Himpunan Berita & Blog Terkini Untuk Penyokong Liverpool FC Sahaja
.
Monday, 24 November 2014
Wahai Brendan Rodgers yang pandai lagi bijaksana, bolehkah kamu tidak menurunkan...
Adakah kekalahan Liverpool ini disebabkan tiada Joe Allen di bahagian tengah atau pertahanan yang sampai kesudahnya tiada peningkatan atau pemain penyerang gagal berfungsi dengan sempurna ??
petikan dari Laman Web/FB Kelab/Penyokong LFC Malaysia
Joe Allen .. keluar seketika untuk menerima rawatan, Liverpool mendahului 1-0, b...
Adakah kekalahan Liverpool ini disebabkan tiada Joe Allen di bahagian tengah atau pertahanan yang sampai kesudahnya tiada peningkatan atau pemain penyerang gagal berfungsi dengan sempurna ??
petikan dari Laman Web/FB Kelab/Penyokong LFC Malaysia
Mark Holmes suggests the end is nigh for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, but says Brendan Rodgers deserves more time at Liverpool.
End is nigh for Wenger
Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta declared himself "shocked" on Saturday after the Gunners were beaten 2-1 by Manchester United at Emirates Stadium despite dominating possession and creating several good chances.
He put the first goal down to "bad luck" but did at least acknowledge a lack of "ruthlessness" in front of goal had ultimately cost them the game.
On the one hand it is easy to feel sympathy for Arsenal: they were the better team and should have won the game based on chances created, but on the other it is hard not to give more credence to the words of the club's shareholder Alisher Usmanov, who has spoken of a failure to learn from mistakes and hinted that Arsene Wenger finds it difficult to accept his.
He also admitted Arsenal "need to strengthen every position" to challenge the top clubs in Europe, although he hinted at a frustration that Wenger has not spent all of the money available to him in recent times.
It is the most damning indictment of Wenger's management of the club yet.
There is little doubt the Frenchman had his hands tied for several seasons while the club paid off their new stadium, and he deserves enormous credit for consistently delivering Champions League football during that period.
There is no longer a lack of finance to blame, though - that has been made quite clear by all at the club - and so it is becoming increasingly hard to point the finger at anyone other than Wenger for the deficiencies that continue to exist in the team.
Arteta may have been shocked by the defeat to United, but few others will have been surprised to see them miss chances - they have not bought a natural goalscorer since selling Robin van Persie - and pay the price for being too open at the other end - Wenger's refusal to spend serious money on the spine of his team looks more ludicrous by the passing week.
There is every chance that Arsenal will once again recover to secure a top-four spot but, even if they do, Usmanov's comments put forward the clearest argument yet that perhaps the end is nigh for their long-term leader.
Rodgers needs time at Liverpool
After Liverpool suffered their sixth defeat in 12 Premier League games on Sunday, several historical Brendan Rodgers quotes began to do the rounds.
One was made prior to the game against Chelsea in April when the Reds' title charge was first derailed.
"Look at Tottenham. If you spend more than £100 million, you expect to be challenging for the league," Rodgers had said, justifiably, in an attempt to reduce the pressure on his side.
"It's not difficult to coach to just get 10 players right on your 18-yard box," Rodgers said after the game, which Chelsea won 2-0, going on to say Liverpool's game is "based on being offensively creative as opposed to stopping."
He also said Chelsea's approach would "prepare us for Crystal Palace", but Rodgers clearly did not learn the lessons of that crushing defeat at Anfield and has still not learned them now.
Liverpool continue to play attacking football and continue to leave themselves open at the other end, with the difference between this season and last simply that Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge are not around to mask the long-standing defensive issues.
Rodgers believes it is easy to defend in numbers; with Suarez gone, Sturridge out injured, Raheem Sterling out of form, and several summer signings still finding their feet, perhaps it is an approach he should consider to steady the ship.
At the very least he must consider a change in personnel - Liverpool fans believed he had dropped players for that game in Madrid, but that Dejan Lovren continues to be picked ahead of Kolo Toure, who was excellent at the Bernabeu, is beginning to seriously grate Reds fans.
However, despite all his mistakes and his failure to learn from them, it is unfair that Rodgers is already starting to come under pressure from sections of the media and the supporter base.
Chris Bascome, for instance, who falls into both categories, says, 'there is so much to repair at Anfield the construction company looking at the new Main Stand may need to look closer at the plans.'
Yet on the eve of the new season he had tipped Liverpool to finish third and said there was 'no reason why Liverpool can not be a threat again this season'. He also said it was 'illogical' to 'presume Liverpool will ape what happened at White Hart Lane post-Gareth Bale'.
He was not a lone voice. Most Liverpool fans were happy with Rodgers' transfer dealings back in August, all and sundry had hailed their attacking approach to the game last season, and on these pages at least there was plenty of confidence the team could challenge for the title again.
Just 12 games into the new league season, with a raft of summer signings still adapting, the loss of Suarez still being felt, Sturridge out injured and Sterling out of form, is it really that much of a surprise that Liverpool are struggling? And what could Rodgers do about any of those factors?
Defensively he undoubtedly needs to have a rethink - out-of-form players cannot continue to be picked, and there may need to be a realisation that Steven Gerrard is simply not the right man for the holding role - but Liverpool are no worse defensively this season than they were last.
Rodgers has a lot to learn but he at least deserves time to prove his approach to the game can deliver results - without Suarez - once Sturridge is back, Sterling rediscovers his form, and new players have truly settled in.
Handbags
The football media loves to be permanently outraged, and that was perfectly highlighted by the reaction to three off-the-ball incidents in three separate Premier League games over the weekend.
The most high-profile saw Jack Wilshere shove his head into Marouane Fellaini in response to the Belgian going down rather easily to win a free-kick during Manchester United's win at Arsenal.
The general consensus was that Wilshere was extremely fortunate not to be sent off, with referee Mike Dean bizarrely deciding against even a booking despite his clear view of the incident.
Fellaini, meanwhile, was comically praised for his honesty despite the myriad of sly offences he gets away with on a regular basis, including a push on Kieran Gibbs in this very game that led to United's opener.
Still, by standing tall amid Wilshere's attack Fellaini did at least ensure criticism was rightly aimed at the perpetrator. Unlike Jan Vertonghen.
The Tottenham defender was kicked off the ball by Hull's Gaston Ramirez but because he drew attention to it by falling to the floor - if, indeed, he was not genuinely felled by Ramirez's hook, which is not certain - it is he rather than the perpetrator that has come in for criticism.
Both Wilshere and Ramirez were guilty of offences which in the current age of fussy refereeing were worthy of red cards but in reality were relatively mild acts of petulance that should both have been punished by yellow cards. The outrage that follows such mild acts of aggression is quite bizarre.
The third incident of the weekend saw Everton midfielder Kevin Mirallas scythe down West Ham's Morgan Amalfitano before exchanging shoves with James Tomkins, who hilariously fell to the floor clutching his face.
This was the one incident in which both players received the correct punishment, Mirallas a booking for the foul, and Tomkins a booking for the attempt to con the referee.
The fact that the two players were in actual fact likely booked for a shove apiece only serves to highlight the inconsistency in the way these incidents are dealt with - and viewed by the media.
petikan dari LiverpoolTeamTalk
Monday Moan: The end is nigh for Wenger
Mark Holmes suggests the end is nigh for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, but says Brendan Rodgers deserves more time at Liverpool.
End is nigh for Wenger
Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta declared himself "shocked" on Saturday after the Gunners were beaten 2-1 by Manchester United at Emirates Stadium despite dominating possession and creating several good chances.
He put the first goal down to "bad luck" but did at least acknowledge a lack of "ruthlessness" in front of goal had ultimately cost them the game.
On the one hand it is easy to feel sympathy for Arsenal: they were the better team and should have won the game based on chances created, but on the other it is hard not to give more credence to the words of the club's shareholder Alisher Usmanov, who has spoken of a failure to learn from mistakes and hinted that Arsene Wenger finds it difficult to accept his.
He also admitted Arsenal "need to strengthen every position" to challenge the top clubs in Europe, although he hinted at a frustration that Wenger has not spent all of the money available to him in recent times.
It is the most damning indictment of Wenger's management of the club yet.
There is little doubt the Frenchman had his hands tied for several seasons while the club paid off their new stadium, and he deserves enormous credit for consistently delivering Champions League football during that period.
There is no longer a lack of finance to blame, though - that has been made quite clear by all at the club - and so it is becoming increasingly hard to point the finger at anyone other than Wenger for the deficiencies that continue to exist in the team.
Arteta may have been shocked by the defeat to United, but few others will have been surprised to see them miss chances - they have not bought a natural goalscorer since selling Robin van Persie - and pay the price for being too open at the other end - Wenger's refusal to spend serious money on the spine of his team looks more ludicrous by the passing week.
There is every chance that Arsenal will once again recover to secure a top-four spot but, even if they do, Usmanov's comments put forward the clearest argument yet that perhaps the end is nigh for their long-term leader.
Rodgers needs time at Liverpool
After Liverpool suffered their sixth defeat in 12 Premier League games on Sunday, several historical Brendan Rodgers quotes began to do the rounds.
One was made prior to the game against Chelsea in April when the Reds' title charge was first derailed.
"Look at Tottenham. If you spend more than £100 million, you expect to be challenging for the league," Rodgers had said, justifiably, in an attempt to reduce the pressure on his side.
"It's not difficult to coach to just get 10 players right on your 18-yard box," Rodgers said after the game, which Chelsea won 2-0, going on to say Liverpool's game is "based on being offensively creative as opposed to stopping."
He also said Chelsea's approach would "prepare us for Crystal Palace", but Rodgers clearly did not learn the lessons of that crushing defeat at Anfield and has still not learned them now.
Liverpool continue to play attacking football and continue to leave themselves open at the other end, with the difference between this season and last simply that Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge are not around to mask the long-standing defensive issues.
Rodgers believes it is easy to defend in numbers; with Suarez gone, Sturridge out injured, Raheem Sterling out of form, and several summer signings still finding their feet, perhaps it is an approach he should consider to steady the ship.
