"Well played, a good game but lady luck was on our side today. Tottenham will feel they should have deserved more they were also very good. The character of our lads is an example to all and if it wasnt for that luck would not be of any use."
"3 points is all that matters even if the other team performs better. Not sure about this 4-4-2 formation but the lads fought well right to the final whistle. Good luck against Southampton! "
"Nice to gain three points despite not being at our best. Have played well against the likes of Man City, Man Utd and Arsenal to name three sides this season and not come away with what we deserved. "
"I am not a BR fan but credit is due - he has knocked the tika taka and it is proving to be successful (was it his choice?) Apart from Coutinho, Sturridge and Allen the team is still Rafa and Kenny's. Fergie had another good day out today then ? Well done Reds YNWA"
"Who made that subsution that allowed Joe Allen to strengthen the midfield and allowed Liverpool back in the game?
Lucas did not have the greatest of games today."
"Sensational win and 3 much needed points, great effort lads, keep it up till the end of the season, and anything could happen. We have faith in you lads and Brendan. YNWA"
"a great result lads well done they made a few mistakes but we capitalised on them thats the difference now we are putting them away,if we can become more solid at the back(and there is signs of that) then we can challenge next year.
wonder where we would be if we got sturidge in the summer....
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"yea a great finishd..but we need to improve our defence as well..so i will prefer skrtel instead of carrager because it seemed that he couldn't take it anymore.and rather prefer sterling on the right..give chances to suso or jonjo"
"The three points are very important. Sometimes it is important to come out with a win even after playing bad.BR didn't get it today.Spurs exceeded in the middle of the park.It is time to stop Carrhager here.The team mustn't be sacrificed for his game records.We have also seen why the big teams kicked out DS a selfish lazy player ."
"Great result with real character shown. Big credit to Joe Allen who really helped to turn the game. He was very tidy, and got stuck in too. Atmos on Kop really good as well. Happy days. :)"
"cant believe after a brilliant result plastic fans still moaning and slating buck all i can say is 2 things 1)well done to all the lads YNWA and 2) only 9 points to 3rd place come on mighty reds YNWA"
"Find it hard to believe people getting on Sturridge's back :/ Yes okay he may not of played well but he just came back from injury, as BR said he only resumed training on thursday and to be fair it's his 1st bad game since joining but you can't fault his effort. I swear some of you just want blood lol"
"Billy B Girl, yes it was his choice. If you'd cared to pay attention when he first joined, you'd know that was exactly how he'd planned to play from day one. Possession is the principle of his game, but he also said it was about penetration. How many times does he have to use the phrase 'full backs bombing on' before people realise this? Without tiki-taka philosophy, the first goal doesn't happen."
"The crown weren't just passionate today Brendan. They always are and always have been. That's what sets them aside from others and helps the team keep going when they need it. No other place like it."
"BRENDAN'S DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. SLOWLY BUT SURELY THE REDS ARE MAKING PROGRESS. A FEW BREAKS WENT OUR WAY TODAY, BUT IT'S LONG OVERDUE. WELL IN REDS !!"
"Also the amount of times I've heard 'I'm not a BR fan, but...' recently is laughable. Maybe, just maybe, you should all get behind the best young manager in the country. And I say the best because there's no way AVB or Martinez would have done what BR's done. They knew the job was too big for them and walked away. And we've beaten both if them in the last two games :)"
"Difficult game but we came thru! Sturridge wasn't really on song and Coutinho faded in the 2nd half but the team as a whole played as one. I have just one thing to say to them doubting fans out there, "IN YOUR FACEEE!""
"BILLY B GIRL, I HOPE YOU ARE SAYING "IT'S RAFA AND KENNY'S TEAM" WHEN THE REDS LOSE. RAFA AND KENNY ARE NO LONGER IN THE DUGOUT OR CHANGING ROOM MAKING THE VITAL DECISIONS. KEEP IT UP BRENDAN, WE ARE GETTING THERE !!"
