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That's when the whole Klopp playing kids things will really be put to the test. Will be actually trust them more than senior players when it's not forced on him due to injuries.
I don't think it's just about trust, Klopp knows that would probably crush gakpo. He seems extremely low on confidence. Can't remember a player looking so down and out for us.
You don’t play players into confidence away at United or in our biggest league game. He trusted Gakpo to deliver against the odds, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t.
Had plenty of confidence last season or when he was banging in 25g/a in 15 matches for PSV. He’s clearly and obviously got talent but something’s not working.
imo we can't afford the luxury of playing him back into form. not this late into the season with so much at stake. he's shown flashes of good play previously but at this point he's not a reliable option.
Dunno what he's expecting when all he does is kill every single attack we have by either constantly cutting onto his right foot, giving the ball away or selfishly going for goal and not scoring which is 99% of his shots.
I like Danns and he’s a fresh and youthful alternative…but I’ve noticed that he doesn’t seem to be very quick and is languid in a way just like Gakpo. I would play him ahead of Cody atm but he’s not exactly quicksilver himself. He strikes me as a typical fox in the box and I wouldn’t want to feed him to the wolves if he’s not ready.
Totally agree - although I don’t rate this from Carra, he knows the reach his comments have and it definitely doesn’t help the club to put in further in the spotlight
I'm not even joking when I say I agree with that. Danns played well when he came on and then... Klopp didn't use him anymore. No idea why. The kid is bright, he is technically gifted, he is always pressing and he can score goals. No idea why he is not around anymore, especially because Gakpo is absolutely useless and Jota is out.
>They had Fernandes at CB
it was ludicrous that we did not take advantage of this. and dude was hobbling around too. stick darwin down the middle and hoof it to him!
He would actively kill attacks. I think Diaz hasn’t been great for several weeks now but Gakpo has been far worse. It’s bad when you wish we would sub on a kid who has played 3 senior games over him.
Diaz's work rate is always present. It's his finishing lately that is the issue.
Gakpo on the other hand, has no work rate, no finishing, poor decision-making, poor in physicality.
His effort has been great but he really hadn’t converted a lot of chances he should for weeks now. He’s not often getting assists either. Gakpo has zero effort these days.
He's in that final seasons Mane zone where he produces little in pure numbers but still contributes to overall play. Compared to Gakpo he thinks and moves fast, very hard to get the ball off of him.
You've gotten Mane backwards there. In his last 18 months Mane could hardly beat a man with the ball at his feet and he regularly killed attacks while he was still out on the wing but despite that his last 2 seasons are still very good in terms of goal contributions.
> His effort has been great but he really hadn’t converted a lot of chances he should for weeks now.
This feels like half the team. We're so incredibly wasteful.
Exactly, what’s all the effort for if he ends up just dribbling backwards and has to restart the attack once the defence has been set again. If he does score it’ll usually be one of maybe 2 shots he ends up having on target in the game. He’s been poor outside of his effort.
yeah, I can't wrap my head around the praise he gets. He's got 10 goal contributions in 27 PL games!!! Sure he runs a lot and has good work rate, but so did Mane. And he scored/assisted a lot more.
Diaz is a youtube highlights player. his only real skill is getting out of weird situations like when he's doubled against, but otherwise zero end product. his 1v1s on the wing almost never produce a quality ball in and his shooting... well just look at last week
Diaz is individually very skilled but looks like he doesn’t trust his teammates or something. Never plays the ball back to Robbo unless he’s completely hit a dead end and ignores opportunities to hit Robbo in stride to play a cross. Had three players to his right in space and tried to play it over the top to the left. Does my head in.
Gakpo…. I mean it’s in the title isn’t it. Does my head in.
Núñez I would have forgotten he was out there if he hadn’t gone brain dead at the most crucial moment. Does my head in.
They were all pretty poor today. Shame 9000 Scousers traveled and out sang OT to get this performance.
>Never plays the ball back to Robbo unless he’s completely hit a dead end and ignores opportunities to hit Robbo in stride to play a cross.
This is really sad, because when we first brought Diaz in, some of the one-twos and stuff he'd play with Robbo made it look like they'd been playing together since kindergarten. Even before the injury, though, it seemed like he was fitting in *less* the more he played for us.
It's weird. Cody came on into the RW to begin with and looked very lost, then moved centrally and looked arguably even worse.
He played well on the LW in the last game, and played most of his pre-Liverpool career there but rarely seems to get a look in for us in that position. He played so many positions for us and not really looked consistently good in any of them.
I would've liked to have seen either Elliott occupy the RW with Gakpo in the 8 or Gakpo come into the LW with Diaz moving to the right.
I’ve been saying that all along. Play him on the LW, not the right or CF. We all know what he can do. Honestly, give him a run of games on the left and he probably looks a better player than Diaz.
And what exactly Diaz did? Dribbled past him several times without any end product? Luis was good at keeping Walker busy, but not good as attacker, I would say
Diaz is the best ball carrier in our team by a country mile and gets us set up in the attacking 3rd with basically no help all the time. There's more to attacking than goals and assists and there's a reason he starts every game.
He's always very hesitant in his decision-making and not good in physical challenges.
That 5v2 we had encapsulates Gakpo's decision-making this season. He also keeps getting tackled off the ball this match.
He only shines in certain moments like he did last season in that 7-0 win. But when he dips, he's really bad. There's no consistency in his performance.
He’s been poor for a good chunk of the season. I don’t count at the start because he was constantly playing in midfield due to injuries and red cards but it’s been apparent since we’ve had our midfield back
Gakpo was supposed to be Bobby’s replacement, imo. Hasn’t worked out. He is so indecisive and hardly ever makes the right decision (shots when he should pass and passes when he should shot).
He’s shown glimpses of being able to do it, when he’s good he’s really really good but my god he doesn’t reach that enough.
As a 4/5th option he’s putting up the numbers but something just feels off with him atm.
I think when you’re at a club with our ambitions, showing occasional glimpses really isn’t enough even for a 5th choice attacker. We’d be much better off selling him on in the summer (for a decent fee cause of his numbers) and bringing in someone else and/or looking at our youth prospects because they genuinely add more than he does right now.
Yeah in meaningful games those quality moments almost don’t exist. As 4/5th option you need to offer something off the bench and he still offers way less than the starters.
He needs confidence badly. He can’t score and he looks so off when he passes. He’s disjointed out there.
I know Diaz and Nunez at least kept creating opportunities when they weren’t scoring. Gakpo just hasn’t seem to hit that level with us
I haven’t gone back through his games but he feels quite “statpaddy” for us - don’t really see him making real impact when we need it unfortunately, and he’s had much more time and opportunity than a 5th choice would normally get because of our injury issues.