At the very least he must consider a change in personnel - Liverpool fans believed he had dropped players for that game in Madrid, but that Dejan Lovren continues to be picked ahead of Kolo Toure, who was excellent at the Bernabeu, is beginning to seriously grate Reds fans.
However, despite all his mistakes and his failure to learn from them, it is unfair that Rodgers is already starting to come under pressure from sections of the media and the supporter base.
Chris Bascome, for instance, who falls into both categories, says, 'there is so much to repair at Anfield the construction company looking at the new Main Stand may need to look closer at the plans.'
Yet on the eve of the new season he had tipped Liverpool to finish third and said there was 'no reason why Liverpool can not be a threat again this season'. He also said it was 'illogical' to 'presume Liverpool will ape what happened at White Hart Lane post-Gareth Bale'.
He was not a lone voice. Most Liverpool fans were happy with Rodgers' transfer dealings back in August, all and sundry had hailed their attacking approach to the game last season, and on these pages at least there was plenty of confidence the team could challenge for the title again.
Just 12 games into the new league season, with a raft of summer signings still adapting, the loss of Suarez still being felt, Sturridge out injured and Sterling out of form, is it really that much of a surprise that Liverpool are struggling? And what could Rodgers do about any of those factors?
Defensively he undoubtedly needs to have a rethink - out-of-form players cannot continue to be picked, and there may need to be a realisation that Steven Gerrard is simply not the right man for the holding role - but Liverpool are no worse defensively this season than they were last.
Rodgers has a lot to learn but he at least deserves time to prove his approach to the game can deliver results - without Suarez - once Sturridge is back, Sterling rediscovers his form, and new players have truly settled in.
Handbags
The football media loves to be permanently outraged, and that was perfectly highlighted by the reaction to three off-the-ball incidents in three separate Premier League games over the weekend.
The most high-profile saw Jack Wilshere shove his head into Marouane Fellaini in response to the Belgian going down rather easily to win a free-kick during Manchester United's win at Arsenal.
The general consensus was that Wilshere was extremely fortunate not to be sent off, with referee Mike Dean bizarrely deciding against even a booking despite his clear view of the incident.
Fellaini, meanwhile, was comically praised for his honesty despite the myriad of sly offences he gets away with on a regular basis, including a push on Kieran Gibbs in this very game that led to United's opener.
Still, by standing tall amid Wilshere's attack Fellaini did at least ensure criticism was rightly aimed at the perpetrator. Unlike Jan Vertonghen.
The Tottenham defender was kicked off the ball by Hull's Gaston Ramirez but because he drew attention to it by falling to the floor - if, indeed, he was not genuinely felled by Ramirez's hook, which is not certain - it is he rather than the perpetrator that has come in for criticism.
Both Wilshere and Ramirez were guilty of offences which in the current age of fussy refereeing were worthy of red cards but in reality were relatively mild acts of petulance that should both have been punished by yellow cards. The outrage that follows such mild acts of aggression is quite bizarre.
The third incident of the weekend saw Everton midfielder Kevin Mirallas scythe down West Ham's Morgan Amalfitano before exchanging shoves with James Tomkins, who hilariously fell to the floor clutching his face.
This was the one incident in which both players received the correct punishment, Mirallas a booking for the foul, and Tomkins a booking for the attempt to con the referee.
The fact that the two players were in actual fact likely booked for a shove apiece only serves to highlight the inconsistency in the way these incidents are dealt with - and viewed by the media.
petikan dari LiverpoolTeamTalk
We are sorry the page you requested cannot be found at the moment.
If you use a bookmark to enter this site, please go to our home page, find the appropriate page and update your bookmark accordingly.
This may only be a temporary problem, so you can try hitting your browser's refresh button, however if the problem persists please get in touch by emailing us.
Thank you for using TEAMtalk!
petikan dari LiverpoolTeamTalk
Adam Lallana: Liverpool must stick together and fight for Champions League survival
We are sorry the page you requested cannot be found at the moment.
If you use a bookmark to enter this site, please go to our home page, find the appropriate page and update your bookmark accordingly.
This may only be a temporary problem, so you can try hitting your browser's refresh button, however if the problem persists please get in touch by emailing us.
Thank you for using TEAMtalk!
petikan dari LiverpoolTeamTalk
Adam Lallana believes sticking together is the key to Liverpool turning around their season.
Sunday's 3-1 loss at Crystal Palace was the Reds' fourth in a row in all competitions and left them sitting 12th in the Premier League table, only four points above the relegation zone.
Rickie Lambert gave the visitors an early lead with his first Liverpool goal but the lack of confidence in Brendan Rodgers' team was all too evident as Palace battled back to win.
Liverpool have another big game on Wednesday when they meet Ludogorets, with victory imperative to keep their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League alive.
Midfielder Lallana told liverpoolfc.com: "It was disappointing, especially after going in front so early. It was a great platform for us to push on and control the game.
"But we didn't do that – we take full responsibility for that. We need to stick together. It's as simple as that. When you're having a tough time as a team, you all need to stay together – you can't start becoming individuals.
"We win and lose as a team; we need to stay together, keep fighting and keep working for each other. We have got a tough game on Wednesday so we all need to be together for that one.
"We need to win to stay in the competition, so the lads will be fighting for their lives to do that. It's important, not just for ourselves, but for the fans, the manager and everyone involved with Liverpool Football Club."
Who, or what, is to blame for Liverpool’s poor start to the season? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
PA
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Adam Lallana calls for player responsibility of Liverpool’s problems
Adam Lallana believes sticking together is the key to Liverpool turning around their season.
Sunday's 3-1 loss at Crystal Palace was the Reds' fourth in a row in all competitions and left them sitting 12th in the Premier League table, only four points above the relegation zone.
Rickie Lambert gave the visitors an early lead with his first Liverpool goal but the lack of confidence in Brendan Rodgers' team was all too evident as Palace battled back to win.
Liverpool have another big game on Wednesday when they meet Ludogorets, with victory imperative to keep their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League alive.
Midfielder Lallana told liverpoolfc.com: "It was disappointing, especially after going in front so early. It was a great platform for us to push on and control the game.
"But we didn't do that – we take full responsibility for that. We need to stick together. It's as simple as that. When you're having a tough time as a team, you all need to stay together – you can't start becoming individuals.
"We win and lose as a team; we need to stay together, keep fighting and keep working for each other. We have got a tough game on Wednesday so we all need to be together for that one.
"We need to win to stay in the competition, so the lads will be fighting for their lives to do that. It's important, not just for ourselves, but for the fans, the manager and everyone involved with Liverpool Football Club."
Who, or what, is to blame for Liverpool’s poor start to the season? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
PA
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Korang dapat teka tak apa maksud Daniel Agger? KPLM YOP
http://ift.tt/1qZtYVT
OTAI KPLM
Liverpool vs Crystal Palace 3-1 All Goals & Full Match HighLights 05.10.2013 HD
For more videos push like : http://ift.tt/11NNyIg
petikan dari Laman Web/FB Kelab/Penyokong LFC Malaysia
Musim lepas...senang je nk masuk dlm kotak penalti..kikikikiki jgn marah http:/...
http://ift.tt/1qZtYVT
OTAI KPLM
Liverpool vs Crystal Palace 3-1 All Goals & Full Match HighLights 05.10.2013 HD
For more videos push like : http://ift.tt/11NNyIg
petikan dari Laman Web/FB Kelab/Penyokong LFC Malaysia
With Liverpool crushed to a 3-1 defeat away to Crystal Palace on Sunday, Jack Lusby believes Brendan Rodgers has a lot to answer for.
What a surprise.
After the relief of a timely international break, Liverpool were supposed to return with a renewed vigour, and with Brendan Rodgers having been allowed the time to collect his thoughts, and consider his poor tactical decisions, and start afresh.
The news that Daniel Sturridge was to face another disappointing injury layoff was an immense setback, and will be a prolonged narrative this season it seems.
However, a goal from his replacement on Sunday afternoon, Rickie Lambert, after just two minutes gave the travelling Reds fans hope, but beyond that there is little else in this Reds defeat.
An equalising goal from Dwight Gayle — the scourge of Merseyside after that 3-3 comeback last season — was joined by strikes from burly midfield duo Joe Ledley and Mile Jedinak to consign Rodgers’ side to a fourth successive defeat.
Liverpool now sit 12th in the Premier League, with a miserable 14 points.
In appraisal of the team performance, it may be pertinent to focus on some positives first, and there were, surprisingly, a few.
Javier Manquillo, Joe Allen and Adam Lallana
These were, namely, the performances of Javier Manquillo, Joe Allen and Adam Lallana.
Firstly, deployed in his natural right-back position, Manquillo was tasked with dealing with the threat of Yannick Bolasie—a player who seemingly relishes playing against Liverpool.
The Congolese international is one of a dying breed of raw, direct wingers and is devastatingly effective when utilised in a counter-attacking system such as the one Neil Warnock inherited from Tony Pulis.
While Bolasie did get some joy on the left flank, Manquillo did a fine job of hampering his surges forward.
According to WhoScored, the Spaniard won two tackles, made two interceptions and six clearances.
Ahead of Manquillo in midfield, Lallana enjoyed a large measure of space, which saw the former Southampton man set-up Rickie Lambert for his first goal in the Premier League for the Reds.
The 26-year-old was vibrant and incisive, with his attacking forays the most likely to put the Palace defence under any pressure.
Rare for an attacking midfield player, Lallana recorded a passing accuracy of 97.1 per cent at Selhurst Park, and it was holding on to the ball that a majority of Rodgers’ side struggled with, unfortunately.
The only player to better Lallana’s accuracy was Allen, and the Welshman—with phenomenal rate of 98 per cent—was Liverpool’s best performer on Sunday, and his assist for Lambert’s goal was exquisite.
Contributing astutely in both defence and attack, Allen joined Lallana as Liverpool’s most effective players.
However, for all the good Allen and Lallana were doing in linking the midfield to Lambert as the lone striker, Rodgers clearly saw their contributions as disposable, as the manager promptly replaced the pair.
