Today’s admin-
Title Countdown:
10 wins down/ 20 to go.
34 points down/ 61 to go.
Current unbeaten PL run-
P 4 W 4 F 13 A 1 CS: 3.
Yanno', if I could guarantee a way to win every game it would be like that. (A last kick winner. The multitude of missed, clear chances I can do without.). I get that a lot of folk sit on their nerves when you're into injury time like that. But honestly, as a fan, at the match, you just can't top a finish like today's. Which has the double effect of City sat watching that thinking 'These btards are going all the way with us again aren't they?.' It leaves you bouncing out of the ground on a high like you've just won the league and European Cup combined. And your rivals totally deflated. You just can't top a way to win a game like that. Just an explosion of unadulterated ecstasy with intertwined limbs everywhere. Shared experiences you just don't get through any other medium like that then you do with football. Which is what football support is ALL about to me. Moments and memories. And the memories from a last kick winner moment just can't be topped.
Today's game goes instantly RIGHT up there with the likes of Sadio and Big Div's respective Derby winners. AndyRobbo and Sadio at Villa. And Lallana's belter the wonderfully epic 5-4 at Norwich as one of the best of the Klopp era for me. Purely down to the winner and the memories off the buzz from it. When we're looking back years hence, and eulogising about just how good we had it with Jürgen and his historically boss gang of Reds, this will be one that instantly springs to mind in the plethora of memories money just can not buy they've given us. 'Origi was ***** like but F the moments he gave us! Remember that baltic day at Wolves when he made the cold disappear and those mad celebrations after ..... ?’
Moments and memories.
And has any player ever been as nondescript a piece as Big Div, who frustrates the living P out of you 99% of the time when he blatantly can't be _____, had SO many belter, MAJOR, proper iconic moments and memories as that man has? Man alive. The number of his late winners alone ..... Like key, league defining goals. The massive European goals. The Barca semi. I mean this is a man who came on in Madrid, absolutely stunk the place out and couldn't put a pass together the time he was on the park, to then seal #6 in such glorious fashion as he did that night.
He's just a complete paradox who you want nowhere near the side the majority of the time. But who you absolutely love to death for everything he's given his time here. A player that can go from being the Worlds worst ever looking footballer through the majority of a game. To then do something utterly outrageous like his Worldie finish at Preston to make you forget and forgive him for being anonymous and patently not arsed the whole game leading upto that point.
The phrase 'Cult Hero' was invented with Divock Origi in mind.
Moments and memories.
What an absolutely gutsy move as he could possibly have done from Jürgen to take off his captain. and key linchpin, at 0-0, to bring on the match-winner and switch everything around with Jota (who was having one of them games where absolutely nothing was happening. Resulting in his frustration at madly walloping the ball at the lad on the line instead of calmly placing it the side of him for a goal) dropping into a roaming 10 role and Fabinho pushing even higher up the pitch. That's as gutsy and bold a move that contributed to another massive 3 points as anything any of the players did.
The likes of Tuchel's pragmatism has its place in the game. Heck, we had one of our greatest ever nights in that wonderful City by the Bosporus whilst the arch pragmatist was our manager. The opposition manager today, whose side was superbly organised and defended magnificently for 94 minutes, ultimately played his part in costing his team the win by going uber pragmatic at the end and suffering through the self-inflicted injury time that negativity brought about.
Give me this crazy mad, heavy metal pumped, fist pumping German who goes out to win EVERY game of football he plays, from ANY position he's in, over ANY of them!
Kudos mate for that balls out there change that ultimately made sure it was another brilliant day out at the match with you and your boys.
Buckle in guys and girls. This battle between ourselves and City is going to be another EPIC one!
Up the play until we win Reds!
Ince decking Barnsley fans. The ref picking the ball up and walking off after Barnsley’s third pitch invasion ….. without telling the players where he was going. 