by Doeboy » Sat Sep 09, 2017 2:25 pm
Day to forget. Could have been different had we put away our chances earlier. Anyway....
Firstly the sending off. What exactly is the law on this?. Mane has every right to go in for the ball. Now i'm not going to have a go at the ref just yet as he may just be following orders, but if ref's have been told off to send off players in situations like that, then it's a complete an utter joke. Yes, no one likes to see injuries like that but what do they except Mane to do in that situation? Just say 'after you' to the keeper and let him have it? That's a yellow at best.
Secondly, the starting lineup. I don't know why Lovren didn't start but this is exactly why I've been banging on about us buying a centre back in the window (if VVD not available, go out find an alternative)....Klavan is just not good enough, especially up against the likes of Aguero and Jesus. I've said it before and will say it again...Klopp has some glaring blind spots when it comes to bringing players in. This 'if i don't get me first choice of player in, I don't want anyone' attitude does no one any favours and actually harms us
Once we went a man down, it was always going to a hard work away against this calibre of team but some of the defensive shoddyness, has still been evident.
On a side note, it's a shame we couldn't get Mendy at LB. His delivery and general ability to get up and down looks very good
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Doeboy on Sat Sep 09, 2017 2:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.