"We really need someone to sort out our defense. How many of those 30-something goals have we conceded in such a stupid manner? Too many for sure. Great performance, not so great result."
"Denied once again by a mishap and a stroke of brilliance by Aguero! The lads played danm well! It will come, I have no doubt about that! Never doubted when we was linked with Sturridge and hes showing his worth! MOTM! Great goals! in Brendon we Trust! YNWA"
"Superb Reds indeed. Incredible match, surely deserved the win but for a ridiculous GK decision (nothing any manager can do about that). Well done lads, BR & supporting fans. Progress definitely made & what a signing in Sturridge."
"Excellent performance and can build and take encouragement from this. Sturridge is everything we could have hope for. Gerrard, too good. Cl far a way, but very pleased with the progress and well done lads for a thrilling display. "
"If Reina wants to join Barcelona, why didnt he hand a transfer request in, what a load of rubbish, we cant ever win a big game without giving the other team a goal, sell agger skrtel and reina, get hummels, Begovic, and samba
YNWA"
"Oh dear Reina! Too many mistakes this year from so many of our players. We'd have an extra 8 points just from the city and arsenal games we should have won."
"Great Game..thats 2 games that we should have won and Reina has cost us...he makes the simple look hard....what the hell was he thinking...should have signed a keeper...please get rid of him..absolutely horrendous keeping...thanks Pepe..you stink"
"Agger, Skertl and Reina have been soo prone to errors this season. And they are supposed to be our best. Carra has been outstanding everytime he's played. Credit to him at 35.Only him, Enrique since he came bk and Johnson have been gd at the back."
"Agger, Skertl and Reina have been soo prone to errors this season. And they are supposed to be our best. Carra has been outstanding everytime he's played. Credit to him at 35.Only him, Enrique since he came bk and Johnson have been gd at the back."
"it is disappointing if some individual will be sabotaging other work! the team played to win but only for Pepe to make such hopeless decision! His her has siad he will be happy to return to barca anyway! He should go! he's looking out of it!"
"Of COurse, this is always how it ends, typical, but i can only except that this is a different liverpool. just get the little mistakes away.
Good Bye 4th place"
"brilliant game, sturridge you are amazing, gerrard simply genius. the whole team played so well, henderson is not the same lad, so good. and reina.... were you thinking"
"Two good performances this week. The defensive lapses are disappointing but when we play our best starting eleven we are showing real signs of progress. Sturridge is a genuine class footballer."
"What a performance!! i can't remember the last time i saw liverpool play so well in a big game away from home...we have gone to united, arsenal and city and played them all off the park for long periods...full faith in BR to bring back the glory days!"
"Deja vu. Again Liverpool were leading 2:1 against Manchester City. In August Skrtel error gave City 2:2. Today it was Reina error who gave City the same score. Liverpool were the best team on the pitch and should have won. "
"Superb performance by the lads!!! I am just GUTTED that we are our own undoing yet again against the Champs! We deserved to win that with two cream goals!!! Top 4 gone now I'm sad to say, but next season we are definitely le contenders! YNWA"
"WHAT A PERFORMANCE! To go to the Etihad and dominate like we did was fantastic. Can't fault any of the players. Feel slightly sorry for Reina because most keepers would have got away with it. Nevertheless, great match! YNWA "
"Excellent performance, we were the better team and should of won today. I am a bit worried with the mistakes that seem to be all the more frequent with Reina. It was class to see a Gerrard thunderbolt. "
"Very good game today... If you dont think about the Reina situation.. And ofcorse why take out Sturrige? Losing 2 Points whit this sub! IMO! Bad Rodgers.. :( "
"Outplayed City in their own back yard for 78 mins & then a poor GK decision, then outplayed them again for the rest of the match. Players & BR should be all proud of themselves, Pepe needs to have a bit of a word with himself, but alas, when a keeper makes a mistake it usually leads to a goal. YNWA"
"This is not fair on the rest of the players for putting in alot of efforts to getting us 3 valuable points only for Reina to ruin the party for us all. I'm mad at him and i wish he needs a reality check."
"Well chuffed, good team selection, brilliant all round team performance, dominant football and great goals all trashed by one bad moment of misjudgement by Pepe. We can all add ifs and buts where we like but the future looks bright especially with our new strike force. Great attempt lads, tough luck."
"Great game today guys, shame no win - but I'm made up that we took the fight to the reigning champions once again and the stats say it all. Chin up lads, fourth may be getting away but the performances keep getting better."
"Pepe reina....
What on earth made u do that....
Dissapointed....
Two winning games ended in a draw...
I feel like loosing those now...
4 points dropped..."
"This game and against Arsenal, We should be looking at 6pts gained, we've blown it 3 games in a row, when are we gonna learn discipline? 2pts gained from 2 games? I think we have just kissed CL goodbye, lack of discipline like this doesn't deserve CL football.
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"Great win but come on lets go on a winning streak a bit like arsenal last season...Reina.............................................................-_-"
"knew they wouldn't win, even 2-1 up I knew they wouldn't go onto win, couldn't win a raffle Rodgers new look Liverpool, never mind a win against a team in the top 10 haha yet again the team let's down the fans by giving away a stupid mistake, yup were deffo learning haha 2 points from 6 is pathetic."
