For 22 minutes, they were the old Liverpool - Steve Nicol | ESPN FC
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- ESPN FC’s Dan Thomas, Ale Moreno, Steve Nicol and Don Hutchison recap Liverpool’s 2-0 win against Newcastle.
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Magnificent Allison was one of the reason Liverpool won the game today, countless important save and difficult to imagine a keeper 100 yards out was part of the reason of another keeper sent off, well deserved MOTM. And it is a joy to see Liverpool attack is starting to gel well. The weakness I see was still in Gomez, his judgement as a CB still has a lot of room for improvement, CB simply doesn't choose to guard the near post leaving the 12 yard unmark.. but all effort played a part in the clean sheet.
Right on Gomez. I'm really nervous when Newcastle gets a corner.
Also the 4 missed chances in the second half by Liverpool
Without Allison I'm pretty sure this team would be bottom half for sure
Overrated
Sad to seeLpool more and more becoming a counter attacking side.
Allison Becker man absolute Legend
4 incredible saves🥵😈
He and Van Dijk wew possibly their best investments in the past 20 years, they made the team more sound.
Salah's creative part of his game is so underrated. Produces insane assists every season,
Need him to start producing those goals again
Apparently he’s nothing without Mane holding his hand according to most ESPN commenters 😂
Salah's ball was a carbon copy of Mane's assist against United in the 4-0 drubbing at United, that eventually ruined Ole's managerial career. Good try, good result but not as smooth
@@seyio4011Salah has always created and assisted more than mane tbh, he’s just an overall better player and or technical
1 game and hes underated all of a sudden. New fans these days
Defence is key, if Liverpool can tighten up at the back the attackers will do the rest.
True, with VVD we are alot more secure. There's enough goals in that team.
This applies to literally every team bro.
@@TheWefikus nope lol cause newcastle has a great defence but they can't score that much...go look at their stats
@@TheWefikusnot really mate, I don’t think other teams have the attackers we have, I’m confident our attackers are the best in the league. When Diaz comes back we’ll be so potent on the attack.
I agree with Stevie. There were a number of close shaves where Allison bailed us out with world class saves. Especially after Bajcetic left, Liverpool were ceding chances like crazy. We completely lost control after 59th minute. Midfield is still the biggest problem with LFC and this season.
I think Stevie fails to realize that Newcastle only lost one game before today but no doubt Liverpool still has a lot of work to do
True, Newcastle have been such a solid defensive side this season
Vs Liverpool at Anfield
They also have the best defence in the league
What did he say that suggests he didn't realize that ?
@@leepatrick9432 I was just pointing that out
It is so crazy that pool are only three points away from Newcastle if pool wins the match they have in hand. "Only" 11 points from city as well if pool wins too
11 points is only??
Thats ALL Alison though..
@@Ocbabs Yeah, considering pool was a horrible season and city might become champion
@@Ocbabs in relation to how their season started off compared to City who had haaland hat tricks every other game
Looks like Liverpool is taking the 4th spot for me
Think so too
It looks like your deluded 🙄
In PES 1995
Yup
Wouldn’t be surprised
If teams actually try to play against Liverpool, Liverpool actually has a chance. Going forward, second best performance I've seen from them could've been 5 or 6 honestly , and it looked threatening every time they went forward, but taking the 3 points is not too bad
We seem to have a repeated issue when we are a man up. This was not the first time we play tighter and more timid in this situation. And, as they say, the team takes the personality of the Manager. Well, if you listen to Klopp's postmatch comments, he said he'd rather have drawn a penalty, and it stayed at 11 aside. Perhaps they should revisit this over the summer in training.
It is a common problem to play poorly against a short side. Understandable at the amateur level, yet it still happens much more often than it should with professionals.
For that reason Klopp would have rather had a "training session" against 11, while 3 goals up.
"They couldnt keep the ball"- stevie
-62% possession
I don't even think they watch the game
Not overwhelmingly impressive when you consider Newcastle was down to 10 men. Liverpool did not control the game the way you'd have expected them to against a diminished team in recent years.
Couldn’t keep the ball and possession are two different things
@@zalemdreams doesn't matter! these guys watch a game from 2020 season I guess!
New Castle changed the tactics a bit, and after 60 mins 4 changes cost us the performance, but then you can't really blame the changes as Real Madrid is next.
The way Liverpool played this season so far, this victory against a team who've just lost one game this season is much better. Yes, Liverpool is still open in the defense & sometimes slow & lethargic in the middle but they are showing some improvement in the attack even if it was for 22 minutes. Now slowly but gradually liverpool have to increase that 22 minutes to more in attack to bring that INTENSITY which we've lost this season. One game at a time.
