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It is very easy to blame Karius after all he made the most visible mistakes.
But in the cold light of day how many of our players went missing.
Firmino
Did nothing all match, without Salah, Firmino should have stood up and been counted with Mane.
Henderson
Too many easy backwards and sideways passes took the easy option rather than attacking, showed no where near the required leadership of a Liverpool captain.
Milner
Experienced player without the legs to compete, lost the ball far too often.
Wijnaldum - Went missing
The back 4 actually played ok along with Mane but when only 5 players of your first 11 are on form you facing a uphill battle.
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Lallana - showed he had been injured for months, rusty way behind the pace.
Can - same as the above.
Salah - injured early unfair to judge.
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It is very easy to blame Karius after all he made the most visible mistakes.
But in the cold light of day how many of our players went missing.
Firmino
Did nothing all match, without Salah, Firmino should have stood up and been counted with Mane.
Henderson
Too many easy backwards and sideways passes took the easy option rather than attacking, showed no where near the required leadership of a Liverpool captain.
Milner
Experienced player without the legs to compete, lost the ball far too often.
Wijnaldum - Went missing
The back 4 actually played ok along with Mane but when only 5 players of your first 11 are on form you facing a uphill battle.
Subs
Lallana - showed he had been injured for months, rusty way behind the pace.
Can - same as the above.
Salah - injured early unfair to judge.
You have missed SG there, what didn't he do well and we lost?
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Amazing when you think of it that our back 4 played well and were solid in CL final against RM, who would have thought that back in August????
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nah, I was proud of every single player on the pitch in the game. (bar karius) Every single player worked their [oops] off and showed that they belonged on that stage. If we had a decent goalkeeper in goal that game would have went to extra time 1-1 all without our best and most influential player.
I was particularly happy with Mane and robertson. Mane after seeing Salah taken off stepped up big time, he was trying his hardest to make the difference and very nearly did with his equaliser and his shot onto the post. We need that type of spirit to step up in the big games when not everything is going for you. Robbo was a absolutely fantastic as he has been all season. He's quickly became my favourite player at the club at the minute.
Lets not forget this. Real Madrid defended well as well. There is a reason why they beat juventus and bayern munich on their way to the final. It was always gonna be extremely unlikely that all three of our front three were gonna find space and not have any troubles. Also, their midfield is world class. Best midfield around right now. So yeah you can forgive hendo for playing it safe a few times. Milner, was covering for the full back positions helping trent and robbo out whenever he could so of course, at 33 his legs arnt going to last. Which was why he was subbed.
At the end of the day there is only so much you can do when your best player is off injured after the first 30 minutes and you have no decent bench to call upon to change games. (due in no small part to injuries)...Even then it took two ABSOLUTE HOWLERS from our goalkeeper to end our hopes. Like what was mentioned in another thread, apart from Karius I cant complain about any of the players on the pitch in that game. We'll go again next year with more quality on the pitch, on the bench and hopefully, HOPEFULLY a better goalkeeper. I think Lallana was inexistant as well and Firmino under performed. The rest played well as per their best, bar Karius of course.
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Unfair on Firmino. It is so much easier to shackle a player once the main threat has been taken out. Still can't stop all 3 of our front men as was proven. Lallana needs 3 months to get himself fully fit. He was nowhere near fit on Saturday.
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It is very easy to blame Karius after all he made the most visible mistakes.
That job interview was going so well until I realized I was fukked up on acid in the middle of a cornfield naked and talking to a scarecrow.
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Unfair on Firmino. It is so much easier to shackle a player once the main threat has been taken out. Still can't stop all 3 of our front men as was proven. Lallana needs 3 months to get himself fully fit. He was nowhere near fit on Saturday. Since Lallana was bought I saw only one decent season of his. Very average player.
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It is very easy to blame Karius after all he made the most visible mistakes. He made very silly mistakes which are acceptable for a keeper.
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Klopp should have brought on Solanke, weak option and all as he is he'd have been way better than Lallana, who is hyped up by the media way above his ability level, and at best is a reasonable mid table player and no more than that. It was yet another poor substitution by Klopp.
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Say's it all We had Solanke on the bench and they had Bale.
I deliberately stayed off the ale to watch the game and we had Madrid right where we wanted them before Salah went off.
After the break, we played better than I expected and I was gobsmacked after we scored following the mistake buy the clown with a bun.
As a fan, I feel robbed. Both by Karius and by that Kunt Ramos.
Simply put, we've ridden our luck by having a weak bench and it was in the game of all games that we got found out.
Last edited by TrueRed; 28/05/18 05:56 PM.
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