Hat trick watch!

Leicester better take Faes off or he's going to score a hat trick against his own team

Hahahaha

Oh my god

Darwin can't be normal and score goals on his own.

Wout Faes puts it in his own net for the second time in 7 minutes. 😅

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That is hilarious (and unfortunately earned)

Naby lad sighting

3 points is 3 points...

Lester scored three and loses 2-1.

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Lester scored three and loses 2-1.

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Scoucers get shut out and win 2-1. FIFY.

Makes no difference to me.

Maybe I'm missing something. But I can't find anything on WHEN or IF the games postponed by the Queen's death will be rescheduled. Liverpool is missing matches vs Chelsea and Wolves, correct? With the FA Cup and Champion's League still coming up, will those matches be played at some point?

They probably will wait to see if/when Liverpool/Chelsea bow out of Cup and ECL and play those makeups on one of those now unused dates.

Our first line-up of the year is in 📋👊 #BRELIV

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 2, 2023

Glad to see Ox getting minutes.

I'm hoping our midfield can set the tone today because we looked bad this weekend.

Anyone else hate playing Brentford?

Love watching them play everyone else though

Starting 2023 off with some 2022 craziness.

Klopp better rip these boys a new one at half

The ease with which they bypass the midfield is absolutely embarrassing.

Miserable 1st half performance

Much needed

I think it's safe to say he did.

ouch.

Still a deeply flawed squad. Top four is going to take some real work.

I'll just go back to a statement that I've repeated many times on our Liverpool threads: "Still haven't replaced Gini"

It was interesting that Naby, who I think we'd really hoped would lessen the blow of Gini leaving/aging out and who has been a pretty big bust so far, played really pretty well in the second half yesterday.

Naby is a good player, but he just can't stay healthy enough to be relied upon. Klopp's style does not suit him well, he simply isn't durable enough to play like a mad man for 90 minutes for multiple games. I remember watching him in his first handful of appearances thinking he was worthy of Stevie G's #8. There have even been a few 5 or 6 game runs where he looks really good....then BAM...injury. He can't really get in a groove or develop any real consistency with the rest of the squad. Just not the player we need.

I honestly think Klopp et al, have lost the focus on what made his teams work. He keeps looking for tactical players...he needs a durable beast in the middle of the park. Gini had really good control, but his strength was actually his raw athleticism. He rarely made "technical" passes and often made simple side or back passes. His style brought plenty of ire from people who didn't understand his true worth: ball recovery and retention.

Without Gini (or a player like him), we simply can't win enough 50/50 balls in the middle of the field to justify our press.

I agree with 100% of that.

I think Bellingham could be the engine we need... but I'm prepared to be disappointed and miss out on him.

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