Therein lies Rodgers’ enduring problem.
‘Key’ Players
As everyone who has invested countless days into the Football Manager series will know, in that rigid, computer-generated realm your squad consists of key players, first-team regulars, rotational fixtures and back-up charges.
However, in football as a tangible game, this should be entirely malleable, and this is seemingly a notion that Rodgers struggles to perceive at the moment.
With this in mind, the substitutions of Lallana and Allen should be mentioned after the manager’s initial team selection.
The same names again: Glen Johnson, Martin Skrtel, Dejan Lovren and Steven Gerrard.
Each of those players have performed abysmally over the past several months, but each remains seemingly untouchable in Rodgers first-choice starting line-up.
He spoke after his shock tactical switch in the Champions League away to Real Madrid and was unabashed in his claims that “I picked a team that I thought could get a result. The players that came in were excellent and we were unfortunate not to get a result.”
Rodgers continued “I didn’t see this as a big showcase game where I had to play the so-called names,” suggesting those fringe players in his starting line-up had earned their place.
This is a notion that suggests a meritocracy on Merseyside but, when Rodgers dropped the dominant Kolo Toure just four days after he stymied the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale at the Bernabeu, this proved a fallacy.
Johnson, Skrtel, Lovren and Gerrard rewarded Liverpool with a clutch of dreadful performances at Selhurst Park, and each would have warranted replacing at half-time.
Liverpool remained unchanged after the break, but Rodgers substitutions of Allen and Lallana—two of his best performers—were bizarre to say the least.
Fabio Borini replaced Lallana on 72 minutes, whilst Emre Can emerged in place of Allen two minutes later.
This isn’t to say that Can and Borini don’t warrant a place in the side; the German in particular has stood out recently as one of Liverpool’s most in-form stars.
“Rodgers Out?”
However, the salient point underpinning these substitutions is a stubbornness in Rodgers that is becoming infuriating to further stretches of the Liverpool fan-base to the point that the Ulsterman’s position is becoming under severe pressure.
Favouring players such as Johnson and Gerrard over in-form young players like Can and Alberto Moreno, sticking rigidly with a 4-2-3-1 formation that is doing none of players any favours, and an inability to adapt to circumstances all underline this.
These unpalatable defeats serve as evidence.
This consistent disregard for individual form, and a glaring oversight in terms of the deficiencies of his set-up are beginning to grind down even the hardiest of Rodgers ultras.
After last season’s heroics it is difficult to judge the manager’s current performance without a measure of sentiment, but there is a need to be realistic.
It would be remiss to suggest that there is no going back for Rodgers at Anfield, and a good run of form would surely see the manager’s popularity rise once more, but these important areas need to be addressed immediately.
Nevertheless, another Selhurst Park drubbing, names such as Jurgen Klopp, Diego Simeone and Frank de Boer do begin to look attractive.
Where does Brendan Rodgers stand after this latest Liverpool defeat? Let us know in the comments below.
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Crystal Palace 3-1 Liverpool: The Good, the Bad and the Abysmal
With Liverpool crushed to a 3-1 defeat away to Crystal Palace on Sunday, Jack Lusby believes Brendan Rodgers has a lot to answer for.
What a surprise.
After the relief of a timely international break, Liverpool were supposed to return with a renewed vigour, and with Brendan Rodgers having been allowed the time to collect his thoughts, and consider his poor tactical decisions, and start afresh.
The news that Daniel Sturridge was to face another disappointing injury layoff was an immense setback, and will be a prolonged narrative this season it seems.
However, a goal from his replacement on Sunday afternoon, Rickie Lambert, after just two minutes gave the travelling Reds fans hope, but beyond that there is little else in this Reds defeat.
An equalising goal from Dwight Gayle — the scourge of Merseyside after that 3-3 comeback last season — was joined by strikes from burly midfield duo Joe Ledley and Mile Jedinak to consign Rodgers’ side to a fourth successive defeat.
Liverpool now sit 12th in the Premier League, with a miserable 14 points.
In appraisal of the team performance, it may be pertinent to focus on some positives first, and there were, surprisingly, a few.
Javier Manquillo, Joe Allen and Adam Lallana
These were, namely, the performances of Javier Manquillo, Joe Allen and Adam Lallana.
Firstly, deployed in his natural right-back position, Manquillo was tasked with dealing with the threat of Yannick Bolasie—a player who seemingly relishes playing against Liverpool.
The Congolese international is one of a dying breed of raw, direct wingers and is devastatingly effective when utilised in a counter-attacking system such as the one Neil Warnock inherited from Tony Pulis.
While Bolasie did get some joy on the left flank, Manquillo did a fine job of hampering his surges forward.
According to WhoScored, the Spaniard won two tackles, made two interceptions and six clearances.
Ahead of Manquillo in midfield, Lallana enjoyed a large measure of space, which saw the former Southampton man set-up Rickie Lambert for his first goal in the Premier League for the Reds.
The 26-year-old was vibrant and incisive, with his attacking forays the most likely to put the Palace defence under any pressure.
Rare for an attacking midfield player, Lallana recorded a passing accuracy of 97.1 per cent at Selhurst Park, and it was holding on to the ball that a majority of Rodgers’ side struggled with, unfortunately.
The only player to better Lallana’s accuracy was Allen, and the Welshman—with phenomenal rate of 98 per cent—was Liverpool’s best performer on Sunday, and his assist for Lambert’s goal was exquisite.
Contributing astutely in both defence and attack, Allen joined Lallana as Liverpool’s most effective players.
However, for all the good Allen and Lallana were doing in linking the midfield to Lambert as the lone striker, Rodgers clearly saw their contributions as disposable, as the manager promptly replaced the pair.
Therein lies Rodgers’ enduring problem.
‘Key’ Players
As everyone who has invested countless days into the Football Manager series will know, in that rigid, computer-generated realm your squad consists of key players, first-team regulars, rotational fixtures and back-up charges.
However, in football as a tangible game, this should be entirely malleable, and this is seemingly a notion that Rodgers struggles to perceive at the moment.
With this in mind, the substitutions of Lallana and Allen should be mentioned after the manager’s initial team selection.
The same names again: Glen Johnson, Martin Skrtel, Dejan Lovren and Steven Gerrard.
Each of those players have performed abysmally over the past several months, but each remains seemingly untouchable in Rodgers first-choice starting line-up.
He spoke after his shock tactical switch in the Champions League away to Real Madrid and was unabashed in his claims that “I picked a team that I thought could get a result. The players that came in were excellent and we were unfortunate not to get a result.”
Rodgers continued “I didn’t see this as a big showcase game where I had to play the so-called names,” suggesting those fringe players in his starting line-up had earned their place.
This is a notion that suggests a meritocracy on Merseyside but, when Rodgers dropped the dominant Kolo Toure just four days after he stymied the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale at the Bernabeu, this proved a fallacy.
Johnson, Skrtel, Lovren and Gerrard rewarded Liverpool with a clutch of dreadful performances at Selhurst Park, and each would have warranted replacing at half-time.
Liverpool remained unchanged after the break, but Rodgers substitutions of Allen and Lallana—two of his best performers—were bizarre to say the least.
Fabio Borini replaced Lallana on 72 minutes, whilst Emre Can emerged in place of Allen two minutes later.
This isn’t to say that Can and Borini don’t warrant a place in the side; the German in particular has stood out recently as one of Liverpool’s most in-form stars.
“Rodgers Out?”
However, the salient point underpinning these substitutions is a stubbornness in Rodgers that is becoming infuriating to further stretches of the Liverpool fan-base to the point that the Ulsterman’s position is becoming under severe pressure.
Favouring players such as Johnson and Gerrard over in-form young players like Can and Alberto Moreno, sticking rigidly with a 4-2-3-1 formation that is doing none of players any favours, and an inability to adapt to circumstances all underline this.
These unpalatable defeats serve as evidence.
This consistent disregard for individual form, and a glaring oversight in terms of the deficiencies of his set-up are beginning to grind down even the hardiest of Rodgers ultras.
After last season’s heroics it is difficult to judge the manager’s current performance without a measure of sentiment, but there is a need to be realistic.
It would be remiss to suggest that there is no going back for Rodgers at Anfield, and a good run of form would surely see the manager’s popularity rise once more, but these important areas need to be addressed immediately.
Nevertheless, another Selhurst Park drubbing, names such as Jurgen Klopp, Diego Simeone and Frank de Boer do begin to look attractive.
Where does Brendan Rodgers stand after this latest Liverpool defeat? Let us know in the comments below.
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Liverpool’s defeat to Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon, their sixth of the season already, dropped them down to twelfth in the Premier League – putting them 18 points off the top spot, but incredibly still only five points off fourth place.
That Brendan Rodgers‘ side are actually only four points off the relegation zone is perhaps more telling though.
With a run of Premier League fixtures that read; Cyrstal Palace, Stoke City, Leicester City, Sunderland, before a trip to the current fourth place side, Manchester United, on December 14th, this was an ideal opportunity for Rodgers’ side to get the season back on track.
It hasn’t began well and they now need a huge upturn in form and points gained to qualify for Europe’s elite competition next season.
Here’s the points needed for fourth place in last five seasons:
2013/14: Arsenal (79)
2012/13: Arsenal (73)
2011/12: Spurs (69)
2010/11: Arsenal (68)
2009/10: Spurs (70)
Average: 71.8 points
Liverpool currently have 14 points with 26 games remaining.
That means, in order to get even 70 points, which could be enough this season, Liverpool need another 56 points – 2.15 points per game (ppg).
They’re currently averaging just 1.16 ppg.
Last season they averaged 2.21 ppg over the course of the season.
Admittedly, the quality of the Premier League this season means that fourth place is still available, and it could be on the lower side (68 points) that is enough to sneak fourth, but even then, it looks like an almost impossible task.
TV Revenue
Without adding to your misery, the most depressing thing is that those who qualify for next season’s Champions League are set to bank double the income from being in the competition due to BT Sport’s new £900m deal.
The gap between those in the competition and those not in the competition is set to get financially wider.
