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Was Hendo fully fit? Did he want to risk him? Like I said before, he doesn't hide for me like Rodgers by saying everyone was fantastic and showed character.
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Oh, and to me it was also obvious when Koeman put Mané and Wanyama on, that we needed more muscle power in the middle of the park.
Sorry, but in games like this (as it turned out in the second half), Joe Allen simply isn't the solution. Too easily pushed off the ball and loses too many 50/50 challenges.
Kolo Touré should have come on for Lovren instead of Skrtel (or why not keep Lovren on?), and Henderson on for Allen. When they started to dominate the midfield after Mane came on Klopp should have put Henderson on for Sturride in a 5 midfield team, bad decision from Klopp. Lovren was replaced because of his yellow card and he was struggling if you watch his post-match interview he claims he didn't have the players available to prevent being overrun in midfield yet he leaves Hendo on the bench. He is no more honest then any other manager and in my opinion is quite evasive. u think hendo would have been the answer?
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I wanted to see hendo come on and I think he would have made us more solid just by having an extra body in there and with his pressing. Strange decision by Klopp not to play him, maybe he doesn't rate him?
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Was Hendo fully fit? Did he want to risk him? Like I said before, he doesn't hide for me like Rodgers by saying everyone was fantastic and showed character. We could have done with Hendo in the 2nd half. If not risking Hendo was worth dropping 3 points then what was the point of picking him on the bench?
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Oh, and to me it was also obvious when Koeman put Mané and Wanyama on, that we needed more muscle power in the middle of the park.
Sorry, but in games like this (as it turned out in the second half), Joe Allen simply isn't the solution. Too easily pushed off the ball and loses too many 50/50 challenges.
Kolo Touré should have come on for Lovren instead of Skrtel (or why not keep Lovren on?), and Henderson on for Allen. When they started to dominate the midfield after Mane came on Klopp should have put Henderson on for Sturride in a 5 midfield team, bad decision from Klopp. Lovren was replaced because of his yellow card and he was struggling if you watch his post-match interview he claims he didn't have the players available to prevent being overrun in midfield yet he leaves Hendo on the bench. He is no more honest then any other manager and in my opinion is quite evasive. u think hendo would have been the answer? He would have been an improvement, yes.
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I think it was unfortunate we had several midfielders unavailable with Milner banned, Lucas/Firminho Injured, Henderson had been ill recently so I think was on the bench as we were at bare bones.
The good news is Klopp is seeing where the team is lacking, with a physical presence and midfielders too similar, its a shame Kevin Stewart got injured as he would have fitted in well.
Skrtel has been a good player, but he is past his best and he has always been a worry grabbing shirts, with Matip coming in, I can see him and Kolo leaving. I think we will sign another CB and we have Joe Gomez coming back who looked good, so I think with a new left back and Flannagan back fit our defence will be stronger.
We also need to give Southampton credit, they played well and changed the game with Manes power/pace and Wanyama power/dominance, I'd love to see them 2 at Anfield next year !
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Lovren was replaced because of his yellow card and he was struggling Yes Lovren was replaced because of his yellow card, and as it turned out the player put on instead of him stayed clear of a yellow card for no less than 3.5 minutes! The same player did also turn out to be struggling a bit, to say the very least.  Now can someone tell me why Lovren wasn't replaced by Kolo Touré instead of f*cking Skrtel? 
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There's a lot of hate for Skrtel at the moment, however people are forgetting how loyal he has been to us.
When I did a poll a few days ago the majority on here wanted him to stay next season but since the Southampton match it seems like nearly everyone on here has turned against him.
Football fans (including myself) are very fickle at times.
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Well to be fair to poor Skrtel it wasn't his fault he was brought on yesterday - that was the manager's decision.
However to pull Pelle's shirt, get a yellow card for it and cause a penalty after 3 minutes and 45 seconds of the second half was his own doing!
Skrtel has been really good only for us one season only, and that was 2011-2012. Apart from that season he has been one of the main reasons our defence has been so fragile and weak.
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loyalty is ok but we cant just bank on loyalties. he seems the weakest link
not much convinced with sakho either.
lovren too shouldnt be relied on whatsoever. 3rd 4th choice at best if we couldnt sell him for good money.
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