"I'm crying to see gerrard goal, he is COME BACK. i'm very pleased with sturridge, he is so good. but poor form from defense team, reina totally screwed up, he lack of communication.
hope everything get better soon. YNWA Reina cs, YNWA my REDS."
"I don't believe it, I just don't. What was Reina doing? Why on earth would he charge to Aguero while Skrtel is already about to pressure him, sad, really sad, Steven Gerrard should have won it for Liverpool, good performance, lucky ManCity"
"gutted, gave away the pts again. not liking the performance lvl right after we took the lead, sense of urgency dropped off 2 fast, resulting in reina's mistake. plus why take sturridge off? he was having a gr8 game! should hav took suarez off instead as he look tired 4 most of the 2nd half."
"Great performance from team but what is going on at back ?? We r letting teams back into game all the time 2.1 up and dominating n Pepe does the most stupid thing n costs us the points n puts us under pressure for end of game.
positve going towards end of season. keep going lads
YNWA"
"Great, pulsating game. We clearly deserved to win, that was until Reina has a customary brain fade. Need another keeper next transfer period!!!
Really proud of the effort boys! "
"Well done lads , great football great goals. If we could cut out stupid mistakes we would be were Spurs are. Well done BR , thats points taken off City and Arsenal , not many teams go away to these teams and come away with something. Three points from next home game, its a must. YNWA. Steve G is a LEGEND."
"if I were Stevie or Carra, I would pull pepe aside and tell him to get his head out of his backside or he can get on the first plane back to Spain...its obvious that is where his head is...YNWA"
"Dropped four points vs City for two poor decisions. Should've beat them twice. However, two beautiful goals from Dan and Stevie G. Just need to kick on from here and get 4th. YNWA"
"Superb reds? Lol are u kidding me? We should wont the game after taking lead but of course no we already gift in the week 2goals lead to our top4 direct opponent and the same thing happened today with city that's what happens with mid/l-table manager goodbye top4 Tottenham,Everton and arsenal wouldn't all 3 sleeps to wait for us"
"Gr8 play skertle good def but very poor passing he shoulda of pass ball to left wing why middle ?
pep Rina very dissointed at moment i wish u are sold in summer nd replaced
he needs to look around before makin silly mistake
it was coverd silly silly mistake by rina"
"Why oh why did Pepe have to come out to meet Aguero??? Skrtl was there! If he had stayed on his line Aguero would not have scored! Something positive from this is that the team played better and we have easier opponents from now on! Pepe won't be able to sleep tonight!"
"rushie2013-KEEP AWAY!We were better,we overplayed them first time in 3 years on Etihad.These 2 dropped points could be crucial in fight for 4th place,so,Reina's stupidity has a huge price.B.Jones is not alternative,no chance.We need to find other GK on the summer.I feel sorry for Stevie G.cracker-no winner.Sturridge-MOTM.YNWA>"
"Its not all doom & gloom. Weve just outplayed City and Arsenal in back to back games and we now look like we could score against anyone. However, we also look like we could concede against anyone. Get it right at the back and we will be flying!! YNWA redmen, push on!!"
"Shortest keeper in the league...
No presence whats so ever....
Really poor poor goalkeeping...
Please get rid of pepe reina...
I can promise you we will never miss him"
"We were unlucky. Great performance lads. Reina head up it happens to the best of keepers. Players should be proud of there performance and keep working hard and i can see us getting there challenging even for the le."
"BR must add a defensive coach or Carra should add as a defensive coach. His attacking style is very good but not defending. We have conceded 32 goals this season. Out of which atleast 16 would have been due to poor defending. YNWA"
"Great game let,s just keep our heads up and win the rest of the games.I think we are able to do it.No excuse for Riena he never approach the situation properly . World class keeper ????? I'm not sure any more.Ager very poor as well.We should have win this one.9 points behind Spurs hope we win most of out remaining games."
"Mancini is whinging about the ball not being put out by the reds buts these players need TO GET A GRIP!!! It wasn't a head injury they should play to the whistle!!! I am sick of sitting at anfield and watching this. We deserved 3 points today. Sturridge mom today. Well played. YNWA "
"OMG how much did that pepe howler hurt, it was shocking keeping, he's not focused on the job in hand for us now cos he's probably going to barca. I went for being on top of the world thanks to Gerrards wonder goal to having my heart ripped out by pepe with 15 min to go. Them 2 points will be crucial for our chance for top4. On a positive note next 5/6 games are winnable. YNWA"
"Well played lads, team played well, even reina minus that no mans land run for thier goal and we were unlucky not to get another goal, sturridge ad gerrard well superb, the only thing i do HAVE to say is why when we need to win this game and have man city on the ropes do we bring allen on for sturridge ? Why not borini or sterling ? :/ :s YNWA"
"Frustrating after dominating large parts of the game. Blooper by Pepe but it was a cracking finish and so unexpected by Aurero. Looking good but the gap gets bigger for 4th :("
"Our forward players played really well today. Wishing Shelvey had been on the pitch.