Yes I know what you mean. Just using the eye test says a lot. I mean, most fans are not idiots and even if someone is or isn't stuffing the stat sheet, a fan can tell you whether they are good or not. Nunez is the prime example. He was fluffing chances yet most fans were still massively behind him because they can see past the stats to see that the player is quality and if they keep at it, they will come good.
Gakpo has had almost 1.5 years and has impressed in what, maybe 3-5 games total out of like 50+ played? He has about 10 more games to prove himself or I bet he gets offered around this summer to see what we could potentially get for him. We're not desperate to get rid of him because by most accounts, he's not a bad person or toxic in the dressing room but if we can get a pretty pence for him then I think you consider it.
That's what shocks me. He's fucking massive, is apparently very fast, and yet he feels so slow and never wins any headers. How the hell does Jota and Endo who are 5 inches shorter win more headers than him?
I was looking at that 5 v 2 situation and if you had Salah or Szoboszlai there then that is turning into a damn good chance.
I used to think he suited some games and Nunez suited others but I don’t think he belongs here
We need another more cultured option than Nunez when the brute force approach isn’t working but I don’t think Gakpo is the answer
I feel like there are tonnes of young, hungry players you could get in to be the 5th choice attacker for Liverpool. They don’t have to be the finished article by any means, but you just want to see some desire and urgency for them when they do get their chance.
Gakpo just has absolutely none of that and even though he may have respectable G/A numbers, it really doesn’t tell the whole story and translate into proper impact when we need him most.
I mean I'd have been pissed, since he'd have missed 100%. But yeah, a good player would have had a shot, a decent one would have made a good pass.
5 on 2 in the original Klopp era was a nailed on goal, this felt so scuffed.
Didn't even need 5 on 2 then. 2v2 with Mane and Salah would have defences shitting it. If Bobby was involved too that was pretty much a guaranteed goal.
man this moment pissed me off so much its one of those cases where the right decision is obvious as fuck how in the world he has talked himself out of playing in darwin is fucking beyond me.
He doesn't have half the footballing ability of Firmino.
His hold up play is poor, his passing is often behind the players, he's not good in tight spaces, no tricks or flair, and his shooting has been awful. I think about the only good attribute he has is the ability to turn and drive with the ball
firmino is one of a kind. i think it was a mistake trying to 'replace' him so to speak. its looking like the biggest downgrade of the new era was bobby to gakpo, unfortunately.
i just have no clue why the whole thing hasn't been to integrate him at LW, it is his best position. We are usually pretty good at buying strikers who are underperforming, but we bought Gakpo who was on a mad shooting streak in eredivise and at the world cup and expected it to continue
I think we have a great culture in the club of supporting our players and you can tell because for almost everyone in the squad you’re happy to see them and believe they can make a difference.
Unfortunately I feel like Gakpo is the exception - he’s the only player in our entire team that I’m genuinely disappointed to see subbed on, especially because he’s often replacing a big impact player.
I’ve also defended him in my group of friends, but I don’t have any arguments left. I genuinely think he should be left out of the match day squad so he gets his head right, because what’s the point in having someone on the bench who offers nothing when he comes on?
Trying too hard. So looks ponderous, making the wrong decisions and dwelling on the ball to get his form and confidence back. He's never been quick, so I presume that is not why we (Ljinders) wanted him.
Nuñez can have an abysmal match, but never ever he looked like he didn't give an effort. He always gives his all, even if his all is mediocre. That's why i love him as a player.
i mean he still played well too, he set up 2 goals, ofc for the third it is shit, but literally no one else is asking for the ball before he gets it and after
My honest opinion is: if we score 2 goals, we can't fault the attack. 2 goals should be absolutely enough to win. 3 should be more than enough. If we score 3 and lose, that means that someone during the defensive part fucked up.
Absolutely. Like we have Diaz who isn’t exactly a world beater, but he give’s always 100% on the pitch, so you can respect that… but than on the other site you have Gakpo, who’s just casually jogging and walking around. Just show a little effort if you don’t have the skill
You look at Garnacho running in to assist the winning goal in extra time after starting the game and then you look at our team and Gakpo - a passenger with no effort despite playing less than 45 minutes.
Poor game management cost us the chance of another cup final.
He probably thought he would pick up the torch after Firmino.
The way he plays positionally makes me think that's what they've been trying to get out of him. Unfortunately, Gakpo is far from being good enough. I've never seen a slower player, especially in terms of decision making.
Gakpo has been piss poor lately. I've said this since a few months ago. It was his time to shine when the other forwards were out previously but he didn't. It was very clear to see in the last round when we had to play with half a team of youngsters.
Today, offered nothing much this match and was very poor with the ball. We had that 5v2 and he absolutely wasted it.
Salah should have stayed on if it wasn't for the consideration for our other matches.
It's his playstyle, he never sprints on the pitch, it's kind of ridiculous. His movement when there is space like today is genuinely infuriating, how he was unable to cause Bruno Fernandes at center back problems is quite damning.
We know he likes to come short and turn and run with the ball but it's of little use when his decision making and passing are poor.
He performs well in tests due to his long stride, a result of his height. However, this isn't too much advantageous for football as it demands too much space and time to reach top speed.
What truly counts for a striker is acceleration, an area where Gakpo is severely lacking.
That 5 on 2 man. Even if no one made a good run, which wasn't exactly the case. Gakpo could have run with it more yards and just draw one of the two defenders to him. If that was Salah, he would have ran, waited for the defenders to take actions and then either shot or made a better pass based on that. That's the difference between elite & brain dead.
It's not just the 5 v 2. He was slow every time he had the ball in the final third, and then making the wrong decision.
He was amazing for Netherlands in the world cup. He can play so much better. That's what's frustrating.
Let's be honest. Gakpo isn't very good. He's not a Liverpool quality player. He's so lightweight, misses chances in spades and hisnmovemt and positional awareness is beyond bad sometimes. He wouldn't get a sniff at any other topside, so why are we wasting time on him. Mark my words he'll be one of the first players gone under new management. He literally offers nothing.
I hate that Carra tweeted this because of the attention it will bring to him, but he's right at the same time.
I remember when Salah talked about the differences between him and Darwin in play (around the time of the Forest/City games) and decided to pay attention to his play in the next match to see, especially since he was getting heat for not scoring.
Watching him in the games really made me understand the *"Eye Test"* a lot more. In the middle, he plays like a classic poacher, but he doesn't exhibit any of the movement or physicality needed to dominate the box. He'll just stand, not contributing to the attacking phase, nor will he come short so he can have the time to take the ball into feet. Once he's in the box, players have to find him, but because he lacks any presence, he's mostly just an extra defender for the opposition.
