Leicester vs Liverpool - Premier League (18/19 - Game 4)

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Maddison is every bit as good as a few of us said on here when we were linked with him. He was easily their best player. One to keep an eye on in the future.

He looks a good player, I think him playing regularly at somewhere like Leicester is the right move for him, if he continues to develop you could see him going to one of the top 6 clubs in a year or two.

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thought shaqiri showed great nous when he came on to see the game out

we are miles away from our best in these 4 fixtures, we should be encouraged rather than negative.

shame points from like for like fixtures from last season when we got 70 odd and city got 100.

next 2 months is huge

I thought the same about Shaqiri he didn't offer much in a creative sense, but did what he needed to to see the game out including helping out defensively, which I think was something some of us were worried that we might not get from him.

IMO two of the front three haven't got going yet, Mane has largely carried them through so far. This has contributed to some performances that haven't been at the level we would have liked to have seen, but that said we have been winning games, which is a good sign.

[Fuzzy]

Still at 100% really looking forward to that last season form though, so far we really haven't been that impressive. Shame about Alisson's record, would have been amazing to be at 0 conceded after 4 games, stupid thing to do. Oh and Gomez is ****in amazing.

[Kenneth]

Absolutely. Salah was poor today, how the hell did he not score or at least hit the target after 4 mins? And Firmino looking clumsy is a strange sight. And then Virgil looking ropey at the other end and being rescued by Gomez on a couple of occasions. Strange times, but very early in the season and we aren't in full swing yet. But four wins in a row, what a great foundation for the rest of the season.

[Maxiedge]

Part of me thinks last seasons form came from the balance in midfield the Ox gave us by driving forward. Keita can do the same and Lallana too.

[topscorer]

Sloppy passing all the way through the team today giving up possession and putting pressure on ourselves.

Leicester played us at our own game and did it well.

A bit lucky to get the 3 points in the end but 12/12 [emoji106], got to be happy with the start!

[SB]

Very happy with the win. We dug deep and got there in the end. Alisson, will no doubt learn from his error. He'll have to realise very quickly he won't get time on the ball in the prem as you do in Italy.

I still think the balance of the midfield is not right. The combination today didn't really work. I also think Klopp made the right decision taking Henderson off for Keita. He wasn't the worse player on the pitch but the fact that he can't play on the half turn and often plays the ball back in the direction it came from does hinder us a little and can sometimes put our players under pressure.

I know I've said it but we really miss Oxlade-Chamberlain. I'm looking forward to seeing how Klopp works out what our best midfield combo is. I would like to see Fabinho, Wijnaldum and Keita in the future but as of right now Milner is deserves to keep his shirt.

Nail on the head.

[marcus50bucks]

Part of me thinks last seasons form came from the balance in midfield the Ox gave us by driving forward. Keita can do the same and Lallana too.

I think you have a point mate. I definitely think we miss his drive in midfield. Hopefully Keita will offer this, albeit he's not as powerful. For me I'm not convinced Milner and Henderson work well together in midfield. It has to be one or the other. And if I had to choose one it'd be Milner. As I said earlier, Henderson wasn't our worst player on the pitch (even if his inability to play on the half turn frustrates me) but we looked better when he came off and Wijnaldum dropped deep. Like I said I'm intrigued to see how Klopp finds the right blend in midfield.

[Rich]

I think you have a point mate. I definitely think we miss his drive in midfield. Hopefully Keita will offer this, albeit he's not as powerful. For me I'm not convinced Milner and Henderson work well together in midfield. It has to be one or the other. And if I had to choose one it'd be Milner. As I said earlier, Henderson wasn't our worst player on the pitch (even if his inability to play on the half turn frustrates me) but we looked better when he came off and Wijnaldum dropped deep. Like I said I'm intrigued to see how Klopp finds the right blend in midfield.

At the moment it’s Gini or Hendo. Gini was pretty nonexistent until he switched position.

Milner was one of better performers.

[Fosterbloke]

No one's mentioned the ref. I thought he had a good game.

[Chris]

Was alright for 30mins then began giving them everything and just stood there watching one of their players haul Van Dijk down in the area and did **** all. Could easily have been a foul on Alisson to (though hard to have sympathy with us on that one). He was pretty crap.

[BigChief]

Was alright for 30mins then began giving them everything and just stood there watching one of their players haul Van Dijk down in the area and did **** all. Could easily have been a foul on Alisson to (though hard to have sympathy with us on that one). He was pretty crap.

Which still makes him a better ref than nearly all other PL refs. Strangely.

[RedReet]

Firmino continues to stink out place. Hope he returns from International duty rejuvenated.

He's had 3 goal involvements in 4 games, 2 of them proving to be match winning goals. Should probably have scored a few more and most definitely should have more assists with the amount he's put on a plate for Mo.

Says a lot about his level last year that this is stinking the place out.

One of TAW boys made an interesting point too. Basically clubs know they can't stop Salah, so best they can do is stop the supply to him, so they are focusing more on Firmino this year as most of our attacks go through him.

[Buzzo]

One of TAW boys made an interesting point too. Basically clubs know they can't stop Salah, so best they can do is stop the supply to him, so they are focusing more on Firmino this year as most of our attacks go through him.

Which is why Mane is getting the goals

[RedReet]

Which is why Mane is getting the goals

Aye, said similar to my brother in pre-season, that Mané should benefit from the extra attention Salah will get this year.

Even Robbo must be a big factor, now teams know how much of a threat he is. Pep bigging up our FB's won't have harmed things either.