You honestly thought we defended poorly there? Even taking account that mad 5 minutes? The two centre-halves were great all game. Gomez, the first goal aside (and I blame Mignolet as much there as Joe for not screaming out the danger of Sanchez on his blindside) had a good game. Good, if costly tonight, learning experience for Joe that you can't switch off for even a second back there. Robertson played well.
15 shots on target this side has allowed now the last 10 league games since the Tottenham debacle. They'd not conceded a goal from open play for 7 games before tonight. And at that only 2 penalties. Doubtless, they'll get ripped the media but the defensive side of things isn't half the problem many insinuate after crazy games like tonight.
Mad night. You're coming out of the ground there thinking your defenders have all played real well. But then there's the buffoon behind them ..... Can't legislate for him throwing the game away.
Conceeded 2 less than Swansea as it stands i think.
Yeah, the context there is 15 of those 23 goals come over 4 games against Watford, City, Tottenham and Arsenal.
Watford was opening day, and included a goal that should never of stood. So there is that. As shambolic as it was. City you can ignore straight off the bounce as that ceased being a game when John Moss decided to intervein. Tottenham is the one real shocker where L'pool were horrid from front to back. And tonight the goalkeeper is at fault ******* awfully for two of the goals.
3 games aside that goals against record doesn't look too shabby. 8 of the other 16 garnered clean sheets.
The goals against in isolation is very misleading.
Well that was a mad evening. L'pool, by far and away streets the better football side, thrash Arsenal 3-3. Which is frustrating as all heck that they got a point out of it they scarcely deserved. Showed great character to come back from 3-2 down when most sides would have totally capitulated having that mad 5 minutes were 2-0 flipped to 3-2 through the absolute brain-dead **** in nets.
I really don't know what you make of that?
Some of the attacking football, at that pace, was absolutely sensational. City aside, there's no bigger side on the cusp of dominating going forward than this L'pool team. Sort the 'keeper, added to Keita and van Dijk, and they're as big a threat as anyone. But that's tempered tonight by the frustration of that mad 5 minutes of individual mistakes. Mainly emanating from a Belgium persuasion.
I'm trying to be ******. 3 out of the 4 of us down overnight still are. But I've just seen L'pool go to a top 6 side and look head and shoulders on a different planet to them as a football side who should have been 5 or 6 clear before the goalkeeper intervened. (Yeah Sadio, mainly looking at you here lad. Need to get your head out of your **** and quick as your form and decision making lately has been abysmal.).
Again, I seriously don't know what to make of that .....
Disappointment at Arsenal being thrashed 3-3 yet L'pool still finding a way to give them 2 of our points.
Pride at the character shown to come back from that strongly when most sides would of let them take all 3.
Enthused at L'pool going to a top 6 rival and showing a massive gulf in class in their favour for the majority.
Happy at being the top 4 at half-way but frustrated that it should be a lot better with fewer draws like the mad one tonight.
And still buzzing from an absolutely exhilarating 90 minutes of togger where it doesn't get much better.
Real strange set of emotions.
If Stevenage- Chesterfield tomorrow (Ground #77 of the current 92) is half as good a game as that, this will of been 1 heck of a weekends top footie action.
Up the Great Red Entertainers!