BR really lack of experience. Liverpool will be much stronger in a few years due to growing up players, but that will help BR taking it for grant he was great manager. No he's not."
"as far as I am concerned ten men were let down by one. Damn shame we did not win that game.
As a fan like a kick in the balls. Go get a goal keeper to compete for that #1 spot. Shouldn't be too hard"
"like one of the comments on here said " feel for the boys who put soo much effort in tonight to be denied by a stupid error" soo true and i feel for gerrard and downing is hopeless lazy and should rip up his contract and walk away "
"seen a lot to be happy about today. unlucky , if not for silly mistakes we would have won, we were by far the better team. cant believe so many negative comments, ynwa"
"That is a great performance we have not seen for long time. Yes, a mistake from Reina undo it. But if Manu can standby their unproven Whip De Gea, we all have to support him and move on. Nothing wrong with BR on tactic and formation this time. just maybe on the daniel sub. "
"Don't feel disheartened, Pepe. It's just one of those days. Please bounce back as soon as you can, because we will all be here supporting you. We know it must have been hard on you. YNWA!"
"Why didn't we buy any cover at left back in the window? Arsenal spent 10 million on a left back and they (were) our competition for 4th. Not anymore. With the league cup final not involving a top 6 team we may not even get Europa at this rate. Good luck trying to recruit more players in the summer."
"Cant believe some people are still out here complaining about subsutions.. is BR "GOD"? He is the best possible manager for us and i have said it times without number, he would be the manager that would win the 19th and 20th league les for us. Mark my words. Many tough times ahead but we'd get through."
"Well played today the reds. Fantastic game. If we can just cut out those stupid mistakes from our game, we will finish in the top 4 no problem next season. BR is the man for the job. His signings have proved good!"
"At half time I said "whatever the score this is the best I have seen the team play all season" and I stand by that. Reina made a mistake which cost us 2 points but until then I could not fault any of the players. They were magnificent and totally dominated the game against the Premiership champions on their own turf. Never mind the scoreline, this was a fantastic display."
"Wow everyone is getting excited because we drew with the EPL champions in their backyard, the progress is showing under BR and DS looks like a steal, but I do agree Pepe is starting to look like his amigo up the road, Stoke will have a spare keeper in the summer ? PS what a hit son , what a hit. "
"OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE FROM THE REDS. OUR BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON AND WE DESERVED MORE THAN WE GOT....AGAIN. DANIEL STURRIDGE - SUPERB !!! PEPE GROBELAAR, WHAT THE ??? PROUD OF THE EFFORT REDS !!!"
"Best team overall today but for the usual stupid mistakes. Definately two great performances away to Arsenal and City. Starting to look like a team. Hopefuly now we can buy some experienced players in summer and have a real go at top 4 next season. Should concentrate on winning europa league now."
"Played really well today and deserved more. There will be the usual cry babies and blame merchants on here calling for heads on sticks, but I was very proud of our performance today. Some people are just unrealistic and have no idea how to support a team other than by doing witch hunts against anyone they think is 'to blame'.."
"Every player goes through difficult periods. Tough we know that we have a couple of players going through a dip we havent got enough material to keep them on the bench. Let's pray that they will find their form ASAP."
"We thru away a winning game just like last year. We had to work for our goals and we just gave them to City cheaply. Have to look for a good quality keeper and let Reina go in the summer to Barca. A quality leftback is also needed desperately"
"We MUST beat Spurs when we play them if we want CL, that for me is our Chance of top 4, and obviously we MUST beat Neverton, but I can put my house on they won't get top 4."
"Denied because of Reinas stupid amateur mistakes...we deserved 3 points today but with Reina we are letting the other teams score so easily...his so sloppy.Liverpool needs a world class goalkeeper from yesterday... "
"I thought we had seen the back of that sort of stupid goalkeeping when Grobblar finished. Whey we can't act responsibly when winning and shut up shop I do not know. Fourth place No chance. Pepe may well have given the 20th le to we all know who! "
"It's just you Buddha130674, Skrtel was not at fault, if Pepe Reina doesn't leave his area, Aguero will not attempt to shoot to an empty net and even if Skrtel is at fault, Pepe Reina would have save it at least, watch the replay and think about it. Not to mention Skrtel's reaction when he see Pepe Reina come charging forward, Skrtel raised his hands like " is he doing""
"Fantastic ! these 2 away games could ended up in disasterous thrashings, but we're proving to suarez and the world we builing something special, next season few additions will defanately attack the top 4 maybe further !"
"I've seen flashes of brilliance like this too many times. I know it's better but we are still too erratic. We are either too frightened and cautious on the ball when we should be brave or we are Brave and inspiring but make stupid mistakes at the back. It's coming we are getting there, it slipped out of our fingers yet again. Still could be worse keep the heads up!"
"Reina and Skrtel, just too often... also poor subsution decisions. Taking Sturridge off with 5 min left just shows our ambition. Great performance from the players otherwise."
"we really should have bought a new keeper in the transfer window,so now we have to wait till the summer,pepa is just not the keeper he was makes mistakes in every game he play and again today at city get rid and have more wage money in the bank.
