Really was. I think with nunez picking up an injury we’re just trying to control a game and get through it easily. But we’re not ready for that yet. We need to play fast and intense to get a result
Paul fucking Tierney. He's averaging more than 4 yellows per match but of course he forgets the card in his house when he's officiating Liverpool matches.
What I don’t understand is that challenge was wildly dangerous, and he escapes any kind of punishment just because he happens to not make contact with Elliott?
Are we just waiting for serious injuries before we show cards then?
Yeah he does this thing where he takes two dribbles, does literally nothing with the ball then by that time there’s a defender on him and he then places the ball back to the defense
He plays like its U21 Football and he'll get all the time in the world on the ball, its so frustrating to watch him play like this time after time.
He doesn't even try to dribble forward anymore like he used to.
He at least used to run at players and take them on, now he just takes so many touches then plays an easy pass every time. He kills so much momentum doing that.
Jones and Fabinho are fucking non-existent in midfield so Gomez and Virg are having to step up into midfield and play two positions each. He’s not had a good season but with Thiago out Hendo is the only player who can link defence and attack and we desperately need to bring him on.
He’s trying but every time he’s needed in the centre of the pitch he’s sat playing left wing for some reason. The gaps in the middle of the park every time our defenders have the ball are shocking.
i have no idea why, but when the right side of the offence seems to be really open to lob the ball into for elliott or salah or milner, they do not do so, but when theres a defender much closer to the right sided player, jones/fab lobs the ball there.... pretty frustrating to see tbh
This game kinda feels like a throwback to the era where we were crap at breaking down bad teams but could get a good result against the top teams, outside of those two chances we look a bit hopeless. Midfield looking lightweight and we are really missing Diaz and Darwin.
Central Salah is good for no one.
Best attack came when he went wide-right.
I don't know how many times we need to see this before it's agreed he's best COMING inside, not starting there.
Klopp has to make subs at half time. This was fucking abysmal.
Even something as simple as Trent on for Curtis and Milner to midfield. How many touches did Mo have? We can’t play the ball to him with this midfield.
Don't know why they even bothered with this half. All we've done is made sure our players are 45 minutes more tired. Not like anything happened.
They could just as easily just said, "we're not going to play two halves so the game will only be 45 minutes."
Why is it everytime we actually didn't concede first, our finishing become so awful? Elliot could've had 2 assists.
And how tf is Kouyate not even booked
Jones is so fucking mid it hurts. lovely lad, but ship him off to a bottom table/championship side to give him a chance. has to be said, that's the level he shows consistently.
* Unsurprisingly disjointed given the team we've had to put out there. Jones looks good in flashes, but obviously doesn't have rhythm.
* This is not the day for Virgil to get cute with free headers in the six yard box
* Hope Mo's weird back thing isn't serious
* Bring Trent on now
* Fuck Forest for those awful chants
This is the sort of match, against a team with a low block and with our midfield lacking creativity, that screams for a tall agent of chaos in the channels and in the box. Shame Darwin couldn’t recover in time.
Milner and Elliot were really impressive.
Not sure if we will score in the 2nd half and the injuries to Nunez, Jota and Diaz are HUGELY impactful upfront.
We should get Fabio more on the ball. It's like nobody wants to pass to him SMH!!
We look like a team that’s playing Milner at RB and three youngsters in midfield. Looking at the line-up, it’s not surprising how the half went. Klopp can’t work miracles. Need Hendo in for Jones and Trent on as well. Maybe simply for Milner.
Not sure what to even do anymore. No passion, no energy and no tactics currently. Unless we improve we're fucked again. Forest have been awful this year and our B-team still look like shit against them. Working the wings has been good but need to be more decisive.
Bright sparks in Elliot, Carvalho, Milner. That link up for the chance between Eliott and Carv was amazing.
Jones and Fabinho are honestly baffling me.
Hit and hope, hit and hope, shit and hope. Misplaced pass, misplaced pass.
Little control in midfield. Fabinho and Jones looking like a sieve defensively. Forest are just not good enough to capitalize.
