There is no chance Watford will score one, let alone two goals. Why are you all watching? Torturing youself. tztz
Premier League Gameweek 31+32
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Is there anything more ‘Roy Hodgson’ that bringing on Tom Cleverley when 1-0 down?
Garner playing?
Henderson towing a caravan there.
I'd go further than that. I can't see a situation where they would implement something this without it being data-driven.
Yep. The kid Johnson up front looks good. It is more background noise to be honest. Didn't want to watch Liverpool. Have cut the grass before it rains and am doing Octordle.
No chance at all, turned it off and off to the gym.
Jota is such a limited footballer, technically. Have lost count of the number of times he’s tripped over balls when trying to control/dribble them, misplaced simple passes, scuffed shots etc. His output:talent ratio is insanely overachieving at Liverpool and, overall, he often looks the player that was regularly left out of the Wolves team. The fact he’s been their ‘clutch’ man a lot this season is annoying when taking the above into consideration.
Salah, Mane, Thiago, Alexander-Arnold etc. being match-winners I can accept as they are brilliant footballers, but Jota is a bewildering one, for me.
Salah, Mane, Thiago, Alexander-Arnold etc. being match-winners I can accept as they are brilliant footballers, but Jota is a bewildering one, for me.
There is logic in it. We know the introduction of advanced stats into the game saw the amount of shots taken from distance dramatically reduce as teams sought to ensure their possessions ended in chances with higher expected value. So it would make some sense that the corollary of that would be to try and force/entice your opponents into attempting those same low xG chances rather than retaining possession in favour of building towards higher value chances.
The only issue is the balance between forcing low xG chances versus trying to stop any chance.
Exactly and thats my problem with the "Lucky" shouts here, I just think you are seeing Liverpool play the percentages defensively and backing their world class individuals to perform.
They probably have the most offside calls in their favor too. That's not luck either.
Klopp gets the best out of him, fits his system perfectly.
How has the referee allowed that foul to go? Liverpool nearly wrapped the game up because of it as well
Niiiice. Slowly preparing and waiting for our game?
If they give a penalty here... fecking hell
I agree. He suits their system but there’s still a discrepancy between his actual ability and what he manages to produce, for me.
Is that a pen? Looks like they're both at it
Jota fouls him first... 
What the feck...
Oh look, they’ve remembered the rules.
He rugby tackles him ffs
That will be a penalty for sure
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Penalty and don’t need to see out the nervy last few mins. fecking state of them.
Someone get working on a montage of all the times those types of fouls haven't been given against other teams
Never a penalty for me.
They are 100% both pulling there.
That's proper bent refereeing. There's been 200 of those this season not even reviewed. The ball was nowhere near the incident and Jota fouls him first. Bent
Pretty obvious penalty really.
Except they constantly get ignored for some reason. You'll see the exact same pretty obvious penalty not given regularly in other games.
Except they constantly get ignored for some reason. You'll see the exact same pretty obvious penalty not given regularly in other games.
Soft as feck
You see that kind of tussle every week. But it's Liverpool...
It might be if Jota isn't fouling him first. It's classic home bias refereeing.
There's a reason they've had more penalties given to them at Anfield than any other side since the Premier league began.
Kucka one of the worst Premier League players of all-time. He is seriously up there with the likes of Ali Dia. Stealing a living
Yeah it’s a foul, but you have to basically get shot to have something reviewed on field. And now they decide to review a set piece tussle that’s seen during every corner?
Pen but you don’t often see that go to VAR
Think I need calming down before we play a game.
Nr 33 ruined like 10 attacks in the second half. Disgustingly bad player.
It probably is a pen. The problem for me is I don't see other teams getting those types of penalties.
They want Liverpool to wint it so badly
I'm really worried one of these days Jim Beglin is gonna run on the pitch and give Klopp a random blow job before the watershed.
Liverpool deserved winners, was a peno but more inconsistency from the officials.
Liverpool deserved winners, was a peno but more inconsistency from the officials.