tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post7172490023011244386..comments2023-12-22T01:47:49.178-05:00Comments on oh you beauty: Liverpool 1-2 Manchester Citynatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043601945557998732noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-85411905398602190012013-12-26T21:23:30.404-05:002013-12-26T21:23:30.404-05:00Looking at the picture of the offside call, Sterli...Looking at the picture of the offside call, Sterling is a yard or two onside. It's not even a close decision and the linesman is perfectly placed to see the play clearly. Getting that call wrong, that is SO obviously and clearly onside should require that linesman change his occupation.<br /><br />Lee Mason is also very well positioned to be able to clearly see that Sterling is onside. No way Mason could not have realized that Sterling was onside. It is completely understandable that Rodgers may feel that there are untoward or nefarious influences at work in both Mason and the linesman making that call. <br /><br />But then again it could be that Mason is just completely inept. A study found that he got a large percentage of the big decisions wrong in 2012/2013 and was slightly biased towards City. Maybe Mou can get Abramovich to hire him for the Chelsea match?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-64523348278049956512013-12-26T20:06:01.734-05:002013-12-26T20:06:01.734-05:00We battled City toe to toe for the entire match at...We battled City toe to toe for the entire match at their home ground. Outplayed them for decent stretches which no one has been able to do at the Etihad.<br /><br />Small margins. Many matches are determined by them and this was one of them. The offside call by the Linesman on Sterling for the "non-goal" was an absolutely horrendous call and was a "Big-Margin" horrible call. The goal by Kompany had Mignolet well beaten but Joe Allen was PERFECTLY placed to keep it out. He just had to take a step forward and be aggressive to clear the ball with either his knee or his head. Not a difficult clearance to make by any stretch. As it was he backed up and the ball went off his knee, where he needed to be aggressive and attack the ball. Skrtel did his best to assault Kompany but still was not able to prevent him from easily winning the header. Not many defenders would have been able to outmuscle Kompany, and every defender is going to get beat once or twice a game.<br /><br />The second goal by Negredo should have been saved by Mignolet. He was leaning the wrong way which only allowed him to get a weak hand to it. On most days Mig keeps those well out and makes an easy looking save.<br /><br />Luis created some very dangerous chances for us. The one where he played Sterling in for that horrible offside call. The touch to Coutinho at the culmination of some BRILLIANT build up play where Hart made a decent save. Another one in the 2nd half where he picked the ball up on the left wing, blocked off the defender, dribbled at goal and played Sterling in with the cross should have been another fairly easy goal for us. Sterling needs to crush those with his instep, get over the ball before contact and power the ball and Hart through the back of the net. The touch with the side of the foot is a much more difficult technique to convert those types of chances. He has the speed to catch up with the cross and get over that shot. Should be second nature.<br /><br />In my little mind that was a 3 - NIL Liverpool win. Small margins allowed them to convert those 2 chances. We should have been able to fairly easily keep them out. Sterling should have been allowed to take that 1st goal and should have powered that easy chance for his 2nd goal.<br /><br />A little bummed about not taking at least a point. But fair play to the boys. They took it to City for large stretches of that match. NO ONE (besides Bayern) else, certainly no one in the Prem has even come close to playing them heads-up like that at the Eti.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-18848276279221300142013-12-26T19:33:54.021-05:002013-12-26T19:33:54.021-05:00I want to strangle Skrtel from running away from t...I want to strangle Skrtel from running away from the attacker!! He has done this in the past... Shitsoko is pathetic and piss poor. Considering we are half the price tag compared to city we held our own and if Henry gives BR in Jan to bring in one or two great players we can win the whole thing. This is very interesting times with Whiskey nose stepping down, everyone wants to make their mark and LFC is one of them. This is our time to shine, none of the sports casters or any football websites are even giving LFC credit. I say we can do this!! YNWA!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com