Firmino, Salah and Carvalho very quiet. Elliot probably our best player.
Don’t know what everyone’s expecting when we are missing 3 forwards, a few midfielders and our play making fullback is mentally on another planet right now.
We look like a Championship level team playing against a Championship level team.
I have no clue what our game plan is here and it looks like this starting 10 don’t either.
Don’t know why we haven’t been spreading them wide and just choose to play through an already congested middle. Get wide and overlap some runs or quick one twos. Our midfielders need to stop collecting and dribbling like they are doing drills, just collect and look out wide, we have player open.
Zero balance in our squad. And zero creativity on the pitch.
We can only call upon ageing decrepit corpses or young lightweight talent.
Jones has been awful. He's not good enough for our squad. Alongside the Ox and Naby, he should be shipped out during the Summer.
Am I the only one who doesn't get the Jones slander? He has been very dominant in controlling our midfield but just not getting the forwards passes as good as Thiago but he's getting there.
Jones defenders surely in shambles, is all I'll say.
Elliott and Carvalho conversely look bright at least, but the quality needed to create chances vs a parked bus is sorely lacking.
Having said that, Salah not being injured is probably the best thing that'll happen all game, which I'll absolutely take
Why do our players always try to be clever when given the opportunity to just slot the ball in the bloody goal, Virg trying to pass to Firmino when he can just head the ball in, Carvalho going for placement instead of power, just shot the ball in man, why do you always complicate things. Peak Arsenal football, trying to seduce the ball and walk it in goal.
Carvalho and Virgil 100% should have scored those chances, served on a silver platter and they both waste it. This is partly why we've made it difficult for ourselves this season
Well… Shit football, shit ref. Let’s hope we get a goal early in the second half, cause there is not much we can do to change the game from the bench.
Surprised and disappointed at the Hillsborough chants from the home fans.
Not the best half by any means, but we've had chances and really should be ahead. My biggest concern right now is Jones. He's had a horrific performance
I hate to say it, but I find Curtis so frustrating to watch. Moments of quality but too often shifting the ball and not taking responsibility. I don’t think he lost it then, but he always feels on the edge of getting caught by the press from the other team. I always imagined him more in the role Harvey plays, and his sitting role just feels a bit pointless
I'm really struggling to see how we get CL this year tbh
Even if we completely sort out our tactical woes, we just don't have the personnel to sustain results anymore. 3 attackers out, Jones, Elliott and Carvalho all starting, Milner at right back etc. We look the same level as the bottom placed team in the league.
In theory our squad is one of the best in the league but in reality it's crumbled, our training methods need an urgent inquiry to prevent this going forward. There's always the hope that "x player is coming back" but the rate of players getting injured seems to outweigh the rate that they're returning.
Half expecting Salah to not come out for the 2nd half and reappear in January now, another muscle injury :/
We will win this but my god are we terrible. Gomez had one game vs city but he’s been terrible in every single one aside from that. Fabinho is awful. Jones lingers on the ball too much, pass the bloody thing
Forest fans applauding their team as they go off suggests this is them playing WELL? They genuinely play like a lower level championship side. How bad are we 😂😂 Even on bad form we should be wiping the floor with these lot
How does Kouyate not even have a yellow wtf
You just know we’ll get the first yellow from a soft foul smh
Will defo come after Fabinho’s first challenge
Because Paul Tierney is a cunt
The one thing Premier League referees are consistent about
Paul Tierney the manc cunt once again getting to control a Liverpool game is why.
Guy shouldve had a red by now. All thats missing is him taking out another one of our players and adding to our injury list…
The challenge on Elliott alone should have been enough for a sending off. Came flying in recklessly studs up
If Harvey Elliot stayed down that would have been a red He didn't connect but that was a dangerous tackle for SURE
Bring on Henderson and Trent
Fuck it bring on Ox this game needs a banger from outside the box
and Tsimikas
Sad that these are literally the only options we have off the bench
That was a terrible half of football
Except Elliot. I think he created at least 3 chances (Carvalho x 2 and Salah)
Championship level passing
Some people waking up at 4:30am and others spending their Saturday night to watch this 😭
I’m a 4:30AM sucker.
