The last two weeks we’ve been real privileged to witness, in differing ways, two superb games of football between the three top sides the league.
Chelsea was a technically awesome game of football played at a ridiculous pace that had absolutely everything. And yesterday was an equally compelling tactical chess match between two grand masters of the highest order. Who’s two top sides worked ridiculously hard in nulifying each other to make sure they both went into the second International break unbeaten. Which was the clear biggest objective for both out of yeaterdays game.
To not only have to adapt and work so hard in a different style of performance off the ball to stop each other, but be equally as quick and adaptable in playing to beat that and just move out and up the field, was a credit to both sets of players and as fantastic in its own way as Chelsea was exhilarating.
Just two top, TOP teams cancelling each other out and working ridiculius hard to do so. With nothing to chose between them. Top level footy at its finest.
Which I think is going completely unnoticed by many different outlets/ fans. It wasn’t so much either attack was ‘blunt/ ____/ whatever. Or the midfields bereft of imagination and guile. There was just little to no room to play as both teams executed the tactical game plan to perfection to preserve their unbeaten status and respective title challenges.
It was a SERIOUS game of the highest level football. Which is what this Liverpool team is now. A SERIOUS one that can adapt to do whats necessary to seriously challenge for, and hopefully win, titles.
You then throw in the mental and physical exertion to come theough this ridiculous 7 game spell of massive games and you can’t praise them enough. To be unbeaten against Tottenham, Chelsea and City the league, along with only losing the last minute in Naples after everythjng that went into PSG is FAR exceeding expectations. And with better officiating, theres a good chance we’d still be in the league cup too after yet another mamouth game this spell.
This International break has arrived at just the right time as our lads are naturally goosed after that run of top, top fixtures.
It’s also a massive compliment and sign of just where our standing is again that Pep, who doesn’t change for anyone, brought his 100 point City super squad to Anfield and did! The biggest compliment we could wish to recieve which was just hammered home by City being absolutely elated to take a point off us.
To be sat level on points with them after 8 games, having played a way harder sxhedule and not hitting anywhere near our top form as of yet is beyond boss.
Yesterday was a SERIOUS game of big boy football.
And this gang of Reds are a SERIOUS football team who are in it all the way this season.
Relish them boys. We’ve not had a team this ****** good since heck knows when? With still a LOT more to come.
Up the City matching Reds!