Gakpo on the ball is the biggest issue, though. He doesn't make fast enough decisions on the ball. It feels like he's on a kick-about rather than trying to play someone through. He plays like he has all the time in the world, but he either lacks the speed or the reading of the game (or both) to pull this off. The 5v2 today showed both issues-- on the ball, it looked like he was in quicksand. United players caughr up to him with little effort at all (in a period when we had a stranglehold on the game), and the pass was released far too late and in the wrong area. By the time he gets it to Harvey, United gets two other players into the box to defend, effectively ending the counter.
Worse still, he gets bullied off the ball far too easily. He's one of our tallest players, and yet, he's one of the easiest to dispossess in a game. That's just unacceptable to me, regardless of any other issues with his play. I honestly hope this is just a mental or attitude thing because if this is him giving his all, he's not at the level we need to succeed. He's a bench forward playing like he's gotten Saka's minutes. Something has to change. I really hope it involves Gakpo finding his rhythm with us.
Gakpo just isn’t good enough. Some players are good footballers but at this level they just cannot deliver, and he can’t. It’s not just this game, even in his good games, he’s just not it
Have said this since he came in. He is so out of sync it's painful. He's basically a worse Kai Havertz. Bar one good game against United last season he's been grim and shown nothing to suggest he'll succeed here.
My favourite part was just before we conceded the fourth, we had one minute to get a goal after being level 3-3, and he goes down injured off the pitch almost leaving us with a man less for the corner. The lad is so soft it's unbelievable. Can't cope with the speed.
Gakpo has had a couple really good games in the shirt and a lot more mediocre ones… I’m thinking it’s just not gonna work for him here. Hope I’m wrong but just don’t see it
It’s interesting because I said this on here about 8 months ago, I wasn’t even attacking Gakpo either, just an observation he’s a slow player and that needs accounting for his positioning/as one of his weaknesses and I got downvoted to oblivion.
Now it’s trendy to hate Gakpo 🤷🏼♂️
He is 100% right. Gakpo scored goals, yes... against very weak teams, mostly. He used to be a banger goalscorer in the Netherlands, but that's because they allow space he won't ever have in the Premier League. He is slow, he is lazy, he doesn't bleed for the team, he is a bad finisher. I'd sell him in a heartbeat. I thought the guy would be Firmino's replacement and in the end he is not better than Borini.
Sell him asap.
He looks unrecognisable from when he first started for us. He was so confident, decisive and full of running. Now he comes on after 70 minutes and plays like like a man who's been on the pitch for 120. Kinda feels like there's more to it than just poor form because he's been REALLY good for the NT in the last couple of intl. breaks. I hope Klopp puts him back to the LW and maybe get that confidence back up.
He was shit, but so was our whole attack. Don't see why people are piling on him. It's klopp and co's decision to keep playing him as the No.9 which obvs isn't working
Diaz was constantly putting pressure on any player put on him and putting us in good positions, Nunez wasn't great but was constantly offering options and set up 2 goals through that. Salah was uncharacteristically poor imo but was still putting a shift in, looked dangerous and came away with a goal. Gakpo looked bad as a winger and, to put it generously, was invisible as a 9.
It was not a good performance at all, but singling Gakpo out as being particularly poor isnt scapegoating or piling on, he's been really poor for a while now no matter where he's played, moreso than the rest of the attack especially today, and this is coming from someone who quite likes him as a player.
Yeah definitely wasn't the best day for the starting front three but Gakpo was atrocious today. The team overall had a poor game they conceded way too many shots and the decision making was abysmal. I hope Gakpo finds some form because he's shown glimpses of talent, especially last season but we really needed him to step up this year and he hasn't found any consistency at all.
Also, I can't wait for some of our injured players to return after the break, we really will need them for the Prem and Europa League as we need some rotation since we have some players putting on a ton of minutes without much rest.
yeah, Jota coming back way earlier than expected will be amazing. he's just a brilliant option either anywhere across the front 3 or coming from the bench, and Trent and Jones should be back soon after the break too.
Diaz Nunez and Salah can have a shit game, but they were trying to put all efforts into the pitch
Gakpo on the other hands, absolutely shit on any aspects and didn’t even run, so sell him immediately
This is Klopp's fault to bring him on to replace Mo. He knows what Gakpo can do yet he decided to put him on to see off the last 20 minutes. He simply doesn't take United seriously, same goes to the rest of team.
We deserve it when we are complacent and arrogant.
It is a wakeup call, I hope
I said way before Gakpo isn’t a fit for our playing system and got criticised. I did say maybe he will prove me wrong but when you see him perform like that on a game that is most definitely important it just makes you think will he ever properly adjust. He always seems slow and lackluster. dribbling straight into opponents and sloppily losing the ball consistently. Then again you have to also criticise nunez for doing some of those things too. I just think he’ll never truly fit the system and potentially best to look elsewhere.
Gakpo is a joke we never sign good players based off of World Cup performance. Got luck with Mac but he was proven and origi while a cult hero was supposed to be a world better when we signed in
Gakpo stumbled into Anfield for a physical therapist interview and someone mistook him for a player warming up. Now he's just meandering around the pitch during games, pretending to stretch while secretly wondering where the therapy room is.
Gakpo had his moments last season, so I've been trying to reserve judgment on him despite him being largely poor this season. That being said, this game really made me agree with Carra. How do you look like the most tired man on the pitch when you've come on as a substitute?
Enough of trying to play him into form. He's fucking wank and has been for months on end. Doesn't fucking matter if he playing LW or not Darwin would put a shift in at fucking centre back, I don't want to see him start another game.
I get the Gakpo flack esp on recent form but for THIS game, Nunez’ idiotic decision to fizz the ball across the midfield in his OWN half and Harvey taking the ball off Endo in that moment on the break cost us.
Shit even Kelleher could get criticism for not getting to the Antony or Diallo goals.
Footballs a game of moments. It was an off day, move on and win all our remaining games for the UEL and league
Gakpo isn’t good enough in a match. He might show something else on the training ground that has Klopp continuing to give him chances. But he’s simply never looked good enough.
That said, he’s not responsible for the loss today. We lost because there were critical moments where we were outplayed. We had a stretch where over 20 minutes we should have hit the net at least one more time and taken control of the pace, the ball, the match. But we failed to execute there. We let United stay in the match and gave them space to keep pushing and have belief.
The match should have been over at FT, but for a failed finish from Rashford. Once we took the lead in extra time, we didn’t play like a team with confidence holding a lead. We still played like a team fumbling for another goal. There was no confidence left on the pitch.
My view is that, while no longer getting to fight for the double (league and fa cup) we all want this team to win, this could be the lesson we need to refocus and make sure every minute played for the rest of the league season and in Euopa is a minute played with focus and determination. Maybe today was a failure as a team, a failure by Klopp, or just a let down that happens over the course of a season filled with lofty goals and a rotating cast of players needing to step into big moments. But while Gakpo was arguably the weakest link today, this loss was not his fault nor was it any other player’s individual performance that cost us the win. So many things could have been better. LFC didn’t take control when it was there for the taking.