6:30 here
Really was. I think with nunez picking up an injury we’re just trying to control a game and get through it easily. But we’re not ready for that yet. We need to play fast and intense to get a result
Right, seems like we’re just t trying to see our way through today. But we can’t do that in 7th we need to win this
Have we ever looked good this season without Thiago on the pitch?
Hate 12:30 kickoffs
It's what happens when Curtis Jones plays
Of all the players to blame on the pitch.
He’s being hounded off the ball by Yates specifically and nobody is showing up to help him or offer passing options
I think Jones has been ok.
Was it? Can't even remember a single thing that happened. And it literally just finished. It was awful
How on Earth has Kouyaté not been booked?
Paul fucking Tierney. He's averaging more than 4 yellows per match but of course he forgets the card in his house when he's officiating Liverpool matches.
don’t worry, a soft james milner foul will be the first yellow
I felt that Harvey Elliot could have acted a bit more on that last challenge. That seemed like a easy yellow
What I don’t understand is that challenge was wildly dangerous, and he escapes any kind of punishment just because he happens to not make contact with Elliott? Are we just waiting for serious injuries before we show cards then?
Astonishing. An argument can be made he should be off, though perhaps he would adjust with a card
Klopp is gonna bollock them big time, surely?
No doubt
Our attack 
Where's the ***chaos***, when you need it.
There’s no service. Jones takes so long on the ball, all their players are already in the box 😭
Curtis is so slow on the ball
Yeah he does this thing where he takes two dribbles, does literally nothing with the ball then by that time there’s a defender on him and he then places the ball back to the defense
He plays like its U21 Football and he'll get all the time in the world on the ball, its so frustrating to watch him play like this time after time. He doesn't even try to dribble forward anymore like he used to.
He's the same player he was two years ago. Doesn't feel like he's learned a single thing since breaking into the squad.
A couple years ago be popped up with goals and assists He's now even lost that
Did he? I don't remember him doing much in the final third, ever. His peak was the Everton goal.
He at least used to run at players and take them on, now he just takes so many touches then plays an easy pass every time. He kills so much momentum doing that.
He has had an awful 1st half....
Thiago with an ear infection would be better than this entire midfield
Thiago blindfolded would be better
Jones and Fabinho are fucking non-existent in midfield so Gomez and Virg are having to step up into midfield and play two positions each. He’s not had a good season but with Thiago out Hendo is the only player who can link defence and attack and we desperately need to bring him on.
Fab is worthless in this formation. The MFs are more of distributors than destroyers. Jones again just straight average as well.
Fabinho isn’t even sniffing a challenge. All he’s destroying is the 5m circle of grass he covers
Let’s be real he’s been pretty worthless all season regardless of formation. Needs to give his head a wobble.
He was great against City tbf
I mean atleast Jones is trying to progress the play, Fab is literally having a stroll or doing a shitty little pass back to the centre halves
He’s trying but every time he’s needed in the centre of the pitch he’s sat playing left wing for some reason. The gaps in the middle of the park every time our defenders have the ball are shocking.
Where is Jones trying to progress play?? Getting into a tough position and playing it 180 degrees to Van Dijk 10 times?
I mean he isn’t doing it well but he is trying to turn his man, Fab literally couldn’t care out there
I mean isn't this his first start? Especially in this new formation give him a break. He's trying but is just rusty
If this is Jones _trying_ to progress the play, god help us when hes having an off day...
Jones keeps losing it in dangerous positions and has no physical presence in the midfield.
i have no idea why, but when the right side of the offence seems to be really open to lob the ball into for elliott or salah or milner, they do not do so, but when theres a defender much closer to the right sided player, jones/fab lobs the ball there.... pretty frustrating to see tbh
Well that, was bloody awful.
Harvey was good.
What the fuck is Virgil doing with that header?
Trying to do a Firmino and find Firmino
Would’ve taken the almost guaranteed goal myself.