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"The lads played really well & bossed the game. Reina made a silly mistake again, is his head in Barcelona? If he goes I'd like us to sign Guillermo Ochoa Top Mexican goalie"
"I would just like to add that I have been Sturridge's worst critics. If he plays like he did today I totally retract my criticism, in fact I also make him Man Of the Match. Not just because of his goal but his overall performance. He controlled the ball, distributed well and was every bit as good as he thinks he is. Well done my son. "
"So tired of reading negative posts on this site. Do any of you actually go to a game? We are improving game by game. For those of you who have only criticism for the team, go and support someone else."
"Number one - fantastic performance showing the direction we are heading IS right. Sturridge is getting better each game. Henderson has raised his performance hugely BUT the game was there for the taking. Carra shouldn't have started if we are going to be progressive & Sterling for Downing on 70 mins should have happened."
"Yes it was a howler from Pepe but to those of you running him down, how many times has he also been our saviour and got us the points when others were a let down. He's still one of the best and would be better with a consistant defence in front of him."
"IF THE REDS KEEP PRODUCING THAT KIND OF PERFORMANCE, WE WON'T GO FAR WRONG. IT'S ESPECIALLY GOOD TO SEE THE MUCH MALIGNED JORDAN HENDERSON AND STEWART DOWNING PUTTING IN SO MUCH GRAFT, KEEP IT UP LADS. GREAT TEAM EFFORT !!"
"We can take heart from the two performances from this week's fixtures. The boys are playing with some confidence now and with a little luck, we could have taken six points! Plenty to feel optimistic about and we can still finish in the European positions if we can gain a level of consistency. Well done The Reds!"
"Are some people blind on here?.Great performance
Until another BR decision-Puts skrtel on, player goes past him, drags out Reina and then scores.Our defense is leaking goals most matches because BR chooses Allen most of the time! .we are NOT going to win a le under BR within the next 3 yrs and i'll put £1,000 on it with anyone. "
"we deserved to win this game. sloppy defending form our part. its so sad we were this close to getting a 1st win against a top flight team. congrats sturridge n gerrrard."
"Well done lads! Really proud of you tonight! We played a fantastic performance of passing football and denoted a heavy improvement of play compared to the Arsenal game! Our midfield was awesome, our strikeforce as much as effective, the defence was pretty solid despite a couple of lapses! Keep going so lads, if we keep playng this way, 4th spot is no more a dream! YNWA Reds"
"every player played well today, including Pepe we could have been 1 down early in first half but for his save would have been a different game then, every player made mistakes on that pitch including man of match Sturridge, but after saying that what was he doing? well played lads, gutted for you. "
"kennywash, Dun worry. Those usual names wil always pop up negative comments even if we win. I taken down those names. Suspect Fergie had open multiple accounts to post these comments to instigate frequent sacking of rival managers. He did that to chelsea."
"kennywash I must admit I have been very critical of some of the players until recently, now I agree it is all beginning to come together. You could say we threw away 4 points over the last 2 games, but I say we now look like a team that deserves to on the same pitch as the best. This is a project still under construction, but it looks very good for next season."
"Are some people blind on here?.Great performance
Until another BR decision-Puts skrtel on, player goes past him, drags out Reina and then scores.Our defense is leaking goals most matches because BR chooses Allen most of the time! .we are NOT going to win a le under BR within the next 3 yrs and i'll put £1,000 on it with anyone. "
"AllanJuno: you are still trying to blame Carra even though he played superbly today, simply because in your pre game judgement you said he shouldn't have played and Martin should. At least be gracious enough to admit you were wrong, we all know you were anyway, but to retain some credibility, people need to admit their mistakes..."
"Well, well, it seems the misfits have finally beginning to grasp what it means to play for LFC. And its been done the old fashioned way, competition for places. Downing and Hendo only have to see, Suso, Allen, Jonjo etc to buck up or ship out, funny that eh? "
"Superb is the right word. Sturridge was irrepressible; Gerrard was Gerrard of old. Still, I'm gutted that one poor decision cost us 3 points. Don't want to be ungrateful, though. Magnificent play besides Citeh's second goal."
"It was Skyrtel's fault for not chasing down the ball in the first place. He totally misjudged the direction and handed Aguero the initiative.
Sturridge could still have scored with 5 mins to go. Why was he subsuted?
What was Brendan thinking with both subsutions ?"
"You must be blind not to see the progress being made under BR...we have not played such good football under any recent manager...BR has got Downing/Henderson/Enrique working hard and playing to the best of their ability...look at the positives please ppl"
"I don't know what to make of Hendos positioning today. It worked of sorts but he is no a left midfielder. But I would rather he stays out there and allow Suarez to be free in tandem with Sturridge as he was today. His energy was very good today and maybe his unique attribute is harassment and its a useful one, ask redahendo. "
"To think about it, I just don't see why Enrique got subsuted for Skrtel. Anyway, we need a new goalkeeper, and yes, Reina makes far too many mistakes, not just this season, sigh, I was excited with this performance and even more excited when Gerrard scored but after that stupid mistake, mood down! If you play The Sims it would be from green mood to red mood :"
"As I posted earlier would have taken a draw but after going in front and playing well I am disappointed that two games in a row we have come from a winning position to draw.
