Premier League Gameweek 26

UnofficialDevil

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I'm not anti Scottish, I just wanted Moyes out.
Covid or something must have affected Mane, his touch and the spring in his step have completely disappeared, he doesn't run as much either anymore. Salah has been the better player this season. It affects them a lot as Manes the natural dribbler in the team but I don't think I've seen him dribble once in the 10 or so Pool matches I've watched this season. A completely change from the player he was.

Klopp hasn't helped things either for Liverpool by not playing Fabinho and Henderson (when he was fit) in midfield. They're two top class, CL winning midfielders that can control a game and defend and create, and instead he goes with a 19 year old and Thiago 0.25x speed Alcantara.
Next season with Fabinho and Henderson back in midfield and Van Dijk in defence they will be back to how they used to play.
 

Klopper76

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Fulham haven't won at Anfield for about a decade, so Sunday seems like the perfect time to put that right.
 

charlenefan

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Next season with Fabinho and Henderson back in midfield and Van Dijk in defence they will be back to how they used to play.
I don't think so, their creativity is gone and that's got nothing to do with the players you mentioned. It's a team that's just reached the end of its cycle
 

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Didn’t Pool walk to a 3-0 win in the first fixture mad how things have changed.
 

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Are we supposed to believe Liverpool have 5/6 world class players in their 11 today?
 

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Didn’t Pool walk to a 3-0 win in the first fixture mad how things have changed.
Had us all fuming at their luck at playing Chelsea away, a tough game, before their new signings settled.

Then this run of losses happened :)
 

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Some lovely stuff from Chelsea at times.
 

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Chelsea have done a great job of playing it out the back.

Rudiger and Christensen look like a real pairing
 

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It's really interesting to see Liverpools decline.
Maybe it's the same like in Klopps last season at Dortmund. The way he has his teams playing works best when everyone is on tilt and as sharp as it gets.

But as others have said, the teams to have lost its spark. It's the same feeling I had in Klopps last season at Dortmund.
 

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Did I hear correctly that this will be the first time in Pool's history they lost 5 home games in a row?
 

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Mason Mount robbed. He was the standout player on the pitch for me.
 

UnofficialDevil

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I'm not anti Scottish, I just wanted Moyes out.
I don't think so, their creativity is gone and that's got nothing to do with the players you mentioned. It's a team that's just reached the end of its cycle
I hope so too, but I don't think so. They've messed up both their midfield creativity and their defence by moving those two back.
Imagine us with Pogba and Bruno shifted to defenders. I know they can't play there but we would instantly make both our defence and attack shit. Basically what's happened to Liverpool.