When you're in a slump you need to just get it done and we did that today. Not saying we didn't deserve it, because we most clearly did but Leicester did everything nasty, horrible and downright cheating in my book as they could get away with and Anthony Taylor just gave them more and more encouragement. To get the 3 points while contending with that level of officiating bias was meaningful and momentum grabbing in my opinion.
Ratings:
Migs: Has to be dropped. At fault for their first, don't care that Okazaki is hanging off him, if a keeper comes they have to clean house and flapping like that is just all too familiar. Also can't be forgiven for saving a shot by parrying it just 5 yards out and in front of goal, it wasn't as if it was fingertip stuff. Really poor, shocking when they had that offside, thankfully for him he was bailed out there and then the pen he gave away was diabolical cowardice. Thankfully he saved the poor pen from that horrible f**ker Vardy straight after but that only redeems the challenge not the rest that came before. 4
Moreno: Excellent, thought he played really well and was a clear contender for MotM. 7.5
Lovren: Shaky, poor offside lines and generally looked nervous. 6.5
Matip: Easily our best CB and it was never a yellow or free-kick that led to their first goal. Didn't get done by Vardy for the pen, it was simply a good pass, his keeper let him down is what happened. If you can't rely on your keeper to marshal the penalty area when they're on the half-way line then f**k knows what you can rely on him for. 7.5
Gomez: Thought he was a little too weak and got beaten too easily on this side on a few occasions. 6
Henderson: I thought he was excellent and deserved his goal, wont lie in thinking he'd fu**ed the chance up when he stepped back inside after having a clear sight on his left peg. Got the job done though and in the end no matter how it goes in, if it ends up in the back of the net you really can do no more. Was always in the ear of the ref and was clearly fighting a losing battle all day on that because the ref was absolutely useless. Thought he should have put a weakener on Vardy though, the little pr**k was risking our lads health with some of those cuntish challenges and you need your captain to just show him who is boss there. Other than that I thought he was good again 8
Gini: Went missing in the first half, poor finishing attempts too and I dunno if he's sponsored by military grade camouflage for our away games but his disappearing act is consistent and it's mind boggling. 5
Can: Didn't think he helped us out that much to be honest, would like to see someone else given his shirt right now as I find him very frustrating and very selfish indeed. Think it should be him that's dropped when Mane returns. 5
Salah: He's awesome, best of our attackers and I just love how he destroys defenders so effortlessly. Should have picked out men once he'd created the chance because in the first half we had a couple of occasions where Bobby was free and in the second we had Sturridge alone at the back stick but still that was a top performance by the lad and his header alone was a thing of absolute beauty. 8.5 MotM
Bobby: Can feel another "we need a striker" post coming from the usual suspects, but this was a poor game by Bobby's top standards. He was decent in the first half winning the ball back time and time again, making the space with great runs but has to do more with the ball when he gets it than he did today. I thought he looked jaded and must admit I'm wondering if he's carrying a knock because he just wasn't as dynamic as usual when he had possession. As if he was on his heels and lacked that initial acceleration or initial burst he always has, hence he was giving defenders more of a look at the ball and not actually getting beyond them as usual. Cut a frustrated figure a couple of times and that frustration was clearly bubbling, having said that he probably still won the ball back more times than Gini and Can combined and created a few decent chances. 6.5
Coutinho: (Almost left him out) Top assist and world class free-kick. Good to see him get back to form and this is what we need from now on. It wasn't simply "Coutinho shoots" and I enjoyed watching the interplay with him and Moreno. Should now be up to speed so we can expect full matches from him from now on. Contender for MotM but didn't play the full game so just an 8
Sturridge: Excellent impact, a couple of great passes early on and a nice shot which just flew over, thought he'd score that one to be fair. Looking sharper again in terms of his touch and passing and made the right choice squaring for Hendo with a nice pass and picked up his assist. 7
Milner: Never really had a chance to make an impact.
AOC: Did more in the few minutes he was given than he did a few days ago, set up a nice chance which was wasted.
Klopp: Will mean plenty to him these 3 points, stops the flow of negativity and he can talk about all the bullshit decisions from the ref without it sounding like an excuse as it would have done if we'd drawn or lost that. There's no arguing we got much worse than just the poor rub of the green, it was a disgraceful performance by Anthony Taylor and Klopp should lodge a personal complaint or something against him because on the back of that the c**t should never be allowed to officiate our games again.
Did well to keep his cool, I'd have lost it after a few of those calls and overall I thought he did well. Will feel good and you could see the sheer joy as he was walking off with a swagger down the tunnel, don't underestimate how much that result meant when the media and the narrative is clearly willing you to trip up again. 8
GET THE F**k IN THERE BOYS!!
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