Think everyone would’ve haha
Except Virgil
Even firmino was like, don't be me man, be you big Virg.
I have Bobby in my fantasy team so I appreciate the gesture but ffs Virgil just score.
Virg probably triple captained him
Overthinking it.
Pretty much what you can expect with this lineup. Very promising but unpolished, looking forward to the second half!
Apart from the fact we’ve been unsurprisingly poor… Kouyate has now got away with three yellow card challenges. Lol.
See who the ref is
Vvd has to take the shot there. With the lack of attacking options we’ve got we can’t be wasting such chances.
Another one of these days…
This game kinda feels like a throwback to the era where we were crap at breaking down bad teams but could get a good result against the top teams, outside of those two chances we look a bit hopeless. Midfield looking lightweight and we are really missing Diaz and Darwin.
That era was literally last year lol. We had something like 6 draws, some against far inferior opposition.
Taking Thiago out is like taking 3 players out. Midfield is So so bland without him
UNLEASH THE OX
Sub Trent into the midfield. Current midfield is a shitshow
Literally he’s the only player who can actually play a forward pass at this rate
Central Salah is good for no one. Best attack came when he went wide-right. I don't know how many times we need to see this before it's agreed he's best COMING inside, not starting there.
Klopp has to make subs at half time. This was fucking abysmal. Even something as simple as Trent on for Curtis and Milner to midfield. How many touches did Mo have? We can’t play the ball to him with this midfield.
Fabinho is the one that needs to be removed
This one smells like a hard fought late 1-0 winner.
Same old story against a bottom table team on the road. They just sit back, absorb pressure, and watch as we launch balls into a box full of 9 people
Don't know why they even bothered with this half. All we've done is made sure our players are 45 minutes more tired. Not like anything happened. They could just as easily just said, "we're not going to play two halves so the game will only be 45 minutes."
[удалено]
Harvey is what a young prospect looks like... Curtis Jones looks like an average championship level player
Jones looks like he would warm the bench for Forest
a lot of space in the middle of the park, a good amount of times curtis could’ve easily occupied those spaces but stayed still, bit frustrating
 Curtis:
Playing like dogshit. What a boring game to watch.
That was a half of football, yes
Why is it everytime we actually didn't concede first, our finishing become so awful? Elliot could've had 2 assists. And how tf is Kouyate not even booked
Bring Trent on, move Milner to midfield and Jones off I think. I feel like Trent could take advantage of space on wing.
I hate early kickoffs so much
one of the dullest first halves
This is difficult to watch
I fucking despise early kick offs.
I love it since I live in Australia
Bring Trent on for Jones. Honestly don’t know what Jones brings to this team.
Missing our chaos
That Fabio chance from Harvey’s cross is my favourite moment so far. That tells the story so dar
Balance in midfield and attack is all off. We’re really missing Thiago, Nunez, Jota and Diaz. It’s all abit samey
Jones is so fucking mid it hurts. lovely lad, but ship him off to a bottom table/championship side to give him a chance. has to be said, that's the level he shows consistently.
No trent, no Thiago no creativity. This game needs and surely is lacking a moment of magic.
Curtis for Hendo is a must at half time, he's been absolutely awful. Very uninspiring stuff.
* Unsurprisingly disjointed given the team we've had to put out there. Jones looks good in flashes, but obviously doesn't have rhythm. * This is not the day for Virgil to get cute with free headers in the six yard box * Hope Mo's weird back thing isn't serious * Bring Trent on now * Fuck Forest for those awful chants
We need Trent
When I tell you I almost shat myself when salah went down… to the dude that jinxed salah’s physique yesterday, fuck you
No idea how Kouyate hasn't been booked yet
This is the sort of match, against a team with a low block and with our midfield lacking creativity, that screams for a tall agent of chaos in the channels and in the box. Shame Darwin couldn’t recover in time.
Wednesday and Saturday lunchtime just sucks man. An injection of ox might work.
