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Its disappointing at home we can't win with such form. We weren't at our best and the slow build up pisces me off when we need quickness to bypass the 2 walls they put in front of goal, no risks taken. Bitterly disappointed as we failed to capatilise on Rafa's gift.

For me, the biggest disappointment was that the 2 forward players from the bench, not only couldn't improve the tem but were useless.

I was working so missed the game however I watched a re-run.
What struck me was how different the team starting line up and positional set up was and must have been a huge boost to Leicester even before a ball was kicked. Klopp thought he could mash players into alien positions and immediately took Leicester for granted...this was a team who'd not long ago beat City & Chelsea within a matter of days over the Christmas period.

Probably VVD's worst game for us and the reason for that is because he was/is still ill. VVD managed 1 sketchy training session on the lead up to this game since they got back from Dubai. He was at fault for Leicester's equalizer in not picking up Maguire.

I was right about RB position in that Klopp had a surprise in store , Henderson who did ok there, although he should have been in midfield alongside Fabinho from the start. Keita has not done much previous to this game and should not have started..yes he had a pen call but Keita has not been the player we expected him to be.

Bringing Lallana on and then Sturridge on really shows that we are missing dynamic players from the bench. Lallana is on the wane, once upon a time he was able to influence games but now he is very short on ideas and is very lightweight, probably a victim of his injuries and not much playing time. Sturridge scored 1 worldy v Chelsea earlier in the season, but he is a square peg for a round hole in this team because he is anti-Klopp play philosophy...he doesn't run and chase players or the ball down, he wants it played to his feet all the time.

Hopefully this game was just a blip and Klopp never uses the excuse of the snow ever again...that's a Brendanism right there!

The upside we are 1 point further clear of City.

We are a point further ahead than we were last week. And if form holds, City will drop more points than us between now and the end, and they have a tougher schedule. They also dropped points at Leicester (they actually lost that game) along with Palace and Newcastle.

We took 4 out of 6 from the Foxes today, and City can take a MAXIMUM of 3. It's a point gained, and we don't have to play Leicester again.

The only tough away fixtures we have left are United and Everton. City effective need to win every game AND have a 5 point swing in 14 games, which would be quite an ask, because our lead has grown, not shrunk. Even if they win everything else, we can still afford a loss and a draw.

7 points would be better, but we have Trent and Gomez coming back from injury soon, Milner back from suspension, and VVD will improve as he gets healthy. No reason to panic.

It will depend on the fitness of our 3 forwards, we miss even one we are fked as Lallana and Sturridge cannot be relied upon. Even Shaq is not the same as a couple of months back

Well, fortunately they have pretty excellent fitness records. Mane has gotten injured before, but Mo and Firmino are never injured. Shaquiri had one bad game.

City are similarly screwed if Aguero gets hurt again (as they have showed this season) and he is more injury prone than any of our 3. Silva and De Bruyne also have had fitness issues.

Both us n City looked nervous, it's not the end of the world, we'd a lost that one a few seasons ago and Leicester are no muppets on their day. Salah was a bit out of sorts as was Shaq, Keita isn't up to speed yet and I don't think we'll see the real player until next season. The obvious miss is TTA and Gomez. Hope to see a reaction against West Ham and City have a tough game. Still a long way t go.

Yeah I noticed that bloomer after I'd posted it elimmel, but too [oops] off to be bothered, really disappointed by the performance last night. And as someone else indicated the substitutions were pathetic. Actually we were lucky to escape with a draw in the end, given we were robbed of a clear penalty.

I know you like a good conspiracy theory Herc just like me...
What "IF" VVD & Fab where nobbled by the Sheikh's on our trip in Dubai?

Let's face it, whenever they get their noses put out of place, they do like their revenge....Jamal Khashoggi anyone?

Well you’ve just jinxed that