After five years without the Champions League, we might need to savour these last two games against Ludogorets and Basel because it could be a while before we’re back again.
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Impossible task? What Liverpool need to qualify for Champions League again this season
Liverpool’s defeat to Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon, their sixth of the season already, dropped them down to twelfth in the Premier League – putting them 18 points off the top spot, but incredibly still only five points off fourth place.
That Brendan Rodgers‘ side are actually only four points off the relegation zone is perhaps more telling though.
With a run of Premier League fixtures that read; Cyrstal Palace, Stoke City, Leicester City, Sunderland, before a trip to the current fourth place side, Manchester United, on December 14th, this was an ideal opportunity for Rodgers’ side to get the season back on track.
It hasn’t began well and they now need a huge upturn in form and points gained to qualify for Europe’s elite competition next season.
Here’s the points needed for fourth place in last five seasons:
2013/14: Arsenal (79)
2012/13: Arsenal (73)
2011/12: Spurs (69)
2010/11: Arsenal (68)
2009/10: Spurs (70)
Average: 71.8 points
Liverpool currently have 14 points with 26 games remaining.
That means, in order to get even 70 points, which could be enough this season, Liverpool need another 56 points – 2.15 points per game (ppg).
They’re currently averaging just 1.16 ppg.
Last season they averaged 2.21 ppg over the course of the season.
Admittedly, the quality of the Premier League this season means that fourth place is still available, and it could be on the lower side (68 points) that is enough to sneak fourth, but even then, it looks like an almost impossible task.
TV Revenue
Without adding to your misery, the most depressing thing is that those who qualify for next season’s Champions League are set to bank double the income from being in the competition due to BT Sport’s new £900m deal.
The gap between those in the competition and those not in the competition is set to get financially wider.
After five years without the Champions League, we might need to savour these last two games against Ludogorets and Basel because it could be a while before we’re back again.
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Semakin heboh di perkatakan tentang Jurgen Kloop..Apa pun admin tak nak ulas pan...
Liverpool selepas12 perlawanan 2013/14: 2nd, 24 points, GD +11. Liverpool selep...
Liverpool siyes nak Saido Berahino ( 21 thn) dgn harga 15juta januari ni.Maybe s...
Brendan Rodgers admits confidence is in short supply at Liverpool but says they did themselves few favours at Crystal Palace.
Back at Selhurst Park, the ground on which their title dream died last season, Liverpool endured more capital misery on Sunday.
They got off to the best possible start, as Rickie Lambert netted his first goal for the club inside the opening 90 seconds, but Palace hit back through Dwight Gayle, Joe Ledley and Mile Jedinak to claim a memorable scalp.
Rodgers concedes that his side are struggling, following a run of one win in seven in all competitions, but he also believes that they need to start doing the basics better if they are to turn the corner.
He told Sky Sports: “It was a terrific start to the game for us, to get up so early.
“And well done to Rickie Lambert, great movement, touch and finish to get his goal. I thought he was excellent today, he worked tirelessly up front, touch and movement, he worked very well.
“We are obviously low on confidence at the moment in terms of the results and I think the intensity of our game just dropped right off.
“We concede poor goals, but we’ve got nobody to blame but ourselves. As manager, I take full responsibility for it.”
Rodgers added: “We aim to be tighter and more resolute defensively.
“We get the goal and in a number of games this season we’ve gone a goal in front, and that should be enough. We work on defending, very hard on being compact.
“We never managed the game. We were down to 10 men (with Joe Allen receiving treatment) and were too fast trying to work the ball out from behind, it gets cleared and then the distances are too big and they end up getting an equaliser.
“The management of the game, that’s experience. We’ve got a lot of young players and players that are new to the club, but we have to be better.”
petikan dari LiverpoolTeamTalk
Premier League: Brendan Rodgers takes 'full responsibility' for Liverpool form
Brendan Rodgers admits confidence is in short supply at Liverpool but says they did themselves few favours at Crystal Palace.
Back at Selhurst Park, the ground on which their title dream died last season, Liverpool endured more capital misery on Sunday.
They got off to the best possible start, as Rickie Lambert netted his first goal for the club inside the opening 90 seconds, but Palace hit back through Dwight Gayle, Joe Ledley and Mile Jedinak to claim a memorable scalp.
Rodgers concedes that his side are struggling, following a run of one win in seven in all competitions, but he also believes that they need to start doing the basics better if they are to turn the corner.
He told Sky Sports: “It was a terrific start to the game for us, to get up so early.
“And well done to Rickie Lambert, great movement, touch and finish to get his goal. I thought he was excellent today, he worked tirelessly up front, touch and movement, he worked very well.
“We are obviously low on confidence at the moment in terms of the results and I think the intensity of our game just dropped right off.
“We concede poor goals, but we’ve got nobody to blame but ourselves. As manager, I take full responsibility for it.”
Rodgers added: “We aim to be tighter and more resolute defensively.
“We get the goal and in a number of games this season we’ve gone a goal in front, and that should be enough. We work on defending, very hard on being compact.
“We never managed the game. We were down to 10 men (with Joe Allen receiving treatment) and were too fast trying to work the ball out from behind, it gets cleared and then the distances are too big and they end up getting an equaliser.
“The management of the game, that’s experience. We’ve got a lot of young players and players that are new to the club, but we have to be better.”
petikan dari LiverpoolTeamTalk
We Are Liverpool editor, Neil Poole, reviews the last seven days for Liverpool FC.
In thinking exactly how to approach my review of the last week I have inadvertently come up with the definitive conclusion to one of Science’s great hypotheses. I’ve squeezed every last drop out of the bottles of Mr Sheen and Pledge; the empty containers are strewn on the floor around me. There remains an awful mess.
My dear Red friends. It is true. You can’t polish a turd.
There’s simply no way of putting a positive sheen on LFC at the moment.
Sturridge Injury
The turgid week kicked off in real style last Tuesday night when news of Daniel Sturridge’s latest injury reared its ugly head and in doing so strained its neck quite badly. That added another six weeks lay off.
Hey a joke! See it’s not all bad. [Sigh]
The following summary was given by Brendan Rodgers:
“Whether Daniel needs to see a specialist is something that the medical team are looking into. I think that’s his ninth injury on that thigh from previous clubs and here so there is an issue there somewhere. The scan shows a slight tear just below where he had a previous injury.”
I won’t play the role of the smart-arse little upstart pointing out that the Emperor is in fact wearing no clothes here. However, I will gladly play the role of the smart-arse little upstart pointing out that waiting for an injury to occur for the nonth time before considering seeing a specialist is a little late in the day.
It all smacks of the 35 stone fella on reality TV saying that the penny has dropped and he needs to do something about his weight. You didn’t think anything was wrong when you were 30 stone?
Similarly, did our medical team not think Sturridge’s spontaneously combustible thigh warranted seeing a specialist when his hamstring tore for the eighth, seventh or even only the sixth time?
Who is the en-vogue specialist these days anyway? Back in the late 90s and early noughties there would be no problem. We’d have Sturridge packed off on a plane with Michael Owen to go and see Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt. Remember him?
Whether you were Ronaldo (version 1), Steven Gerrard or Jonathan Woodgate he was the go-to man. Battered hamstrings, blocked sinks, noisy boiler – you name it, he’d fix it with a madcap, miracle remedy. Years before Serbian doctor, Marijana Kovacevic, started slapping Frank Lampard and Diego Costa with horse placenta, Hans was injecting people with goat’s blood and juice from the crest of a cockerel. Sturridge may now be playing with a terrified frog and a scared looking squirrel taped to his thigh but at least he’d be playing.
Crystal Palace 3 Liverpool 1
On Sunday, watching the now annual three goal capitulation to Crystal Palace on the back of a home defeat to Chelsea, it was clear to me we need to call up doctor Hans now. Someone needs to force feed everyone concerned baskets and baskets of bulls’ gonads. The lack of mental strength, fight and character is what worries me most.
Last year, much praise was given to the impact of Doctor Stephen Peters and his contribution to our title challenge. No animal bodily fluids needed for Dr Peters, no. It was all abstract animal metaphors. The exploitation of Chimp Paradoxes were the back bone of our confident free flowing play. Does the witchcraft only work for one season?
Our players are currently playing like men who lock themselves into the bathroom and sit rocking, naked in the corner, while their kids ask mummy what’s wrong with daddy. “Daddy’s not himself at the moment love. His chimp has just escaped and battered him with a print-out of the league table.”
We’re twelfth by the way. Just in case you didn’t know.
You’ll unlikely see the quote in the papers because it hardly headline grabbing, but in a few short words describing the players on the pitch, Jamie Carragher summed up the current endemic problem at Liverpool FC.
“They’re just letting things go on!”
Whether on or off the pitch, Liverpool are sleep walking at the moment. They continue to do all the things they’ve been doing wrong for that last few years.
We continue to fail to organise the back four, protect the back four or teach the back four how to defend. We continue to seemingly be unable to buy the right players for the back four or even if we do, are unable to find the right blend . We stand off and and let the opposition shoot at will. Off the pitch we continue to follow a season in which we come second by not only failing to capitalise but by falling off a cliff.
Take your own Pick ‘n’ Mix of the above for which contributed to the goals conceded against Palace. Add your own. My list is worryingly far from exhaustive. But whatever the combination, just like buying sweets at your local cinema, it still ends up being costly and difficult to stomach.
Currently, we are informed no specialist defensive coach is needed. We’ve lost six games. That’s half of as many as we’ve played. Lose one more and it actually becomes statistically impossible to look at the glass as half full – no matter how pissed you are.
Like Sturridge’s thigh injuries, do we have to wait until we’ve lost nine before we act? Are we going to let these things just go on?
As unlikely as it currently appears, Liverpool can still turn this season around. Teams do it all of the time. Specialist advice is needed from somewhere. It may be Brendan can find this somewhere within himself. It may be that he has to seek help from somewhere else. That’s for him and his staff to work out. Not me, not you.
But if I was to give a modicum of non-specialist, clear-as-day advice it’s this: It needs to happen now. Not once things get even worse.
Let’s start by finding those baskets of balls before we face Ludogorets.