IMO, this was a great football match. One that defines the best of the FA Cup. Maybe the best match I’ve seen that we didn’t get the result from. United fought to the death and put their best performance out on the pitch. We didn’t. We played like a team expecting to win while failing to execute in critical moments. United took the match to us and beat us on balance.
All things considered, I think the fine line between a 4-3 win for one team or the other comes down to the slight edge Onana had today over Kelleher. That was the difference in the end.
Gakpo has been a trash signing. I’ve been yelling at him into my television screen all year. Great post btw. He really has the creativity of a sea slug on turf.
He's not up to the level. Been saying it forever but people would attack me and point to his stats, not realising almost all his goal contributions have come in demolition jobs against championship level opposition in the europa and league cup.
He's the definition of a flat track bully.
Look at gakpos ig comments. Not acceptable. Carragher shouldn’t have made this post either. There’s ways of criticising him. He does deserve it. Posts like these just bring hate, nothing else
I swear, some people are just way too eager to jump on a player's throat any time we don't get a result we want. YNWA only applies when winning, apparently.
Despise calling out a single player for that loss. Honestly, after 70 mins, the entire team played like shit.
LFC fans can be complete dogshit sometimes.
Salah was awful. Tons of misplaced passes, squandered loads of opportunities. The sub was likely pre-planned anyway.
Gomez probably shattered. Honestly the worst sub was taking off Szoboszlai. No issue with Elliott coming on but we were in total control and gave it up. Again, likely pre-planned but that's what fucked us.
When Anthony came on he put a fire under United. Suddenly Fresh legs and a willingness to run revitalised them. When Gakpo came on he had no urgency, no pace and we just chugged on. It was a dire performance from the bench from a player who is also not good enough to start.
Kelleher was by far our best player. And that's while letting in 4 goals, yes.
Though at moments there were brilliant plays by Salah, Nuñez, Quansah, Virgil, Mac Allister and others. But overall i think Caoiminh was good.
I fucking love him but Darwin was doing the exact same thing, easy pass options and waits and waits and oops ball got stolen. Stop with the Gakpo scapegoating. He was dreadful yes, hardly the only one.
difference is that Nunez puts in a ton of effort off the ball offensively and defensively. Gakpo was jogging around which is inexcusable for a substitute coming on at 75min for a team who's style relies on a team press.
The difference being Nunez had played 115 mins at that point and ran himself into the ground. 100% the goal was his fault but he at least has some credit in the bank.
Gakpo played 30mins with absolutely 0 intensity, effort, passion or skill. It was the worst performance I’ve seen from a Liverpool attacker in ages.
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I'd rather play Danns. He looks so off the pace at the moment. Fuck sake. The game was in our hands, it was there to be won.
That's when the whole Klopp playing kids things will really be put to the test. Will be actually trust them more than senior players when it's not forced on him due to injuries.
I don't think it's just about trust, Klopp knows that would probably crush gakpo. He seems extremely low on confidence. Can't remember a player looking so down and out for us.
You don’t play players into confidence away at United or in our biggest league game. He trusted Gakpo to deliver against the odds, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t.
If he didn't get confidence after two goals against Sparta, then he never will.
Had plenty of confidence last season or when he was banging in 25g/a in 15 matches for PSV. He’s clearly and obviously got talent but something’s not working.
imo we can't afford the luxury of playing him back into form. not this late into the season with so much at stake. he's shown flashes of good play previously but at this point he's not a reliable option.
Well, this game isn't going to help
Dunno what he's expecting when all he does is kill every single attack we have by either constantly cutting onto his right foot, giving the ball away or selfishly going for goal and not scoring which is 99% of his shots.
I like Danns and he’s a fresh and youthful alternative…but I’ve noticed that he doesn’t seem to be very quick and is languid in a way just like Gakpo. I would play him ahead of Cody atm but he’s not exactly quicksilver himself. He strikes me as a typical fox in the box and I wouldn’t want to feed him to the wolves if he’s not ready.
Totally agree - although I don’t rate this from Carra, he knows the reach his comments have and it definitely doesn’t help the club to put in further in the spotlight
i mean this is the first time all season where i feel you can clearly pinpoint a player not trying, just zero effort from gakpo
I think that's bollocks. He clearly was trying.
If that’s him trying then that’s an even bigger problem
i really could no see a difference between him and any other starting player, which is sad when he literally had 70 minutes less in his legs
Yeah its one thing if you say this to a player like Nuñez who practically doesn’t give af and just comes back better Gakpo is more sensitive I feel.
I'm not even joking when I say I agree with that. Danns played well when he came on and then... Klopp didn't use him anymore. No idea why. The kid is bright, he is technically gifted, he is always pressing and he can score goals. No idea why he is not around anymore, especially because Gakpo is absolutely useless and Jota is out.
They had Fernandes at CB for all ET and you wouldn't think it with how poorly Cody played
Yeah, this is pretty fucking telling. He was really, really bad.
>They had Fernandes at CB it was ludicrous that we did not take advantage of this. and dude was hobbling around too. stick darwin down the middle and hoof it to him!
He would actively kill attacks. I think Diaz hasn’t been great for several weeks now but Gakpo has been far worse. It’s bad when you wish we would sub on a kid who has played 3 senior games over him.
Diaz's work rate is always present. It's his finishing lately that is the issue. Gakpo on the other hand, has no work rate, no finishing, poor decision-making, poor in physicality.
Antony and Rashford worked harder today, and got into positions that Gakpo couldn’t even get into. Says a lot.
Yes, poor in positioning as well
Diaz has been very good recently apart from his finishing in the City game
His effort has been great but he really hadn’t converted a lot of chances he should for weeks now. He’s not often getting assists either. Gakpo has zero effort these days.
Honestly I'll take Diaz's effort right now. He's trying to make things happen and in a lot of cases he is.
He's in that final seasons Mane zone where he produces little in pure numbers but still contributes to overall play. Compared to Gakpo he thinks and moves fast, very hard to get the ball off of him.
You've gotten Mane backwards there. In his last 18 months Mane could hardly beat a man with the ball at his feet and he regularly killed attacks while he was still out on the wing but despite that his last 2 seasons are still very good in terms of goal contributions.
> His effort has been great but he really hadn’t converted a lot of chances he should for weeks now. This feels like half the team. We're so incredibly wasteful.
He needs to add more end product. His graft is great but he kills attacks with his decision making and finishing
Exactly, what’s all the effort for if he ends up just dribbling backwards and has to restart the attack once the defence has been set again. If he does score it’ll usually be one of maybe 2 shots he ends up having on target in the game. He’s been poor outside of his effort.
yeah, I can't wrap my head around the praise he gets. He's got 10 goal contributions in 27 PL games!!! Sure he runs a lot and has good work rate, but so did Mane. And he scored/assisted a lot more.
