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1st - Gomez and Robertson (ends up 3 yards behind CBs and way out of position to block any type of cross) 2nd Mignolet 3rd Gomez and Robertson (awful first touch to give away possession) Pretty clear the Gomez/Mignolet mistakes on the goals. Robertson and Gomez deserve a bit of slack though for their performances - Mignolet, it's time to go. Spend big in the summer on Oblak or the Milan keeper and sort it out. I think Karius should get a run of games to see how he goes I thought Lovren and Klavan were excellent though tonight. Can we find Mane's confidence though? Salah so good but Bobby MOM tonight for me

Which one did he assist?

not very likely =/= very unlikely

Nonsense, it was at least 5 yards. No attempt made to get anywhere close to a position where he could make a decision

I think the wall position is fine, I think even his positioning is ok, but he is slow to react and in the moment doesn't get a good spring which means he's late getting to the ball and only gets a weak hand to it. That's what bothers me. That and givng away a dopey free-kick in a dangerous area to the best fk taker in the league

And here's Joe Hart (who I've seen ppl on here suddenly decide they'd prefer to have as our keeper) describing how to setup a wall for a central free-kick. Spoiler, he sets it up to cover one side of the goal like I said. Neither your video nor your response actually talks about the wall or clearly shows the setup by Neuer so it seems a bit irrelevent

If every keeper in the world didn't position their walls in a similar position you might have a point. Are you the Dutch coaching expert from twitter?

Klavan is clearly his worst signing, the fact he plays Lucas at CB ahead of a CB he bought kind of shows it Yeah, he made a mistake for the 4th goal. As did Clyne, and Lucas. And Lovren and Milner for their first. etc for the second and third Second half was a team who thought it was won and game over. I doubt Klopp will be focusing most on the keeper this week in training

2nd - think his slip puts him slightly out of position and he doesnt have time to correct Midfield ridiculously overcommitted (I think we had 7 players ahead of the ball when Origi gives it away) Lovren actually gets lucky that the ball is overhit slightly and doesnt put him straight in on goal 4th - yeah he should save it but it was the kind that keepers spill from time to time - even the best. Why were Clyne, Lucas, and someone else triple marking 1 player in the box while the guy was having a shot unchallenged? Re-watch the goal and watch Lucas - he doesn't move, just stands and watches. Terrible defending A week or so ago we didn't need van Dijk, we have cover, solid defence etc. Now, I think we can see why we should be in for him in January

Well he made a couple of good saves against Sunderland did he not? Easy to gloss over solid performances were he did his job with minimum fuss and then say he's not good enough after the 10 in front decide to not turn up for the second half. The only mistake I thought he made today was unfortunately for their winner but even then he wasn't helped out by his team. What was Clyne doing right back in the area? We had so many back there who didn't react after the shot and no-one to actually block it or put a challenge in. A lot of the outfielders need to take a look at the shift they put in/didnt put in today

Re-watched their goals and some of their other attacks 2nd half and tbh I'm surprised at the rush to blame Karius and excuse the players in front who were more culpable.

Missed a relatively simple header and held onto the ball far too long instead of playing Mane through. Thought he wasnt great myself

Already getting tired of play slowing down as Milner has to check and get the ball onto his right foot

MIlner pushing too high up so Klavan cant use him and then Clyne gives it away cheaply. ffs

Coutinho bottling out of a 50/50 challenge with Walcott just before the penalty was also atrocious

I disagree on the hindsight aspect - such a big gap was left the keeper couldnt come and block it off without risking a goal direct at the near post. Can is coming in on the angle making the cutback hard (and really to who? there's players around Gameiro), Lovren is also coming in making the cutback hard and if Kolo stays in position the square ball is so much more difficult. As it was he stepped out and left a simple run, pass, and finish - it's all split second stuff but it's a bad error for him to have made. So often you see defenders recover the situation by getting into a good near post position and clearing the ball - he's done that himself in the EL this season which is why I find it so surprising Nah, the pass wouldve been straight at him or wouldve had to be closer to goal and given the keeper a good chance at grabbing it

He did make one massive rick on their first goal - he's perfectly positioned to block any cross across the face of the goal and for seemingly no reason just runs out of the way. He stands his ground and he easily clears it The chase back and tackle for the chance that came straight after was superb though

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You mean fleece the people who can afford to be fleeced to allow the wiggle room for lower prices for those groups who you want to bring in but who currently might be excluded? Sounds like a good idea to me. Build it as big as possible. Who knows how long the tv money bubble will last - we dont want to be in a situation where that collapses and suddenly stadium revenues prevent us from truly competing at the top

Jordan's performances are so underrated in the press - really shown this season why Kenny splashed out £16m on him. I hope he works on his finishing and stays for many more years. What a player - we've sorely missed him

Thought even from 60 minutes we looked shattered. Midfield and fullbacks covering too much ground. Palace were always going to keep coming at us so I was surprised we kept the game so open instead of looking to hit them with SASAS on the break. Amazed at Moses instead of Agger at 3-2 as well. He's done a fantastic job this season Brendan but I think he's got it a bit wrong second half. Take the 3 points, make City beat Villa and West Ham, and realise that it was too big a goal difference to overcome in 2 games

Upgrading is one thing and moving on quite another. Henderson has quietly (in media terms) become a key player for us and we need someone who can step in when he is out. Lucas, while not having the passing range of Gerrard, can still fill the base of the diamond role

If we couldn't through normal channels then through schemes to get kids/disenfranchised locals in we certainly could. With TV revenues high it's easy to say that we no longer need to expand but that would ignore a good source of revenue long term, the opportunity to get more fans into the ground for an even better atmosphere, and a chance for tiered pricing to give opportunities to people who currently rarely get to games

3 games - back for Newcastle

How was that not a red? No defender on the cover there to stop a stop from how many yards out?? Ref bottled that red card