That’s why we are Champions! There’s just an inevitability about this team that sets it apart from anything else in England. Maybe across all of Europe. What all great champion sides have. That inevitability that no matter what, they will go to the very last kick of EVERY game and find a way to get the points.
Yesterday’s admin-
Title Defence Countdown:
4 wins down/ 23 to go.
12 points down/ 77 to go.
Current PL unbeaten run:
P 5 W 4 D 1 F 10 A 5 CS: 2
4 Straight Wins/ 2 Straight CS.
Current unbeaten away PL run:
P 2 W 2 F 4 A 2 CS: 1
2 Straight Wins/ 1 Straight CS.
First off, can I offer my sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Ricky Hatton. Proper shocker before the game yesterday when that came through. It honestly took over all pre-game talk. I can’t think of any boxer who genuinely unified the whole Country like that lad did. Those epic Vegas fights man and the amount of people from all over who went out to support him. He wasn’t just a bonafide Mancunian hero. He was a genuine, bonafide, working class hero! With absolutely no ego about him unlike many in that game not fit to lace his gloves. People not from our little corner of the World in the North West probably won’t fully get the pride you can have in someone from Manchester who was just a genuine, working class lad like yourself made good through hard graft. Who never forgot his roots that made him.
Such a tragic loss at just 46. Fitting that City won the derby. God rest Hitman. Your demons can’t trouble you any more.
As for the game …..
I don’t know how
ANYONE can
remotely think we were ‘lucky’ to win?
Or that ‘
we were poor/ Burnley deserved something from the game’ et al.
L’pool
TOTALLY dominated from first minute to last. You aren’t ‘
lucky or poor’ when you have 27 attempts to Burnley’s 3. With
NO Burnley shots on target. You aren’t ‘
lucky or poor’ when 12 of those attempts at goal were blocked by heroic Burnley defending in putting their bodes on the line. You aren’t ’
lucky or poor’ when you have 81% possession. And you most certainly aren’t ’
lucky or poor’ when the xG is a whopping
2.79- 0.17!
What you are, is an exceptionally great football side who never give in, never stop working, and have the inevitable resilience of proper champions to find a way through a Burnley team that spent pretty much all 95 mins camped with all eleven players in their own final third/ penalty area. Lest we forget, this is a Burnley team who last season conceded just 8 goals at Turf Moor through 23 league games. And opened up this season at home with a clean-sheet. They know how to sit in and try strangle the life out of a game with an ultra defensive display.
L’pool worked and probed all game. Trying every which way to break down the eleven man claret wall in front of them. Some of their final passes were just a tad off at times. But they never stopped probing. And when they did break through, most all 12 of Burnley’s blocks were outstanding, last ditch, body on the line goal denying blocks. Until that absolute ale house yard dog Hannibal let it all down with the daftest and dumbest block of all that lead to Salah’s deserved winner. Deserved as they never gave up, and after trying every which way, they finally found the ultimate way to take all the points and keep their perfect start to their title defence going.
The let off when Mo scored that unerring penalty ….. honestly, there’s
NO better way to win a game of football like that. Arms and legs everywhere. With the double whammy that it totally destroys your competition watching thinking you are going to drop points. Proper made up that Salah once again got the glory too. His form hasn’t been good this season. But he never hides. Never stops working. And never stops contributing. It’s been very noticeable how he’s getting double teamed once more by the opposition. Isak will make a massive difference in getting Mo back to last seasons dominance as he will take defenders away from Mo and open up more space. They can’t double down on Salah, and leave Isak one-on-one.
I thought Wirtz had his best game too in Red. The space he was constantly finding second half was wonderful. Always playing the right balls that just aren’t quite coming off. Yet! But when they do ….. He just needs a goal or game when he sets a few up to totally explode. Reminds me so much of another little magic man’s start here. Peter Beardsley. Who was good without totally catching fire. Then
BOOM! And Flo will be the same.
Ryan utterly dominant. AndyRobbo and Bradley super when they came on. Konate great for the second straight game which is super pleasing to see. Big Dom anywhere and everywhere once more. That lads energy is mind blowing. The cool, calm, collective poise of Rio to superbly pick out Frimpong.
….. And all this with £125 million worth of World class striking talent not even in the squad …..
The green kit looks even more awesome live. Although it always amuses me when you’re shouting ‘
Unlucky Reds/Keep working Redmen’ or the like when they aren’t actually wearing Red! Haha.
Turf Moor can do one the same way Kenilworth Road and Luton could. Championship standard S! Turnstiles not working getting in causing a mad logjam in the rain. Then blocks not corresponding to what was on the ticket. With poorly marked rows and non-existent stewards to help. Before you even get to the lack of room under the stand. Why they’ve moved us to the other side of that end this year is anyone’s guess?
But it certainly isn’t for the better.
Roll on Wednesday and starting on the long road to Budapest and hopefully #7 as we look to continue a perfect start to the season that couldn’t have gone any better.
Up the
inevitable Red machine!
EXCL: Aston Villa closing in on #DeadlineDay deal to sign Harvey Elliott from Liverpool before transfer window closes. #AVFC advancing in talks over season-long loan with buy obligation; #LFC seeking £35m+ for 22yo forward. W/ @J_Tanswell @TheAthleticFC