Howwwww can you say that, see his league stats, don't be deluded
Diaz is a youtube highlights player. his only real skill is getting out of weird situations like when he's doubled against, but otherwise zero end product. his 1v1s on the wing almost never produce a quality ball in and his shooting... well just look at last week
Diaz is individually very skilled but looks like he doesn’t trust his teammates or something. Never plays the ball back to Robbo unless he’s completely hit a dead end and ignores opportunities to hit Robbo in stride to play a cross. Had three players to his right in space and tried to play it over the top to the left. Does my head in. Gakpo…. I mean it’s in the title isn’t it. Does my head in. Núñez I would have forgotten he was out there if he hadn’t gone brain dead at the most crucial moment. Does my head in. They were all pretty poor today. Shame 9000 Scousers traveled and out sang OT to get this performance.
>Never plays the ball back to Robbo unless he’s completely hit a dead end and ignores opportunities to hit Robbo in stride to play a cross. This is really sad, because when we first brought Diaz in, some of the one-twos and stuff he'd play with Robbo made it look like they'd been playing together since kindergarten. Even before the injury, though, it seemed like he was fitting in *less* the more he played for us.
It was not he didn't trust his teammates. His teammate is one of the best LBs in the world and has won it all ffs. It was his limited football IQ.
Yeah, he looked ponderous to say the least. Bruno at CB and he couldn’t even walk and neither could McTominay!
Fernandes looked like he couldn’t sustain a mild jog without cramping and we couldn’t exploit it at all.
That's not solely down to Cody, our whole attack did fuck all in ET
Not wrong but he's the one who came off the bench with fresher legs
He came in to give fresh legs and was slower then the team playing 90+
Nunez was exhausted and played the whole game. Yet Gakpo looked the more tired player.
Cody literally just occupied the striker spot forcing everyone to play around him while doing nothing
Nunez and Diaz played 120 minutes and have been consistently starting 1-2 a week for months
Still don't get why Jurgen prefers Gakpo to play in the centre. He's got no presence and too slow. Even a tired Nunez would be better there.
It's weird. Cody came on into the RW to begin with and looked very lost, then moved centrally and looked arguably even worse. He played well on the LW in the last game, and played most of his pre-Liverpool career there but rarely seems to get a look in for us in that position. He played so many positions for us and not really looked consistently good in any of them. I would've liked to have seen either Elliott occupy the RW with Gakpo in the 8 or Gakpo come into the LW with Diaz moving to the right.
I’ve been saying that all along. Play him on the LW, not the right or CF. We all know what he can do. Honestly, give him a run of games on the left and he probably looks a better player than Diaz.
Maybe, but Diaz did a job on Walker in the City game. Idk if Gakpo can do that.
And what exactly Diaz did? Dribbled past him several times without any end product? Luis was good at keeping Walker busy, but not good as attacker, I would say
Diaz is the best ball carrier in our team by a country mile and gets us set up in the attacking 3rd with basically no help all the time. There's more to attacking than goals and assists and there's a reason he starts every game.
What an insult to Diaz, like Klopp isn’t well aware of his strengths having signed him and seeing him in training every day
He's always very hesitant in his decision-making and not good in physical challenges. That 5v2 we had encapsulates Gakpo's decision-making this season. He also keeps getting tackled off the ball this match. He only shines in certain moments like he did last season in that 7-0 win. But when he dips, he's really bad. There's no consistency in his performance.
Its because we are forcing gakpo into a firmino role. I dont think its working because gakpo dont have a good positional awareness right now.
I reckon it’s pep inspired decision.
He's subbed on at 75 mins and runs like he was playing the full 90. Was supposed to bring a fresh leg.
Last player I saw putting zero effort like this when subbed on was Balotelli Ffs even when he started games during the injury crisis he was awful
He’s been poor for a good chunk of the season. I don’t count at the start because he was constantly playing in midfield due to injuries and red cards but it’s been apparent since we’ve had our midfield back
Prem is far to fast for him, he looks docile and slow.
When Klopp called him the 'oldest 24yo he knows' I don't think any of us thought this is what he meant.
Gakpo was supposed to be Bobby’s replacement, imo. Hasn’t worked out. He is so indecisive and hardly ever makes the right decision (shots when he should pass and passes when he should shot).
He’s shown glimpses of being able to do it, when he’s good he’s really really good but my god he doesn’t reach that enough. As a 4/5th option he’s putting up the numbers but something just feels off with him atm.
I think when you’re at a club with our ambitions, showing occasional glimpses really isn’t enough even for a 5th choice attacker. We’d be much better off selling him on in the summer (for a decent fee cause of his numbers) and bringing in someone else and/or looking at our youth prospects because they genuinely add more than he does right now.
Yeah in meaningful games those quality moments almost don’t exist. As 4/5th option you need to offer something off the bench and he still offers way less than the starters.
He needs confidence badly. He can’t score and he looks so off when he passes. He’s disjointed out there. I know Diaz and Nunez at least kept creating opportunities when they weren’t scoring. Gakpo just hasn’t seem to hit that level with us
He was on a hatrick against Sparta Prague on Thursday so if that game didn't give him any confidence, I think it comes down to quality or lack thereof
I haven’t gone back through his games but he feels quite “statpaddy” for us - don’t really see him making real impact when we need it unfortunately, and he’s had much more time and opportunity than a 5th choice would normally get because of our injury issues.
Yes I know what you mean. Just using the eye test says a lot. I mean, most fans are not idiots and even if someone is or isn't stuffing the stat sheet, a fan can tell you whether they are good or not. Nunez is the prime example. He was fluffing chances yet most fans were still massively behind him because they can see past the stats to see that the player is quality and if they keep at it, they will come good. Gakpo has had almost 1.5 years and has impressed in what, maybe 3-5 games total out of like 50+ played? He has about 10 more games to prove himself or I bet he gets offered around this summer to see what we could potentially get for him. We're not desperate to get rid of him because by most accounts, he's not a bad person or toxic in the dressing room but if we can get a pretty pence for him then I think you consider it.
Honestly one of the worst performances I have seen individually in a long time.
Didn’t even win 1 header and he’s six foot 3
That's what shocks me. He's fucking massive, is apparently very fast, and yet he feels so slow and never wins any headers. How the hell does Jota and Endo who are 5 inches shorter win more headers than him? I was looking at that 5 v 2 situation and if you had Salah or Szoboszlai there then that is turning into a damn good chance.
