A very average performance against a poor team. Conditions looked tricky so slightly understandable.
Mignolet 5.5 - lapse of concentration dropping a cross but got away with it
Clyne 7 - solid going forward and defending
Lovren 6.5 - solid
Sakho 6.5 - solid, nice passes into midfield
Moreno 5 - awful set pieces, threat going forward
Can 5 - sloppy lacked quality, put a shift in though
Allen 5 - kept things ticking, little influence
Milner 6.5 - looked a threat, solid
Firmino 6 - glimpses, wasteful with his finishing
Ibe 7 - well taken goal, positive direct running with the ball
Benteke 5.5 - ball didn't seem to sit for him, still a presense
Lallana 6 - silly foul, added a bit of quality
Lucas
Skrtel
Klopp 7 - got the result they needed against a Rubin side that parked the bus for 75 minutes.
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Your "average" performance was a team completely in control struggling to hone the cutting edge that has been lacking all season. So I don't see it that way at all.
If you give Mignolet a 5.5 for dropping one cross and recovering, I'm surprised every other player isn't lower for their bad shooting. If every mistake cost you 4.5, then we'd be full of a team of zeros.
Migs got 6 from This is Anfield and 6.2 from the fans through the Echo, saying he did little to nothing wrong in a game he barely had anything to do. 6.5 seems like a score you start off with in a game, I'd give him that.
Clyne got 7 and 7.6. 7.5 seems reasonable.
Moreno got 6.5 and 6.9, I'd say anything less than a 6.5 would be unfair. He's somewhere between there and a 7 in my view.
Lovren got a 7 and 6.7, a 7 seems a fair reflection.
Sakho was our best defender in my eyes. He got an 8 and 7.5, I think he's somewhere between a 7.5 and an 8.
Can got a 6.5 and a 6.1. A 6.5 seems fair.
Allen got a 6.5 and a 6.4. I think he was somewhere between 6.5 and a 7.
Milner got a 5 and a 5.8. I think anything less than a 6 is a little harsh to be honest. He still did a lot of things right.
Ibe got an 8 and an 8.1. He was our best player. 8 seems fair on reflection.
Firmino? A 7 and 7.2. I think he is in amongst the low 7's to 7.5.
Benteke had an average game. I'd have given between a 6.5 and a 7. He got a 6.5 and 6.7.
Lallana got a 6 and 6.4. A 6.5 seems fair. There was clearly an "edge" missing, but it certainly wasn't easy on that pitch. On a better pitch, those scores would've have likely undersold the quality I believe they should have shown. A win is a win is a win though!