Keep going lads and soon these draws will turn into wins.
It is a mark of how far we have developed this season that we are now disappointed to come away with draws at the Emirate and Etihad."
"UNDOUBTEDLY our best performance under BR.What a performance by the boys. DS was awesome.....what a strike. SG you beauty. We have to take the fantastic positives from this and our game against Arsenal and really motor on now. We should now have that confidence to start taking 3 instead of 1. I am really excited by our performance today. Stick to this formation. Well done boys."
"Switching off in games and individual errors costing us points. Should have had 6 points in last 2 got 2. Some great play but need the points lets hope we keep Suarez as I feel 4th is now gone"
"SAME OLD BILLY B GIRL AND TOBEHONEST TALKING TRIPE. IF YOU CAN'T TAKE POSITIVES FROM THAT PERFORMANCE YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GAME OF FOOTBALL. CRITICISM AFTER OLDHAM I CAN UNDERSTAND BUT TODAY THE REDS WERE FANTASTIC."
"Rodgers is to blame for losing the match he should have made either downig or johnson play left back when enrique went off why didnt he put sterling or borini on the game was there to be won and he blow it "
"I am despondent that once again we failed to hold onto a lead but the performance once again deserves credit. Our luck has to change quickly, although its nice to read the plaudits its points we need badly if we are to stay in contention. I am going out happy in the knowledge that BR haters will be quiet today. "
"I am disappointed at the criticism of Reina. He was fantastic against Arsenal and for most of this match. Also question why he went out there? He had no defenders covering AND Carra should have been ON THE LINE in that situation. Keeper goes out, nearest man takes the goal line - simple."
"Too many mistakes and dropped points. The performance speaks volume but still falling short by not picking up maximum points. We should go on a run of good wins to make it to CL. He should bring Assaidi in the team!!"
"n1kLFC....r u nuts fella??
Downing???..everytime I SEE him play in a red shirt 99.9% of his passes are backwards..and its deffo not 'holding up the ball'..for a winger he is utter e!!..johnsons a better winger!!..not fit to be wearing the shirt imho....and i know my football!!"
"Until we get quality and not quany in midfield we will struggle downing is lazy sturidge never got enough service city were poor and we couldnt kill them off "
"4points dropped after watching the performances but I'm sure you would take two draws at Arsenal and Citeh. Awful error by Reina but fantastic team performance today. Toughest fixtures are done now."
"2 games in a row we threw 2 points away, I wouldn't call that progress, 8th and 2 finals last season, this season won't win nothing and will Finnish below 8th, again that's not progress."
"fantastic perfomence!!!!but what was pepe doing???? we are getting better now.Its looking good for us.the fact that we didnt buy sturidge in the summer as cost us this season."
"Superb? Then we need to redefine the word. The team was pathetic. We gave Man City two goals and spared them defeat when they were ready for it. This should stop playing for draws!"
"Superb? Then we need to redefine the word. The team was pathetic. We gave Man City two goals and spared them defeat when they were ready for it. This should stop playing for draws!"
"Agger may have been a bit guilty for the first goal but he recovered well as he dispossessed dzeko for which led to the equaliser!
Reina has been consistently poor this season!
We shud seriously consider a replacement for him in the summer!"
"Jaysus H!!!..People blaminbg reina???..It was BR's fault!!..he put skrtel on, and skrtel let the player run past him to drag reina out......wake up freaks sake will you!!!"
"SKRTEL AT FAULT FOR AGUERO'S GOAL ??? GET REAL !! SKRTEL WAS SHADOWING THE RUN OF AGUERO UNTIL PEPE INTERVENED. PEPE'S RUSH OF BLOOD HAS COST US THE POINTS. DESPITE THIS, PEPE REINA IS STILL OUR NO.1. BRAD JONES ISN'T IN HIS LEAGUE."
"We shud beaten Manc both ways. We shud have beaten Arsenal midwk. 2day, l saw hw tactically naive Rodgers really is. D moment he took off Enrique 4 Skirtl l screamd calamty. And l was soon provd right"
"Best performance this season. Unfortunately FSG Idiots only noticed we needed a striker half way in the season... Meaning we miss out of the champions league this year..... What amateurs!!!!!!!"
"Both goals were Reina's fault. The second is ridiculous as there was no threat. On the positive side, this side will only get stronger. As long as we keep Suarez, and strengthen in the summer.
It seems Rodgers knows his first team now which is good.
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"LFC THRU THICK AND THIN....
Yeah Skrtels fault....u must be wearing BR's glasses are ya??.....Watch the match again if u need to.......Some so called supporters haven't got a clue........"
"Great performance, great goals. Not walking away with 3 points is disappointing, but the team are showing great signs of improvement, and for the fans complaining about reina, have a look at the highlight reels over the years to see how many times he's saved the reds, it's a mistake, it happens."
"FOR THOSE PLONKERS SLATING THE SUBST!TUT!ONS, ENRIQUE HAS JUST COME BACK FROM INJURY AND TACTICALLY IT WAS COMMON SENSE TO PUT ANOTHER MIDFIELDER ON IN PLACE OF STURRIDGE (WHO WAS ALSO CARRYING AN INJURY), TO TIGHTEN UP THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK. HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED THE GAME ???"