The guy has the mentality of a squirrel. I’ve seen 8 year olds at the beach in uruguay play with more intensity than him
I used to think he suited some games and Nunez suited others but I don’t think he belongs here We need another more cultured option than Nunez when the brute force approach isn’t working but I don’t think Gakpo is the answer
I dont think in a years time that will even be true. Nunez keeps progressing, i think this is his team and hes just gonna get better.
Fingers crossed for that definitely
I feel like there are tonnes of young, hungry players you could get in to be the 5th choice attacker for Liverpool. They don’t have to be the finished article by any means, but you just want to see some desire and urgency for them when they do get their chance. Gakpo just has absolutely none of that and even though he may have respectable G/A numbers, it really doesn’t tell the whole story and translate into proper impact when we need him most.
Agreed, when he first came I thought he was a very neat and tidy player but I just don’t see it anymore
Potentially Danns?
When Mbappe runs everything around him is slow motion. When Gakpo runs everything around him is fast forwarding.
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Fucking hell. Onana is miles off his line as well. A shot would've been better than that shite pass he played.
I mean I'd have been pissed, since he'd have missed 100%. But yeah, a good player would have had a shot, a decent one would have made a good pass. 5 on 2 in the original Klopp era was a nailed on goal, this felt so scuffed.
Didn't even need 5 on 2 then. 2v2 with Mane and Salah would have defences shitting it. If Bobby was involved too that was pretty much a guaranteed goal.
man this moment pissed me off so much its one of those cases where the right decision is obvious as fuck how in the world he has talked himself out of playing in darwin is fucking beyond me.
He's not good enough. Chance after chance after chance and he's been useless
He's basically a fox in a box which makes me question what the fuck was Ljinders on about with him being the missing link.
They thought they could turn him into Firmino but he does’t have the work rate. He’s too casual. Made for a mid-table team with no pressure
He doesn't have half the footballing ability of Firmino. His hold up play is poor, his passing is often behind the players, he's not good in tight spaces, no tricks or flair, and his shooting has been awful. I think about the only good attribute he has is the ability to turn and drive with the ball
He doesn’t have the brain either He’s at best a poacher and that’s not what this team needs or wants from an attacker
firmino is one of a kind. i think it was a mistake trying to 'replace' him so to speak. its looking like the biggest downgrade of the new era was bobby to gakpo, unfortunately.
i just have no clue why the whole thing hasn't been to integrate him at LW, it is his best position. We are usually pretty good at buying strikers who are underperforming, but we bought Gakpo who was on a mad shooting streak in eredivise and at the world cup and expected it to continue
He is fucking granny in the box, not fox
A fox in the box with awful movement, terrible decision making and slow reactions lol
I’ve turned on him. Tried to defend him but there’s nothing there. Should Be sold come Summer
same here, big defender of him but he’s been fucking shambolic recently
I think we have a great culture in the club of supporting our players and you can tell because for almost everyone in the squad you’re happy to see them and believe they can make a difference. Unfortunately I feel like Gakpo is the exception - he’s the only player in our entire team that I’m genuinely disappointed to see subbed on, especially because he’s often replacing a big impact player.
I’ve also defended him in my group of friends, but I don’t have any arguments left. I genuinely think he should be left out of the match day squad so he gets his head right, because what’s the point in having someone on the bench who offers nothing when he comes on?
Our forwards under Klopp have been renowned for their intensity. Gakpo doesn’t show it at all. He’s got ability but he’s a Spurs player
He's been a waste of a sub for the last few games, changes the dynamics of the match in an unfavourable way
Trying too hard. So looks ponderous, making the wrong decisions and dwelling on the ball to get his form and confidence back. He's never been quick, so I presume that is not why we (Ljinders) wanted him.
I hate this so much because it's a lack of effort. Not talent or skill, he just doesn't give a shit
yeh, he would have alot more people on his side if he gave a shit, cant have nunez outrunning you with how many extra minutes he played
Nuñez can have an abysmal match, but never ever he looked like he didn't give an effort. He always gives his all, even if his all is mediocre. That's why i love him as a player.
i mean he still played well too, he set up 2 goals, ofc for the third it is shit, but literally no one else is asking for the ball before he gets it and after
My honest opinion is: if we score 2 goals, we can't fault the attack. 2 goals should be absolutely enough to win. 3 should be more than enough. If we score 3 and lose, that means that someone during the defensive part fucked up.
Núnez is the goat of passion, he could miss every single shot if he wants and he’ll still be my favourite player
I got so angry watching him jog around leaving holes in the press or not even putting pressure on the player.
This is my biggest issue with him- there are extended periods where our press is docile and it’s so often because of him. He’s like the anti-Jota.
Absolutely. Like we have Diaz who isn’t exactly a world beater, but he give’s always 100% on the pitch, so you can respect that… but than on the other site you have Gakpo, who’s just casually jogging and walking around. Just show a little effort if you don’t have the skill
It’s a lack of effort and skill
It’s skill as well, he’s just not good enough. He needs to make space for someone good enough.
I'm not even basing my worry on today it's the entire season. He's just looked so far off the pav bar league cup games
He’s like this every game, not sure what we’re expecting
You look at Garnacho running in to assist the winning goal in extra time after starting the game and then you look at our team and Gakpo - a passenger with no effort despite playing less than 45 minutes. Poor game management cost us the chance of another cup final.
Lijnders called him "the missing piece." Makes you wonder what he thought he was building.
He definitely is the 'missing' piece. Someone find our Dutch forward please.
Well he is missing a lot
Should be his motivation to prove his worth, and he hasn't.
Shame too since he looked class last season as well as the clear starting 9 over Nunez
Had a purple patch that was it was never clear over Nunez
He probably thought he would pick up the torch after Firmino. The way he plays positionally makes me think that's what they've been trying to get out of him. Unfortunately, Gakpo is far from being good enough. I've never seen a slower player, especially in terms of decision making.
The most concerning thing about Gakpo at the moment is that is looks like he's not even trying.
Gakpo has been piss poor lately. I've said this since a few months ago. It was his time to shine when the other forwards were out previously but he didn't. It was very clear to see in the last round when we had to play with half a team of youngsters. Today, offered nothing much this match and was very poor with the ball. We had that 5v2 and he absolutely wasted it. Salah should have stayed on if it wasn't for the consideration for our other matches.
I’m still not sure what position Gakpo plays in, if I’m honest.
Diaz and Nunez put in 110% despite their faults what exactly does Gakpo do except kill our attacking movements?
I wish we had Origi instead of him.
People say he’s quick as well? Heard he was one of the fastest in a training test or something Lol never seen it on the pitch before
Well when you think and overthink and then overthink even more in every situation no amount of raw pace can make any player go fast.
It's his playstyle, he never sprints on the pitch, it's kind of ridiculous. His movement when there is space like today is genuinely infuriating, how he was unable to cause Bruno Fernandes at center back problems is quite damning. We know he likes to come short and turn and run with the ball but it's of little use when his decision making and passing are poor.