"give it a rest billy b manure....first its rafas team, now its kennys. SOrry girl, THIS IS NOW BRENDANS. And guess what he doesnt need you to admit anything or give credit. Now off u go and support your real team manure."
"We came from behind at West Ham, but today, it was a major come back. Gareth Bale- for all his lucky assits- was shut out by Stevie G and Lucas. Tactically we were good. We lost it a bit during some play, but I am very pleased today. Brilliant result. "
"I was speaking with a work colleage who is a manc and he was so upset that we beat spurs....He is in that big river in EYGPT dee nile!!!!! They just dont understand that we are coming to the top.
Roll on next season.... "
"An important win for many reasons: 1, Winning when not playing at our best. 2,Beating a close rival. 3,Building momentum with three wins in a row. 4,Keeping us in the hunt for a CL place.5, Putting us above Everton at last. 6,Best atmosphere for a PL game this season. It's all heading in the right direction. YNWA "
"Hello LFC THRU THICK + THIN not heard off u for a while. I think everyone will agree that we got a bit of luck today but how long have we waited for luck in the big games this season? Coutinho again involved in our first goal which was quality play, he's a really intelligent player. Keep it up reds! Lovin this win today :D"
"GERRARDOYABEAUTY, HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING INVOLVED LATELY (SOME OF OUR FANS SUPPORT BAFFLES ME AT TIMES). BUT ANYWAY, HOW'S IT GOING MATE ? YES, A GOOD WIN WITH A BIT OF THOROUGHLY OVERDUE LUCK THROWN IN. COUTINHO LOOKS THE PART AND HE'S A YOUNG LAD STILL GETTING USED TO THE PREM."
"Rushjob- agree about Allen he did make a impact on the game, also yeah sturridge he had a quiet game, but at the end of the day we won and not playing at are best. We've played well better than that at anfield and lost a lot of games this season. :)"
"great result today. delighted to see it all come together for brendan. only for some bad luck we would be top 4 all ready. next season we'll be aiming higher then 4th with ten games left"
"Sound mate yeah. I no yeah I'm sure some people come on hear for just an argument at times. Yeah we deserve some luck tho, it's been coming, hopefully we can string a few more wins together and finish strong"
"I think it was wrong to play the 4-4-2. It made it very hard on Lucas & Gerrard to combat Spurs' 3 man midfield. Glad to come away with the win though despite any negatives from our side. "
"If we can win at the polar opposite of the table, Southampton following form team spurs then that is definitely progress. Nice to see Downing's continued good form silencing his critics, which is best way to do it."
"HAVE TO AGREE THAT STURRIDGE AND LUCAS DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST OF GAMES. ISN'T IT NICE TO SEE THOUGH, A COUPLE OF PLAYERS HAVING AN OFF DAY AND WE TOOK ALL 3 POINTS. THE REDS DESERVE CREDIT THOUGH, SPURS WERE ON A ROLL. "
"GERRARDOYABEAUTY, YES, LET'S HOPE WE KEEP PICKING UP POINTS ON THE RUN IN. 4TH MIGHT BE UNLIKELY BUT 5TH OR 6TH WOULD GET US A EUROPA LEAGUE SPOT (DEPENDING ON WHO WINS THE FA CUP). "
"Great Display by Downing today, even after him playing regularly recently I have still not rated him. Today though I thought his overall game was excellent. Once match fit Coutinho will be amazing."
"We didn't play our best. We've actually played much better under Rodgers and lost. But we displayed great character and determination. It was a terrific result! YNWA."