Tasty.
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Week in Review: Liverpool in Need of Specialist Advice… Now!
We Are Liverpool editor, Neil Poole, reviews the last seven days for Liverpool FC.
In thinking exactly how to approach my review of the last week I have inadvertently come up with the definitive conclusion to one of Science’s great hypotheses. I’ve squeezed every last drop out of the bottles of Mr Sheen and Pledge; the empty containers are strewn on the floor around me. There remains an awful mess.
My dear Red friends. It is true. You can’t polish a turd.
There’s simply no way of putting a positive sheen on LFC at the moment.
Sturridge Injury
The turgid week kicked off in real style last Tuesday night when news of Daniel Sturridge’s latest injury reared its ugly head and in doing so strained its neck quite badly. That added another six weeks lay off.
Hey a joke! See it’s not all bad. [Sigh]
The following summary was given by Brendan Rodgers:
“Whether Daniel needs to see a specialist is something that the medical team are looking into. I think that’s his ninth injury on that thigh from previous clubs and here so there is an issue there somewhere. The scan shows a slight tear just below where he had a previous injury.”
I won’t play the role of the smart-arse little upstart pointing out that the Emperor is in fact wearing no clothes here. However, I will gladly play the role of the smart-arse little upstart pointing out that waiting for an injury to occur for the nonth time before considering seeing a specialist is a little late in the day.
It all smacks of the 35 stone fella on reality TV saying that the penny has dropped and he needs to do something about his weight. You didn’t think anything was wrong when you were 30 stone?
Similarly, did our medical team not think Sturridge’s spontaneously combustible thigh warranted seeing a specialist when his hamstring tore for the eighth, seventh or even only the sixth time?
Who is the en-vogue specialist these days anyway? Back in the late 90s and early noughties there would be no problem. We’d have Sturridge packed off on a plane with Michael Owen to go and see Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt. Remember him?
Whether you were Ronaldo (version 1), Steven Gerrard or Jonathan Woodgate he was the go-to man. Battered hamstrings, blocked sinks, noisy boiler – you name it, he’d fix it with a madcap, miracle remedy. Years before Serbian doctor, Marijana Kovacevic, started slapping Frank Lampard and Diego Costa with horse placenta, Hans was injecting people with goat’s blood and juice from the crest of a cockerel. Sturridge may now be playing with a terrified frog and a scared looking squirrel taped to his thigh but at least he’d be playing.
Crystal Palace 3 Liverpool 1
On Sunday, watching the now annual three goal capitulation to Crystal Palace on the back of a home defeat to Chelsea, it was clear to me we need to call up doctor Hans now. Someone needs to force feed everyone concerned baskets and baskets of bulls’ gonads. The lack of mental strength, fight and character is what worries me most.
Last year, much praise was given to the impact of Doctor Stephen Peters and his contribution to our title challenge. No animal bodily fluids needed for Dr Peters, no. It was all abstract animal metaphors. The exploitation of Chimp Paradoxes were the back bone of our confident free flowing play. Does the witchcraft only work for one season?
Our players are currently playing like men who lock themselves into the bathroom and sit rocking, naked in the corner, while their kids ask mummy what’s wrong with daddy. “Daddy’s not himself at the moment love. His chimp has just escaped and battered him with a print-out of the league table.”
We’re twelfth by the way. Just in case you didn’t know.
You’ll unlikely see the quote in the papers because it hardly headline grabbing, but in a few short words describing the players on the pitch, Jamie Carragher summed up the current endemic problem at Liverpool FC.
“They’re just letting things go on!”
Whether on or off the pitch, Liverpool are sleep walking at the moment. They continue to do all the things they’ve been doing wrong for that last few years.
We continue to fail to organise the back four, protect the back four or teach the back four how to defend. We continue to seemingly be unable to buy the right players for the back four or even if we do, are unable to find the right blend . We stand off and and let the opposition shoot at will. Off the pitch we continue to follow a season in which we come second by not only failing to capitalise but by falling off a cliff.
Take your own Pick ‘n’ Mix of the above for which contributed to the goals conceded against Palace. Add your own. My list is worryingly far from exhaustive. But whatever the combination, just like buying sweets at your local cinema, it still ends up being costly and difficult to stomach.
Currently, we are informed no specialist defensive coach is needed. We’ve lost six games. That’s half of as many as we’ve played. Lose one more and it actually becomes statistically impossible to look at the glass as half full – no matter how pissed you are.
Like Sturridge’s thigh injuries, do we have to wait until we’ve lost nine before we act? Are we going to let these things just go on?
As unlikely as it currently appears, Liverpool can still turn this season around. Teams do it all of the time. Specialist advice is needed from somewhere. It may be Brendan can find this somewhere within himself. It may be that he has to seek help from somewhere else. That’s for him and his staff to work out. Not me, not you.
But if I was to give a modicum of non-specialist, clear-as-day advice it’s this: It needs to happen now. Not once things get even worse.
Let’s start by finding those baskets of balls before we face Ludogorets.
Tasty.
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Okey kita di tangga ke 12 dengan 12 perlawanan...cantik nombor tapi menakutkan.....
Bukan Rodgers jea dlm bahaya tp Wenger pn dlm keadaan meruncingkan.Mereka gengs...
Perlawanan menentang Lugodarets dlm liga juara2 rabu ini adalah PENENTU nasib Br...
Siapa perasan semalam ? Emre Can sempat membaca doa sebelum masuk menggantikan A...
Hati kau keras amran..takpe abang akan ade di sisi mu walaupun dalam keadaan sus...
Jamie Carragher couldn’t hide his frustrations after Liverpool’s fourth straight defeat, losing 3-1 at Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon.
The former Liverpool defender said, speaking as a supporter, he was worried for his side, who are being “bullied out of games” and are “mentally and physically weak”, with “no leadership on the pitch”.
The telling statistic that Liverpool won just one tackle between the 60th and 80th minute in the game, during which they conceded twice, is evidence of Carragher’s words. That and the fact that between them Martin Skrtel and Steven Gerrard didn’t win a single tackle in the match.
Last month, we discussed Liverpool’s need for a midfield enforcer, a player prepared to put in a tackle and showing some tenacity.
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
“No leadership on the pitch” – Carragher hits out at “mentally and physically weak” Liverpool
Jamie Carragher couldn’t hide his frustrations after Liverpool’s fourth straight defeat, losing 3-1 at Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon.
The former Liverpool defender said, speaking as a supporter, he was worried for his side, who are being “bullied out of games” and are “mentally and physically weak”, with “no leadership on the pitch”.
The telling statistic that Liverpool won just one tackle between the 60th and 80th minute in the game, during which they conceded twice, is evidence of Carragher’s words. That and the fact that between them Martin Skrtel and Steven Gerrard didn’t win a single tackle in the match.
Last month, we discussed Liverpool’s need for a midfield enforcer, a player prepared to put in a tackle and showing some tenacity.
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Statistik passing joe allen dan lallana (1st half) . Lallana 100% passing complete dalam 1st half. Antara pemain terbaik dalam Game semalam tapi dibawa keluar.
Sama macam Emre Can vs Chelsea. Antara pemain terbaik di atas padang menentang Chelsea tapi ditukar.
Toure yang hebat KETIKA MENENTANG RONALDO, BENZEMA & BALE dah tak kelihatan lagi.
*adakah ini masanya Henry menelefon BR? Atau berikan masa untuk beliau baiki keadaan? Tunggu game UCL, awal pagi khamis ni. Mungkin keputusan itu berada dlm game tersebut.
kplm
GReds
petikan dari Laman Web/FB Kelab/Penyokong LFC Malaysia
Beberapa kali BR melakukan keputusan pelik di atas padang. Statistik passing j...
Statistik passing joe allen dan lallana (1st half) . Lallana 100% passing complete dalam 1st half. Antara pemain terbaik dalam Game semalam tapi dibawa keluar.
Sama macam Emre Can vs Chelsea. Antara pemain terbaik di atas padang menentang Chelsea tapi ditukar.
Toure yang hebat KETIKA MENENTANG RONALDO, BENZEMA & BALE dah tak kelihatan lagi.
*adakah ini masanya Henry menelefon BR? Atau berikan masa untuk beliau baiki keadaan? Tunggu game UCL, awal pagi khamis ni. Mungkin keputusan itu berada dlm game tersebut.
kplm
GReds
petikan dari Laman Web/FB Kelab/Penyokong LFC Malaysia
Boleh lihat sebenarnya &039;body language&039; BR dalam game semalam tak sama macam BR sebelum2 ni.
kplm
GReds
petikan dari Laman Web/FB Kelab/Penyokong LFC Malaysia
Brendan Rodgers mengaku beliau bertanggungjawab sepenuhnya dengan kekalahan sema...
Boleh lihat sebenarnya &039;body language&039; BR dalam game semalam tak sama macam BR sebelum2 ni.
kplm
GReds
petikan dari Laman Web/FB Kelab/Penyokong LFC Malaysia
Brendan Rodgers has a job on his hands to convince Liverpool fans the current poor run is not the inevitable consequence of poor investments.
It was the Crystal Palace eagle swooping over Selhurst Park amid the pre-match excitement. In the post-match press conference it was the vultures gathering around Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.
He fronted up admirably given the circumstances of a fourth consecutive defeat - the insistence on taking full responsibility surely indicative of his confidence in both his position and his players. The question that will be troubling Liverpool supporters is whether they share that faith in the squad Rodgers has assembled.
The worrying truth is that Crystal Palace more than deserved their 3-1 win.
"They're getting bullied," said Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher of his former team. "They're getting beaten by enthusiasm. This is more than just a poor start, there's something wrong."
He's got a point. Marouane Chamakh, a one-time punchline of a player who's long since turned the joke on his detractors, covered 12.29 kilometres, more than anybody else on the pitch. He was one of three Palace players to make 60 sprints, something only Raheem Sterling managed for a sluggish Liverpool side.
Rodgers disagreed with Carragher that his side had been bullied but the acknowledgement that Palace were "not overly physical" only served to highlight the point that they didn't need to be.
