Aston Villa Vs Liverpool post Match

[tommyg]

Mignolet's going to be an alcoholic after all these pints Agger owes him.

[RedAndWhite]

All in all, when was the last time we won our first two games? I can't remember. Pleased. Very pleased.

Five years ago - 2008/9 I believe.

[kingfunk]

What a signing Toure has been. Unbelievable Geoff.

[Rich]

If Reina was our keeper this season, we would have had 2 points by now.

I agree. Mig might not be the best with his feet but my god he's good.

[Gazzla]

Carried Agger today.

Gerrard was atrocious all game. Lucas was shocking in the 2nd half after a great 1st half. Some of our players just fell asleep.

Don't agree regarding Gerrard, in the second half he did an excellent job in a defensive capacity

[Norbs]

get stuffed Joe Afghan

[Aj34]

Toure motm for me and what a point blank save from mignolet.

[Hemingway]

Three points against a team playing their first home game of the season, coming off the back of two morale-boosting performances? Yes please.

We controlled the tempo in the first half and protected our lead in the second with hopes of catching them on the counter. It wasn’t as pleasing on the eye as our performance against Stoke, but then in 38 league games, we’re gonna have some stinkers. If we can get points whilst under-performing, then power to us. Sure, there are areas of concern, but then we’re not the finished article and neither are we going to rest on our laurels; I’m sure it’s something we are working hard on.

Other than the usual, what was interesting slash concerning was how we tuck our full-backs into the penalty box when defending. It relies so much on a covering wide man and both Coutinho and Henderson are playing in positions that aren’t their best. As such, there are massive gaps that better teams will exploit. Also, I’m sure he will, but Mignolet needs to work on his kicking. It could be nerves and kicking with a heavy foot, but we surrendered possession straight back to Villa on numerous occasions. But then you could argue he’s earned us four points alone with the two saves at the death.

But yeah, bottom line - two clean-sheets and six points from six ... **** yeah.

I'm definitely more happy about the saves than concerned about the kicking, but I found his distribution odd as well. He was nervy at times against Stoke but he still tried to play it short as much as possible - today he went long almost every time it was at his feet. I wonder if BR told him that until he gets his feet wet with this possession lark to just forget about it and bomb it when we're away from home if that's what he feels he needs to do.

[Bender]

Don't agree regarding Gerrard, in the second half he did an excellent job in a defensive capacity

yes he made some key interceptions

[RichC]

I have to say so far the signings of Mig and Kolo have looked inspired

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Perfect start! But I wonder why Rodgers didn't sent the team back out in that 2nd half? **** me, that's one way to stifle Sturridge, Coutinho and Aspas Absolutely no shape whatsoever but we defended well and still haven't crumbled from a set piece.

Villa pressed us and we had no answer to it, we've seen it before but in those situations when we do get a bit of time we need to keep the ball. Gerrard had a good game but twice around the 65th minute when we were on the back foot he had the ball in space and attempted first time passes and put us right back under pressure.

Joint top?

[JohnDoe]

Five years ago - 2008/9 I believe.

Finished 2nd that year, 4 points off the top

[gentingfrmhell]

Second half was scary, but we were away to Villa - a team that just beat Arsenal 3-1 away and gave Chelsea everything they could handle at the Bridge. Should've had a pen at the end. Were without Suarez and whatever other signings we'll get in before the end of the window. And we got three points out of it.

Sturridge was fantastic I thought, and Mignolet once again made a couple huge saves. People might complain about the manner of the game, but the thing is that we had these games last year every bit as much as we had the 3-0 and 4-1 style thrashings. The difference is that when we played like this last season we usually finished 0-0 or 1-1. Winning ugly for three points - especially away to a good side, as I think Villa are - is perfectly fine by me.

[Norbs]

It was 29th September before we had 6pts last season

[Aj34]

I have to say so far the signings of Mig and Kolo have looked inspired

Wasn't sure about signing kolo but what a key player he's gonna be