"Peterf- downing worked hard which he wasn't doing last season...he still lacks the final quality...look at the bigger picture please - bellamy/redknapp all the commentators on skysports even Mancini were in agreement at how well liverpool played today..yet there are still ppl who prefer to be negative"
"Played our two best games of the season against City. Heartbreaking in the way the points were dropped in both matches. That is the difference between top four and the rest. The ability to hang on, play the full 90, and snatch something in a close game. We used to do that. Overall a great effort one us fans appreciated!"
"PETERF, YOU HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE MATE. JUST WATCHED CRAIG BELLAMY AND JAMIE REDKNAPP'S ANALYSIS AND THEY QUESTIONED PEPE'S ANTICS. HE MADE AGUERO'S MIND UP FOR HIM. BY THE WAY, THEY NEVER EVEN MENTIONED SKRTEL. WHAT GAME WERE YOU WATCHING SOFT LAD ??"
"The best performance of the season, spoiled by two bad lapses, unfortunately. But good teams and good players punish lapses and we have to learn.I cannot agree with all the "experts" around here, who are calling for this and criticising that etc, etc. Two points from two tough away matches maybe not what we wanted, but the wish now is to build on this week with a run of wins. YNWA "
"Buddha - you called? What I lack in the overall quality of my posts compared to someone like GT-LFC - I make up for in relentless harassment-or are you talking about JH? Good performance from all again-starting to click.Shame we couldn't hold out for the 3points."
"CREDABLE & CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE 17.59 agree totally good effort and unlucky pepe and brilliance by aguerro. still a good result considering we are meant to be crap in some fans eyes. RUSHIE13 what a disgrace to the name of rush. well done brendan. you did a great job today. well done LFC. 3 pts next time YNWA"
"Two weeks ago we said a minimum of 4 points from the past 2 games.Granted we played well but didn't get anywhere near that. We wasted so chances toaday. Hope we win the remaining games if we are to achieve the top 4 dream."
"Well, never mind that is done with, plenty of points left.. West Brom are next, if the lads play like that against West Brom they are may get a point or three.. Good game lads, just try to keep those balls out of our net..."
"True LFC fans should take the positives in today's match.One of the positives we should also take is that a tru LFC fans will not do MANURE a favour. I hope City win the league."
"What am I saying?! We should have buried em. We had em on the ropes for most of the match and Mancini will be much happier than Rodgers. An away draw to the defending champions is hardly to be scoffed at, though. Then again, I can take heart that we had the defending champions on the ropes for most of the match. The progress is clear. Now the dominance must start translating into wins. YNWA"
"BR shaking his head after Reina's silly mistake. Stop being positive on Reina, not this time, it was his fault, not Skrtel's. If Skrtel was not playing then you guys will blame whoever it is that Aguero get past to, come on! It's debatable though cause Carragher should have been guarding the empty net but I still blame Reina, that goal was unexpected, even the City fans didn't see that coming"
"Anyway, it was a thoroughly entertaining match, and it's nice that Liverpool provided most of the entertainment. Great passing, movement and shooting."
"great performance if we can cut out these lapses of confidence we shall be ok. every faith in br. afew quality signings in the summer and we should be better still next season."
"Sorry, last comment. The new live text commentary feature is really good; much better than the previous version. If I ever can't watch the game that will come in handy."
"fantastic game of football, well done to all the lads. Great to see br play his best players, pity we didn't have this policy from the start of the season. br is certainly making the right moves now and he has learned a lot in a short time. well done br you are getting there."
"Fabulous performance by the Reds. Shame we have made two mistakes against City and it has cost us four points.I'd give Sturridge 10 out of 10 everyone else 9, Reina a little less.We are now beating lesser teams and competing really well against better teams. Play like that for the rest of the season and top four is just possible."
"hey lads sh-- happens. we played brilliantly, we use our goalkeeper more than any other team in the league, lets not be unfair to our pepe, dissapointed yes, but hes still one of the best in the league.
ynwa"
"Why are you blaming Reina? Where was the defence to pressure Aguero in the first place? It is not Reina's fault but the back 4's for being out of position."
"I wonder if there is a gambling scheme involved Liverpool players against ManCity! Skirtel gave the ball away in our first game so that the score would be 2-2 and Reina left the goal open so Aguero can score and tie the game 2-2. You know much money you make if you guess both Liverpool VS ManCity games would end 2-2!"
"Once again, I'm surprised how many of the people who comment here don't enjoy football. I thought it was another cracking game - must be something wrong with me. I love all these guys that say who we should be buying - are they going to send a few halfpennies of their own in, to help out?"
"You still get the same tired, lazy, dumb stuff about players being 'misfits'. All to cover up the fact that some people have awful judgement when it comes to football. But they can't admit they're wrong, so have to pretend improvements are down to external factors, not poor knowledge or prejudice. Sad really.."
"what sad people likelyandyoda and others always on a down what a sad life they must live. i admit pepi is not up to the mark this season but give the man some respect he could have left when others were jumping ship. show a little respect to a good goal keeper and person."
