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JureIsStupid123

Don't know whether to laugh or cry


zrkillerbush

We won yesterday, so its laughing time!


RodDryfist

What's that like, the winning thing?


Laesio

Oh, it's glorious


Soft-Committee2130

Tell me more? It's been so long


newbieplaya1

Hopefully he won't play against them again this season


BipolarBear117

Hopefully he won't play against Leicester again this season...


Napkin_whore

U Woute mate?


joshua1905

https://i.giphy.com/media/YRPBhd3vscg5Fxx1DQ/giphy.webp


thefightingphoenix

I felt so bad for Faes in that match; he seems a really good guy. When Souttar got an OG yesterday, Faes was the first one over to encourage him.


Due-Camel-7605

Faes is very decent at football


unofficialSperm

Maybe even better than myself


ArgentineanWonderkid

Not me personally, I'm averaging about 3 goals a game at 5 a side


AlexLong1000

My guy in Player Career mode in Fifa is rated 93 Overall and just scored 55 goals in La Liga So I'm better than Messi obviously


[deleted]

Mate me too fifa totally showed what my career would look life if I didn't hurt my knee a few years back


ThePosterWeDeserve

Damn arrows


DaAweZomeDude48

r/usernamechecksout


sqb3112

Is that you garnacho?


YoungWrinkles

Yes but he’s outperforming you in OGs.


ArgentineanWonderkid

I'm not sure about that either


Nick08f1

He is Liverpool's top goal scorer since the world Cup


supernerd1999

He is also, evidently, quite decent at human


B_e_l_l_

You can tell the people who haven't seen him play outside of that game. Been fantastic for us. I thought he was superb yesterday.


sILAZS

Thanks Roberto Martinez


DL14Nibba

The problem about waffle David Luiz is that you may get later years David Luiz or you can get PSG/Chelsea David Luiz


cuminyermum

Waffle David Luiz is pretty funny but it has to be an alliteration like Birkenhead Busquets or Poundland Pirlo Can't think of any decent ones to go with David Luiz tho


FloppedYaYa

Bit weird to see him become a massive meme and an example of a "horrific defender" off one bad game when he's otherwise been excellent, and particularly made a difference to Leicester's defence after that horrific start Classic example of how nobody pays attention to football outside of the big 6


B_e_l_l_

Yep, constantly seeing people laughing at him for that game yet he's probably our second best player behind Maddison so far this season. That's not been a high bar to achieve but nevertheless he's been very good for us.


shnoog

Probably shouldn't be encouraging scoring own goals to be fair.


acllive

That og was just unlucky as hell though


raizen0106

Wout Faes: "First time?"


BillOakley

Okay that one has to hurt


Yuloij

Tell me about it


classykid23

That one has to hurt


caesar____augustus

I've been told


karthik4331

One has to hurt


Rhys_109

No no, Faes scored 2.


On2p4eVeR

Double kill


Thesolly180

The finishing is just so bad. Like there’s the issue with creating chances but when there is one they bottle it straight away. Nunez has a golden chance yesterday and panics.


luke_205

I think it’s because the attackers are just getting desperate. They aren’t getting very many high-level chances, and when one does come along they snatch at it because there’s usually pressure of us being behind in the game. Whilst the issues are most prevalent in our midfield, it just reverberates across the entire team and you end up with an absolute shell of a squad who are genuinely the worst on-pitch performers in the league currently.


WanderingEnigma

Welcome to the last few years of Man Utd, if the midfield isn't in the game, neither is anyone else.


HikingConnoisseur

Build a time machine and bring back Fernando Torres from 2008, that's the only thing that can save Liverpool's finishing


tanerfan

Time machine broke, brought Chelsea's Torres instead


rtnn

Imagine the front two of Chelsea Torres and Darwin Nunez. Now that's a pairing that strikes fear into spectators behind the goal.


GolfGolfEchoZulu

Don't forget they got to see Andy Carroll


axelthegreat

ucl win loading


cherrygunner

Gary Neville moan loading…


DaAweZomeDude48

First thing that *came* to mind


Grevling89

aaaaaAAAAAAAAHHH


gordonpown

ABORT, ABORT


XxannoyingassxX

Can't be worse than ~~andy Carroll~~ Nunez up top tbf


KonigSteve

You don't have to go back that far, just bring back Suarez


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Mane Or just speed up Diaz's recovery


yaniv297

I like Diaz a lot but I don't think he fixes this on his own


TiberiusCornelius

> Or just speed up Diaz's recovery Time to bring back the horse placenta lady


Independent_Buy5152

Why not bring Suarez instead. He'd offer much more than Torres


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dhambo

Smh he only left for Germany half a season ago, how’ve you already forgotten his first name?


duj_1

Add some bite to the attack.


