Andy Robertson this week became the first player in squad ready to admit the affect Diogo Jota’s death had on the club (“None of us wanted to train.”) To rally and qualify for the Champions League is something to be proud of. Criticism of Arne Slot has veered between harsh and a disgrace

How the fuck can these French dweebs be so good at defending when they play cowering plumbers every weekend and spend most of their time Harlem Globetrotting said cowering plumbers.

PSG's keeper will definitely end up getting clipped by John McClane.

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

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I wonder does Arsenal's high average defensive line, which they're very proud of, and low average defensive line faced have anything to do with this? (Yes)(And this is just corners).

For a bunch of lads who were at pains to convince anyone who'd listen they don't give a fuck what anyone thinks about their set-piece reductive grock ball the Arsenal lads are sure taking a keen interest in the current discourse around their set-piece reductive grock ball.

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Loved the way Salah went, alright - if you're going to man handle me every time I get the ball I'll give it right back, to get to the point where he won the pen. More of that @goat

it's so in the post, the beautiful idiots can't help themselves

Playing around with a think-piece entitled "Would Liverpool be better post 60 minutes if they hadn't been forced to cancel their pre-season training". It appears like it's niche.

Arsenal have the 2nd most corners in the league (by a distance) and take 44 seconds on average to take them, considerably longer than anyone else. Liverpool for example, 24 seconds. I wonder how much that feeds into defensive action height faced.

Still though, we looked immense for about ten minutes after going 2 up.

Back to basics Liverpool who're coming off a multi-generational bad run (70 years) of form this is about where you could hope we could be. Not shitting the bed is the priority here, and accidentally leaving one on Anthony Taylor, it's slippy out there.

It's ok. Whenever they're ready.

Szobo is making a strong case for the immediate execution of anyone that ever decides to play him anywhere other than right in the middle of the park. An extremely polarising figure the Hungarian.

I don't know why it wasn't made clearer about Fede's fitness when we couldn't figure out why he wasn't getting more game time last season. Wouldn't have been a big deal, especially as it's being briefed now anyway.

“Boarded” is a neutral term. They will have been violently and illegally intercepted. Solidarity with the volunteers. All eyes on Gaza

All the technique but on top of it he's got that imagination that separates the good from the great strikers. 'Does mad shit' I think is what they call it in the industry.

Curtis Jones remains a generational footballer.

US fan ugliness at the Ryder Cup was merely a reflection of Trump’s all-caps America

Someone has managed to drop a Palestinian flag at the very top of the Spire. Fair fucks. Gonna be comical watching Dublin City council trying to figure out how to get that down :) #Speirgorm

Need an Ibou goal today so we can better judge his transfer situation from the celebration. Not always a reliable source of information though, granted.

The getting people to ingest bleach to get rid of corona virus and the pickpocketing players thing are both from the same strata of intellectual stables.

Haha - football is silly.

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Liverpool Football Club welcomes the introduction of the Hillsborough Law, a landmark legislation that stands as a legacy for the 97.

Potential ankle breaker only getting a yellow aside I think these two weren't absolute dog-shit today, which is where I'd optimistically set the bar.

I'd like to take a moment to register my deep concern over having a ref/VAR combo of Michael Oliver and Paul Tierney today.

Marvelling at the astronomical difference in Trent's defensive effort at Madrid now compared to last year for us. Literally called it in for the whole season. 🤫

Reuben Peeters sizing up his latest fitness project. If he gets this one right the sky's the limit.

Liverpool's media team should think about changing their formula in new player interviews of getting the player to say the same thing 8 different ways as the player becomes increasingly uncomfortable trying to rephrase the same sentiment 8 different ways.

Guehi didn't get his move because he was too sound? He's going to fit in great.

Isak stood firm in the face of a huge & one sided media hit campaign, personal attacks, dubious house visits from even more dubious senior PIF officials, team mate anger, club threats and fan vitriol like I've never seen, all to get to the Reds. Some lad.

If that was a 6 pointer then if we beat Arsenal at the Emirates that'll be a 12 point swing we'll have influenced between us over the season, mad. And we'll be going there with Isak as our 9.

Very straight forward run now for Liverpool from after the international break to the end of the season.

This is going to be the best international break ever.

turns out you really can win le ballon d’or from RB 💪

No more 'no losses' against the top 6 gimmick.

My sweet Euro-prince douchebag

Nice little win against Arsenal today, tired of their anti-football 'no losses' defensive gimmick against the top 6 only to get done by Bournemouth the next week when they actually try to play football again.

Grudgingly accepting now that a victory against Arsenal next weekend wouldn't be a bad result.

What an inspired substitute by Slot, it goes against pretty much every trope and piece of common footballing sense you'll ever see. Good for you Rio.

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If Hooper carded Newcastle when they deserved it earlier on that tackle/red for an emboldened Gordon would never have happened and we wouldn't have nearly lost our captain for the season either, for fuck's sake.

Only a matter of time before Simon Hooper's pectoral camera is enveloped in a rainforest-esque mist of evaporating sweat and incompetence.

I mean the system he intended to use probably came up in the job interview. The real hero here is Utd ownership's unerring ability to sleepwalk from one really fucking stupid gaffe straight into another over and over again.

With SJP likely to be a shitshow of Newcastle grocks trying to go through our players it's a fine and good thing that Simon Hooper is the ref - away to Palace last year he gave them 12 fouls in 55 mins before giving us even 1, we had over 70% possession too.