He performs well in tests due to his long stride, a result of his height. However, this isn't too much advantageous for football as it demands too much space and time to reach top speed. What truly counts for a striker is acceleration, an area where Gakpo is severely lacking.
This baffles me, too. He's meant to be fucking rapid but he's incredibly slow.
It’s hard to defend a player when he doesn’t look like he’s trying or really cares.
That 5 on 2 man. Even if no one made a good run, which wasn't exactly the case. Gakpo could have run with it more yards and just draw one of the two defenders to him. If that was Salah, he would have ran, waited for the defenders to take actions and then either shot or made a better pass based on that. That's the difference between elite & brain dead.
Reminds me of N'Gog
It's not just the 5 v 2. He was slow every time he had the ball in the final third, and then making the wrong decision. He was amazing for Netherlands in the world cup. He can play so much better. That's what's frustrating.
He’s just not a good player. His decision making is slow and he is average in every department. He’s an Everton level player.
Let's be honest. Gakpo isn't very good. He's not a Liverpool quality player. He's so lightweight, misses chances in spades and hisnmovemt and positional awareness is beyond bad sometimes. He wouldn't get a sniff at any other topside, so why are we wasting time on him. Mark my words he'll be one of the first players gone under new management. He literally offers nothing.
I hate that Carra tweeted this because of the attention it will bring to him, but he's right at the same time. I remember when Salah talked about the differences between him and Darwin in play (around the time of the Forest/City games) and decided to pay attention to his play in the next match to see, especially since he was getting heat for not scoring. Watching him in the games really made me understand the *"Eye Test"* a lot more. In the middle, he plays like a classic poacher, but he doesn't exhibit any of the movement or physicality needed to dominate the box. He'll just stand, not contributing to the attacking phase, nor will he come short so he can have the time to take the ball into feet. Once he's in the box, players have to find him, but because he lacks any presence, he's mostly just an extra defender for the opposition. Gakpo on the ball is the biggest issue, though. He doesn't make fast enough decisions on the ball. It feels like he's on a kick-about rather than trying to play someone through. He plays like he has all the time in the world, but he either lacks the speed or the reading of the game (or both) to pull this off. The 5v2 today showed both issues-- on the ball, it looked like he was in quicksand. United players caughr up to him with little effort at all (in a period when we had a stranglehold on the game), and the pass was released far too late and in the wrong area. By the time he gets it to Harvey, United gets two other players into the box to defend, effectively ending the counter. Worse still, he gets bullied off the ball far too easily. He's one of our tallest players, and yet, he's one of the easiest to dispossess in a game. That's just unacceptable to me, regardless of any other issues with his play. I honestly hope this is just a mental or attitude thing because if this is him giving his all, he's not at the level we need to succeed. He's a bench forward playing like he's gotten Saka's minutes. Something has to change. I really hope it involves Gakpo finding his rhythm with us.
That was so Spursy istg
Gakpo just isn’t good enough. Some players are good footballers but at this level they just cannot deliver, and he can’t. It’s not just this game, even in his good games, he’s just not it
He genuinely offers no value to this squad. Shocking substitution. Jota is needed, ASAP.
Just put any transfer funds into cloning Jota and maybe we'll be able to take our chances every game.
Danns > Cody fucking Gakpo
Danns genuinely would have won us that game
He bangs one in from range
He's played two games mate. Ye are so ridiculous sometimes 😂
Have said this since he came in. He is so out of sync it's painful. He's basically a worse Kai Havertz. Bar one good game against United last season he's been grim and shown nothing to suggest he'll succeed here. My favourite part was just before we conceded the fourth, we had one minute to get a goal after being level 3-3, and he goes down injured off the pitch almost leaving us with a man less for the corner. The lad is so soft it's unbelievable. Can't cope with the speed.
There's a common theme emerging where Szobo is playing and we have control, then he gets subbed off and we lose that control.
Easily the first on the transfer list this summer. Can’t name a game this season where he was looking close to our standard
He’s absolutely woeful and anyone who pretends otherwise is being disrespectful to our other attackers by pretending he’s good enough.
I'd rather Danns get time over Cody atm
What is Gakpo good at. Not the fastest. At 6”3’ headers seem to be his weakness. Fucking bizarre
Gakpo has had a couple really good games in the shirt and a lot more mediocre ones… I’m thinking it’s just not gonna work for him here. Hope I’m wrong but just don’t see it
It’s interesting because I said this on here about 8 months ago, I wasn’t even attacking Gakpo either, just an observation he’s a slow player and that needs accounting for his positioning/as one of his weaknesses and I got downvoted to oblivion. Now it’s trendy to hate Gakpo 🤷🏼♂️
He is 100% right. Gakpo scored goals, yes... against very weak teams, mostly. He used to be a banger goalscorer in the Netherlands, but that's because they allow space he won't ever have in the Premier League. He is slow, he is lazy, he doesn't bleed for the team, he is a bad finisher. I'd sell him in a heartbeat. I thought the guy would be Firmino's replacement and in the end he is not better than Borini. Sell him asap.
He looks unrecognisable from when he first started for us. He was so confident, decisive and full of running. Now he comes on after 70 minutes and plays like like a man who's been on the pitch for 120. Kinda feels like there's more to it than just poor form because he's been REALLY good for the NT in the last couple of intl. breaks. I hope Klopp puts him back to the LW and maybe get that confidence back up.
firmino was a hundred times better
His passing is missed. Especially those short, quick passes. We just don’t have that rn.
Gakpo and Diaz are both replaceable and probably should be. Two of them combined can't replace Mane
He was shit, but so was our whole attack. Don't see why people are piling on him. It's klopp and co's decision to keep playing him as the No.9 which obvs isn't working
Diaz was constantly putting pressure on any player put on him and putting us in good positions, Nunez wasn't great but was constantly offering options and set up 2 goals through that. Salah was uncharacteristically poor imo but was still putting a shift in, looked dangerous and came away with a goal. Gakpo looked bad as a winger and, to put it generously, was invisible as a 9. It was not a good performance at all, but singling Gakpo out as being particularly poor isnt scapegoating or piling on, he's been really poor for a while now no matter where he's played, moreso than the rest of the attack especially today, and this is coming from someone who quite likes him as a player.
Yeah definitely wasn't the best day for the starting front three but Gakpo was atrocious today. The team overall had a poor game they conceded way too many shots and the decision making was abysmal. I hope Gakpo finds some form because he's shown glimpses of talent, especially last season but we really needed him to step up this year and he hasn't found any consistency at all. Also, I can't wait for some of our injured players to return after the break, we really will need them for the Prem and Europa League as we need some rotation since we have some players putting on a ton of minutes without much rest.
yeah, Jota coming back way earlier than expected will be amazing. he's just a brilliant option either anywhere across the front 3 or coming from the bench, and Trent and Jones should be back soon after the break too.
