Chelsea vs Liverpool: Match Thread

[Muddled]

We need Henderson to get past Suarez and keep Allen back alongside Lucas; Suarez is too isolated and that is exacerbated by both Coutinho and Sterling being pushed back by Chelsea's fullbacks. We need to get on the ball and build our attacks, we just seem to be rushing.

Our natural width usually provide by our fullbacks is hampered by an underperforming Johnson and a centre back playing out of position. As such, all our play is too central and too intricate. Frustrating.

[lucas]

I'd like to think that someone takes that shirt off Sakho and ****s it in the bin!

[Bernardicus]

**** this game I'm now more worried about beating Hull at home

[danperkins]

They are so much more aggressive and energetic than us. Midfield non existent, backline dodgy and forward line isolated. It's all wrong. Sterling only one doing something

[Kenneth]

Nah, that shirt swapping bollocks isn't on, **** that

[BobTheCharmer]

Why?

People can swap shirts any time in the game ffs.

Chelsea have been the better side. Pressed us well and didn't allow us to play from midfield. It's showing now how far we are from the top 3 sides. We won't get anything out of this match. Move on to the next.

I'm watching my team get pissed on. And the players I'm counting on to turn it round want to swop shirts? ****ing hell. I ,can never see the point, I mean what do pro players do with them? Hang them up? Yeah right. To me it shows the attitude isn't right. I'd punch him to wake the dozy cunt up.

[JohnDoe]

I agree about Allen, but although Lucas is part of the midfield that is getting overrun, once on the back foot he's bound to get caught, commit fouls etc. if the team plays well, Lucas will. Not necessarily true for the other two.

Lucas is the most fraudulent player we have in the team. If the team plays well, and we're not under pressure defensively, and we're not getting overrun, and we have most of the possession... then he plays well.

Seriously? He's a defensive midfielder who gets muscled off the ball, is one paced, lost his engine and is becoming a sieve of passes going through him.

[McDermotX]

They are so much more aggressive and energetic than us. Midfield non existent, backline dodgy and forward line isolated. It's all wrong

Completely outplayed. Complete reversal needed in the second half.

To get nothing from Arsenal, City and Chelsea is extremely frustrating.

[TheElephantMan]

Still in this game, just got to work a bit harder in the second half. Mignolet needs to cut out the daft mistakes. Suarez has been kept quiet so far, hopefully he'll produce some magic in the next 45 minutes.

[Fredo]

I'm watching my team get pissed on. And the players I'm counting on to turn it round want to swop shirts? ****ing hell. I ,can never see the point, I mean what do pro players do with them? Hang them up? Yeah right. To me it shows the attitude isn't right. I'd punch him to wake the dozy cunt up.

Calm yourself down.

[Fosterbloke]

Mig totally ****ed up for the second goal. Now we have a mountain to climb.

[topscorer]

Johnson, Suarez and Allen. Bad first touches all game so far. They need to pick it up.

Poor Skrtel doesn't have a clue what to do with the ball when it's played out from Mignolet and we always end up under pressure when the ball is given to him. And I'm fed up of him pulling opposition players shirts instead of watching the ball in the penalty box.

Agger at left back makes no sense to me, it's reduced our threat going forward and hasn't made any improvement to us defensively.

It's a bad day so far but the players on the pitch are good enough to win it if we pick ourselves up for the second half.

[JohnDoe]

Completely outplayed. Complete reversal needed in the second half.

To get nothing from Arsenal, City and Chelsea is extremely frustrating.

Mark of a young team that is still naive and learning. Frustrating but not hopeless.

[BobTheCharmer]

The city game will have taken a lot of energy from us. Missing Flanagan. Just hope we can show some fight. I hope rodgers gets etos shirt and burns it. Right end of shirt saga for me.

[vonk]

****e in midfield. Lucas getting the run around. He looks like an old man. Allen and Henderson not much better. The less said about the defence the better. Johnson the worst player on the pitch. Agger too slow. Skrtel always playing the man not the ball. Mig should be saving that second. Need reinforcements in Jan. defensive mid top of the list.