"BR said before the game Enrique wont make the full game & so was taken off, Sturridge played the whole 2nd half with an injury & was also taken off. Can all the misinformed tacticians please remain quiet on the subs now. Try getting more involved in your team's background before spouting drivel."
"Good game. Bad Result. Positives: 2 tough away games, 2 points, No losses. With 2 big oppositions plus man united done for the season, known for what we are so far, hope to get a string of good results against the minnows and hope for slips for the teams we competing for 4th position. "
"Not too concerned as it is inevitable that Arsenal, Tottenham will slip to smaller oppositions. Only thing, Everton seem a formidable force. Good Luck Team with the big games and the small boys off! "
"Not too concerned as it is inevitable that Arsenal, Tottenham will slip to smaller oppositions. Only thing, Everton seem a formidable force. Good Luck Team with the big games and knock the small boys off! "
"Message to BR, Seeing the intensity the way the team is pressing and playing, advice you to make suitable subsutions as everyone looks beyond their limit by the 80th minute, thus making it impossible for a last minute clincher! "
"fantastic performance by the lads reina got a bit over exited and muckedit up for the lads but overall maybe it was a fair result. still sickened though
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"what a game i think its time reina moves on he doesn't look like he wants to be here but on a more positive note the teams overall play today was outstanding and anyone who cant see the progress we making under BR needs to go to specsavers haha YNWA"
""Great overall performance by the team but one moment of madness cost us the 3 points.That's the way the cookie crumbles. We just don't seem to get the luck going our way, the luck seems to be only going to the manure. ""
"Yeah every time I see Downing on the right hand side, he will try get past 1 or 2 defenders then he will try to shoot the ball, that's what I think. He did that most of the time and I think only once he successfully scores using that technique, I think it is in the Europa league. typical"
"Luck had nothing to do with the draw today. IMO- 2/3 of all goals (in any league) are due to poor defending. This has been the case all year with LFC. Agger left his man AND left his feet. Can't leave a quality striker like Dzecko alone. Too easy and happening (with both CB)far too often this season. Carra was boss today. Contd..."
"We need a new keeper big time Reina's hearts not in it any more n cus of this he makes far too many mistakes he's a liability. (Aguero's goal was a cross he didnt mean 2score u cud c the shock on his face when he realised he scored)"
"unlucky pepe, thought you had a good game!! not too many players around who would`ve scored from there.
other than that what a display by the lads,just a shame we couldn`t kill the game with another goal, but they are the current champions...so onwards an upwards"
"KadMera & Rushie- you two might be the worst "supporters" EVER to post on these pages.
As a whole the boys played an outstanding game-bossed them around on their own pitch all day- good shape, movement, purpose, and created all sorts of opportunity. Gutted- but still love 'em. SmoochiePoochie- Europa champion does not automatically qualify for CL"
"and we still have coutinhos magic to come as well so the future looks good. 4th spot is there but we need a run of wins against beatable opposition. spurs and neverton Will drop pts and hopefully we beat them at our place. come on reds. walking on. YNWA"
"Normally agree with regular posters like LFCTHRUTHICK&THIN....but actually I think it's clear that Skirtal played a part in their goal. He left the ball and motioned to Reina to get it. Reina should not have obliged but Skirtal read the bounce and direction of the ball wrong "
"...As for Pepe- no excuse for that kind of poor decision making- EVER. Has to be the worst bit of goalkeeping since Mr. Green gifted USA goal vs. England. As I said- sadly- many goals are scored due to poor defending. That being said- WHAT A CORKER BY STEVIE!!!"
"OLDVIC respect to you for having different view of sturridge. not many fans like that around. and surely the more daniel and luis play and phillippe joins in they can only get better. even BELFASTWILL18.08 had something positive to say. thats progression. well done. YNWA"
"But that aside, how positive does that feel? It took a crazy error from us to allow city to scrape a draw with us. We were fantastic. I'm happy to admit I wasn't convinced by Hendo but what a shift he puts in - fantastic . I think some posters (Buddha et al) should accept they were wrong about hendo. I was."
"But such a shame Stevie G's goal wasn't the winner - what a captain - what a player - we are lucky to witness such a great in our time ! Anyway mistakes or not, YNWA. We see the improvement...you have our support 100%"
"4 points dropped against the champions!!....silly mistakes and crazy decision making cost us again! Signing Butland would of looked very good right now, bye bye Reina your 8 mistakes this season has cost us dearly."
"Great performance lads and a decent result! Disappointed not to win however, like Wednesday it was another promising performance. Evidently the quality is there but we need to install a winning mentality so we can see out the game against the top teams. "
"We need to cut out individual mistakes. However, the goal was not all Reinas fault. Skrtel could have easily cleared the ball rather than signalled for Reina to come and collect. Therefore Martin has to take some responsibility for the goal."
"PALLA, 20.06, PEPE DIDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE GOALMOUTH. IF HE STAYS IN HIS 6 YARD BOX, AGUERO DOESN'T SCORE. I DON'T RECALL SKRTEL "GESTURING" FOR HIS KEEPER TO COME FOR THE BALL EITHER. I'M SURE THE SKY PUNDITS WOULD HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE ERROR IF IT WERE SKRTEL'S."