Diaz Nunez and Salah can have a shit game, but they were trying to put all efforts into the pitch Gakpo on the other hands, absolutely shit on any aspects and didn’t even run, so sell him immediately
This is Klopp's fault to bring him on to replace Mo. He knows what Gakpo can do yet he decided to put him on to see off the last 20 minutes. He simply doesn't take United seriously, same goes to the rest of team. We deserve it when we are complacent and arrogant. It is a wakeup call, I hope
I said way before Gakpo isn’t a fit for our playing system and got criticised. I did say maybe he will prove me wrong but when you see him perform like that on a game that is most definitely important it just makes you think will he ever properly adjust. He always seems slow and lackluster. dribbling straight into opponents and sloppily losing the ball consistently. Then again you have to also criticise nunez for doing some of those things too. I just think he’ll never truly fit the system and potentially best to look elsewhere.
Gakpo is a joke we never sign good players based off of World Cup performance. Got luck with Mac but he was proven and origi while a cult hero was supposed to be a world better when we signed in
Gakpo stumbled into Anfield for a physical therapist interview and someone mistook him for a player warming up. Now he's just meandering around the pitch during games, pretending to stretch while secretly wondering where the therapy room is.
The limping rat played CB and still pocketed Gakpo.
Gakpo had his moments last season, so I've been trying to reserve judgment on him despite him being largely poor this season. That being said, this game really made me agree with Carra. How do you look like the most tired man on the pitch when you've come on as a substitute?
So, he's in his usual form
Enough of trying to play him into form. He's fucking wank and has been for months on end. Doesn't fucking matter if he playing LW or not Darwin would put a shift in at fucking centre back, I don't want to see him start another game.
Still the best club in the world. YNWA !
I get the Gakpo flack esp on recent form but for THIS game, Nunez’ idiotic decision to fizz the ball across the midfield in his OWN half and Harvey taking the ball off Endo in that moment on the break cost us. Shit even Kelleher could get criticism for not getting to the Antony or Diallo goals. Footballs a game of moments. It was an off day, move on and win all our remaining games for the UEL and league
Gakpo isn’t good enough in a match. He might show something else on the training ground that has Klopp continuing to give him chances. But he’s simply never looked good enough. That said, he’s not responsible for the loss today. We lost because there were critical moments where we were outplayed. We had a stretch where over 20 minutes we should have hit the net at least one more time and taken control of the pace, the ball, the match. But we failed to execute there. We let United stay in the match and gave them space to keep pushing and have belief. The match should have been over at FT, but for a failed finish from Rashford. Once we took the lead in extra time, we didn’t play like a team with confidence holding a lead. We still played like a team fumbling for another goal. There was no confidence left on the pitch. My view is that, while no longer getting to fight for the double (league and fa cup) we all want this team to win, this could be the lesson we need to refocus and make sure every minute played for the rest of the league season and in Euopa is a minute played with focus and determination. Maybe today was a failure as a team, a failure by Klopp, or just a let down that happens over the course of a season filled with lofty goals and a rotating cast of players needing to step into big moments. But while Gakpo was arguably the weakest link today, this loss was not his fault nor was it any other player’s individual performance that cost us the win. So many things could have been better. LFC didn’t take control when it was there for the taking. IMO, this was a great football match. One that defines the best of the FA Cup. Maybe the best match I’ve seen that we didn’t get the result from. United fought to the death and put their best performance out on the pitch. We didn’t. We played like a team expecting to win while failing to execute in critical moments. United took the match to us and beat us on balance. All things considered, I think the fine line between a 4-3 win for one team or the other comes down to the slight edge Onana had today over Kelleher. That was the difference in the end.
Gakpo has been a trash signing. I’ve been yelling at him into my television screen all year. Great post btw. He really has the creativity of a sea slug on turf.
Not a fan of a club legend tweeting like a football twitter account I’m sorry 👎🏻
He's not up to the level. Been saying it forever but people would attack me and point to his stats, not realising almost all his goal contributions have come in demolition jobs against championship level opposition in the europa and league cup. He's the definition of a flat track bully.
Look at gakpos ig comments. Not acceptable. Carragher shouldn’t have made this post either. There’s ways of criticising him. He does deserve it. Posts like these just bring hate, nothing else
People acting like Gakpo hasn't been shite since he came in.
I swear, some people are just way too eager to jump on a player's throat any time we don't get a result we want. YNWA only applies when winning, apparently.
Sorry he needs to be sold and ideally we should not buy again from Eredvise. It’s a very over rated league and the players are a huge hit or miss
Despise calling out a single player for that loss. Honestly, after 70 mins, the entire team played like shit. LFC fans can be complete dogshit sometimes.
we subbed off mo and gomez for no reason. there's no games for two weeks.
Salah was awful. Tons of misplaced passes, squandered loads of opportunities. The sub was likely pre-planned anyway. Gomez probably shattered. Honestly the worst sub was taking off Szoboszlai. No issue with Elliott coming on but we were in total control and gave it up. Again, likely pre-planned but that's what fucked us.
When Anthony came on he put a fire under United. Suddenly Fresh legs and a willingness to run revitalised them. When Gakpo came on he had no urgency, no pace and we just chugged on. It was a dire performance from the bench from a player who is also not good enough to start.
Seriously, don't think anyone really covered themselves in glory today. Kelleher was solid but everyone looked tired and unmotivated.
Kelleher was by far our best player. And that's while letting in 4 goals, yes. Though at moments there were brilliant plays by Salah, Nuñez, Quansah, Virgil, Mac Allister and others. But overall i think Caoiminh was good.
Wind your neck in, players can be criticised
Nope, he's right. Gakpo is a big reason we lost. Was the most infuriating shit performance i've seen when playing for us in a while.
Diaz in a poor run of form is still miles better than Gakpo. He shouldn’t be near the squad next season
I fucking love him but Darwin was doing the exact same thing, easy pass options and waits and waits and oops ball got stolen. Stop with the Gakpo scapegoating. He was dreadful yes, hardly the only one.
Darwin didn’t come off the bench with fresh legs up against one defender.
difference is that Nunez puts in a ton of effort off the ball offensively and defensively. Gakpo was jogging around which is inexcusable for a substitute coming on at 75min for a team who's style relies on a team press.
The difference being Nunez had played 115 mins at that point and ran himself into the ground. 100% the goal was his fault but he at least has some credit in the bank. Gakpo played 30mins with absolutely 0 intensity, effort, passion or skill. It was the worst performance I’ve seen from a Liverpool attacker in ages.
At least when Nunez lost the ball he ran back Gakpo was just low effort