The result will not be the worst result of ours this season by any means, so no point getting too hung up on not getting the win, but a few things did stick out to me.
Let's start with a positive, the midfield duo of Mac and Dom looked brilliant, they both were making great passes and opening up space with their precise and innovative passes and runs, Tren mixed in with them both to a great effect. Gakpo unfortunately didn't seem to quite click in his position today but the other two were great Dom was making great overlapping runs down both flanks, Mac was calm on the ball and played a couple of brilliant quick-fire passes forward.
Another positive for me was the front three for the first half, they were electric at times, that goal was prime Liverpool under Klopp, Salah looked brilliant, so I am shocked to have seen him come off. Diaz did really well at times cutting in and Jota looked a nuisance applying the high press and winning the ball back a few times.
Now onto the negatives and yes it is nothing new but this is a forum so ongoing issues shall be discussed. I am worried, we have changed formation/system yet still have the same defenders who are performing the exact same as last season. All our defenders seem to lack the ability to position themselves correctly when playing the high line, yet some are still pushing up.
VVD for me is a real concern, he is supposed to be our best defender yet any through ball seems to go in behind him or leave him flat-footed, if it wasn't for Konate we could have had two goals conceded due to VVD being completely flat-footed. That kind of thing is not a form thing, he just doesn't have the legs anymore to get to where he needs to be, we need another CB to push for either his or Konate's position.
A little not on the officiating, I don't see how the second goal of ours was offside, I thought for sure they should have had the line on their CB, not the LB and we definitely should have had a pen. But if we walked a way from Stamford Bridge it would have papered over the cracks in our defense which need to be addressed with recruitment this summer, either with a game-changing CDM or a CB.
YNWA
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