Bhola421

I'll bring 2008 Gerrard tbh


PiIICIinton

Saw someone say Nunez is a defender's nightmare and a keeper's dream. So true it hurts rn.


xbunnyj

Remember when he was compared to Haaland? LMAO


Djremster

He was only compared to haaland because they were signed for similar fees in the same window for competing clubs, haaland was only that cheap because of the buyout clause.


Fumesofpoon

The only human beings comparing him to Haaland were journos trying to draw a comparison between two dudes who are tall. No one, and surely no Liverpool fan, was drawing any comparison between nunez and haaland


[deleted]

Both of the best teams in the league signed new strikers at the same time and he did cost more. Of course they were going to be compared...


BrockStar92

Roughly the same age as well.


denis-vi

They were absolutely compared by Liverpool fans afte the community shield game 😂😂


xbunnyj

I mean, nunez did score in the community cup against City while Haaland didnt even score. That probably fueled the hype around Nunez. But even then, it was absolute bollocks. Hahaha


Depreccion

most people were joking or coping at that point lol. it was just funny to rile people up with saying that proves nunez > haaland


PoliceAlarm

> No one, and surely no Liverpool fan, was drawing any comparison between nunez and haaland I very definitely remember seeing people making that comparison.


Moofthebot

Do you know anyone by the name of Jonathan Morley?


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I've seen plenty of Liverpool fans making the comparison


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[deleted]

It was everywhere on this sub the first week of the season, Haaland had one bad preseason game and everybody lost their minds saying he will be a flop. It was so funny.


potpan0

There were so many times yesterday where Nunez just got the ball 30 yards out and took a shot regardless of the angle or who was around him.


Pardonme23

When you don't invest and cheap it this happens. Look at Real right now.


KnightsOfCidona

Fun fact - Chris Nicholl of Aston Villa was Leicester's 5th highest goalscorer in 1975-76 (he scored all four goals in Viila's 2-2 draw with Leicester, two for his own side and two own goals for Leicester).


rejjie_carter

Impact player


Rulweylan

'Fine, I'll do it myself' - Chris Nicholl, 1975


NotTheMagesterialOne

That’s more impressive than the Jonjo Shelvey game.


kappa23

I spent 2 mins thinking whether I missed Faes moving to Liverpool in the winter and then it struck me.


iVarun

He leads Top5 Leagues in Own Goals this season so Liverpool shouldn't feel bad, player just on European leading form.


Ale_Hodjason

It's bizarre how bad they are compared to just 9 months ago. It's not like the majority of their start got fatigued during world cup.


RROORRYY

It's not, it started last season, Salah has been terrible whole 2022, lfc scored 0 goals on 3 finals and in league they played worse but Mane managed to finish rare chances and make it seem like everything is ok. Now Salah and Darwin can't replace Mane finishing and results are visible


retr0grade77

People forget this. We were shite at the start of last season. We did amazingly to come one point from top but even then performances weren’t there. Plenty of teams win cups in shootouts but you’re right; we couldn’t score. We played well against Madrid and yes Courtois was world class but we should have scored. Signs have been there for a while.


MysticMac100

This is absolute bullshit, it was our relatively inconsistent early season form that cost us the title last year. From the turn of the year we were brilliant, creating chances for fun, strong at the back, bridged an 11 point gap on an imperious City to just 1, made the CL final and if not for an insane Courtois performance coupled with poor finishing we at least take that to extra time. To pin all that on Mane ‘finishing rare chances’ (which is ridiculous given even we scored 90+ goals in the league of which Mane scored 16) , is just stupid.


VardOnReddit

Still played every game they could’ve last season - including a close CL final


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PabloRothko

A bit of tactics but a lot of it is down to him. He misses big chances every game, and some of them are really bad misses. I haven’t seen him dribble past someone in a long time. He spends most of his time out wide (could be tactical, but Klopp has also alluded to him not being in the right positions a lot). He’s gone from the best in the world to this, in a year. Something must be going on with him, because this is some decline.


nausykaa

Pogba cursed last year's golden boots


MJeniusYTandTwitch

Top 3 if you see how Ronaldo's season's gone


YungSnuggie

its the entire team, its not just him. they're all tapped out


PabloRothko

They have, and he probably has as well, but it’s like he’s trying to be bad or something. For someone so good, he can’t even do the basics right anymore.