Hard work and organisation was enough to beat this Liverpool team. While the visitors dominated the ball, Palace showed enough energy to ensure much of the game was played in Liverpool's half.
As such, Rodgers' side never looked far away from a costly error. "We made mistakes that you wouldn't expect to see at this level," Rodgers admitted.
The problem is that you do expect them from this team. In particular, the goal that put Palace ahead came with more signs of foreboding than a Thomas Hardy novel.
Dejan Lovren looked to have got away with a skied clearance when Palace gave away a free-kick, but Simon Mignolet proceeded to skew his kick into the stands, and Liverpool failed to deal with the subsequent throw-in.
Lovren tumbled after being outwitted by Yannick Bolasie and the winger squared for Joe Ledley to force the ball between Mignolet's legs and into the net.
If Rodgers hinted at his displeasure with that goal, he offered an excuse for the next one, claiming Martin Skrtel was unfortunate to have had a free-kick given against him for pulling Dwight Gayle's shirt. However, Carragher made the pertinent point that his former centre-back partner has been doing that for years. Both Skrtel and Liverpool are showing no signs of learning.
That these mistakes are so predictable and have gone on for so long would appear to undermine Rodgers' argument that these issues can be addressed with time.
"We've got a lot of young players and some of them don't have experience of this league," he said.
But Javier Manquillo was the only starter who is in his first Premier League season, and he was far from Liverpool's worst player on the day.
This is a collective failure at present, as shown by the Opta statistics that record errors leading to shots on goal. Liverpool lead the way by some distance with 17 such mistakes, and of the eight players to be culpable for three or more such errors, three of them are Reds - Skrtel, Lovren and fellow new arrival Alberto Moreno.
Evidently, while the issue is not a new one, the summer signings are exacerbating the problem rather than improving the situation. Rodgers' great strength has always been his coaching skills - improving players rather than acquiring them - so when he cites "less preparation time in terms of coaching" you can sense his frustration that he's left with little choice but to trust in his squad.
With Luis Suarez gone, Daniel Sturridge injured and Sterling's form looking like it has plateaued for now, ideas seem in short supply at the other end of the pitch in order to bail out this defence.
Just as in May, they conceded three goals at Selhurst Park. The difference is that this time they could only manage one of their own rather than three.
The numbers are alarming. This is now Liverpool's worst start to a season in over two decades, and their tally of five defeats is already as many as they suffered in the entire of last season. It's two clean sheets in their last 18 Premier League games and they are 10 points behind their total at the same stage last year.
"We're just not good enough at the moment and we need to get better very quickly," said Rodgers. "The owners have to see development on the pitch and barring this period our development has been good and fast."
The challenge now is for him to satisfy both supporters and employers that this is a blip rather than the inevitable consequence of a series of poor investments.
petikan dari LiverpoolTeamTalk
Liverpool form a blip or inevitable decline?
Brendan Rodgers has a job on his hands to convince Liverpool fans the current poor run is not the inevitable consequence of poor investments.
It was the Crystal Palace eagle swooping over Selhurst Park amid the pre-match excitement. In the post-match press conference it was the vultures gathering around Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.
He fronted up admirably given the circumstances of a fourth consecutive defeat - the insistence on taking full responsibility surely indicative of his confidence in both his position and his players. The question that will be troubling Liverpool supporters is whether they share that faith in the squad Rodgers has assembled.
The worrying truth is that Crystal Palace more than deserved their 3-1 win.
"They're getting bullied," said Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher of his former team. "They're getting beaten by enthusiasm. This is more than just a poor start, there's something wrong."
He's got a point. Marouane Chamakh, a one-time punchline of a player who's long since turned the joke on his detractors, covered 12.29 kilometres, more than anybody else on the pitch. He was one of three Palace players to make 60 sprints, something only Raheem Sterling managed for a sluggish Liverpool side.
Rodgers disagreed with Carragher that his side had been bullied but the acknowledgement that Palace were "not overly physical" only served to highlight the point that they didn't need to be.
Hard work and organisation was enough to beat this Liverpool team. While the visitors dominated the ball, Palace showed enough energy to ensure much of the game was played in Liverpool's half.
As such, Rodgers' side never looked far away from a costly error. "We made mistakes that you wouldn't expect to see at this level," Rodgers admitted.
The problem is that you do expect them from this team. In particular, the goal that put Palace ahead came with more signs of foreboding than a Thomas Hardy novel.
Dejan Lovren looked to have got away with a skied clearance when Palace gave away a free-kick, but Simon Mignolet proceeded to skew his kick into the stands, and Liverpool failed to deal with the subsequent throw-in.
Lovren tumbled after being outwitted by Yannick Bolasie and the winger squared for Joe Ledley to force the ball between Mignolet's legs and into the net.
If Rodgers hinted at his displeasure with that goal, he offered an excuse for the next one, claiming Martin Skrtel was unfortunate to have had a free-kick given against him for pulling Dwight Gayle's shirt. However, Carragher made the pertinent point that his former centre-back partner has been doing that for years. Both Skrtel and Liverpool are showing no signs of learning.
That these mistakes are so predictable and have gone on for so long would appear to undermine Rodgers' argument that these issues can be addressed with time.
"We've got a lot of young players and some of them don't have experience of this league," he said.
But Javier Manquillo was the only starter who is in his first Premier League season, and he was far from Liverpool's worst player on the day.
This is a collective failure at present, as shown by the Opta statistics that record errors leading to shots on goal. Liverpool lead the way by some distance with 17 such mistakes, and of the eight players to be culpable for three or more such errors, three of them are Reds - Skrtel, Lovren and fellow new arrival Alberto Moreno.
Evidently, while the issue is not a new one, the summer signings are exacerbating the problem rather than improving the situation. Rodgers' great strength has always been his coaching skills - improving players rather than acquiring them - so when he cites "less preparation time in terms of coaching" you can sense his frustration that he's left with little choice but to trust in his squad.
With Luis Suarez gone, Daniel Sturridge injured and Sterling's form looking like it has plateaued for now, ideas seem in short supply at the other end of the pitch in order to bail out this defence.
Just as in May, they conceded three goals at Selhurst Park. The difference is that this time they could only manage one of their own rather than three.
The numbers are alarming. This is now Liverpool's worst start to a season in over two decades, and their tally of five defeats is already as many as they suffered in the entire of last season. It's two clean sheets in their last 18 Premier League games and they are 10 points behind their total at the same stage last year.
"We're just not good enough at the moment and we need to get better very quickly," said Rodgers. "The owners have to see development on the pitch and barring this period our development has been good and fast."
The challenge now is for him to satisfy both supporters and employers that this is a blip rather than the inevitable consequence of a series of poor investments.
petikan dari LiverpoolTeamTalk
Liverpool succumbed to their sixth defeat of the season, dropping to twelfth in the Premier League and meaning they’ve now had their worst 12-game start since 1992.
Brendan Rodgers‘ side have a goal difference of negative three, have lost four games in a row in all competitions and are without a win in the Premier League since mid-October at QPR.
Here’s a roundup of media and fan reactions.
The (depressing) stats:
The media reaction:
Fan reactions:
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Liverpool fans react to miserable Crystal Palace defeat
Liverpool succumbed to their sixth defeat of the season, dropping to twelfth in the Premier League and meaning they’ve now had their worst 12-game start since 1992.
Brendan Rodgers‘ side have a goal difference of negative three, have lost four games in a row in all competitions and are without a win in the Premier League since mid-October at QPR.
Here’s a roundup of media and fan reactions.
The (depressing) stats:
The media reaction:
Fan reactions:
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool lack leadership, are weak, too easily bullied, and have not improved despite their summer spending.
Brendan Rodgers’ men returned to Palace on Sunday for the first time since last season’s title challenge was ended by throwing away a three-goal lead, but a similarly uncompetitive showing resulted in a 3-1 defeat.
After Dwight Gayle cancelled out Rickie Lambert’s opener, Liverpool wilted in conceding late goals to Joe Ledley and Mile Jedinak – and Carragher feels they lack in willpower rather than technique.
“Liverpool aren’t being beaten by quality, they’re getting bullied. They’re getting beaten by enthusiasm,” said the Sky Sports expert.
“This is more than just a poor start, there’s something wrong. Something’s not right, they’re getting bullied out of games.
“As a fan watching your own team the worst thing you can ever think of them is being bullied and being weak – that’s what we saw from Liverpool and not for the first time. It’s been going on all season.
“There’s no leadership and we had that last season at the end, it cost Liverpool the league. They conceded 50 goals last season. It hasn’t been rectified with the money that’s been spent and I’m very worried now as a Liverpool fan.
“There’s no men in the team. There’s not enough organising. You can’t always play well, it doesn’t happen like that, but sometimes you’ve got to grind results out. A game like that is a perfect illustration of that.
“Very rarely, if ever over the past few years, do Liverpool play poorly and win.”
Nothing's changed
The Reds legend was also critical of the limited impact that the club’s new signings have managed.
He continued: “We keep saying ‘new players need time to adjust’ but I’m not a big believer in that. I’ve never moved clubs and I’m sure a foreign player coming in takes a bit of time, but we’re getting to the stage where we need to see performances.
“You’re already looking at the players and thinking ‘Liverpool need four or five players’.
“Last season when they came here we said ‘mentally and physically weak’. Same again, nothing’s changed. £120m spent and Luis Suarez has gone – so what? – they’re still mentally weak with no leadership.”
petikan dari LiverpoolTeamTalk
Liverpool were bullied by Crystal Palace, just like last season, says Jamie Carragher
Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool lack leadership, are weak, too easily bullied, and have not improved despite their summer spending.
Brendan Rodgers’ men returned to Palace on Sunday for the first time since last season’s title challenge was ended by throwing away a three-goal lead, but a similarly uncompetitive showing resulted in a 3-1 defeat.
After Dwight Gayle cancelled out Rickie Lambert’s opener, Liverpool wilted in conceding late goals to Joe Ledley and Mile Jedinak – and Carragher feels they lack in willpower rather than technique.
“Liverpool aren’t being beaten by quality, they’re getting bullied. They’re getting beaten by enthusiasm,” said the Sky Sports expert.
