Arsenal Post Match Fred

[Rigadon]

The possession stat as impressive as it may be, doesn't tell the full story.
The majority of our possession was in our own half, Arsenal let our defenders have the ball knowing full well they can't hurt them with it.

Majority of possession in own half but still managed 27 shots? Must have been long shots

[Chris]

WTF is rodgers on about the pitch at anfield is terrible?

It looks crap for a club of our size, I'm sure he'll get lambasted as looking for excuses but mates who go all the time have been saying it for weeks. I noticed it most v Basel, perhaps because of the light but it looked shocking.

[Slinky Skills]

WTF is rodgers on about the pitch at anfield is terrible?

It is awful, it's a mess mate.

[Keyser Soze]

Case, as utd have proved, get goalscorers and the rest looks after itself. Well enough to get you comfortable top four in this league.

Man Utd have done this for years (and last year apart) it has served them well.

It makes you wonder what Rodgers was thinking:
1. A sicknote striker
2. 68 year old Southampton striker
3. Balotelli (FFS)
4. Surplus to requirements Borini.

[Tee]

Bold, brave and positive performance today. As much as I slated Coutinho last week he showed the appetite and quality expected so all credit to him. Markovic is going to be a real star isn't he?

[Rigadon]

Just confirms that we need a finisher, the formation suits us and gets the most of what we have available annoyingly though without someone to stick the ball in regularly it's going to be a struggle still

Lallana needs to start every game he's fit one of the few that does have a genuine eye for goal and can play in such tight situations

[shanks69]

great hearing bellers saying "we" all the time when talking about liverpool

[kubrickscube]

+ Sakho lot better than Lovren
+ Jones better distributor than Mig
+ Coutinho better than recently
+ Markovic I thought was excellent in the first half
+ Definite signs that we're coming back to our old self, attacking wise

- Skrtel didn't cover himself with glory for their first
- Borini was stupid
- Still looked toothless


We'll be awesome once Sturridge is back. Or with Torres...

[Keyser Soze]

Majority of possession in own half but still managed 27 shots? Must have been long shots

They were though weren't they, matchstick legged Coutinho,Sterling and Lallana shooting barely makes an impression -it was like they were kicking a beach ball.

[BigChief]

+ Sakho lot better than Lovren
+ Jones better distributor than Mig
+ Coutinho better than recently
+ Markovic I thought was excellent in the first half
+ Definite signs that we're coming back to our old self, attacking wise

- Skrtel didn't cover himself with glory for their first
- Borini was stupid
- Still looked toothless


We'll be awesome once Sturridge is back. Or with Torres...

Can't wait to see Sterling on the left and Origi up front.

[DannyMan2006]

Fantastic performance against a side through to the last 16 of the CL on a regular basis. We outplayed them and should've scored a hatful. Very pleased with the past week, despite the poor results when taking into consideration how the seasons gone.

Burnley etc beware.

[danperkins]

He was better than Skrtel though.

I'd have never known by your match thread posts.

[Leyton388]

Defo better and it was much like last season but without the cutting edge. I hope we dump lovren in jan and cut our loses.

[cream]

Just lacked a striker today, as was case against United. Really starting to enjoy watching us play again, Coutinho, Sterling, Lallana and Markovic are a joy to watch when we play this way, just need Sturridge back and we'll be goals galore again. The 3-4-3 is here to stay, could be this season's diamond.

[Muddled]

Really encouraging performance. We should have won 5-2, 6-2??

Brendan must stick with this team and formation.

If we had Sturridge or any other decent striker we would have won that 5-2 or something.

Plenty of positives out of that for me. Hurry back Studge.

Dont mind dropping points in games like that when there were so many good signs (well I do but you know what I mean), it's the dropped points where nothing happens that are so ****ing annoying. We completely outclassed them, even 10 on 11.

Markovic and Coutinho were excellent though the latter needs to do more on some of them shots. That game summed Skrtel up, pathetic on two goals for the opposition but gets a great header for us at the other, how can he not even jump in one penalty area yet do that in the other? Bizarre.

Enjoyed the formation, especially how it got Markovic involved, Bournemouth and Arsenal really struggled to cope with him.

All of this.