all areas, but yay man, we came through regardless, what a result.
 What coaching ey. glad for everyone, atmosphere was so great in the pub when our goals went in.

Anyone think he watched?

I wish he would go far, far away from this club. An absolute wankstain of a human being. Whether he watched or not doesn’t matter because he’s a tw*t.

I wish he would go far, far away from this club. An absolute wankstain of a human being. Whether he watched or not doesn’t matter because he’s a tw*t.

Just trying to revel in some good publicity after such a bad season.

Once Thigao/Fabinho/Ketia found their touch and were able to control the play and pick out passes it allowed us to expose the space left by Villareal. First goal probably should of been stopped by the keeper but once we got that flood gates opened.

With the games coming fast makes it hard to appreciate what we are witnessing at the moment. Watching post match celebrations seem very subdued compared to Rome in 18 and Anfield 19 to me shows the experience and attitude that we been here before and on to the next one. I can understand the 2019 being a bit emotional with the fashion we won and being at home but it just something a noticed (While Diaz new to the team was in teams about the result).

It's a golden period.  Even the team that got 98 points and finished second.  It's just incredible when we come to look back on it.  We all get caught up in the 'we should have beat Newcastle more than 1-0' and even half time here tonight when we were all panicking but they will end up writing books about this period and we will forget the minor details of it all.

When I was a kid Liverpool were amazing, and after many many years of averageness I've now got kids of my own who are just about old enough to enjoy this like I did.  I feel incredibly privileged about that.

You're totally right. My father is 50 and in Malta in our past golden times, it was only listening to the radio.

I was born in 91. I never have enjoyed our success on a long period. I just remember the 01 treble and the 05 Istanbul miracle ( I was 14).

I am enjoying every second of this team.

We were below average in the 1st half but thank God, most of the players have experience both the ugly of UCL 18 and the success of it year later.

Diaz is a very good buy, his energy is so refreshing and gives us something else.

Let's lay back tonight and enjoy the match knowing we are already there .

Motm is Diaz, he flipped the match.

Anyone that was patient enough, could have guessed what would happen. Emeri selected a full front, all attack approach with very high tempo and much energy consumption in the first half. Typically when he does that, we makes 5 changes up to the 65th min, to try and keep the pace and with nothing to lose, to defend deep in the last 20-25 mins and hope for the best.
We showed that when WE decide to play with high energy and pace, simply we can demolish anyone in 10-15 mins and nothing can stop up.
3 finals and 1 point behind...now I understand what Jürgen meant when he first arrived. "From doubters to believers". We 'll do it

With you.

What pisses me off in all of this excellence, though, is that we'd have absolutely cleared up if not for a dirty cheque book, dodgy surveillance of rule breaking when it comes to transfers and a good cheque book manager. Not enough has been done and not enough said about it.

Anyway

Up the f**king reds.

As me dad used to say: "MIGHTY"

Spot on mate, that really bugs me too. The history books will show that there was a competition between us and City with the trophies won between us over this period, but they’ve cheated their way to theirs.

We should have cleaned up, but hey ho, onto another final in Paris I’ll settle for number 7!

I wish he would go far, far away from this club. An absolute wankstain of a human being. Whether he watched or not doesn’t matter because he’s a tw*t.

I must have missed this, who are we talking about ? Genuine question.

Wow...What a team. The situation doesn't matter. Whatever it is Jürgen counters it, makes a move and its the perfect move. He consistently reads the game and makes the perfect corrections. What a manager. I thought Diaz was a good player. I thought he would compliment what we have and instead he has become a force of his own. Its early...but he could go down as Jurgens best transfer. I think he is amazing.

Villareal players tried to hustle our players by running close to them.  That required a lot of strength and energy.  They are not such a high press team and they can only sustain that for just half of the game. (This is indeed familiar to the old Liverpool team in Jürgen's first couple seasons.) In the second half, they were exhausted, could not even chase the ball from our players.  This made us easy to get 3 goals back.  Players' strength and energy are the deciding factor of winning this game.

I think Diaz is the fastest among our front players.  Jürgen strategically sub him in in the middle of the second half to out-run tired opponents and this works in a number of games.

I think Diaz is the fastest among our front players.  Jürgen strategically sub him in in the middle of the second half to out-run tired opponents and this works in a number of games.

It's a good point that off the bench he is so dangerous whereas others less effective. Of course the arguement is that people will not want him on the bench as he needs to be starting but maybe that was the thinking that he would expose their tired legs more

Come May 28 hopefully gonna be LFC, AC Milan, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sallivan

Thought we had blown it poor in the first half so many were off their game. Diaz should have started the difference he made one on. Salah was shocking AGAIN he needs dropping to make hin realise how poor he was and needs to make up his mind about staying. Jotas form is worrying