URZZZZSouth Coast Royal As posted on the VAR thread-Pickford's challenge was a red and I know my eyesight is not the best but Mane offside?
I have a feeling that Alisson might well have stopped one of the goals but he wasn't there so no use going on about it.
Liverpool were far superior, even without Van Dijk,and the Villa game really does look just like a blip.
So not such a bad result against the table-toppers and good to see the Fenians stuffed at home as well.
If the rumoured 8 months for VVD are true, can’t see Liverpool winning the title
Can’t rely on an injury prone Matip and Gomez (whos been dreadful this season) with a bunch of youngsters through the season
It begs the question, was it a mistake letting Lovren go after all? He wasn’t amazing of course but you’re looking really short there now
Thinking about that this morning.
Lovren was a disaster and brought his nervousness and casualness to players around him and IMHO was never the player he looked in his Southampton days.
I like Matip and believe him to be Liverpool's 2nd best centre-back, far better than Lovren.
Gomez has potential and is quick (good enough for England but that's not saying much).
Fabinho is a good all-rounder and will play at centre-back if and when needed.
Young Rhys Williams has the height, skill and pace and could be a future star but probably needs to bulk up a bit.
Looking around at all the other championship challengers I don't see any of the others having better centre-backs than these first 3 so, although very disappointed for Virgil from a personal and team's perspective they will be weakened and bruised but the damage may well not be terminal.
What is most disappointing about the 2 VAR decisions is not so much the offside because without VAR it was given but on another day without VAR it might have been ruled out so swings and roundabouts.
No, more the fact that the judo kid Pickford stayed on the pitch for attacking Van Dijk.
What a little scrote he is and the sooner England replace him the better.
As for Richarlison's challenge-I'll just say I hope that Tiago's injury is minor as it really was the much overused "potential leg-breaker".