Still buzzing off that superb secomd half in particular Wednesday.
Always amuses you when dickheads like Shearer sit pontificating on MOTD and the like saying L’pool are at their best when it’s manic chaos, mad pressing, and rapid attacking. Totally and utterly ignoring the evolution of this team into a proper elite one that can now go to one of the hardest places in Europe to win, against a fellow member of UEFA’s establishmemt, and do that to Bayern. Last season was one of my all time favourites to experience with the breathtaking high’s they gave us. But this is a FAR better all round team this year with far better all round, mature, really smart (football inteligence/ tactical wise) footballers the more they’ve worked on it and evolved.
To be so secure, calm and controlling the Allianz, whilst still being devestating going forward at the right times ..... that second half was one of the best halves we’ve had under Klopp. Which is saying something all the excitement and stupendous memories hes left us with. This is now a proper, mature, football team. Which is what this team has evolved into and what he wanted all along. But that development process takes time, paitience and a lot of repetitive hard work. And is ****** hard to learn and get down as a lot of new signings have found and why they can’t be rushed. But patience is a virtue as we’ve seen with the likes of Andy Robbo, Oxo-Chambo and Fabinho so the need for instant hits, regardless of the price, just isn’t there.
Honestly, in nigh on 40 years going the match, I’ve never seen as controlling and dominant a group of Reds as this. Rock solid defensively. Not that the pressure often gets that far given the tireless work in the middle. Who can still hit you to devastating effect the other end of the pitch. With a tactical fluidity through games with the interchanging and movement we must be an absolute nightmare to plan for. Only 2 other sides in our history have had this many points through 30 games which is just testiment to how great a group Klopp’s developed here.
A proper elite footballing side once again that can beat you any which way. And one that you know, unlike
‘08/‘09 or ‘13/‘14, has been paitiently built the right way to have sustainable success and be seriously challenging the business end of the PL and Europe for many years to come.
Can’t see anything other than ouselves and City have a personal battle for the league over the next few years and the back end of Europe. So far ahead of everyone else in England are both sides.
