1 hour ago, forbzy said:

It was an outstanding piece of skill from Salah to be fair. I think Alonso was at fault for giving Salah so much room in the first place. Once he allowed him to cut inside he had several options and that was always going to make things tricky for Mendy.

If you actually see the play - it was Kova who failed to read the run and was filling in for Rudi.. I fact alonso was the only one who saw the danger.

53 minutes ago, Jangz said:

If you actually see the play - it was Kova who failed to read the run and was filling in for Rudi.. I fact alonso was the only one who saw the danger.

In the end we handed Liverpool both goals. Yes Salah produced a good finish but he got the chance cause we messed up.

12 hours ago, charierre said:

He made some top saves today. The shot from Salah,no way is Kepa getting that. 

I joked about it at the time of the shot but I think Liverpool actually do shoot from those distances as muscle memory against us because they use to do it as a tactic with Kepa in goal.

11 hours ago, Jangz said:

If you actually see the play - it was Kova who failed to read the run and was filling in for Rudi.. I fact alonso was the only one who saw the danger.

Rüdiger and Alonso interchange positions temporarily quite often though. There were a couple of players involved in that goal but Alonso started too late to fill out Rüdigers position, then even catches Salah just to stop defending right then and handing him a free spot to shoot directly at the goal which boggles the mind really. Then it's also Mendy that left the short post unsecured (which Kepa would have eventually covered because that's goalie 101 actually).

Edited January 3, 20224 yr by weetee

Saved our behinds to keep the score level but I thought he could have maybe done better on the Salah goal.

Now that he's away, we need to defend from the middle better as Kepa is a terrible keeper with shots from range

5 minutes ago, Deino said:

Saved our behinds to keep the score level but I thought he could have maybe done better on the Salah goal.

Now that he's away, we need to defend from the middle better as Kepa is a terrible keeper with shots from range

I literally pictured Kepa in goal for that shot, it would have flew in and been made to look unsavable.

1 hour ago, Argo said:

I literally pictured Kepa in goal for that shot, it would have flew in and been made to look unsavable.

Haha - he'd have gone for it with his left arm/hand only and not got within a foot of it ... that's how I am picturing it anyway :-) 

2 hours ago, Argo said:

I literally pictured Kepa in goal for that shot, it would have flew in and been made to look unsavable.

23 hours ago, weetee said:

Rüdiger and Alonso interchange positions temporarily quite often though. There were a couple of players involved in that goal but Alonso started too late to fill out Rüdigers position, then even catches Salah just to stop defending right then and handing him a free spot to shoot directly at the goal which boggles the mind really. Then it's also Mendy that left the short post unsecured (which Kepa would have eventually covered because that's goalie 101 actually).

thats would be true in most cases but not this time - It was Kova who was covering and Alonso had tucked in. But Kova was caught flat footed watching the ball.. as for stopping to defend Salah - it was an insane piece of skill - most defenders would have expected Salah to cut in..

Excellent article on the Mendy and Kelleher saves

https://theathletic.com/3048637/2022/01/03/analysing-mendy-and-kellehers-wonder-saves-and-the-importance-of-not-backpedalling?source=user-shared-article

I think a lot of people go for the ‘shouldn’t get beat on the near post’, which may be ok for a shot from the edge of the area but not about 4 yds.

To totally cover the near post from that range leaves the far post open. Salah had positioned himself so he could go either side, give the eyes for far post and slotted beautifully in the near. Mendy covered as much as he could. Salah was just too good.

Same for Alonso defending, Salah sold him beautifully as he would have most defenders. Things could maybe have been done earlier in the move to close Salah down or stop the ball getting to him but sometimes you have to say it was a fantastic move which was finished off by someone who is world class atm.

Thats twice now in this past week I have praised Liverpool, namely Salah and now feeling unwell, in fact brought up a bit of sick in my mouth.

Not going to do that again!!

37 minutes ago, Jangz said:

thats would be true in most cases but not this time - It was Kova who was covering and Alonso had tucked in. But Kova was caught flat footed watching the ball.. as for stopping to defend Salah - it was an insane piece of skill - most defenders would have expected Salah to cut in..

But you don‘t leave the easiest way to the goal free for a striker because he could make something more difficult - world class or not. That was poor defending nonetheless, no way around it. Salah certainly is world class - eventually the most in form world class striker on this planet right now - but that was just an invitation. 

1 hour ago, goose said:

I think a lot of people go for the ‘shouldn’t get beat on the near post’, which may be ok for a shot from the edge of the area but not about 4 yds.

To totally cover the near post from that range leaves the far post open. Salah had positioned himself so he could go either side, give the eyes for far post and slotted beautifully in the near. Mendy covered as much as he could. Salah was just too good.

Same for Alonso defending, Salah sold him beautifully as he would have most defenders. Things could maybe have been done earlier in the move to close Salah down or stop the ball getting to him but sometimes you have to say it was a fantastic move which was finished off by someone who is world class atm.

Thats twice now in this past week I have praised Liverpool, namely Salah and now feeling unwell, in fact brought up a bit of sick in my mouth.

Not going to do that again!!

Salah is top 3 in the world, (Personally I'd say top 1, but I don't watch Lewa or PSG). It happens. I saw that and just thought - I wish we had a player like that .

Put Salah in our team, we win the title. 

 

Congratulations to Mendy on being named FIFA world keeper of the year.

Commiserations to Mendy on being left out of the FIFA world XI.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60031269

Edited January 18, 20224 yr by Backbiter

6 hours ago, Backbiter said:

Congratulations to Mendy on being named FIFA world keeper of the year.

Commiserations to Mendy on being left out of the FIFA world XI.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60031269

That's some topsy turvy logic they're using

6 hours ago, Backbiter said:

Congratulations to Mendy on being named FIFA world keeper of the year.

Commiserations to Mendy on being left out of the FIFA world XI.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60031269

How is that even possible 😅 Just when you think FIFA cant get anymore ridiculous.

7 hours ago, Backbiter said:

Congratulations to Mendy on being named FIFA world keeper of the year.

Commiserations to Mendy on being left out of the FIFA world XI.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60031269

That World XI is ridiculous

Lewandowski, Ronaldo, Messi and Haaland as a front 4 is some school playground type team selection.

47 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

That World XI is ridiculous

Lewandowski, Ronaldo, Messi and Haaland as a front 4 is some school playground type team selection.

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4 hours ago, dkw said:

How is that even possible 😅 Just when you think FIFA cant get anymore ridiculous.

It could be their way of sitting on the fence and rewarding both for their fantastic season's. 

Otherwise yes it's ridiculous incompetence.

Mendy winning another trophy like

Didn’t have a club and nearly gave up football a few years ago but look at him now!

He never gave up and now look at all he’s won in the last 12 months alone!

 

Keeper of the tournament too, well done

3 minutes ago, sonic90 said:

Keeper of the tournament too, well done

Given he missed a couple of games quite a feet, though I expected had Egypt won then there keeper would have got it.

Will he be back in time to have a chance to be a club world champion? Will we even manage to overcome Al-Hilal to give him that chance?

Chelsea is taking all the trophies. Let´s send Lukaku to Beijing to compete in Biathlon. That´s 10 missed targets, but at least he gets some shooting practice.