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Fkhalifa:
You think its one thing he should learn? I along with some fans feels they are about 68 things

I think some things are inborn, Auba's positioning looks natural and not learned, just like so many players with personal characteristics..

Maybe those in that dept feels it isn't needed, or he's been taught but haven't yet mastered

Good thing he's still at the stage he can learn, just like Niles, Bellerin,Holding,Martinelli and other youngsters.

Yuneehk:
Very filling It took breakfast's space in my tummy.

airmark:
I forgot that you and Roland17, support this mumu team.

Una dey try o, you guys can wait for a stone to get cooked.

airmark:


Europa people also arguing.

solomonbrown64:
...... Right there is the difference. They switch play really well. They played high balls to exploit spaces left by Liverpool's fullbacks a lot which means that Liverpool's press also gets to them which is struggling to me from playing from the back. Everyone knows Pep prefers passing from the back but if it's not working, they can easily switch play. My point was that Liverpool's press won't make it easy for them to pass from the back not impossible.

solomonbrown64:
.... Okay. But I still maintain that City will struggle to play out of the back with this new rule against a team like pool when they meet again soon.

solomonbrown64:
.... Are you kidding? Liverpool nearly killed us because of that and it affected our play badly as we just couldn't move the ball the manner we wanted at all. We were dispossessed 13 times alone in the first half with Niles and Ceballos the major culprits. The latter was so damn pressed around the box, he passed straight to Mane. I tell you if City play Liverpool this season, they will find it difficult to pass from the back as they used to.

solomonbrown64:
..... I tell you. The days of pride and respect us gone. What administration want to see is results. I remember when football fans were mocking Guardiola for playing from the back and Liverpool with their style of play that won them nothing but look at them today now.

... Poch has players that might leave and that is affecting them. Their midfield is currently worse than hers, their current fullbacks are near useless and their defense in disarray. Their attack too, no chemistry. The earlier they find solution to the players expected to leave and the squad settles down, the better for them. Today, Newcastle had more shots on target than them and that tells a lot. I expect an Arsenal masterclass against them but then it's a derby and football these days is no longer 1 + 1, something as you rightly said some fans here are yet to come in terms with.

.... Teams in the EPL have more money than before and can get good players that will give the top teams a run for their money too.

... It's important to mention that the new goal kick rule makes passing from the back very difficult and that aided Liverpool yesterday but I trust that when our fullbacks return, it will be better.

raumdeuter:
Who is forcing Debruyne on you. The league table already ensures that you are the lowly and downtrodden.

raumdeuter:
Kdb assist

kokanepyramid:
Defense did well, very well sef.

From kick off the midfield just allowed Liverpool to play in our own half unperturbed. How long will it take before they crack.

We should have played them on counter with upthrough passes, with the midfield running up to support. But that didn’t happen cos anytime we even manage to send the long balls forward we isolate Pepe and Auba no midfielder to play with and support them upfront. Xhaka Torreira partnership would have worked better, cos the latter is fast and is better at decision making while the former though not good enough his stamina will come handy. But no! We needed someone to recycle possession.

Secondly we were being pressed like bobby, we kept doing tiki taka in our 18 yard box.

Our games have been poor since the beginning of the season, I wasn’t carried away by the wins. We don’t play like we train together, no chemistry, midfield is zero, it’s just anywhere belle face football. I was yelling this from the roof top they said I troll my own.

If we play the way we did yesterday Spurs will trash us whether we like it or not.

Jodera:
Lol, true about Monreal tho. Just watched the replay now, any foul by him on salah would have been a straight red card too. Hoping for a win against spurs o

Jodera:
Things I picked out from today's game
1. I think the formation was spot on ( the formation I saw was 4312) with guen and willock playing left and right midfield respectively and xhaka as a deep lying playmaker while ceballos behind d strikers. I feel from first half the formation tried but the personnel were wrong. A ceballos in willock or guen position and a torreira in xhaka position would have been the best. We created loads of chances with such formation and limited LFC front 3 influence and turned them to a cross and nod team, which our back was really ready for. We missed a torreira who can screen defensive line( with tackles and interceptions) and quickly launch an attack

2. The two upfront ought to be pepe and lacazette not auba. The two can take on defenders , harry defenders and force error. Starting auba, to me, was a big mistake.

3. Pepe is really a winger we need. it is nice seeing and having a winger who can beat his man and also take an outside 18 shot. I won't blame him for missing that goal cos he's left footed and the ball was on his right. From all his clips I've watched, he rarely uses his right which I feel he needs to work on. So cos of that I won't blame him for missing with his right, even messi and salah weren't so good with their right legs at that age.
Auba misses too many chances for an elite striker, and mostly against big teams.

4. Luiz is to blame for the 2nd goal, it was so foolish committing such a pk like that, but I won't blame him for the third cos he's on a yellow card, so been one man down at that stage isn't worth it. Monreal should have brought salah down for a yellow but he didn't. Those are the kind of tactical fouls we need.

5. Emery should tone down on his incessant passing from the back. Haba! Even man city doing that doesn't do that all occasions. I've seen ederson punt the ball straight to kdb in midfield. Also, we're so slow passing from the back thereby allowing our opponents time to regroup for more pressing. Compared to man city who are faster in doing it, we were laboured and predictable passing from the back.

6. We've really stopped the pressing we normally do to our opponents which aided our 22game unbeaten run last season. This season we hardly press and I feel that is affecting our midfield dominance.

All in all, we need to be positive and let's try to beat all this small teams. At least, top4 is d goal here and not title challenge.

kokanepyramid:
How about this for positives

sod09:

Abeg leave that talk, no be today
He confuse blueraydick sef, but Pepe will come handy against others that boy go Pepe them

Roland17:
But Liverpool dey play ball sha. They know when to apply and relax the press, build from the back and concede possession.

Roland17:
Make I hear say Torreira no start next game

sod09:
say it he's not good enough

Roland17:
I disagree, Salah had the angle built from his run to his preferred position and it was not a powerful shot, rather, it was a well-placed shot supported by the angle he had built from is run.

Roland17:
Why is Guen taking corner kicks

sod09:
If we try this tactics with city they will toast us

Fkhalifa:
I think what Emery's done has worked for most part of the game, you don't come out and play Liverpool at Anfield, you soak pressure and hit on the counter..

Liverpool's couldn't run much, Mane and Sallah aren't allowed to play their way, so you see they seem clueless and couldn't create cut clear chances, they resorted to cross and nod..
If only Auba and pepe had converted those chances..

Torreora and laca need to come on.

Roland17:
Emery needs to bring Torreira in. This would have been a great situation if we did not concede before the half time.

Roland17:
The idiot was even trying to get a PK even though he was pulling Guen