Dejan Lovren

[danperkins]

He clearly doesn't.

Only 86.8% of games then

[dom9]

He clearly does. Every game. Although it doesn't always result in a goal.

Absolute bollocks.

Last weekend for example?

[danperkins]

Absolute bollocks.

Last weekend for example?

He was the one that let the cross in

[dom9]

With supporters like you lot, who needs enemies eh?

[Norbs]

I think it is.

That whole press cuttings on the wall chat is totally cliched. But even if it happens, how does that make any material difference in performance? If motivation were that easy..? And even still, we should still be good enough to win, we should be more motivated.

All that happened here is Lovren was asked if he thought we could go the season without losing and he answered that he did.

Lacking the diplomacy to dodge having to answer, what is he supposed to say? “No, I think we will lose at some point”. I think we forget that these guys are answering questions in a second language with a press corp desperate to manufacture an angle.

But in reality the only place this kind of stuff matters is on forums.

The easy answer would've been 'we take each game as it cines'

[dom9]

He was the one that let the cross in

Goalkeeper chucks the ball to the forward and you find a way to blame Lovren for a cross?

[Norbs]

He was the one that let the cross in

[Kenneth]

He was the one that let the cross in

That's just silly. Maybe stupid is more appropriate.

[danperkins]

Goalkeeper chucks the ball to the forward and you find a way to blame Lovren for a cross?

Ahhh dom, probably best you go back and watch the goal again

[dom9]

That's just silly. Maybe stupid is more appropriate.

I'd go with cretinous.

[danperkins]

That's just silly. Maybe stupid is more appropriate.

Some may say defending Moreno and Mignolet for years is stupid. But i'd never say that about you Ken

[Kenneth]

Goalkeeper chucks the ball to the forward and you find a way to blame Lovren for a cross?

There's no point Dom. People will see what they are looking for and it will be evidence of what they want it to be.

[Kenneth]

Some may say defending Moreno and Mignolet for years is stupid. But i'd never say that about you Ken

Defending our own players from dogs abuse by our own fans. Sorry, really stupid of me.. go ahead. And totally comparable to blaming a CB playing RB for a goalkeeping howler.

[Buzzo]

I don’t see why we always need a scapegoat?

Lovren was part of an amazing defence last season, even with Karius behind him. He has improved beyond recognition since Klopp cane in.

He makes occasional mistakes, but if you look at it that way Alisson has made two howlers this season - should we also be on his case?

Whatever floats particular boats I guess.

Also I reckon Salah plays better when Lovren is in the team

[Maxiedge]

I'm not sure how to feel about his latest comments.

It's clearly been drilled into them by management to take it a game at a time, to only think about the next game, respect the opponents, not too over-enthuse etc... and he's broken that protocol. To what extent he was pushed by the interviewer, it's hard to say. I've seen him in other interviews this season as he's been very level-headed, even showing some leadership qualities, so this was a surprise.

However, I also think it's a bit fanciful to think that his comments have a direct effect on his performance. I guess we'll see tomorrow