Dejan Lovren

[Doc_Piptorious]

Nah Don't think Robbie-9 will start tbh. He might get a spot on the bench though

[Irishnev]

Continues to cost us points - missed the ball over his head and gave a weak ref an opportunity to make a bad decision.

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Tweet from a bluenose I know!

[Maxiedge]

How is that a pen? He changes direction and backs into Lovren. ****ing cheat

[Irishnev]

How is that a pen? He changes direction and backs into Lovren. ****ing cheat

It’s a contentious one no doubt but why did Lovren out his hands in his back when he was going away from goal....moronic

[Maxiedge]

It’s a natural reaction when someone backs into you. It’s never a pen

[Irishnev]

It’s a natural reaction when someone backs into you. It’s never a pen

You are not buying into my agenda here..... , I don’t rate Lovren and he actually missed the ball from the cross field pass from Rooney in the first place hence Calvert Lewin getting the opportunity to back into him.

The worst thing about Lovren is that he constantly bigs himself up (was doing interviews again this week) and invariably they lead to **** ups.

[BobTheCharmer]

One of the biggest frauds ever to play the game. I hoped spurs was the last of him, but he keeps getting more games. No redeeming features, he'll be upset no doubt, best give him man of the match.

[Slinky Skills]

One of the biggest frauds ever to play the game. I hoped spurs was the last of him, but he keeps getting more games. No redeeming features, he'll be upset no doubt, best give him man of the match.

[Fosterbloke]

You are not buying into my agenda here..... , I don’t rate Lovren and he actually missed the ball from the cross field pass from Rooney in the first place hence Calvert Lewin getting the opportunity to back into him.

The worst thing about Lovren is that he constantly bigs himself up (was doing interviews again this week) and invariably they lead to **** ups.

VVD completely missed an Arsenal attacker for their equaliser too, schoolboy stuff yet he's touted as amazing. Well perhaps he is and, you know, he's human.

[Irishnev]

VVD completely missed an Arsenal attacker for their equaliser too, schoolboy stuff yet he's touted as amazing. Well perhaps he is and, you know, he's human.

The thing is he continues to make mistakes and they continue to cost us points

[danperkins]

Yup and will continue to do in the future too, never have I seen such a headless defender in a LFC shirt, the guy is a kamikaze defender.

[PTP]

I felt it was a ridiculously harsh decision and really don't agree with the pundits saying clear pen/defo etc.

But lovren made a decision for the ref, he gets too close and into a man who was going nowhere, shepherd him towards the line/out the box, don't make contact so he doesn't get the chance to go down and it's dealt with

It's just a bit of a brain fart and it got harshly dealt with against

[Nicey]

I googled Lovren penalty and this came up

Different match same Lovren

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uWqA3aGpyk"]Dejan Lovren misses crucial penalty for Liverpool ~ Besiktas vs Liverpool UEFA 26-02-15 - YouTube[/ame]

[Nicey]

If you go back and look at the replay ... he strangely makes a pushing motion when he is trying to show he does not have hands on him ..

The Referee should not have given it obviously but in an extreme case I can see why he did

[Exiled_red]

I felt it was a ridiculously harsh decision and really don't agree with the pundits saying clear pen/defo etc.

But lovren made a decision for the ref, he gets too close and into a man who was going nowhere, shepherd him towards the line/out the box, don't make contact so he doesn't get the chance to go down and it's dealt with

It's just a bit of a brain fart and it got harshly dealt with against

I think it's a lack of understanding of the situation and a reason he will never be a top defender. This is my view on it which I posted in the match thread

The Lovren one is just naive and there is too much of that in our defensive side of the game IMO. For all the claims of it being a dive or it being soft. What did anyone expect to happen there, from the Everton player's point of view his team have been under constant pressure, finally he gets a touch of the ball in the box, he's running away from goal so doesn't really have a chance of scoring, his manager has probably told them all to look for set chances to get set pieces in dangerous positions, Lovren barges into him, what does anyone expect to happen? For me Lovren doesn't understand the situation which is why he makes that challenge. Yes it's a soft one but you don't put the referee in the position to make that decision. It's things like that which distinguish good defenders from average ones.