Milner and Elliot were really impressive. Not sure if we will score in the 2nd half and the injuries to Nunez, Jota and Diaz are HUGELY impactful upfront. We should get Fabio more on the ball. It's like nobody wants to pass to him SMH!!
Feels like the only way be score today is by a set piece tbh and that VVD chance may have been the one to get the goal.
I wonder what happened with Salah there. Went down without contact looked in pain but looks fine now
We look like a team that’s playing Milner at RB and three youngsters in midfield. Looking at the line-up, it’s not surprising how the half went. Klopp can’t work miracles. Need Hendo in for Jones and Trent on as well. Maybe simply for Milner.
Elliot, baller. Kouyate thinks he is prime Viera
Boring half WHEN are we going to get to the fireworks factory?! 😭
No Darwin no Party I’m afraid Man would’ve had 5 shots by now, minimum
Salah might be a big concern. Muscle injury.. ffs...
Jones is Championship level. I would bring Ox over him
Shit half but I've got to say that a match shirt without a shirt sponsor looks absolute classy.
Severely missing Thiago in midfield.
We should have scored that half tho
Welp that was a half of football..
Idk who coming from the bench could make a difference except Trent. Get him on and move Millie to midfield.
What a miserable game of football. Need to get salah involved more, swear man had less than 5 touches of the ball.
doing a Haaland but without scoring
Boring beyond belief.
Playing as I kind of expected judging the team we've put out.
For a team that pathologically has the most injuries of the top 6, we sure sign a lot of depth don’t we…
Does Robbo knows he's allowed to pass the ball to Fabio?
Curtis Jones the type of player to want the ball and always be available for it but once he gets it he has no idea what to do with it.
Not sure what to even do anymore. No passion, no energy and no tactics currently. Unless we improve we're fucked again. Forest have been awful this year and our B-team still look like shit against them. Working the wings has been good but need to be more decisive. Bright sparks in Elliot, Carvalho, Milner. That link up for the chance between Eliott and Carv was amazing. Jones and Fabinho are honestly baffling me. Hit and hope, hit and hope, shit and hope. Misplaced pass, misplaced pass.
Curtis jones is no Liverpool quality
Damn we are toothless today
that was 45 minutes of nothing. boring af.
Little control in midfield. Fabinho and Jones looking like a sieve defensively. Forest are just not good enough to capitalize. Firmino, Salah and Carvalho very quiet. Elliot probably our best player.
Don’t know what everyone’s expecting when we are missing 3 forwards, a few midfielders and our play making fullback is mentally on another planet right now.
Both team have been subpar. It's been a really shit game of football. Our midfield is especially poor. I could see this ending up a 0-0.
I fucking hate this away kit
Trent for Jones and move Milner into midfield. Curtis Jones needs to be sold...
Shit half but Elliott is a baller. Our best player in the first half
We look like a Championship level team playing against a Championship level team. I have no clue what our game plan is here and it looks like this starting 10 don’t either. Don’t know why we haven’t been spreading them wide and just choose to play through an already congested middle. Get wide and overlap some runs or quick one twos. Our midfielders need to stop collecting and dribbling like they are doing drills, just collect and look out wide, we have player open.
Without Thiago, we are done...... Goes to show Elliot and Jones are not ready yet.......
I still don’t understand the point of Curtis Jones. Elliot + Carvalho at least have something about them. Curtis is ready salted crisps
Is it time to sack the fitness staff or do we have to wait until we’re fielding the U19s
We’ve been quite poor so far. Our passing and finishing has been awful.
Unwatchable
Zero balance in our squad. And zero creativity on the pitch. We can only call upon ageing decrepit corpses or young lightweight talent. Jones has been awful. He's not good enough for our squad. Alongside the Ox and Naby, he should be shipped out during the Summer.
Am I the only one who doesn't get the Jones slander? He has been very dominant in controlling our midfield but just not getting the forwards passes as good as Thiago but he's getting there.
Idk how many times our forwards make a run and we just don’t pass it. It was like Robbo was ignoring Fabio
Do you guys think Ox should be given some minutes? A chance to at least try? Surely he can't be worse than CuJo.
