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Well what can we say about todays peformance against Arsenal.?

Well I will start you off with a few words that should be used "fantastic, battling, well deserved etc.."
Although we were far from our attacking best today for numerous reasons we still posed a threat and our overall display fills me with even more optimism for next season. The young lads played wonderfully and Robinson kept Walcott out the game, I need to apologise to Jay Spearing who I have said on these forums is not good enough for LFC, I WAS WRONG.! he was outstanding again today along with Lucas they have formed a superb partnership.
Well done to all today to all concerned.

Spearing, Lucas (again) and the two young lads showsed promise. Suarez had an off day but so what? Thoughy Carroll would be our for the season when he went over on his knee

agreed the front two were off colour today but saurez improved when andy went off. Kuyt did well upfront

was a great performance. we certainly didn't deserve to lose even though we didn't have that many chances. the lads that came into the side fought til the very end and we did more than enough defensively to earn our point. we could have easily nicked a result too. i think with another top quality signing in the attacking 3rd next season we could be edging games like this. that could be a decisive factor if we are to break back into the top 4 next season

I think its looking good the young lads could save us £10m next season from buying squad players from abroad. Spearing is coming of age by the looks of things he could do a job for us as he matures. Early days but he could be a water carrier for us a vital job in all good teams. I think we are too quick to knock these guys yes they will make mistakes but we could have a good bunch coming through here lets be postive.

have to disagree with you there rafarendum

i don't think spearing has had that many chances to impress in his entire career so thats a little unfair. in his handful of appearances he has improved and already outshone poulsen. ok that might not be too much of a challenge but poulsen is the captain of denmark and a very experienced player.

i feel he worked very hard for the side today and was one of our better players similar to performances against sunderland and man city. to say he nearly cost us the game is a harsh comment to make. did spearing really make enough contact to put fabregas on the deck? not in my eyes and it was an unpredictable turn from fab, he had to make an attempt to close him down at that stage in the game.

i think jay spearing has taken his very few chances well so far this season and it beginning to look as though he could provide some depth in this side when the likes of poulsen etc are axed. not a first team starter by any means but he won't be far off it if he continues to play in the same manner. i think he can only get better with the more games he plays

i see your point about his age and agree to some extent but he hasn't had many chances over those years. i think its silly on the clubs behalf with the youth system before fsg took over. i mean, wasn't spearing part of the side that won 2 youth cups? and literally none of those players except for him have come through. shame really isn't it? not a great incentive if you're a youngster at the club.

its good to see things are changing now and i think with daglish in control no matter who comes into the side young or old, there is a great togetherness and unity being shown on the field that we haven't seen in a while.

the thing with young players is that unless you play them you'll never know how good they can become, warnock for example. some simply won't make it but others will relish playing in the first team.

spearing is no world beater. but at the moment he's played well and shown work rate in that formation with the players we have available. even if we do sign another CM in the summer we'll still need cover for the ever present lucas (who has got to pick up an injury at some point) and i think we all can expect poulsen to depart.

we have to look into slashing the wage budget and we'll need players like spearing to provide depth and allow us to do it. that can only unlock more room in our wage and transfer budget when we come to strengthen

Great performance but was disapointed with suarez today, the chance which he hit way wide when he could of slipped it across goal for meireles, I thought surely had that happened and it was a goal we would of won it, it was the 87 minute by then and you know how arsenal gives up easily. Definately deserved the draw. Hats of to lucas who was running all over the pitch especially helping out Robinson at leftback and ofcourse he gave us the penalty. The gunners are complaining it was in the 11minute of extra time, well the first barge on lucas was a penalty but the ref decided to give a freekick in a position that i have never seen in my life. That was around the 98m mark there and after complaining and whining, it went over a few minutes so what? Well deserved point, althought I wanted to be 3.

Well. 4 points from Man City and Arsenal (away) at a time when half the squad is on the treatment table. That's some kind of amazing right there. Add another 50m worth of players also instilled with that fighting spirit, and we will be very hard to stop. This is what I expected from Liverpool - not the trudging and complaining of the last 18 months.

Flano-Skrtel-Greek-Robinson
-------Lucas---Spearing----

*That* is not a team of legends. In this squad only Lucas is first choice in ANY of those positions, and some don't believe even he is good enough to wear red. Yet Arsenal, chasing the title at home with a full squad, were impotent against them. Certainly one cannot say that we outplayed them, and the result is more down to Arsenal's inability to win tight games, but that's two huge results in a row from our second string.

Wenger can complain all he likes, but his team did not deserve to win on the day (should have been 0-0 anyway), and judging by their other results in this half of the season (Newcastle, Birmingham, WBA, Blackburn) they do not deserve to win the title. We haven't handed the title to the scum; they've won it (potentially) because everyone else is worse. The gunners *will* lose to Man U anyway, and at this rate could easily finish 3rd (but they need to pick themselves up and thrash Spurs in midweek).

We played with fantastic spirit, and while we made some mistakes at the back it's only to be expected given the inexperienced players there. Reina looked out of sorts in the first half, making a few errors under pressure, but he was huge in the second - how did he save v. Persie's shot? Definitely the worst performance from Suarez, but I guess he's allowed to have a bad day at the office from time to time; his passing in particular was woeful. I also thought that we were the better side in the second half, but we were poor in attack because their defenders were attacking our long balls and our passing lacked precision.

Kenny had to make 3 injury-enforced changes, and our record with players being injured during the game is that we tend to lose most and draw the ones we should have gone on to win. We also have lost every EPL game we went behind this season (unless my memory has missed something - it's not what it was). I never see a draw in this fixture as dropping 2 points, not even with a fully fit squad (which is a damning indictment of the squad), so to get a draw *and* come back from a goal down shows how far this squad has come under Kenny.

Scum eliminated from the FA Cup. Hamilton winning the China F1 GP in what was surely the most entertaining race of the last 5 seasons. Trump through and Ding 8-1 up at the Crucible (first round snooker World Champs, for those who don't recognize the names). A South African champion at the US Masters. LFC's second team playing Man City off the park, and then drawing at the Emirates with the last kick. It's been a good two weeks for me sportswise. Let's hope it continues!

The freekick was given within the added time (for a professional foul - you can't pro foul just to run the clock down in any sport), so play must continue even if it's 100 minutes before the kick is actually taken. Don't clatter into Lucas and you win; not too much to ask is it? That's not the referee's fault - I thought he had a good game, actually, though Skrtel's yellow was a bit harsh since he won the ball. The gunners should be looking long and hard at themselves for this one, because if you think you should be winning the title but can't find a way passed 5 second-string defenders, two of whom are U18, at HOME with everyone fit then you don't have a right to complain.