"Sturridge did have a off day but thinking about it he didn't really have a good chance at goal, I think if anything dropped to him in the box he'd of still stuck it away cos he's one of those players if he ain't having a good game he can still score. Downing deserves a lot of credit aswel for turning his anfield career on its head. He's been a threat to the opposition of late. Weldone lad"
"Gerrard 2100. Agree. But one thing that you can't coach is character, and we had lots of it today. It comes with time and installing a culture, and it does appear that BR is getting it sorted- so big credit too. I'm as impressed today with the spirit and character as I am when we smash teams 4 and 5-0 cos you need character in this league. "
"Gerrard 2100. Agree. But one thing that you can't coach is character, and we had lots of it today. It comes with time and installing a culture, and it does appear that BR is getting it sorted- so big credit too. I'm as impressed today with the spirit and character as I am when we smash teams 4 and 5-0 cos you need character in this league. "
"LFC THRU Yeah I think it's best not to even mention 4th cos every time we do we slip up. Im not expecting anything theres 9 games to go lets just give it all we've got an see where we end up. Neverton and Chelsea at home should be good games too"
"In the summer we definitely need a comanding centre back. We have been caught out too many times this season off set pieces. We are on the up and making progress."
"Billy B girl
10th Mar 2013 19:54 we got some of that luck we have missed in the past today , they made mistakes and lost through them ,yes it is virtually,rafa and kenny's teame and the tiki taka football as gone and we are doing a lot better,brendan still makes some bad sub decisions , but we cant end up like chelski
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"Rushjob- I have to admit downing wasn't doing it for me, but I have to say he's finally getting use to playing for LFC like when he lost the ball today he was right back on his feet trying to win it back and that's what every fan wants to see. 100% effort"
"A very satisfying day. My hope here yesterday was realised to-day. Never mind the "luck", did they not avail of two rather easy goals. Until we pulled back to 2-2, Spurs were in command and control but credit to our boys for the way they turned it around. Now we have beaten a Top-6 side, a top-5 side and indeed a top-4 side. Well done - onwards and upwards."
"why everyone has to put YNWA symbols after making a post? im a die hard fan thats from Liverpool but i do find it a little cheesey..We all know the song and what it means but come on we dont need to keep saying it"
"ANI- yeah you have to give Downing credit cos in December or just b4 his LFC career was basically over and we was gonna flog him in jan but he's come good. It's clear to me that he's a confidence player, a player that needs a boost of confidence to get going and BR must of give him it."
"people talking about us having a bit of luck, we've been without it for a long time, our two previous managers used to say we could do with a bit of luck, any way spurs got two soft goals today Glen on his ass for one and a schoolboy half chalange(again)for the other cont.."
"cont,, and we should have had at least one more penalty when Philippe was pulled around in the box, we got what we deserved today 3 points, well done lads, Brendan Rogers had a good game today also."
"Yes, downing is playing brilliantly. Really impressed with his effort. He's finding space when we have possession and closing space when we don't. Excellent."
"thanks god we won. But we used to be far superior than T Hot Spur before just until over 1 year ago.
I would say, BR, it's your progress to be a a more sensible manager.
I would say we were just super lucky to win."
"WELL DONE THE RED MEN. WE'VE PLAYED A LOT BETTER AND LOST THIS SEASON. CITY TWICE AND GUNNERS GAME SPRINGS TO MIND. GOOD SHOW OF CHARACTER. COUTINHO LOOKING REALLY GOOD. MAKE SURE WE GET WILLIAMS AND A WORLD CLASS CENTRE HALF IN SUMMER AND A WORLD CLASS CM AND WE WILL MAKE TOP 4 NO PROBS "
"I'm not one for 'the luck was with us this time'. You make your own luck and I say as much when we lose. But if I was to be drawn on it, I'd say we were UNLUCKY today. First spurs goal, Bale shouldn't have been back on the pitch, and the second should never have been a free kick, Bale again behaving like a baby. Great player, no doubt - but a LUCKY one, if you believe that stuff ;)"
"Ron23- yeah u do make ur own luck sometimes, but sometimes the opposition give u a bit of luck like are 2nd goal. It is true that u need a bit of LUCK in big games or luck in general who cares we finally got the luck :) right off to watch match of the day boy n girls goodnight to all reds fans"
"But that's my point. Luck cannot be judged objectively. Where does it stop? There are decisions Spurs will feel should have gone their way too, I'm sure. And I could counteract those decisions too... like the penalty coutinho should have had when we 1-0 up. We won, luck had nothing to do with it. Well done reds!"
