Liverpool v Chelsea Build Up & Match Thread

[Morph]

Rob Styles has declined sky's offer to explain the penalty, ****ing bottler

did you expect anything more

[El Jefecito]

Rob Styles has declined sky's offer to explain the penalty, ****ing bottler

What could he say, "Moroinho gave me $20K....."

[Johnny]

**** Hackett, assuming we don't het stiles for all our games, we'll be too busy celebrating being league champions to be moaning to anyone else.

We WERE that good.

Not many teams will have chelsea playing back to the wall football in their own half for that long this season.we were all over them.Well done Rafa for putting on the 3rd striker at 1-1,he wouldn`t have done that last yr.

[Helios Creed]

O)MG thats a great retort laughing my arse off!!!

That was so annoying, if you dont laugh, you'll cry. or drink... (heads for fridge).

[Imy]

Got to agree with Redknapp its the fact that Chavs and the Mancs are continuously in the refs ear.

[Cisseshairdresser]

He waved the card more than just for Terry, but it looks as though he realised he would have been sending someone off, so bottled at least one other.

Exactly my view. If you see it again hihs body language gives him away. He realises he's gonna have to send someone off (i think it was Ben Haim) and books Terry instead. Whatever happened he realised the player he was about to book was gonna have to go and coz its Chelsea he bottled it!

He's a ****ing **** and I hope someone forces him to eat his own **** and he chokes on it the horrible little ****ing ******!!!!

[Gaz]

Really? missed that. ****ing bottler is right.

Yeah, Keys said that he'd declined the interview.

I'll make the trip down to wherever Rob Styles trains too and call him a Bottler to his face

[Imy]

Bloody hell he did book Essien twice - feckin ref

[JohnDoe]

Rob Styles has declined sky's offer to explain the penalty, ****ing bottler

[Tom]

Rafa is absolutely furious with styles.

[Kenneth]

Are there any links to vids of the pen?

[LFCman]

I hope Rafa smacks him up like the mafioso he looks like.

[BrooklynRed]

Criminal decision on Finnan. Absolutely criminal. 9 cards? Styles should have a long look in the mirror and reconsider his career. He made this match about himself and if he never sees a pitch again, it will be too soon. Horrific.

That said, we played great, minus Kuyt, Riise and Alonso all of whom were missing something in the final third all day long. Stevie needs to see more of the ball going forward and dictating the distribution to the wings. Period. When partnered with SG, Xabi's job should be to provide cover, disrupt the midfield and nip forward when he can, end of. Riise was just bad; Essien owned him for the most part and his shoot first mentality cost us some decent chances today. He couldn't get a decent cross in for most of the day and looked a yard off the pace. Kuyt the same; He did very little in attack, and his saved header aside (that was given as a goal kick), he didn't show me much. I think Torres would benefit from Crouch, TBH.

Otherwise, I have no complaints aside from the atrocious penalty call. Take that point and build a title upon the lessons learned.

[Johnny]

Criminal decision on Finnan. Absolutely criminal. 9 cards? Styles should have a long look in the mirror and reconsider his career. He made this match about himself and if he never sees a pitch again, it will be too soon. Horrific.

That said, we played great, minus Kuyt, Riise and Alonso all of whom were missing something in the final third all day long. Stevie needs to see more of the ball going forward and dictating the distribution to the wings. Period. When partnered with SG, Xabi's job should be to provide cover, disrupt the midfield and nip forward when he can, end of. Riise was just bad; Essien owned him for the most part and his shoot first mentality cost us some decent chances today. He couldn't get a decent cross in for most of the day and looked a yard off the pace. Kuyt the same; He did very little in attack, and his saved header aside (that was given as a goal kick), he didn't show me much. I think Torres would benefit from Crouch, TBH.

Otherwise, I have no complaints aside from the atrocious penalty call. Take that point and build a title upon the lessons learned.

Sensible post.

[shelly]

Absolutely furious at Nob Styles.
1) Atrocious decisions- wtf was that penalty about ffs?
2) kept slowing down play and interfering with smooth play - waving cards all over the pitch for no damn good reason. Not allowing quick free kicks etc
3) slow as feck and keeps getting in the way of play usually ours

But the lads should be proud of themselves. They really should - the one good thing is, this should not dent their confidence because they know they were the better team easily.

Also for people who thought Rafa is too negative - he put on Babel and Crouch whereas Mourinho stuck on another CB... that's a good sign.
There was only one team trying to win it today... and we should be proud of our lads. What a goal that was, Torres!

FA really needs to look at reffing decisions ffs. What with the Fulham fiasco and now this!