26 Sep 2015 16:54:49
Couldn't watch the game, but my positives are obviously sturridge is getting back, we scored early, a rarity these days. How did we play? How was sturridge apart fro, the goals? Still shaken at the back?

1.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 17:00:43
Villa were poor and that summed up the first half, We played well and BR pulled a blinder in deploying Countinho as the main man in the middle alongside Lucas.

Sakho and Can culprit for both the goals

2.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 17:05:36
we were better going forward, two top finishes from Studge . when he is fit, he is just miles away ahead of any of our other strikers, simple as that, his movement is sensational and finish is great. We were pretty disastrous defending wise. Sakho, who I usualy am a big fan of was really poor and the others were not better. communication at the back was as bad as it can be. We were lucky to concede only two tbh.

3.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 17:08:38
Sturridge struggled until the first goal. I was just about to post how he seemed a bit lacking in sharpness and then two top finishes.

4.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 17:09:35
Unfortunately I was only able to watch the first half in full, thanks to my fantastic Internet connection. But in the first half, Sturridge tried hard but match fitness is still clearly an issue for him. He also looked very much afraid to really sprint. I fully understand why, he doesn't want to push himself just yet and be out for another 8 months.

In the second half, my stream came back on around the 71st minute, so I missed all 4 second half goals, but around the 75 minute mark, Sturridge looked exhausted, leggy and in need of substituting. He still had 2 opportunities which, had he been playing from 6 weeks ago, he would have buried them all.

Defensively we looked a little unsettled on occasion and Can made a horrendous error which should have resulted in a Villa goal, we did panick at times, there was a moment towards the end of the first half where several players attempted to try and clear it, swinging their legs wildly and missing.

We didn't really create much in the first half, we dominated possession but there was no penetration at all. Second half we seemingly turned it on, but my bloody internet farted and killed my stream >_

5.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 17:16:17
Some brilliant individual play.For most of the game we were flat.Rodgers once again got lucky,he chose wrong formation,Villa team were happy to give us posession as we were harmless and lacked penetration.Main problem is we lacked any movement,In between when milner was running into spaces it caused them real problems,the goals were pure individual brilliance,I don't think it requires any coach or setup to score such a goal.Rodgers once again played Can in RCB position,he struggles defensively.Our defence was shambles,Sakho was great except his heading which was awful.Our team is really under utilised.We don't have great defence but our attack is very dangerous.We have greater chances of winning games by scoring more goals than playing insipidly to stop goals.

6.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 17:24:08
Indian

What exactly is your point mate, If the goals were all pure individual brilliance, let's buy 11 individual brilliant players?.
Then swallow a fact the goals conceded were also down to pure individual mistake and does not relate to any manager.

Sakho was great except his heading? seriously?

7.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 17:52:08
We played the same way we normally play with the same lifeless tempo and panic in defence. The goals were well worked and Dtudge will only get more confident from his goals. Apart from that, it was the same old stuff, just a different day.

8.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 18:12:28
Indian, we showed no penetration? We scored three goals! I'd hate to be in bed with you if you don't know the meaning of the word.
I was at the game. We had a lot of possession and got in behind their back line on many occasions, the problem was, final delivery, crosses, taking too many touches, hesitant play etc are far too common. Villa were pretty poor as well. Encouraging that we won, but a better side would have beat us today no problem.

9.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 18:46:25
Mate did u see Arsenal,Utd,City attacking when they are in posession?How many overlapping runs did u see in today's game when Villa were very compact?
How many times did we have to see our wingbacks pass back the ball to the CM who inturn passed sideways with no option infront of them or when our wingbacks were trying to hopelessly put the ball into the box.Villa were happy to concede the posession even when they were 1-0 down.

Who do u think played Can in RCB position?And why did we concede our first goal? I agree that sometimes Goals conceded is down to pure individaul mistakes but whose fault it is in the first place to play such defenders?

OK Sakho was decent compared to others but great was an exagerration.