Arsenal match thread

[Marky]

Agreed Tom,
Although we played poor today at times...This is Anfield! Gerrard played with his heart on his shirt which was good to see. The biggest positive from the game was Peter Crouch showing he can offer more than the threat Kuyt and the Ukranian put together. If Alonso and Torres are long term injuries we are in serious trouble. We should have won this game today and id say Fergusion is laughing all the way home. I predict the media will be hunting for Rafa now Jol is gone.

Big deal, that's the minimum requirement of a Liverpool player or indeed any pro footballer.
Played very well today mind, more of the same please Gerrard.

[El Jefecito]

I think this performance kind of sums us up under Rafa. Maximum effort but very little in the way of craft. Crouch came on and did more to create but he should have started instead of a half-fit Torres.

Istanbul defines Rafas rein.

BTW re: your sig. We don't want those kind of fans anyway.

[Kenneth]

We had 11 shots, 8 on target. They had 11 with 4 on target

They had 2 without a keeping in goal. Hit the post twice and had one cleared off the line. We had a freekick a crouch shot and a xabi handball.

[Imy]

Which game were you watching? The Bolton one?

If Rafa is clueless what does that make you?

You accepting mediocrity, are you saying our style of play is going to win the league? They outplayed us and had ALL the clear cut chances.

Name me the passage of plays we outplayed them or looked comfortable on the ball?

[El Jefecito]

Dude, your out of order. We played at home today and Arsenal played us off the park. People are allowed be upset at the manner Rafa put the team out. We deserve to finish 4th and thats being positive

[Imy]

Take the rose tinted glasses off

[El Jefecito]

You accepting mediocrity, are you saying our style of play is going to win the league? They outplayed us and had ALL the clear cut chances.

Name me the passage of plays we outplayed them or looked comfortable on the ball?

If you couldn't see it with your own eyes, I'm not going to convince you am I?

Theres none so blind as those who will not see.

[Kenneth]

Big deal, that's the minimum requirement of a Liverpool player or indeed any pro footballer.
Played very well today mind, more of the same please Gerrard.

Yep, he's getting there.

[Guest]

I think it was a pretty even game and considering Arsenal's record the last 15 games, it's understandable they're playing with a certain swagger. We've had our doubts lately, so I think we played very very well considering the circumstances. And we got 2 unfortunate injuries to our most important players. We would have won if Torres and Alonso were 100% fit. All this Arsenal outplaying us is total and utter bollocks.

[MrMichael]

So you think we had no chance of scoring another? Because we clearly had chances.

Clearly. Arsenal are damn good with the ball, but we certainly had chances and showed great application. As a football game, I really quite enjoyed that, and feel quite positive after it.

[El Jefecito]

Take the rose tinted glasses off

Take an extra prozac, or 5.

[Tom]

credit where its due, arsenal are on the verge of being a brilliant team and will continue to dominate the league with performances like that. Arsene wenger is a brilliant manager. if its not us then i hope its them, good luck to him and his team.

Yeah, I think that if they don't win it this year, they definately have a championship winning team again.
In terms of passing and technique they are ahead at this stage of the season. In terms of tactics and committment I think we're pretty even. You have to put this result in context Arse are at the top of their confidence curve, we're near the bottom of ours. Pretty good result really, though disapointed we didn't hang-on. I actually thought we were the better team second half until Xabi went off. How people on here don't rate him fowler knows.

[Imy]

If you couldn't see it with your own eyes, I'm not going to convince you am I?

Theres none so blind as those who will not see.

Because they were few and far between, BE honest, were Arsenal not better then us?

[Kenneth]

You accepting mediocrity, are you saying our style of play is going to win the league? They outplayed us and had ALL the clear cut chances.

Name me the passage of plays we outplayed them or looked comfortable on the ball?

Start of the second half, for about 10-15 mins.

[FatTony]

So you think we had no chance of scoring another? Because we clearly had chances.

Of course we had chances, chances appear for both side in most games. It doesn't mean that you didn't play ****.

Arsenal were all over us and we just hoofed in long balls, most of which went straight to the opposition.