[EL] Villarreal (A): Post Match

[Gibbo]

Was Coutinho injured at half time?

Ill, chucking up apparently.

[Assassin]

Was Coutinho injured at half time?

Barca bought him, he is on his way to the Catilan capital

[Kenneth]

True...but still...no awareness of the options available. It was mad albert so i guess a swing was to be expected!

He'd just sprinted flat our for at least 40 yards with a defender on his heels, I can't blame him for not knowing Ibe was on the far side and having a dig. He created one of best chances.

[Assassin]

2 clear goals instead of 1 is a big difference.

No, even at 0 - 0 we would require 2 goals to be certain to go through

[Kenneth]

Yep, the goal at the end is awful for us. They'll set up to dog it out and we'll need to be very clever and at the top of our game to get through it. They are very well organised. That goal could hurt us badly. Game was there for the taking but the manager failed to notice.

How was it there for the taking? They scored on the counter when we didn't have a striker, changing formation would have only increased that risk.

[Chazza]

We wanted the draw, nowt wrong with that, and the team was working really well, pressing them, keeping them away from our final third. Looked like a certainty for keeping a clean sheet and would have been but for one second of concentration dropping. Hindsight is great but we were doing our job well and changing formation would have been a risk that may not have been worth taking.

Away goal gives such an advantage and we had so many good positions a striker of Sturridge class could have made the difference.

[vlahka]

I dont get the logic that its good to be at 0-0 in an away game. They were purposely being more tight to make sure we dont score. They'll come out attacking in the next game and just 1 away goal will really be a huge hit for us. We can't score 4 goals every time.

[Corndog]

I understand why klopp went with the conservative strategy and chose firming over sturridge but at the same time the team has been in great form lately, especially in front of goal. Would have fancied us getting an away goal even if we conceded.

Then again maybe studge has a knock, who knows. Would have at least liked to see him on for the last ten.

I thought Moreno and Allen played brilliantly. Harsh to say Moreno should have slotted that given he was full speed, faster than most people can ever run. In the past people have said Allen is a wimp, that's not true. He gets stuck in for a small man but more importantly he has the courage to play forward balls through tight spaces that others in the team wouldn't do. You need players like this to by-pass an opposition press or unlock a well structured defence.

Mignolet also deserves a mention, that was an outstanding save against bakambu.

[Rich]

Well I still feel confident that we'll do it next week.

[G]

How was it there for the taking? They scored on the counter when we didn't have a striker, changing formation would have only increased that risk.

We took the game to Dortmund away from home and should have won it yet we come here and show this inferior team loads more respect and we got punished at the end for that lack of ambition. Your in the minority if you don't think we should have taken the game to them. They are nothing special. Draw would have been decent but the away goal was there for us and we may well rue not being arsed with getting one.

[Irishnev]

I don't see anything from them that has me worried even at 1-0 down. We'll put already 3 past them at Anfield.

They weren't that great but it is set up for their normal style at Anfield, will be tough.

[Roboklopp]

No we didnt

[redemption]

We were done by a sucker punch!

[BobTheCharmer]

I dont get the logic that its good to be at 0-0 in an away game. They were purposely being more tight to make sure we dont score. They'll come out attacking in the next game and just 1 away goal will really be a huge hit for us. We can't score 4 goals every time.

Exactly. Well put.

I expect klopp to drop a clanger in the league but not in Europe. It's negative and I think that passed to the players.

I don't think we will go through. I think we were **** in the league cup final and we have made it hard to win this cup.

[ric.williams]

Nor avin that mate. Officials were excellent apart from one **** up by the linesman.

soldado?