Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[john e]

Arsenal home and away Man City home,Chelsea away, Liverpool away,
Anyone think we perform better against top sides

[SashasGrandad]

I we'd scored at least 3 before they got one we would not be arguing about diving.

Unlucky to have missed the chances we had.

[Smirker]

If one of my kids did what Suarez did today, I'd take him off and tell the designated penalty-taker to miss. Yes, I know there's a massive difference between Primary School football and the Premier League.

Would you still be so righteous if it was a penalty to win us the league or European Cup that had been dubiously won?

[richard moore]

Come on lads, Guzan should have been more cautious considering Suarez' reputation. I don't think we were robbed exactly. A draw was a fair result.

UTV.

He dived, he cheated, that's not Guzans fault...

Guzan gave him the opportunity to go down. You're not seeing the same thing I'm seeing, you can whinge all you like about decisions, I'd rather accept the reality that players go down in the box looking for penalties/forcing contact and hope that our defenders and keepers don't lunge in like Guzan did today unless they get the ball. Guzan didn't touch the ball. Asking for trouble.

That is what I would tell my players as a manager, not 'it doesn't matter, he dived, we were robbed' etc. Don't give players like that the opportunities to con the ref.

Sigh. The modern day football fan encapsulated in one post

If one of my kids did what Suarez did today, I'd take him off and tell the designated penalty-taker to miss. Yes, I know there's a massive difference between Primary School football and the Premier League.

You need to get shot of that victim complex, it was Guzan who should have been hauled off for deliberately creating an opportunity to cheat. You need to get with the rules and where it's at Leeg...

[Legion]

If one of my kids did what Suarez did today, I'd take him off and tell the designated penalty-taker to miss. Yes, I know there's a massive difference between Primary School football and the Premier League.

Would you still be so righteous if it was a penalty to win us the league or European Cup that had been dubiously won?

See the part of that post I've put in bold for you.

[SoccerHQ]

A really good night's work that.

Two goals, Benteke back in business, Weimann remembering what the net with the goalposts actually is and back in the top half.

Shame we couldn't hang onto the win but as much as everyone will look at Suarez's dive, what killed us was conceding right on half time which gave Liverpool a boost. I think if we'd gone in 2 up,we could've replicated last season's result.

Still I'll forgive the players letting the two goal lead go as in fairness we've been way better at holding leads this season than in most seasons and 9 out of 10 prem clubs have lost at Liverpool this season.

Now can we have some of this excitement at Villa Park please?

[Mazrim]

Much more like it. Suarez is the best player in the league but I hope he breaks his fucking legs because he's a despicable  waste of spunk. Blatant dive and robs us of the points.

Play like this at home FFS.

[PeterWithe]

Hmmmm, plenty of our players went over easily, just not in so high profile positions. Cheating, simulating, being cunning, call it what you will is endemic throughout football.

[john e]

If one of my kids did what Suarez did today, I'd take him off and tell the designated penalty-taker to miss. Yes, I know there's a massive difference between Primary School football and the Premier League.

Would you still be so righteous if it was a penalty to win us the league or European Cup that had been dubiously won?

I wouldn't want to win anything by cheating

[Lizz]

Given how we played, even if we had lost, I felt we could hold our heads high, unlike after some other performances. Don't do Twitter, but #proud of the lads tonight.

[Jon Crofts]

What will Lineker say in the summer when Suarez dives for Uruguay against England?

Can see it now Gerrard makes the challenge and he goes down.

Oh the delicious irony of that.

[john2710]

Apparently cheating now has the new title of "drawing contact". The referee can only give what he sees and there's no way on this earth that he can see and be certain that there is any contact. Therefore he's guessed, not surprisingly, in Liverpools favour.

Anyway great performance by the whole team & Lambert for how he set us up.

[brian green]

Yeah that Guzan is a stupid match loser.   Get rid.

[Smirker]

Thank you sunshine...as I said, the modern day football fan encapsulated in two posts now

'I can't counter his argument so I'll play the 'I've been watching football longer than you' card' 

In a dream world I'd stamp out diving, of course I don't agree with it and don't want it in the game. It is here though, sadly. It's not gonna go, so you do what you can to maximise your chances of winning and not falling victim to this sort of shit.

Some people's views on this are so myopic.

[Smirker]

If one of my kids did what Suarez did today, I'd take him off and tell the designated penalty-taker to miss. Yes, I know there's a massive difference between Primary School football and the Premier League.

Would you still be so righteous if it was a penalty to win us the league or European Cup that had been dubiously won?

See the part of that post I've put in bold for you.

Yes I got that bit. So you would be fine with it if we won something.