"To play and win when we are not at our best is the best gauge when considering progress. At White Hart Lane we were the better team but Spurs got the points! I think we are turning the corner. The team showed great fighting spirit and took their chances well. It wasn't that long ago that we would have lost this type of game. Well done to the team and big well done to BR. YNWA."
"A very gutsy win. Not everyone played their best, but that was a very good team effort. Coutinho is proving his weight in gold. LFC's schedule favors them, playing Spurs, Chelsea, and Everton at home. Keep this up, and May will be very interesting, very interesting. "
"Strange game today. We had the better of the game teh first 20-25 minutes. Then Spurs had the better of it the 20+ mins either side of the half and then we finished strong. Tottenham have really developed into s strong,quick side. Credit to our lads for fighting back. Good result!"
"Sturridge was poor but your allowed 2 ;) happy Joe Allen managed to change the game for us!! Hope he's more affective after his surgery next season!! Bring on 2013/14!! ( might nick 4/5th this season and be playing European football again!! :))
YNWA lads and fellow fans!!"
"Considering the disappointments and upheavals of past seasons, I for one would be very happy with finishing 5th, showing progress. Grit, graft and teamwork was key to our win here today. A few strong signings and locking out defensive frailties though and we really will be on our Champions League adventures once again soon."
"Suarez is a beast....Downing is improving very very well indeed, Gerrard is our great Captain, the team is fantastic...COME ON REDMED...ROUSE.....YNWA"
"Gotta go for 5th spot now as Blackburn/Millwall eligibility for Europe due to the FA Cup draw, has made 6th defunct! I think we can do it though! If we beat Southampton next week and Arsenal lose to Swansea (which I think they will) then we climb above them into 5th, albeit they have a game in hand."
"We didn't play that well today. But we had it in us to win anyway. And that makes it a very important win. Against a good team as well. Let's continue to take one game at a time now. There's no pressure so just play and have fun. Go Reds!"
"A great result! 1st time against one above us. The euphoria should continue. Credits to Spurs as well. They somewhat had helped to expose our defensive frailties still there are that need to be addressed the sooner the better. N'less wishing this win a monumental one for more to come for the REDS. YNWA!!"
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very simple for me great game we would have 6 more points by winning man city and arsenal we be right there AND THE MANCS ARE SLIPPING LOVE IT THING ARE CHANGING LIVERPOOL YNWA "
"Suarez! You are brilliant. Just a kind piece of advise. Please do not waste time arguing with the ref or an opponent. Your sensitivities had cost us time and a goal in our own net. You should pick up and run after the next opportunity perhaps you could vindicate with. YNWA!!"
"it was luck more than anything else, you are the culprit brendan. this ain't swansea to sit back and defend at home against spurs...we are liverpool we want to win we take the ball and attack no matter who it is.put an end to your small team tactics"
"Our biggest problem seems so far away, as we are scoring bags of goals now, earlier in the season we couldnt buy a goal,credit must go to BR for our attacking style of play, keep it up lads !
MOM = STUART DOWNING
YNWA"
"The boys played well today. There was a period in the 2nd half when we looked a bit down but the pressing forced the mistake for the 2nd goal and we were on our way. Great Result. It shows that we are indeed moving forward. Coutinho looks a great buy. We need one like that in defence and midfield too to strengthen the squad. YNWA"
"All along I hv been saying that BR's thinking and philosophies are a lot like Shanks......given time....we will get there. The way we play now is a blend of Barca and Real Madrid with the defensive lapses."
"Superb result!! We needed to beat a top team which we had not managed all season. Just hope spurs and arsenal go on a losing run so we can sneak into 4th. Can definitely see finishing 5th. YNWA"
"NO team would want to sit back and defend against another team that is strong in attack and weak in defend. But after 1-0, Spur packed their midfield and nothing can get thru to Suarez and Sturridge. Sub in Allen for tired Coutinho to help lucas and SG regain possession, Change from short pass to long pass over the pack midfield, direct to their weak defence. BR is a tactician."