“This is more than just a poor start, there’s something wrong. Something’s not right, they’re getting bullied out of games.
“As a fan watching your own team the worst thing you can ever think of them is being bullied and being weak – that’s what we saw from Liverpool and not for the first time. It’s been going on all season.
“There’s no leadership and we had that last season at the end, it cost Liverpool the league. They conceded 50 goals last season. It hasn’t been rectified with the money that’s been spent and I’m very worried now as a Liverpool fan.
“There’s no men in the team. There’s not enough organising. You can’t always play well, it doesn’t happen like that, but sometimes you’ve got to grind results out. A game like that is a perfect illustration of that.
“Very rarely, if ever over the past few years, do Liverpool play poorly and win.”
Nothing's changed
The Reds legend was also critical of the limited impact that the club’s new signings have managed.
He continued: “We keep saying ‘new players need time to adjust’ but I’m not a big believer in that. I’ve never moved clubs and I’m sure a foreign player coming in takes a bit of time, but we’re getting to the stage where we need to see performances.
“You’re already looking at the players and thinking ‘Liverpool need four or five players’.
“Last season when they came here we said ‘mentally and physically weak’. Same again, nothing’s changed. £120m spent and Luis Suarez has gone – so what? – they’re still mentally weak with no leadership.”
petikan dari LiverpoolTeamTalk
Brendan Rodgers says his Liverpool side are lacking in confidence after he saw them lose 3-1 at Crystal Palace on Sunday and admitted his job is not safe without results.
Liverpool looked like halting a run of three straight defeats when Rickie Lambert broke his duck for the Reds by tucking home a perfect Adam Lallana pass inside the opening two minutes.
With Mario Balotelli sidelined with a groin injury, fellow summer signing Lambert was handed just his second Premier League start and did not take long to take advantage of his chance.
But that was as good as it got for Rodgers' side as Dwight Gayle – who scored twice in the memorable 3-3 draw here last season – levelled after man of the match Yannick Bolasie saw a driven effort come back off the post.
The second half started slowly but two goals in a three-minute period were enough to seal a well-deserved and much-needed win for the Eagles and Yannick supplied Joe Ledley to put the hosts ahead before skipper Mile Jedinak bent home a 30-yard free-kick to seal a 3-1 win.
The defeat leaves Liverpool 18 points adrift of pace-setters Chelsea and just two ahead of Palace, and Rodgers conceded heads have dropped in his squad following a poor spell.
"It was bitterly disappointing," he said of the performance.
"You've seen a team low on confidence today. Not quite together as a team. We need to find a solution very quickly because it was very disappointing.
"I put the team out there, the best team to win us the game. We made a good start. You could see our passing was a wee bit tentative and then we make mistakes. Mistakes you wouldn't expect to see at a team that's supposed to be challenging.
"Overall, that intensity and togetherness in our game isn't there. When you don't get the results, that affects you. That leads to (damaged) confidence. We have to work harder but we go away bitterly disappointed with the result. At this moment, we're just not good enough."
The draw here last season was ultimately damaging to Liverpool's title tilt as Palace struck three times in 11 minutes to snatch an unlikely result.
Luis Suarez was left in tears on the pitch following that game and since his departure the Reds have struggled for the type of form which turned them into challengers.
Rodgers invested the money received for Suarez into his squad and now wants to see more from them, insisting he knows results must improve if he is to avoid facing questions about his future.
"I'm not arrogant enough to think that I will be in a job through anything," he added.
"Any manager will tell you that you have to win games and you have to get results, especially after how we've been developing as a football club.
"But I have a great communication line with the owners. We've been honest enough with each other, but ultimately you have to get results. You have to perform.
"There's no doubt as a manager you have to get results. That will support the confidence to the owners and you take it from there.
"I will only ever do my best. The best has seen us develop well. Now I need to fight even harder and take the responsibility, because as manager full responsibility comes down to me. Any pressure comes on to me.
"We've brought in very good players. Some of them are very young and are not going to be ready for a few years, but they're in now. We have to do better in our performance level."
What is Rodgers doing wrong and how can he fix it? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
PA
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Brendan Rodgers admits his Liverpool job is not safe without results
Brendan Rodgers says his Liverpool side are lacking in confidence after he saw them lose 3-1 at Crystal Palace on Sunday and admitted his job is not safe without results.
Liverpool looked like halting a run of three straight defeats when Rickie Lambert broke his duck for the Reds by tucking home a perfect Adam Lallana pass inside the opening two minutes.
With Mario Balotelli sidelined with a groin injury, fellow summer signing Lambert was handed just his second Premier League start and did not take long to take advantage of his chance.
But that was as good as it got for Rodgers' side as Dwight Gayle – who scored twice in the memorable 3-3 draw here last season – levelled after man of the match Yannick Bolasie saw a driven effort come back off the post.
The second half started slowly but two goals in a three-minute period were enough to seal a well-deserved and much-needed win for the Eagles and Yannick supplied Joe Ledley to put the hosts ahead before skipper Mile Jedinak bent home a 30-yard free-kick to seal a 3-1 win.
The defeat leaves Liverpool 18 points adrift of pace-setters Chelsea and just two ahead of Palace, and Rodgers conceded heads have dropped in his squad following a poor spell.
"It was bitterly disappointing," he said of the performance.
"You've seen a team low on confidence today. Not quite together as a team. We need to find a solution very quickly because it was very disappointing.
"I put the team out there, the best team to win us the game. We made a good start. You could see our passing was a wee bit tentative and then we make mistakes. Mistakes you wouldn't expect to see at a team that's supposed to be challenging.
"Overall, that intensity and togetherness in our game isn't there. When you don't get the results, that affects you. That leads to (damaged) confidence. We have to work harder but we go away bitterly disappointed with the result. At this moment, we're just not good enough."
The draw here last season was ultimately damaging to Liverpool's title tilt as Palace struck three times in 11 minutes to snatch an unlikely result.
Luis Suarez was left in tears on the pitch following that game and since his departure the Reds have struggled for the type of form which turned them into challengers.
Rodgers invested the money received for Suarez into his squad and now wants to see more from them, insisting he knows results must improve if he is to avoid facing questions about his future.
"I'm not arrogant enough to think that I will be in a job through anything," he added.
"Any manager will tell you that you have to win games and you have to get results, especially after how we've been developing as a football club.
"But I have a great communication line with the owners. We've been honest enough with each other, but ultimately you have to get results. You have to perform.
"There's no doubt as a manager you have to get results. That will support the confidence to the owners and you take it from there.
"I will only ever do my best. The best has seen us develop well. Now I need to fight even harder and take the responsibility, because as manager full responsibility comes down to me. Any pressure comes on to me.
"We've brought in very good players. Some of them are very young and are not going to be ready for a few years, but they're in now. We have to do better in our performance level."
What is Rodgers doing wrong and how can he fix it? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
PA
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
An abject Brendan Rodgers says he will take full responsibility for Liverpool’s dismal 3-2 defeat at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
Liverpool travelled to Selhurst Park in the midst of a three-match losing streak in all competitions. Rodgers' side last won in the league with a 3-2 triumph at QPR on October 19 and have collected just one point since.
Goals have been in short supply this season for the Merseysiders since the departure of striker Luis Suarez to Barcelona.
Rodgers added: "We're low on confidence at the moment in terms of the results and I think that sort of tempo and intensity of our game has just dropped right off and obviously we concede pure goals but we have no one to blame but ourselves.
"As the manager I take full responsibility for that.
"We aim to be tighter and more resolute defensively. Obviously we get the goal – and a number of the games this season – we've led a goal in front, and that should be enough.
"We work on defending, we work very hard on being compact, but we never managed the game.
"We've got a lot of young players and players who are new to the club but we have to be better than that."
Liverpool travelled to Selhurst Park in the midst of a three-match losing streak in all competitions. Rodgers' side last won in the league with a 3-2 triumph at QPR on October 19 and have collected just one point since.
Goals have been in short supply this season for the Merseysiders since the departure of striker Luis Suarez to Barcelona.
Rodgers added: "We're low on confidence at the moment in terms of the results and I think that sort of tempo and intensity of our game has just dropped right off and obviously we concede pure goals but we have no one to blame but ourselves.
"As the manager I take full responsibility for that.
"We aim to be tighter and more resolute defensively. Obviously we get the goal – and a number of the games this season – we've led a goal in front, and that should be enough.
"We work on defending, we work very hard on being compact, but we never managed the game.
"We've got a lot of young players and players who are new to the club but we have to be better than that."
What should Rodgers have done differently at Selhurst Park on Sunday? Let us know your post-match thoughts in the comments section below.
PA
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Brendan Rodgers takes responsibility for Liverpool’s defeat at Crystal Palace
An abject Brendan Rodgers says he will take full responsibility for Liverpool’s dismal 3-2 defeat at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
Liverpool travelled to Selhurst Park in the midst of a three-match losing streak in all competitions. Rodgers' side last won in the league with a 3-2 triumph at QPR on October 19 and have collected just one point since.
Goals have been in short supply this season for the Merseysiders since the departure of striker Luis Suarez to Barcelona.
Rodgers added: "We're low on confidence at the moment in terms of the results and I think that sort of tempo and intensity of our game has just dropped right off and obviously we concede pure goals but we have no one to blame but ourselves.
"As the manager I take full responsibility for that.
"We aim to be tighter and more resolute defensively. Obviously we get the goal – and a number of the games this season – we've led a goal in front, and that should be enough.
"We work on defending, we work very hard on being compact, but we never managed the game.
"We've got a lot of young players and players who are new to the club but we have to be better than that."
Liverpool travelled to Selhurst Park in the midst of a three-match losing streak in all competitions. Rodgers' side last won in the league with a 3-2 triumph at QPR on October 19 and have collected just one point since.
Goals have been in short supply this season for the Merseysiders since the departure of striker Luis Suarez to Barcelona.
Rodgers added: "We're low on confidence at the moment in terms of the results and I think that sort of tempo and intensity of our game has just dropped right off and obviously we concede pure goals but we have no one to blame but ourselves.