Would have 3 nil up if Pope hadn't handled it so and we would have preferred that and surely everyone knows that things change with 10 men and we lost a bit of rhythm but at the end of the day we won and never looked like losing at any point in the game. Great result. Nobody expecting us to turn into the best we've ever been immediately Steve but the win is massive. YNWA
Newcastle also exhausted themselves defending. It is not a coincidence that they got a 3v2 break on goal, and the Magpies attackers looked League One level. Simple overwhelming fatigue.
Stevie hit the nail on the head , though it will give them more confidence
United fan here, keep patience with your young players and support them
As a Liverpool fan i agree that the first 20 minutes we were very good and scored 2 very good goals. After the sending off though i felt like we lost our way considerably and I thought Newcastle did really well with 10 men plus they created some chances, beyond that im happy with the 3 points as Newcastle is a tough nut to play against at the moment.
Remember Liverpool playing on Tuesday
@@selwynnarayanasamy Yes I know it does not negate the fact we played rather meh beyond the sending off but it is a very important win.
Nah we just chilled out because they didn’t have their GK and we play out toughest and biggest game on Tuesday
The bottom line......
Never Give Up !!
In Klopp i / We Trust.
@@netswrld Chilled what out!?? Bruh I was about to praise Liverpool for their 20 minutes performance but ur comment wiped it off. U couldn't beat Newcastle with 10 men and even without Bruno Guimareas and Joe Willock. 🤣🤣
The sending off changed the intensity of the game, probably also because of the Madrid game, but I didn't like they way Liverpool invited Newcastle into the game again. But Alisson being MOTM (at least in my eyes) says it all. And the finishing has to be better on Tuesday night.
Did Stevie Nichols not watch the Liverpool game vs Chelsea? Salahs assist was class
The fact that Liverpool beat Newcastle at home twice this season must say alot
Stevie's quite a BALANCER MAN this late we guessed lol 😆😆
No! He wished to could defend Liverpool all long but he can't becuz he knows they will bottle or others will nitpicks them logically so he stays in the middle 🤣
Stevie, I understand it was 10 men and it wasn't scintillating play from start to finish. Yet, I struggle to understand the reason you overlook why they had 10 men. If Pope doesn't handball that one on one Salah is escorting that ball 1st class in to the net for 3-0. The play and execution was initally exceptional and as VVD said, them letting off the throttle and allowing the level to wain is something that can't happen. Acknowledging this is the first step to rectifying it from happening again. That said, my final point is Klopp along with the players seem to already have their eye on the Real Madrid match. I truly think that judging by the substitutes used, the abundance of players that are coming off injury and need match play to round in to form, players that are not likely to even see the pitch but are being used to perform field manager duties to see the game out, players that could use the rest with the quick turnover between these games, these were all factors in a game that was done and dusted once Newcastle was 2 goals down and forced to sub off a player to replace their red carded keeper. Having now performed a double on a currently sitting top 4 team who until our match was undefeated at home and extremely difficult to score on is an accomplishment that deserves merit and hopefully garners momentum for the clash with a team that has been a stone in our shoe many times over.
The difference is simply the sharpness of the attack. As soon as Jota and Firminho returned it sent a note of warning to the attack, nobody wants to lose their starting slot. Lol... But the midfield is still a huge embarrassment to the team. One weakness of Klopp us his inability to improve the team by turning the one mad disadvantage of the opponents,into his advantage. Our intensity always decline when the opponents are reduced to ten men unlike City who would have turned the game to a goal galore. Disturbing because it has been happening like this one too many times. We're happy we're able to hold on the 3points that really matters though 😁
This is very true - we haven't seemed to know how to play against 10 for a long time. Doesn't worry me that much because we also don't play against 10 all that often.
Actually Steve Salah has one of the most created chances in all of Europe this season that he could have been the most assister of all leagues. Unfortunately his teammates-especially Nunez who had 12 chances alone from him- kept wasting his sublime passes to them.
This isn’t actually true, check understat
Send the link to that analysis if you don't mind. I would like to see it.
Liverpool are always unusual and illogical. I think Liverpool would have played much better against 11 Newcastle players rather then 10. Liverpool lost badly against Brighton, Brentford and Wolves, but manage to end unbeaten runs of Man City and Napoli. Surely Jota, Firmino and Van Dijk returns lift the spirit in the club, Bajcetic is an absolute gift in the midfield what a young potential. In March will return Diaz, Konate and Thiago and a full available squad of Liverpool will be very dangerous.
Liverpool had no control in the midfield. Henderson was still dropping deep to fetch the ball when we had one advantage. We should have overloaded the midfield with our creative full backs.
