Liverpool vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[ChicagoLion]

High line without pressing. Suicidal. Again.

Twice we've got outnumbered in midfield, not pressed and got murdered in behind against a top team. Emery absolutely has to change this. Certain players are just not technically good enough to pull this off.

Last season here, Watkins and McGinn stopped Alexander-Arnold from doing anything. Today he was allowed to spray passes all over the pitch.

Its not as if we didn’t know he was going to play in the quarter back role.

[Meanwood Villa]

3 poins essential next week. Then we can all forget football exists for a fortnight.

About that ...

[Legion]

Not great.

[Richard]

Much like before the Newcastle game I wasn't expecting 3 points, felt getting 1 would be a good result, but was prepared for 0. But just like the Newcastle game it's the way in which we lost that's an issue. At least against Newcastle it was only that last half hour that we looked utterly clueless.

Feels like if we don't impose ourselves on a game first, then we can't get it together at all. Sides like Liverpool aren't going to sit back and give us time to settle in.

3 poins essential next week. Then we can all forget football exists for a fortnight.

Mate you keep forgetting it's the international break now.

[paul_e]

I know it was a bad loss but lets not forget that 2 of of last seasons top 5 away from home out of the way. To lose our main physical presence in defence early on in both were fucking hammer blows as well.

Yep true. This and the Newcastle game have been well off it, and we need to be physically better. But overall the points are pretty much where I expected to be, it’s the level of performance we need to deal with.

yep, exactly, defeats away at Liverpool and Newcastle aren't going to be what decides where we finish but we do need to learn from them that, against pace, you can't play a high line and let them have the ball in their own half.

[Stu]

Palace were good today too: strong and direct. Absolutely not a gimme by any means and hopefully we’ll see a reaction from the team. Also, can we not have any more injuries please? I don’t pay any attention to other teams but it feels like we suffer a lot in this regard.

[Scott Nielsen]

I’m generally a happy clapper and I was happy with our transfer window.

But that has given me plenty to worry about. Not even sure I want to type them out because it’s a depressingly long list.

Hopefully I’m just being a bit reactionary, but the attitude from the players, tactics from the coaching staff and gulf in quality has got me down.

I echo all of that.

[supertom]

I mean it wasn't as bad as Newcastle defensively, because they could have had 8-9 and Liverpool probably "just" 5-6. But we were better going forward against Newcastle and should have had 3. It's the first game in a while where we've looked totally toothless.

We must rethink how we play against pace and a high press away from home. No two ways about it though, Liverpool are a level above us and they're back to looking like they'll challenge for the title. The midfield looks way more energetic than last season. I don't think we paid their quality enough respect and we looked flat footed again today, like the Newcastle game.

I think in games like this we need to be thinking about parking the bus and hitting quick counters. We don't want to get into the habit of losing composure when we get well-pressed either. Kamara in particular needs to be sharper in games like this.

Now if we could go a fucking game without someone getting injured that'd also be nice.

I'm glad of the break now but we need to get players bedded in. I'll be more concerned if we don't compete with the top 6 contenders at Villa Park. But we've been way too nonchalant against Newcastle and Liverpool on their own patches and we've been spanked royally.

[AV84]

3 poins essential next week. Then we can all forget football exists for a fortnight.

About that ...

Oops.

Just seen someone say that's exactly how Liverpool would want to go into the international break and I thought, what an idiot, he's got his dates wrong!

[Smirker]

3 poins essential next week. Then we can all forget football exists for a fortnight.

About that ...

Oops.

Just seen someone say that's exactly how Liverpool would want to go into the international break and I thought, what an idiot, he's got his dates wrong!

😂😂😂

[AV84]

Much like before the Newcastle game I wasn't expecting 3 points, felt getting 1 would be a good result, but was prepared for 0. But just like the Newcastle game it's the way in which we lost that's an issue. At least against Newcastle it was only that last half hour that we looked utterly clueless.

Feels like if we don't impose ourselves on a game first, then we can't get it together at all. Sides like Liverpool aren't going to sit back and give us time to settle in.

3 poins essential next week. Then we can all forget football exists for a fortnight.

Mate you keep forgetting it's the international break now.

I've looked at it a million times and still kept coming up with it being 7 days between this week and the next fixtures. I think I need the two weeks off.

[PaulTheVillan]

I think I’ll stay out of my local this evening.

100+ miles from Anfield and 80% of them are Liverpool fans.

Work that out.

[beness]

Well, the lawn looks great.

And mine. I’ll have the post mow bad back tomorrow.

Got the lawn and the hedge done. Well the wife did, but i did help a bit.

[Ads]

Atrocious performance. No effort off the ball and whether under pressure or not on it, we gave it away so cheaply all game.

Absolutely chronic.

Hottest I've ever been at a game too, sweated more than the players.

[curiousorange]

Well, the lawn looks great.

And mine. I’ll have the post mow bad back tomorrow.

Got the lawn and the hedge done. Well the wife did, but i did help a bit.

Uncannily like my afternoon. Are we married to the same woman?