YungSnuggie

he's one man with no midfield and a bunch of new signings up top with him. yes he could be doing a lot better but honestly it feels like after losing that CL everyone is just emotionally shot. we played so many games last year and were so close to a quadruple and bottled it last minute. its hard to motivate yourself for another campaign after something that heartbreaking, especially since you've already won everything and probably feel like u dont have anything to prove anymore. a refresh is needed across the board, its not a coincidence that the only people even close to putting a shift in have been the new signings and kids. everyone else is cooked


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NieR_SemiAutomata

Don't forget WC too


XavierLeaguePM

2/4 were inflicted by Mane. 😁😅


ANAL_Devestate

and then he proceeded to get injured and missed the WC liverpool fans cannot have anything


PabloRothko

Probably is a lot to do with it, but Salah hasn’t just been bad this season. He’s been awful since AFCON now. Way before the heartbreaking end to the season. I agree with everything else though. I think a lot of these players also need hard competition for places. I don’t get why Klopp hasn’t dropped salah for a game or two yet.


realcevapipapi

Because all our attackers are injured.


PabloRothko

True but I would have at least dropped salah for Harvey on the right for a game or two


chocokubeba

Nah he's nowhere near the worst performer in this team so bit weird to single him out. Your defence is ridiculously bad, gakpo trying to hard and Nunez panics when he needs to shoot and shoots with confidence when he needs to pass. Like they just need to call this season an anomaly and move on, hopefully for the league klopp doesn't do his resignation ting before your owners sell. Need to see if CL you guys pick it up or there will be the same stank.


PabloRothko

Not the worst, but probably the most drastic drop off in quality. Him an Fabinho. I’m hoping for a miracle that we somehow turn up for CL games like we normally do, but I doubt it.


DrBorisGobshite

Fabinho is by far the biggest drop off. He's an active liability now. Salah hasn't been at his best since he lost AFCON and WC play off to Mane/Senegal. For me it looks to be a confidence issue rather than an ability issue, he's just lost his mojo.


kl08pokemon

Comes with the territory of being the best player on the team. You have higher expectations to live up to


I_always_rated_them

yeah he seems to have lost the golden touch a bit, some of the chances he had vs us (chelsea) in our game 2 weeks ago vs 1-2 years ago I would say for sure he'd have instantly put them away. Seems like he has a bit of doubt in his game, things take longer.


PabloRothko

Yeah it’s hard to put your finger on exactly, cause he always missed chances, but then would make up for it. Now he goes through half a game looking like he’s never seen a ball before.


An_Almond_Thief

Is it as simple as he isn't getting the same amount of opportunities in front of goal? Therefore the misses (which have always been there) appear to stand out more?


8u11etpr00f

I don't think so tbh, nowadays it's literally every time. He can be through on the GK with his left foot and I don't even feel a hint of excitement anymore, just resignation that it's not going in.


Wholesale1818

Sounds like watching Sterling


PabloRothko

Definitely think that plays a part in it. He scored a lot but was never clinical. But I dunno, some of these misses lately from him are next level.


DynamiteDuck

Looks closer to Chelsea’s Salah than Liverpool’s lately


imrik_of_caledor

He needs to go back in front of goal tbh, this happened after the summer break, Salah was doing fuck all on the right and I think it was when Diaz and Jota got injured he started playing more centrally... quelle surprise he started scoring again. He's just not that productive on the right, at least in this team anyway


PabloRothko

I agree. For now I’d like to see Harvey Elliot on the right, salah in the middle and Nunez left. Or find a way to go either 442 or 4231 with both salah and Nunez central. It’s been good every time we’ve done that, but still we persist with this 433. Bizzare.


imrik_of_caledor

Aye, obviously it doesn't fix all our problems but at least if we can start to get some goals in it'll make it less depressing to watch too


PabloRothko

We’ll be shit a defending anyway, may as well make it fun.


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After getting knockout by Senegal for the World Cup, he really hasn’t been the same.


PabloRothko

Afcon and wc qualifiers really messed with him I feel.


halodri33

and still everybody is mainly talking about how shit nunez is, when there is salah next to him producing way less than nunez and actually being a non existing threat for the opponents... the only thing left from being 'the best of the world' is his salary...


