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Sam
Sam
Carroll.
BR.
A terrible camera angle as the icing on the cake!
Based Jorge
King Luis
Ninja
Baffles me how we can spunk £600m and still play Ashley fucking Young.
Franck
Sam
Liverpool had no Plan B and after 60 minutes Mourinho was happy to play for a draw.
Shedender
Carroll.
Masterclass? Sheer numbers if anything. 9-1 formation, even Rashford, who was skinning James Milner every time was getting wasted by sitting in his own box most of the game.
On the other hand, we were clearly more afraid to lose it than risk winning it, if there wasn't a safe option 9/10 then they would go backwards. Coupled with the fact when we did go forward a bit everyone's final touch / pass was diabolical it created a very shit game. But I guess we learned from when Mourinho parked the bus with Chelsea then beat us 2-0, could have easily lost that game on the counter if we tried to force it.
Ninja
Not really I thought they showed at half time how well we were setting up and what we were doing to counter specific threats (although I would argue that Ander Herrera's best game in a United shirt was probably a far more important factor than anything shape wise he was everywhere).
But yeah, in general I do just think it was a general lack of quality rather than anything else that saw this game finish 0-0. If Pogba and Ibra had performed anything like they're capable of we'd have looked a lot less toothless going forward.
In general I'm reasonably encouraged by the last few weeks though, we put 4 past Leicester, should have put about 6 against Stoke and actually turned up and executed a game plan in a big game. The points might not necessarily reflect it but I think we've demonstrably improved our performances since the start of the season. Hopefully once Mkhyitaran comes in we'll go up a gear again, but I'm not holding my breath.
Carroll.
Poe
Carroll.
Oh bore off. Clearly if he set up to play he would have got spanked, but it's not exactly 'the Manchester United' way? Plus obviously people will get frustrated to see a team sit back so deep to just frustrate us and get a point rather than show ambition and go for a win. Hey we even got beat by Burnley so we're not exactly unbeatable.
But yeah, kudos to Mourinho for coming here and getting a point with about all those big summer signings.. Even LVG beat us
Ninja
Yet despite all that I would argue that the best chance of the game fell to Ibra who made a catastrophic pigs ear of it and who arguably should have scored but, at the very least, should have hit the target. For all your supposed attacking intent the sum total of your efforts were two decent saves from De Gea from little more than half chances.
Seems for all the laughing at Van Gaal last season Liverpool fans are relying on the Van Gaal definition of attacking. We were as content to allow you to have lots of the ball in non-dangerous areas as you were to have the ball there, but there was little to suggest you tried to force the issue. You dominated possession, sure, but I don't think there was anything to suggest you were anymore willing to risk losing to force the issue than we were. We had lots of those games last season as teams realised that we'd pick them off if they opened up but we couldn't break them down when they sat deeper, its a perfectly valid tactic and one that cost us a lot of points over the season. Only being able to beat teams that play into your hands would suggest you're just not as good a side as people would have you believe.
Carroll.
Like I said earlier we lacked the quality in attack, whether that was through nerves or whatever, I don't know. Playing Sturridge may have been a mistake as well, he's a good player but he was a waste in that game.
Sam
And like Ninja said Liverpool only had a couple of half chances, both teams were pretty poor on the night.
bmg033
EDIT: Also just seen our next seven games: Liverpool, Leicester, Leverkusen, Arsenal, West Ham, Monaco & Chelsea. Can't see that going well...
Carroll.
Sam
Dan
Quality first time finish and he's rapid which is a bonus, very good player, Liverpool looking dominant again today
Carroll.
VP.
VP.
Number 1
I'm bewildered as to what his goal was disallowed for, not least given first we knew is when the scoreboard ticker reverted to 0-1 and Quinn didn't seem to know what was going on. Although granted, no change there.
King Luis
Number 1
Sam
Oh and John Stones, £50M well spent.
King Luis
I don't think a United fan is in any position to talk about expensive transfers