LC [H] v Spurs post match musings

[Liverpool]

really enjoyed that

nice to have the crowd willing and supporting in the youth in these games under less pressure

[Red_Polo]

Everyone inside Anfield hates is quite ambiguous about him but loves Derek!

Nice edit

[BigChief]

We are such a great team to watch. Thought we were excellent again for much of the match. My MOM would have gone to Wijnaldum - what a shift and I don't think he gave the ball away once.

Brilliant game by all the boys.

But if I'm going to be ultra-critical I thought that though Gini, Ejaria and Grujic were good in patches they were not great overall to begin with. Gini was specially misplacing passes. Stewart was the standout midfielder. But as the game wore on Gini and Ejaria started to find their feet whereas Stewart went the other way.

Thankfully Gini used this game to shake off the rust and get back into the groove in the league.

[brightred]

I must have watched the wrong match!

Thought Gini was excellent throughout

[BigChief]

There were two or three mis-passes (rustiness) Gini made in the first half when I thought to myself 'a better team would have punished us there' or 'a better team would have pressed us hard with that mistake'. As it happened in all those occasions the Spurs youngsters just felt like giving the ball straight back to us so nothing came of it.

Gini finished the game strongly and I can't wait to see him back in the first team on Saturday. But those thoughts seemed to stick with me which is why I remembered those moments.

[Daffy Duck]

http://www.thisisanfield.com/2016/10/video-jurgen-klopp-post-match-press-conference-liverpool-2-1-tottenham/

Post Match press conference. Lots of praise for Little Fackin Kev

[RedReet]

****ing ridiculous how little Sturridge gets his name sung.

Could easily amend the Riise song:

Ohhhhhhhh, Daniel Storage, ohhh, ahhhh. I want to knowwwwwwww, what you did to Harv...

[RedReet]

No love for Lucas today?

Defended brilliantly, should have had at last 2 assists of assists when setting Origi away and being the nice guy he is, even made the game interesting for the neutral by giving Spurs a pen.

Lucas.

[McDermotX]

Had a few ropey moments across a few minutes in the second half, culminating in the peno decision (soft or not, it wasn't the smartest), and played his part in a few pinball moments at the back, though he was the only one who looked like he knew what he was doing on those occasions.
Other than that he was his usual calm self......proper LFC player.

[McDermotX]

Mauricio Pochettino has questioned the behaviour of Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and his coaching staff.

Liverpool beat Pochettino’s Tottenham side 2-1 in the EFL Cup on Tuesday, with the Reds reaching the quarter-final of the competition as a result.

Daniel Sturridge scored twice to give the hosts the lead, before Vincent Janssen scored a contentious second-half penalty.

Lucas Leiva was adjudged to have fouled Erik Lamela, resulting in the award of the spot kick, but the respective benches disagreed over the decision.

Pochettino felt it was “strange” for Liverpool to protest, considering he felt debutant Trent Alexander-Arnold should have been sent off for a poorly-timed tackle in the first half.

“I think it was strange that at the end of the game they started to complain,” Pochettino said. “The full-back Arnold should be sent off in the first-half, I have seen the tackle again on Ben Davies.

“So after that, it was strange when their bench started to complain with our bench.

“It is the referee’s authority to say if it was a penalty or not. It was strange.

“They complained about a normal game, but maybe yes, they were lucky to finish with eleven on the pitch.”

[gratziani]

**** off spurs your ****ing players kept fouling all the way thru, that ****er Winks must have done about five yellow card offences then.

[Pablo]

I thought they resorted to Sunday league rough-house tactics in the last 20 minutes out of pure frustration.

It just shows the loss hurt

[RedReet]

9 games without a win against us. The Mighty Spurs.

[Red_Polo]

Yep. Comes across a little bitter in those quotes.

[Shaggy]

9 games without a win against us. The Mighty Spurs.

My Spurs mate was pretending he wasn't bothered and is glad they're out, but make no mistake Spurs HATE us and this run is killing them. After some gentle and friendly exchanges last night my mate eventually flipped and said "ah **** off, if we'd put our first team out we would have SMASHED you tonight"