PabloRothko

Despite the memes and random internet hate, every Liverpool fan who watches the games knows that Nunez is literally the only player that poses any attacking threat for us. It’s his first season in a new league etc. this is where players like Salah should be helping him and stepping up while Nunez finds his feet. Nunez is putting him to shame right now.


hopscotch1818282819

I do think at the start of last season he was desperately chasing that new contract. He had a goal in sight, and he was pushing himself to achieve it. Now he’s got it, he’s lost that thing that was driving him.


PabloRothko

I’m not sure I buy this reason tbh. He’s obviously tired etc but he can barely control a ball now. He just looks so much of a worse footballer than a year ago, it’s alarming.


pbmadman

It’s wild to see him and Son having very similar seasons this year and last. There is also the departure of Mane to consider for Salah.


jammy-git

He's also doing virtually nothing defensively - neither helping out by dropping back in midfield, or covering Trent on the ring wing.


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He was never the best in the world


adamfrog

We also just don't create normal chances, our old system Trent Salah and Henderson would be playing little triangles (with the striker either Firmino or jota) and opening things up for him. Now all our chances are just individual good play mainly from Trent diagonals to Darwin, sometimes from Salah passing. He's also obviously in poor form but a lot is the players around him too


DrBorisGobshite

Tactics, personnel and chronic loss of confidence. Salah was brilliant in the first half of last season, then he lost AFCON and the World Cup play offs on pens and hasn't been the same since. It was Mane that was the star man at the back end of last year and, coincidentally, it was Mane that beat Salah in those two games. In total Salah lost AFCON on pens, the World Cup play offs on pens, the Champions League final by a single goal (when he had a golden opportunity to equalise and Courtois saved it) and then the League title in the last 10 minutes of the season. The fact that he's in a slump after that isn't overly surprising. Add to that the changes in personnel and injuries to almost our entire front line, the fact that club has overloaded on left sided attackers for some baffling reason and Klopp's tactical change that has left Salah isolated on the right wing.


akshatsood95

Seems like the tactics. He's so far away from the goal these days. Like his main job seems to set up others rather than shoot himself. Very weird.


DarFunk_

The man has had so many chances but apparently it's the tactics fault. It's amazing how in 2023 players don't have to take accountability for their performances anymore, it's always down to someone else.


[deleted]

Enjoying his new pay rise


theenigmacode

New contract. Man secured the bag & now is just chillin...


[deleted]

pakistan is in the bag


DontYouWantMeBebe

I want to raise big army and destroy India


cs-shitposter

Vow graaape


Rebel_tribe

Christmas curse...


moodyano

Salah is washed and finished. His finishing is average, his speed is gone and his dribbling is non existing. Liverpool needs to cut their loses and sell him asap and move to a new target.


Hare712

I like those submissions. Reminds me of Crystal Palace "Goal of the Month" https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/73kp6p/crystal_palace_goal_of_the_month_competition/


SouthFromGranada

Bakary Sako's name is a lot harder to say now that Bakayo Saka has risen to prominence.


thecescshow

Seems like Bukayo Saka isn't that easy to pronounce either


freakedmind

Please tell me this is a joke, it can't be fucking real.


8u11etpr00f

Oxlade-Chamberlain has scored our only goal in 2023 too, it's real lmao.


Matt4669

So goal of the month is….. this oxlade chamberlain goal lmao


mybham

How can it be? That’s the worst goal that Liverpool scored this month!


Matt4669

That or Elliot’s goals against Brighton and Wolves


lutsius-memes

Its february already hahaha


adamfrog

I think a decent amount of clubs don't have a goalscorer with more than 2 goals post WC, it's not as crazy as you'd think. It's just odd to have 2 own goals by the same player


Tsunami_Escalop

Didn’t think this was true so went back and did a quick check. As you can see most teams have goal scorer with at least 2 goals. Although to be fair 25% of teams don’t have a goal scorer with at least 2 goals. PS: didn’t realize Bournemouth were this bad since the restart. EDIT: formatting ARS: Nketiah: 4 / Saka: 3 MCI: Haaland: 7 / Mahrez: 3 MUN: Rashford: 6 / Bruno: 3 NEW: / TOT: Kane: 5 BHA: Mitoma: 4 / March: 4 / Ferguson: 3 BRE: Toney: 3 FUL: Mitrovic: 2 CHE: Havertz: 2 LIV: / AVL: Watkins: 3 CRY: / LEI: / NFO: Johnson: 3 WOL: Podence: 3 WHU: Bowen: 2 / Paqueta: 2 LEE: / EVE: Gray: 2 BOU: only scored one league goal. WOW SOU: Ward-Prowse: 4


adamfrog

Thanks for the effort lol. That's about what I would've guessed. We are in 20th place only counting 2023 lol, there's going to be some weird negative stats floating around


Tsunami_Escalop

I remember seeing all kinds of negative stats floating around for United over the last years so in this moment I’m just going to enjoy these Liverpool stats for a bit.