@@fidelismajuba9931 In possession, Trent was playing midfield. He wandered into the middle of the pitch a lot, including his movement before his assist.
sharp front but still shaky in defence specially against big clubs new castle could punish them many times
If we can get a couple of midfielders and another center back and a back up right back we are good to go.
The midfield looked better with Bajetic in there. He covers a lot more ground than Thiago, and that helps Fabinho (who has lost half a step).
I still love Thiago, but he is primarily a players who should start against teams Liverpool can dominate possession against.
A team can't play a football match without conceding chances. Most people forget that we went through the last 6 years playing the same way.
As much as Newcastle created chances so did we.
Getting lost in the woods has changed Steve 😀 he’s an imposter
I was surprised that Liverpool were underperforming as soon as Pope got a red card. They shouldve scored more. A bit of slack from Liverpool nearly costed goals from Newcastle. If that was any other day, Liverpool would be embarrassed.
Stevie, LFC was 2-0 when 11 vs 11 men on the field. LFC dropped off their tempo when Newcastle gone down to 10 men.
If we make our midfield defence and attack will do the rest
Darwin on The Left SIDE is top
Whys he doing a line off the table 😄
Pope red is what happens when a goalkeeper doesn't train a bit of sweeper keeper basics, he goes out with the idea of clearing the ball with his head instead of blasting it somewhere with his feet, he did the same thing a few minutes earlier and it didn't end up bad but wasn't good either, but this time the ball was too low, he had to clear it with his feet not his head.
The pity is Pope did not even need to blast it. Almost any contact pushing it wide would have been okay.
The weird irony is by not slipping when kicking, Allison put a little too much slice on the ball. Thus Salah missed bringing the ball under control with his chest by just a couple inches. And when the ball reached Pope is was both going wide and dropping quickly -- the combination flummoxed the keeper for the misplay.
I really hope to see Newcastle win the Carabao
United it winning it fore sure bec pope is not there and rashford is in good form so bad luck Newcastle 👍
Yeah, weirdly Liverpool didn’t score again after the red.
Were fucked, getting excited about getting into top 4
liverpool just know how to play a game you say 10 men ,but we played and if pope did not put his hands on the ball we would a have been 3 nill.
People forget Newcastle are a new powerhouse....it's like going up against a 10 men city side, even if you have the advantage they are still a dangerous side
🤣😂🤣 Frank Lebouf is surely just hurt that Chelsea are left alone in the stinker now!!
Yes we played the majority of the game against 10 men, but we were 2-0 up against 11 men......something these pundits failed to mention!
Newcastle hit the bar TWICE and they had at least 2-3 other clear cut chances. Liverpool don’t know how to play against 10 men, it’s so strange. And this isn’t new by the way, they’ve been like that throughout Klopp’s tenure somehow. Weird!
They need to change the rules for red cards in different competitions, EPL and FA cup or different competitions to the League, so what that they are domestic competition, it's different competition and the cards should not carry over from one to the other. Now Pope is going to miss the final and Lorius Karius probably will start as Newscastle backup cannot play in the final because he played for United in the competetion earlier, so basically United gurranteed win lol. But funny thing is no matter which rules Newscastle would be screwed, under old rules Guimeiero would be out of the final, but Pope would be able to play, but under these rules Guimeiero will be able to play, but Pope is screwed lol.
I don't think they panicked, I think they let off and decided the game was over. There's all sorts of good reasons why they'd do that and I could list a bunch why it's a bad idea - but it is a thing Liverpool do: it's not so fun when the midfield isn't performing that well though, huge risk. They did keep going forward but the pressing just isn't there lately - one of the things that definitely has improved in the last couple of weeks is the quality of passing, a few weeks back they couldn't string two together but now they're passing like they're in some competition where you get points for trick pass completions. It does highlight something that's been true for years now, even since before Klopp and Klopp hasn't fixed: if you try and really play against Liverpool you're going to lose, if you don't try and win against Liverpool you might come away with something, and Newcastle tried to play against Liverpool and it cost them. The trick is to just sit and they don't know what to do with it because Liverpool need space - I'm convinced that's why over the last bunch of years they've punched above their weight in the UCL; because teams won't park up so much like they do in the EPL.
True dat
U don't get 90+ points in last 3seasons if u don't know how to break down bus parking teams
@@debopratim012 of course you can, even in those best seasons I can show you Liverpool playing poor teams and being utterly stumped by them.
@@streaky81 lol to get 90+ points you have to win 30games that means hardly 1-2 teams beats you which is normal ....no team can be Arsenal's invincibles 😀
We were great for about 10 minutes when we scored the goals. The rest of the game we were hopeless and we looked like the side with 10 men!
