Aston Villa vs Liverpool - Premier League (20/21 - Game 4)

[Bender]

Performances have dropped and mistakes have crept in since the team were crowned champions... as many have said... this will serve as a kick up the Ass,Otherwise Everton will give his team another thrashing... Under Klopp we don’t do simple defeats

[danperkins]

Or is it complacency? I don't know, but everything is so easy for him it looks a bit like he's started believing his own hype and he's become overly nonchalant, just strolling around.

could very well be alright

[Buzzo]

Performances have dropped and mistakes have crept in since the team were crowned champions... as many have said... this will serve as a kick up the Ass,Otherwise Everton will give his team another thrashing... Under Klopp we don’t do simple defeats

Thats true, we dont often ever lose a tight game 1 nil.

We either win. Or we get pumped. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

[dizzycat]

Looks like I picked the right game to miss. Did Grealish run the show? despite the offfield antics I really rate him.

[danperkins]

Looks like I picked the right game to miss. Did Grealish run the show? despite the offfield antics I really rate him.

Don't think he ran teh show at all, Watkins was the one that gave Gomez a nightmare, bullied him all night. 3 deflected goal and our keeper is an absolute nightmare. Grealish is very talented though. Worst performance I have seen from any LFC side since i've been supporting the club and we still should have scored 4.

In saying that Villa could have scored 10

[Buzzo]

Looks like I picked the right game to miss. Did Grealish run the show? despite the offfield antics I really rate him.

He was really good.

He and McGinn basically operated between the lines of our team and dominated the game for them.

[Venton]

Looks like I picked the right game to miss. Did Grealish run the show? despite the offfield antics I really rate him.

As Dan says, Watkins caused a lot of damage, but they were generally very well drilled and played as a team. We didn't and got clobbered. We were a proper shambles really and underperformed in all areas of the pitch - keeping, defence, midfield and attack. You can't afford that in the premiership.

[Rich]

Apart from the usual Twitter clowns, there is literally no way of interpreting this as anything but a blatant penalty
https://twitter.com/FootyThreads_/st...75947708821504

My feeling on this is that VAR only checked what happened with Salah and Mings and not the challenge from Villa's #7.

Blatant penalty.

There's no denying we were utterly shambolic at the back but it was such a strange game - everything bounced their way and nothing bounced ours.

[Corndog]

Shouldnt read too much into this result. It was an incredibly bad day at the office against a team who to their credit, were not afraid to take the game to LFC or press the backline at times.

Seems also like the odd circumstances this season are throwing up some unusual results but even that aside, the team deserve a chance to put it right.

Ultimately a good wake up call. Doesn't matter whether you're champions and record breakers, if you don't turn up well enough, any prem side can cause you major damage.

Thought klopp had it spot on when he mentioned losing the ball in terrible places where it should not be lost. It puts too much on the backs to get the team out of trouble.

[dizzycat]

Based on what you guys are saying, I'm glad I didn't watch it. I just looked at the stats and it is saying we had 70% possession, it must have been on horrendous watch if that statistic is correct. Hopefully a short shorp shock and move on.

[Paul12]

I hate the kick offs we take (a ball back to Gomez and then a hoof down to the left hand wing where we lose the header but often win the second ball) but...

...I knew it was going to be a bad night when we couldn't even do that right (Gomez scuffed the ball).

TAA and Gomez were poor, but the midfield was absolutely shocking and the manager's first substitution was wrong. And no one lead on the pitch - not even VVD - until Milner got on.

[~LFCHistory~]

Van Dijk has started almost every league game since he signed, never gets rested so that could well be a factor too but we don't have a proper CB to replace him if he was given a rest.
Mane (hopefully), Henderson and Thiago to all come back in after the break, we'll be fine.

[Buzzo]

I'm not sure the rest thing washes too much given the March to June Holiday.

But in general, yeah, he shouldn't be having to play away at Lincoln City.

[danperkins]

Can we nuke this thread and forget it ever happened? I vote yes!