"It's been mistake after mistake; it's like when we fix one problem another arises. Last season we had a problem with scoring goals, we fixed that this season; now we have a problem with defending. What's the point of scoring if all the goals we score come back?! It's frustrating really!!!"
"Jodan Henderson has now arrived folks. He is playing with confidence, is full of running and clearly is improving at a rate that makes next seeason and afterwards very hopeful. Well playd lads. Reina has been doing these sort of mistakes more regularly this season. Fix this in the summer BR."
"Yes sloppy goal keeping error cost us we have to bring in in the summer another top class keeper to challenge pepe for the number one jersey the keeper at Swansea can't get into the side at the moment why don't we go for him vorm he seems like a good keeper with potential pepe needs competition for that shirt YNWA "
"I said from the minute we signed him DS would turn out to be a great signing a real bargain and the boy is proving me correct keep it up boys brilliant performance we should have won the game next season we have nothing to fear consistency is the key and slowly but surely we are getting there YNWA"
"Pepe doesn't need 1,000 fans to tell him he made a big mistake today, nobody will be more aware of it than he is. But the fact that we are playing teams like Manure, City and Arsenal off the park and then losing points to silly mistakes means that it will only take some minor tweaks to turn us into a major force next season. I believe in our club, our team and our manager. YNWA"
"People are saying we are played good in last three games. Well for arsenal one we did not. Today Man City was without Kompany and Yaya against our fully fit best 11. Suarez looks tired now. Gerard has is some god playing that well for that long #YNWA"
"Next two game are against 8th and 9th placed teams and will decide where we are finishing this season. Next season Gerard will be one year older, Suarez will be lured for big big money and CL. Hope Coutinho turns out to be as good signing as Sturridge. #YNWA"
"What we lack as a team is the power of instant response. Once we concede our response is not good enough. Downing-hando have lift up their game but it got to be better especially downing-given hando is 22 only. I hope coutinho can outplay downing #YNWA"
"For instant reponse we need a very good support for Sturridge and Suarez. Gerard playing deep can only help when we have pinned the opponent in their half not instantly. Downing is running faster then ever but his influence in 30 Yard area is not like a player of top 4. Hando still learning #YNWA"
"Next two game will tell where we are in terms of progress in our game. Both are home bame and away game in first half of season were big disappointments. against wb we lost thx to Red Card. against swans we drew. We must win both of these games easily. Cant wait to see some of coutinho. Hope sturridge will be all right #YNWA"
"Nice to see Sturridge doing well Suarez has taken us alone for too long. He looks igued (or Sturridge makes him look slow :-)). Hope he get some booster by watching the God called Gerard #YNWA"
"Pepe is not a good shot stopper but is positioning, decision making, distribution has been outstanding. Today was one of mistake in decision making. We badly need one more stopper. Goni is gone now so it shudn't be a problem. Would love to see if we can steal begovic under manure's nose #YNWA"
"Why don't we see shelvey, sterling, Borini subsuting Downing -Hando? I agree they are playing better but sterling and Shelvey should be given more chances as subs. "
"Hart made error Zabaleta came for rescue. Riena made error aquero delivered a class. I wish out were at goal line when the saw our keeper is out. Riena is getting poorer and poorer :-(. Jones played too poorly against oldham to be a sub for Riena."
"It seems we are all disappointed with Pepe, but watch closely and you will see Skittle call for him. He came out and was caught in two minds as Skirtle backed off. It was an error of coordination between Pepe and Martin. Pepe once out there was committed. That said, I think the Liverpool keeper should also keep for England. Get Butland. He's better than Hart."
"The players should be very proud about how they played. They deserved to go ahead in both of their most recent matches. Measures should be taken against the players getting vertigo once they go ahead, because at this rate, they`re going to take the lead more often now. Stop pressing the self-destruct button! More belief from you please!"
"I don't post much on here, but I read most the comments on most the pages. Pretty disgusted by them 75% of the time. Anyone who wants to criticise that performance clearly didn't watch the game. If you just saw the goals don't pretend like you're an analyst. We dominated, and dropped points due to individual errors.
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"The team performance was excellent. If we are able to do it week in and week out like that, joining top 4 is still possible because teams like Totenham and Chealsea still drop points in the coming games. One negative thing I noticed yesterday is that Luis did not show us his usual skills and creativity yesterday and I hope this will not happen again. "
"SILLY MISTAKE BY REINA AND IT HAS COST US THE GAME.BR YOU DOING A GOOD JOB BUT PLEASE WE NEED A NEW GOOD RELIABLE KEEPER AND AT LEAST TWO SOLID DEFENDERS IN SUMMER."
"why o why does brendon make nieve subsutions? why take off enrique a defender who kept aguero quiet and replace him with minutes left with skirtel,another defender? rena runs out as skirtel watches an open goal? The reds out played city only to see their glory robbed by your stupid desion.!!!!"
"Should've won the game. A bit disappointed. I have to say it was foolish from Reina. No more foolish mistakes please. But above all we played very very well, we controlled the game, & it's a very good game of football."
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