"Im happy for BR and will be very happy to see him have a lot of success with Liverpool. I noticed that after the defeat against Villa and he was sick the following match against QPR which we won without him on the bench was the turning point of the way we are playing now. cont."
"Gerrard was not at eased with the tiki taka he was implementing and some other players also. thus making a lot of costly mistakes.after the QPR game gerrard starting to use his skilled long ranged passed with more effectiveness and result started to be positive.cont. "
"The only way that luck will always be with us during games is when every single fan believe firmly that our team is going to win without any doupt.Thats what the big red nose man do with his fans he has learn that it is an invisible force that realy has an effect in making things happen. And thats why luck was on our side today as every single fans around the world was confident we will win.Cont. "
"Very impressed with Stewart Downing again. He has raised his game big time over the last few months and keeps producing excellent results. Well done Stewart another very good performance."
"we were lucky not 2 get 2 deserved penalties ...i guess if we would have lost the game our ground our faces our jobs ourMOANERSSSSSSSS and finally our humour...i am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy....ynwa"
"credit where it dues, fantastic first half, poor second half, but we got luck this time. At least now BR know what it means by focusing on a game at a time ... YNWA "
"this is the 1st time in two seasons that we have won 3 prem games in a row. ii just checked the results from 2011/12 and not one time did we have 3 straight prem wins in a row. hope this is the beginning of a long winning streak.:)"
"Brendan please keep Coutinho and Joe Allen in the gym during the break of the season to gain some muscles and weight. you can see they easily get bullied and referees don't protect them. Let the fitness coaches and dieions work on them"
"johnson had a poor game today. poor marking for those goals. the 1st one he turned the other way round while vertoghen headed it in and the 2nd one he was on the ground but carra should have done better to clear it away. i just feel this season we'v been getting the goals but also conceding alot while last season was the opposite."
"im happy rodgers isnt getting too carried away talking about us getting top 4. we usually slip up if we start saying that we can. so we'll try and win as many games as we can and see where it takes us. congrats to rodgers n the team."
"Best win of the season, well done to Brendan and the team; it was a win of great charachter. There has been great progress this year and the Manager deserves enormous credit. He is an outstanding leader. "
"Three EPL wins in a row, I will not get carried away as our remaining nine matches are just as important. If ever we demand consistency, NOW is the time. Again some defensive lapses gifted goals to THFC. I'm happy but I hope some players don't talk of Top 4 right now. Forever Red! "
"We should also learn that when we attack we dont concede goal .. & when we defends we concedes goal .. so Please stop defending after trailing goals .. our BACK LINE is very weak especially against taller players.."
"excellent, excellent win LFC... even though not our best game, we showed we can come through trumps...i agree with rodgers i dont think either of their 2 goals should have come about.. i didnt agree at all that bale was off the pitch then suddenly runs on when the balls right next to him.. also dont agree that was a foul on bale for the second..great win YNWA"
"Great result though did,nt play well n got a few breaks. Defence went missing either side of half time.Thought sturridge did,nt show a good team player mentality and sulked somewhat not getting ball.Downing was gr8 last 20mins n suarez outstanding.
YNWA JFT96"
"Some good periods of play mixed with some not so good. Execution (passing) let us down at times but top marks for hard work and determination. Suarez finish was exquisite and the lead up play a joy to watch. Also loved watching Carra & Stevie chasing Bale in the second half. That's the spirit we need to show for the remainder of the season. Great to hear the supporters getting behind the team. "
"redrob2005: I so agree with you...I never understand why people always brings up other stuff. Just say well done lads, great win, great result. Why do people still going on about Rafa and Kenny. Move on. Im with BR all the way. I enjoy our play, and though we can be frustrating, I see the vision. YNWA"
"We didn't play as well yesterday as we had done against Man City & Arsenal but we won & mistakes or not they were actually forced mistakes due to the pressure put on Spurs & the chances still have to be taken. IMO we also made two mistakes for the goals they had, so kind of evens it out except for the Suarez goal which was pure class."
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