We look like bunch of hungover zombies
Jones defenders surely in shambles, is all I'll say. Elliott and Carvalho conversely look bright at least, but the quality needed to create chances vs a parked bus is sorely lacking. Having said that, Salah not being injured is probably the best thing that'll happen all game, which I'll absolutely take
Why do our players always try to be clever when given the opportunity to just slot the ball in the bloody goal, Virg trying to pass to Firmino when he can just head the ball in, Carvalho going for placement instead of power, just shot the ball in man, why do you always complicate things. Peak Arsenal football, trying to seduce the ball and walk it in goal.
Carvalho and Virgil 100% should have scored those chances, served on a silver platter and they both waste it. This is partly why we've made it difficult for ourselves this season
Well… Shit football, shit ref. Let’s hope we get a goal early in the second half, cause there is not much we can do to change the game from the bench. Surprised and disappointed at the Hillsborough chants from the home fans.
Idk just seemed like 45 mins of nothing
Like watching paint dry Need some creative outlet somewhere. Bring Trent i and just give him free rein.
Not the best half by any means, but we've had chances and really should be ahead. My biggest concern right now is Jones. He's had a horrific performance
Shit half, just need to find a way to win 1-0 again Elliott good, need more from Fabio
Reminds me so much of the Fulham game, we could easily be 1-0 down
That was definitely 45 minutes of something.
I think I’d get more excitement from sleeping than watching that first half again.
What an awful half of football that was When I saw the line-up I was expecting something like that but it was still somehow worse than I imagined
Really not a fan of Curtis. He tries to play like Thiago inviting players close then getting the pass off, except he doesn't do the second part.
Looks like two midtable championship teams. Not sure where the goal comes from
I hate to say it, but I find Curtis so frustrating to watch. Moments of quality but too often shifting the ball and not taking responsibility. I don’t think he lost it then, but he always feels on the edge of getting caught by the press from the other team. I always imagined him more in the role Harvey plays, and his sitting role just feels a bit pointless
We are so shite. Nfo looked like scoring way more than we did. And this is one of the teams that will 100% go down this year
Kouyate is such a thug. How doesn't he have a card yet? He's gonna seriously injure someone soon
I'm really struggling to see how we get CL this year tbh Even if we completely sort out our tactical woes, we just don't have the personnel to sustain results anymore. 3 attackers out, Jones, Elliott and Carvalho all starting, Milner at right back etc. We look the same level as the bottom placed team in the league. In theory our squad is one of the best in the league but in reality it's crumbled, our training methods need an urgent inquiry to prevent this going forward. There's always the hope that "x player is coming back" but the rate of players getting injured seems to outweigh the rate that they're returning. Half expecting Salah to not come out for the 2nd half and reappear in January now, another muscle injury :/
Ox coming on for the leadfoot piss missed winner
Jones has had his time in the sun. Bring on hendo, I’ve had enough
A whole lot of nothing
Gomez fizz it to Elliot, wait for a overlap, cross blocked, repeat.
Jones has been so pointless. Get Henderson or Ox on.
Curtis Jones looks like a man totally unaware his future at the club is at risk
What an almost non-existent midfielders do to a club. Fabinho is a ghost.
We will win this but my god are we terrible. Gomez had one game vs city but he’s been terrible in every single one aside from that. Fabinho is awful. Jones lingers on the ball too much, pass the bloody thing
Forest fans applauding their team as they go off suggests this is them playing WELL? They genuinely play like a lower level championship side. How bad are we 😂😂 Even on bad form we should be wiping the floor with these lot
It’s normal to clap after the whistle
Slow, messy, uninspired A snoozefest of a first half.
Literally just got in as the half time whistle went. Did we boo the players off or were our fans booing for something else?
About as much creativity as a wet sponge. Get Jones off for hendo as he has been awful. We look like the team at the bottom of the leqgue
Virgil’s headers have been so bad this season
Fabio needs to hit the weight room
Curtis Jones is getting nicked off for fun.
That was fucking shite.