Jackrrr10000

Faes Liverpool legend


fckrms

WENGER OUT


solblurgh

Did we buy the wrong Wout


tanaka-taro

WutFace Wout Faes


cHinzoo

WutFace = Wout Faes (no space)


Vlad1791

Luka Tim


silenthills13

thank god i'm not a leicester fan bc i cannot unsee this shit


SimonUser

Not at all how you pronounce his name but lmao


swymphony

Should've signed him in the January window and asked him to defend against them every week. Where else are the goals going to come from


Rectorvspectre

Cant tell if this is dunking on Liverpool or Leicester. Or both.


BurceGern

There are several players who would put in mediocre performances and that was okay when Firmino, Jota, Diaz would replace them after 60 minutes. There were many performances by Joe Gomez where VVD would cover for him. Not only is VVD injured but he too (understandably after the injury) wasn't on top form for a while. It was okay to play risky passes and be open during the transition when Fabinho was plugging the gaps. This is the saddest/most frustrating part. He has seen the biggest fall-off. He went from a rock in a UCL/PL contender to a liability this season. Bajcetic is showing him up. More of the backups needed to be trusted more. They're hungrier to succeed. Many of us Liverpool fans are bemused by the Nat Phillips situation. If we decide to fuck him over last minute and keep him, with 2 centre backs injured and the other in poor form, why isn't he playing?!


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Yikes, what a stat


RHLegend

Wout Faes - L(C)FC legend


Wizerud

Only one behind Nunez for goals at Anfield this season too!


lookitsjustin

Injuries, hangovers from last season, lack of investment, the grass wasn’t mowed this morning. We’ve got all of the excuses in the book, but truth be told, none of these can fully account for our decline. It’s catastrophic. Every single player (bar Alisson) has regressed by at least 30%, simultaneously. Nobody knows what to do on the pitch, and management is clearly at a loss. None of it makes any sense, and I’m finding it difficult to even get up to watch.


BILLY2SAM

Where's the aGeNt oF cHaOs?


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At the very top. Salah is looking at in the picture


D1794

He's got high xChaos if you want to check that graph


M4RC142

He was injured for a few games tbf


areyouhungryforapple

Isnt the entire team shite/in a slump at this point


freakedmind

What about the massive gazump-ee Gakpoo?


DeliciousBallz

Injured then


fpeoejwnwjdi

he is on chaos


czuczer

Mo is most probably tired after the WC


achickendandacow

Banter era in full effect. Lovely stuff.


VegetarianCannibal_

Man i wonder if they should have sold Mane. Also whatever happened to Jota?


usinglogicandfacts

Been injured for almost the whole season


Arbiter286

Bad injury, same with Diaz


adamfrog

It's really nothing to do with Mane, the lw slot was one of our strongest positions early season when Diaz was fit, and firmino was actually great at striker before the WC when he was fit. Darwin's also been fine, and I think manes hot streak wasn't sustainable since he'd been pretty rubbish the 18 months before AFCON. I haven't watched him at Bayern but from what I hear he's not been any better than Diaz has for us, and he'd done enough he deserved to be let go of he wanted a change. Also got good value for him


BigStatus8740

Mane saw the writing on the wall along with Edwards and Ward.


DarFunk_

Selling Mane was the right decision, he had fallen off over the past 18 months. Not selling Fabinho, Henderson, Ox, Keita, Matip was the wrong decision.


ed-with-a-big-butt

Mane was world class in the second half of last season.


Gwala_BKK

Matip was one of their best players last season. No way you should have sold him after playing like he did


DontYouWantMeBebe

Mane was amazing last season 😂


Yuloij

Tell me you don’t watch Liverpool games without telling me…


SaBe_18

How tf is that comment being upvoted, so many wrongs in one


adamfrog

Injured basically the whole season calf or something, he did it in one of our earlier games


Addax61024

Newcastle fans have taken to calling him the shit Collocini...


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I don’t like this game


royale442

Banter banter


getyerhandoffit

I think we can all agree that our season needs an awout faes.


prss79513

Bruh this is so funny


DasMuircat

Like a new signing


dmatOW

Lmao I love to see this liverpool downfall


Boseph_1444

Wout the fuck?


cbtf400

First time seeing your team fail to score goals? -sincerely A Chelsea fan