"As the manager I take full responsibility for that.
"We aim to be tighter and more resolute defensively. Obviously we get the goal – and a number of the games this season – we've led a goal in front, and that should be enough.
"We work on defending, we work very hard on being compact, but we never managed the game.
"We've got a lot of young players and players who are new to the club but we have to be better than that."
What should Rodgers have done differently at Selhurst Park on Sunday? Let us know your post-match thoughts in the comments section below.
PA
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Liverpool were deservedly beaten 3-1 by Crystal Palace on Sunday, on yet another dismal afternoon for Brendan Rodgers and his side.
SIMON MIGNOLET (out of 10)- 6
The Belgian could do little about any of Palace’s goals, and his handling was solid all afternoon. His kicking remains shambolic, however.
Vote Mignolet as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
JAVIER MANQUILLO- 6
The young Spaniard made a couple of crucial interceptions in the first-half, but he was given a torrid time by Yannick Bolasie all afternoon. One of Liverpool’s better players, but that’s not saying much.
Vote Manquillo as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
MARTIN SKRTEL- 4.5
The Slovakian was extremely poor from start to finish, showing poor positional sense and typically erratic defending. Gave away a needless foul for Palace’s third goal. The back-line will be always be shaky with the 29-year-old in it.
Vote Skrtel as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
DEJAN LOVREN- 5.5
The £20 million man was actually slightly better than of late, but he is still way short of the player we expected to see when he joined in the summer. His partnership with Skrtel looks, quite frankly, calamitous.
Vote Lovren as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
GLEN JOHNSON- 5
The 30-year-old was at his infuriating worst, showing a lackadaisical attitude all afternoon, and simply not offering enough quality defensively or going forward. He looks like a player who knows he’s leaving and the sooner Rodgers stops playing him, the better for all concerned.
Vote Johnson as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
The skipper was not at the races all day, whether it be his shooting, defensive work or general influence on the game. His below-par form continues, and question marks remain over his regular place in the side. Still played the full 90 minutes though. Again.
Vote Gerrard as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
JOE ALLEN- 7
Allen divides opinion, but there can surely no doubting that he was the Reds’ standout player on the day. The Wales international used the ball intelligently, worked extremely hard and defended well throughout. Palace equalised because the 24-year-old was off the pitch receiving treatment. Unfairly subbed for Can when Gerrard was far more off form.
Vote Allen as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
ADAM LALLANA- 6
The 26-year-old was neat and tidy, but he seemed to be on the periphery of things from start to finish. Terrific ball for Lambert’s goal though.
Vote Lallana as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
PHILIPPE COUTINHO- 5.5
The Brazilian often looked the most likely to open up the Palace defence, but too often he lost the ball or tried the impossible. You couldn’t question his effort, but he was very frustrating.
Vote Coutinho as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
The 19-year-old is way below his best at the moment, and he was poor again against the Eagles. He continually ran down blind alleys, and he inexcusably lost Joe Ledley for Palace’s second goal.
Vote Sterling as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
RICKIE LAMBERT- 5.5
Lambert’s afternoon got off to the perfect start, taking his first goal for Liverpool expertly, but he was pretty ineffective from that point on. If it had been Mario Balotelli producing that performance, he would have been slaughtered by some.
Vote Lambert as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
Substitutes
FABIO BORINI (on for Lallana 71)- 5.5
Barring one awful cross, the Italian was unnoticed.
Vote Borini as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
EMRE CAN (on for Allen 74)- n/a
Did nothing of note.
MAKE YOUR RATINGS
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Crystal Palace 3-1 Liverpool: Player Ratings
Liverpool were deservedly beaten 3-1 by Crystal Palace on Sunday, on yet another dismal afternoon for Brendan Rodgers and his side.
SIMON MIGNOLET (out of 10)- 6
The Belgian could do little about any of Palace’s goals, and his handling was solid all afternoon. His kicking remains shambolic, however.
Vote Mignolet as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
JAVIER MANQUILLO- 6
The young Spaniard made a couple of crucial interceptions in the first-half, but he was given a torrid time by Yannick Bolasie all afternoon. One of Liverpool’s better players, but that’s not saying much.
Vote Manquillo as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
MARTIN SKRTEL- 4.5
The Slovakian was extremely poor from start to finish, showing poor positional sense and typically erratic defending. Gave away a needless foul for Palace’s third goal. The back-line will be always be shaky with the 29-year-old in it.
Vote Skrtel as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
DEJAN LOVREN- 5.5
The £20 million man was actually slightly better than of late, but he is still way short of the player we expected to see when he joined in the summer. His partnership with Skrtel looks, quite frankly, calamitous.
Vote Lovren as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
GLEN JOHNSON- 5
The 30-year-old was at his infuriating worst, showing a lackadaisical attitude all afternoon, and simply not offering enough quality defensively or going forward. He looks like a player who knows he’s leaving and the sooner Rodgers stops playing him, the better for all concerned.
Vote Johnson as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
The skipper was not at the races all day, whether it be his shooting, defensive work or general influence on the game. His below-par form continues, and question marks remain over his regular place in the side. Still played the full 90 minutes though. Again.
Vote Gerrard as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
JOE ALLEN- 7
Allen divides opinion, but there can surely no doubting that he was the Reds’ standout player on the day. The Wales international used the ball intelligently, worked extremely hard and defended well throughout. Palace equalised because the 24-year-old was off the pitch receiving treatment. Unfairly subbed for Can when Gerrard was far more off form.
Vote Allen as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
ADAM LALLANA- 6
The 26-year-old was neat and tidy, but he seemed to be on the periphery of things from start to finish. Terrific ball for Lambert’s goal though.
Vote Lallana as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
PHILIPPE COUTINHO- 5.5
The Brazilian often looked the most likely to open up the Palace defence, but too often he lost the ball or tried the impossible. You couldn’t question his effort, but he was very frustrating.
Vote Coutinho as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
The 19-year-old is way below his best at the moment, and he was poor again against the Eagles. He continually ran down blind alleys, and he inexcusably lost Joe Ledley for Palace’s second goal.
Vote Sterling as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
RICKIE LAMBERT- 5.5
Lambert’s afternoon got off to the perfect start, taking his first goal for Liverpool expertly, but he was pretty ineffective from that point on. If it had been Mario Balotelli producing that performance, he would have been slaughtered by some.
Vote Lambert as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
Substitutes
FABIO BORINI (on for Lallana 71)- 5.5
Barring one awful cross, the Italian was unnoticed.
Vote Borini as your Man of the Match on Twitter:
EMRE CAN (on for Allen 74)- n/a
Did nothing of note.
MAKE YOUR RATINGS
.
petikan dari Liverpool FC, This is Anfield, Teamtalk
Discussion
Archive
- ► 2015 (5801)
-
▼
2014
(13155)
-
▼
November
(901)
-
▼
Nov 24
(35)
- Okey anda setuju tak Yes or no ? AdminFaizalPja
- Wahai Brendan Rodgers yang pandai lagi bijaksana, ...
- Joe Allen .. keluar seketika untuk menerima rawata...
- Monday Moan: The end is nigh for Wenger
- Agger tweet
- Adam Lallana: Liverpool must stick together and fi...
- Adam Lallana calls for player responsibility of Li...
- Korang dapat teka tak apa maksud Daniel Agger? KPL...
- Musim lepas...senang je nk masuk dlm kotak penalti...
- Crystal Palace 3-1 Liverpool: The Good, the Bad an...
- Impossible task? What Liverpool need to qualify fo...
- Semakin heboh di perkatakan tentang Jurgen Kloop.....
- Jamie Carragher - YNWA AdminFaizalPja
- Liverpool selepas12 perlawanan 2013/14: 2nd, 24 po...
- Liverpool siyes nak Saido Berahino ( 21 thn) dgn h...
- Premier League: Brendan Rodgers takes 'full respon...
- Week in Review: Liverpool in Need of Specialist Ad...
- Okey kita di tangga ke 12 dengan 12 perlawanan...c...
- Bukan Rodgers jea dlm bahaya tp Wenger pn dlm kead...
- Perlawanan menentang Lugodarets dlm liga juara2 ra...
- Siapa perasan semalam ? Emre Can sempat membaca do...
- Jurgen Klopp Top Target ketika ini OTAI KPLM
- Hati kau keras amran..takpe abang akan ade di sisi...
- Liverpool and new history.... KPLM YOP
- “No leadership on the pitch” – Carragher hits out ...
- Beberapa kali BR melakukan keputusan pelik di atas...
- Brendan Rodgers mengaku beliau bertanggungjawab se...
- Liverpool form a blip or inevitable decline?
- Liverpool fans react to miserable Crystal Palace d...
- Liverpool were bullied by Crystal Palace, just lik...
- Brendan Rodgers admits his Liverpool job is not sa...
- Brendan Rodgers takes responsibility for Liverpool...
- Crystal Palace 3-1 Liverpool: Player Ratings
- Crystal Palace 3-1 Liverpool: Awful Reds Lose Yet ...
- Premier League: Brendan Rodgers admits confidence ...
-
▼
Nov 24
(35)
-
▼
November
(901)
Popular News
- RUMOURS Liverpool dilaporkan sedang memerhatikan kelibat pemain muda Bayern Mun...
- Rickie Lambert loses place in England squad
- Luis Suarez: Leaving Liverpool was the 'right decision'
- Alberto Moreno: Our rivals have 'bigger budgets'
- Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool may now miss out on Champions League
- FA Cup Line Up Harap-harap Jones Clean Sheet mlm ini
- Our fan of the week is... Mohd Sairie! Congratulations. To get picked as our nex...
- Hari ini, 1 Jun 2014 maka genaplah 2 tahun Brendan Rodgers menjadi pengurus Live...
- Adam Lallana: "Saya mengharapkan Southampton terus menerima tawaran pertama yan...
- Sape pernah meminati kumpulan spice girl... Pasti anda kenal melanie c.....perca...
- RSSGet updates
- Google PlusJoin our Circle
- TwitterFollow us
- FacebookBecome our fan
0 comments: