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05 Nov 2025 10:07:38
Ed001 I know that you don't do reports on cup matches but as a one off could you do one for last night's match PLEASE đ.
{Ed001's Note - if I can mate but I managed to break my wifi so no proper internet right now. Just waiting on them to call me back to get an engineer out to fix it.}
05 Nov 2025 12:50:29
No problem thank you.
05 Nov 2025 09:32:40
Ed1 - what was the deal with the handball incident?
Originally was a free kick outside the box.
Then they reviewed for potential penalty
And what was the call from there? Seems like they determined it was in the box but not a deliberate handball?
So because they decided it wasnât a deliberate handball it couldnât be a penalty, which wasnât the original call anyways, but then that also negated the original call of a free kick outside box for a handball?
You following lol.
{Ed001's Note - yeah they checked first to see if it was in the box. Then checked to see if it was actually a foul or not once they had ascertained it was either a penalty or nothing.}
05 Nov 2025 12:22:27
It simply wasn't a handball. If anyone twa*s a ball at you from 3 feet away, and your arms are by your side, how can that be deemed to be deliberate?
05 Nov 2025 12:34:40
Not that it matters now but it should really have been a corner.
05 Nov 2025 13:07:45
Thatâs what they decided though @Cooler. It was VAR used properly making the right decisions,
05 Nov 2025 13:10:58
No I didn't think it a handball either.
05 Nov 2025 13:36:07
You are dead right Ernest, I was very confused as to why the ref gave a drop ball to Madrid afterwards. It wasn't a peno or a free but should have been a corner.
05 Nov 2025 14:07:43
It canât be a corner if the ref initially gave a free kick tho.
05 Nov 2025 14:40:20
Indeed, Drac. It shouldn't have been the a handball to being with, in or outside the box.
05 Nov 2025 15:09:40
I wonder what would have happened had the 'penalty been for Madrid n not us.
05 Nov 2025 16:21:38
I thought it wouldâve been a harsh pen but once heâd given the free kick the only job VAR had was to ascertain whether it was inside or outside the box.
Itâs not in VARâs remit to review free kick decisions so they shouldâve stayed out of that and just said itâs in the box so itâs a penalty.
It was probably the right decision in the end but the process wasnât followed which leaves me a bit confused as to why VAR couldnât intervene with Utdâs goal the other day where the ball didnât go out? Or the plethora of other decision where theyâve said itâs not in VARâs remit? They hide behind the process but last night showed they can go outside the process to get to the right decision if needed.
05 Nov 2025 20:33:22
I didnât think it was a handball for a pen either, but the original call was free kick outside the box.
In normal case, say if it was clearly outside the box, VAR normally wouldnât intervene for that would they?
So itâs just the fact they reviewed a potential penalty that they then over-turned the original call which otherwise wouldnât normally have been reviewed?
Ultimately, they havenât over turned a penalty cos original call wasnât a penalty.
05 Nov 2025 23:55:16
@Strom, but it wasnât, was it?
06 Nov 2025 01:33:24
VAR doesn't overturn original calls. It gives the referee a chance to overturn their call.
VAR is not a thing. It's just another referee.
06 Nov 2025 14:40:59
Wdw. your powers of observation are amazing. you're talent is wasted on here.
06 Nov 2025 19:03:04
@Strom, if you want to have a go at VAR or say that the match officials were biased against Liverpool then just say so. âWhat ifâ is just pointless as it didnât happen.
06 Nov 2025 20:14:24
Wdw . im not having a go at VAR. but we all know Madrid would have got it . So you know what I was inferring to . so stop trying to be clever on a banter site ya sausage.
07 Nov 2025 00:23:19
saw a good explanation - basically that the incident did occur in the box so that changed what VAR were reviewing, which in turn basically negated the original call
I can live with that. just kinda wish they'd explain that on the telly and in the stands!
05 Nov 2025 09:10:57
Quick one for ed01,
Great win last night, another stand out performance for Bradley, thought Wirtz had his best game, hard to find fault in any of them actually and Iâd love to see us play like this each week. Tempo was bang on, passes were slick and completed, just all round great performance and how I love to see us play, abit of zip to the game not slow side to side.
Does the way that we set up and played last night transfer to the prem? Donât think I saw one long throw or over the top ball played. so as much as we smoked Madrid at home on a champions league night, do you think the way we set up last night can be transferred into the prem or do we see the same old mistakes?
Just wondering your thoughts on it mate.
{Ed001's Note - it should be transferrable. It is clear the players understand their roles in this set up, which is the main difference.}
05 Nov 2025 14:24:15
Happy days, never doubted the new lads. Always going to take time to gel. Frightening team this when it gets going and fully fit.
05 Nov 2025 14:42:16
Indeed, Ed. If the players don't know what they are doing in a certain system, that's a problem only the manager can fix.
Thankfully, Slot allayed my fears of trying to prove a point by forcing the initial tactics down everyone's throats. On to the Etihad.
05 Nov 2025 11:21:14
Did mbaby play last night? He is great in the Spanish league and the French league would struggle in the premier league to difficult for him. Hats off to madrid keeper had a top game saved them from a big defeat .
I honestly thought Madrid was an average side and don't think Alonso will be manager for very long no style of play for me like their teams of the past Madrid sides. YNWA.
05 Nov 2025 11:34:23
Mbappe is a special talent. He's above the rest at Madrid and has essentially carried them this season. Bellingham is a moments player and has been kept quiet in a lot of big games especially against the better sides. He's not worldclass but that's the Madrid media pr. This Madrid team is not a galtico side. Alonso has made them defensively more solid though.
05 Nov 2025 12:16:34
Mbappe has just donated ÂŁ20m to Jamaica in the wake of last weekâs devastating hurricane.
By contrast, the UK government have donated ÂŁ5m (ÂŁ2.5m than they wanted to) via a formal foreign aid package.
Exceptional player and person in my opinion. Encourage others to think before using derogatory nicknames.
05 Nov 2025 12:21:29
If Mbappe had taken that half chance he got on the volley which went narrowly wide, I know for a fact you wouldn't be chatting all the stuff you're chatting.
And them being average is not true. Madrid are playing well this season and scoring goals for fun. We played very well to beat them as they are a way better team than they were last season when we also beat them. For me, no need to put them down in order to make us look good. The players already did that job.
05 Nov 2025 11:15:54
Don't want to detract from our lads last night, but I'm not sure Alonso is as great as he's made out.
That's the second season in a row he brought a team to Anfield and we made them look distinctly average. Can kind of excuse Leverkusen last season they aren't as good as us player fir player, but Real Madrid are.
Yet Slot totally dominated him tactically both yines.
05 Nov 2025 11:30:52
I think we're his bogey team that he does a Pep overthink for beforehand, he has been great for Madrid otherwise though, really putting his stamp on the team off the field and introducing more discipline and structure. I'm not sure why Camavinga is playing right wing right now rather than somebody like Rodrygo, though, it's pretty odd to me.
05 Nov 2025 11:37:05
He's not. It's nothing to do with his tactics though. He never had the personality or aura for me to believe he'll make it at Madrid. That's unless the players in every position are too good. They've not replaced modric, they have quite a few troublesome egos in that side and there's only one true worldclass player in Madrids side. Mbappe. Vinni doesn't turn up enough.
05 Nov 2025 11:45:18
I dislike Madrid as much as anybody else but you're having a laugh if you think Vini isn't a world class player. Valverde is also clearly a world class midfielder, he is magnificent.
Bellingham was one of the best players in the world two years ago, now he seems unwilling to play as an all action 8 on both sides of the ball and insists on playing as a 10/ second striker.
05 Nov 2025 12:26:11
Spot on, Patrick. This loss means nothing re: how Alonso good Alonso will be at Madrid. RM have been playing well and scoring for fun this season. And like you said, they still have world class players which Mbappe, Jude, Vini, Valverde (I love him) and even Courtois is.
They were coming in on a high at Anfield and we were able to hold them at bay and could have slaughtered them had it not been for Courtois. We don't need to put them down in order to big ourselves up. Beating them showed how well we played rather than how average they played, IMO.
05 Nov 2025 13:32:16
RM have only lost twice in all competitions this season. They are still a damn good side and Alonso has had them producing results. I think they'd win a trophy or two this season.
05 Nov 2025 14:45:41
Indeed, Drac. Many fans were dreading this game due to our frailties and how well RM had been performing under Xabi.
Now suddenly, they are average cos we won? Yeah, that makes no sense esp. if you consider people's fears before the game.
05 Nov 2025 22:11:14
Trolls got to troll. Funny how every team we beat are either rubbish or we were lucky.
05 Nov 2025 10:33:00
Support isn't blindly cheering and blowing smoke up someone's backside despite how dreadfully terrible they are doing, that's enablement. It's a banter forum people are going to have differing opinions, if you've got a fragile ego, go to a I â¤ď¸Liverpool forum where they post nothing but collages and videos of past successes and kiss each other gently.
We beat a pretty poor Villa team at home with a team who won the PL at a canter and then spent heavily on that team, with apparent generational' talent. The fact we were 'relieved' to have beaten them tells you where we are.
RM was a good performance, but it has to be a win against city for this to be seen as any real 'turning point'.
05 Nov 2025 10:57:10
Honestly I would have taken a draw last night and a draw against City and I would still take a draw against Ciry. . Obviously not what we really need now being already 7 points behind The Gunners but I do think itâs important that we donât get beat and try to keep the momentum going and try to stay undefeated for as long as possible.
05 Nov 2025 11:04:07
There's a difference between critique and starting multiple posts talking about how Wirtz is going to be a failure and end up coming off the bench in cup games, how he's going to be sold back to Dortmund for a pittance, like yourself. I'm sure you would have thought the same of Dom when his form dropped off under Jurgen after a roaring start, or Grav when Jurgen was playing him as an advanced 8.
Everybody on here wants the team to succeed and give us joy, but my feeling is that some on here also get their kicks stirring the pot and talking rubbish about players and the coach to get likes. Such is the world we live in, where negativity= engagement.
I don't feel, like you, that we have to beat City for this to be a turning point. We have to put in an excellent, organised, team performance and play our football on our terms. The result would be a bonus. Of course I don't want to lose and I want all three points, but they are also a good team and have every right to try and win a football game, Haaland never does well against us though and none of their other players look like they are going to score a goal this year so who knows.
05 Nov 2025 11:12:01
Support isn't turning on a league winning manager for (checks notes) one bad month either.
And don't tell me that people didn't turn on him. Because they absolutely did.
05 Nov 2025 11:20:45
Big difference between I want SLOT sacked he is terrible to criticizing how the last 4 defeats have gone, poor Villa team who's form in the last 8 games not including us was 1 draw 1 loss and 6 wins? prior to playing us they beat Man City who are now being touted as on fire.
this is the reason people get upset. people are happy to have a go at Liverpool when we are bad or in a rut, but when we come out of it and perform a bit its oh the other team was poor.
05 Nov 2025 11:51:36
That âpoorâ villa side that beat Man City and spurs away, you mean that âpoorâ Villa sideâŚ. I was very pleased with how we played last two games, Wirtz looked better. Onwards and upwards, hopefully everyone can stay fit and we can have a good going the rest of the competitions we are in (I was at palace cup game, supporting the team) .
05 Nov 2025 12:22:50
Well I donât need to check my notes to realise that 2 possibly 3 defeats is a poor run of form by the standards that Liverpool usually keep. Loosing 6 out of 7 games is practically unprecedented so saying âone monthâ doesnât really tell the whole story, far from it actually.
Slot should also have dumped his defenders and goalkeeper having more touches than the rest of the team, passing the ball around the back ad nauseam crap a lot sooner. He should also cut with the crap about long balls and low blocks as if itâs something new because it ainât and neither are set pieces Arne.
It is up to him to find the solution with the riches he has at him disposal.
By the way, personally I didnât turn on him, doesnât mean I canât see whatâs in front of me and be entitled to say so on this forum. Thatâs what itâs here for. Iâve absolutely no issue with how far fetched some posters thoughts are. Better that than thinking everything is rosy when it clearly wasnât.
05 Nov 2025 12:33:03
"Everybody on here wants the team to succeed and give us joy, but my feeling is that some on here also get their kicks stirring the pot and talking rubbish about players and the coach to get likes. Such is the world we live in, where negativity= engagement. "
Yeah, PB. That Villa that had beaten all those teams suddenly became useless when they pulled up to Anfield where clearly, the pitch and the goalposts are smaller.
Oh and that same Villa played the exact same way in their wins as they played against us but hey, they played "poorly" which is why we won. Yeah, that tracks.
05 Nov 2025 14:03:50
Good luck selling Wirtz back to Dortmund, Patrik đ.
I predicted a draw last night, too. I'm happy to be wrong though.