Hopeless is abit far cmon. Jota could’ve had at least two later on
@@EH_1995 right both teams had goal scoring opportunities but of course it seems bad for Liverpool because of a 1 man advantage
SF get lost somewhere or support other Club.
We nearly conceded in the first 5mins if it wasn't because of Alisson, still a lot of defend work to be done, but the way VVD guarded Maximin was a encouraging sign.
Ironically, it's often harder to play against 10 men vs. against 11 men because each one of those ten men all of a sudden puts in a double shift. But LFC did create clear chances to add onto their lead, they just didn't take them. But for a team that has rarely won away from home this season, they'll take that win all day everyday!
Liverpool structure in the midfield does not suit the textbook guidelines.
1. Defensive midfielder - Fabinho
2. Midfield who controls the game - Thiago
3. Attacking midfielder - none.
4. The third midfielder is always Henderson whose strength is to disrupt the opposition structure but offers nothing else. He has a high turnover when Liverpool's in possession.
people act like this is liverpools best team, it’s not it had gomez in defence which means the opposition will have 2/3 chances a game off the back of his presence alone. With konate or am on form matip they wouldn’t of tested us
Of all Stevie's achievements, you put "27 Scotland appearances" on top! I don't know if that's trolling or stupidity!😂
After 22 m, Klopp rest the players for Madrid, that's it, 2-0 and played vs 10 men, but, Nunez is still injured 😭 GWS
If you go back 2 seasons at least, you'll find that Liverpool never scored against 10 men even when they were flying.
Everyone keeps saying they were good for the first 20min only, but they were great in patches afterward, lacking only the finishing touch, which I understand because they got excited. It's not often we've been in winning positions this season. The shock can be jarring to the senses
Exactly! This is what people seem to have forgotten. I believe we would have performed better if the game was 11 vs 11 for the whole 90mins
If you go back two seasons, we were in the middle of the worst run of form in 75 years, including the worst run of home games in the club's entire history.
I know it’s wrong to be negative after a good performance, but I just don’t want to be sucked into the “we’re back” trap that happened after the Bournemouth game and city game. IF we beat palace and wolves and maybe get a point or three out of the United game then I’ll be confident, but we’ll have to wait and see.
This doesn’t garantie them any 4th place
Still think they’ll struggle against UTD
Its the league cup lads. We dont call it the carling league or the emirates cup (FA). It has always been the English Football League (EFL) Cup. Yes it has sponsors, but let's keep the names real. Tradition etc...
Bruno guimarez effect
Newcastle hit the bar, Alison saves point blank from Almiron, Wilson somehow can't hit an open goal. Maxi was great but the final product from the team just isn't there.
did it with ease ,we have a cup game tuesday so we just had to keep the ball.perfect for liverpool as we did it with out breaking sweat
We won, you didn’t.
broke your 17 win streak
Manc clowns
@@heavenshound6775 typical Manc
Hate to say it but midfield better without Thiago……. He slows the game
Thiago is literally my favorite player, but I was kinda thinking the same thing, but then again he’s had some insane performances for Liverpool so it’s hard to tell if that’s part of the issue
Why should Newcastle not consider the League Cup as important. Even Man Utd are
Liverpool will make top 4 I don't know how but they will do it
They got far Darwin Nunez…that’s how
Yes Newcastle played Anderson and lomgstaff together. Disaster midfield
Feel sorry Newcastle have Aldi’s special buys goalkeeper for the final!! Be better putting council bollards across the goal than have karius the destroyer
Liv always struggle to play vs 10 men..
Lol we won the game and kept a clean sheet against the best defensive team this season, some of these pundits need to cheer up
Is a game of football Stevie it can't be played on one side, the other team must creat some.chances
2 Clean sheets in a row. 2 wins in a row, take it a game at a time, then lets see
We are LIVERPOOL. Steve Nicole is so anti LIVERPOOL it's crazy. I've seen games of teams with 10 players and we all sing their praises. LIVERPOOL won 2-0 away from home and him and all other pundits placed LFC as 2nd best. We won. We got the 3 points. YNWA ⚽⚽⚽ LFC for life
Stop hating bc you can't slag us. How's Chelsea doing Frank ? YNWA
Sick of ex players always being negative towards the team. Stevie, Carra(dead on commentary) Macca (abysmal on commentary)
Liverpool are getting back to their old form they need to tighten the defence especially against Real Madrid they need to stop vini Benzema asensio completely if they want to win UCL and just like Spurs shut down man city by shutting down Haaland Liverpool need to do the same thing they have to score 4-5 goals without conceding it before going to Bernabeu
Oh come on stevie liverpoll is the only team who beat newcastle. Just appreciate it.
Why is that fat man in the middle so negative about Liverpool. It shows he Man City fan
Steve just hate Liverpool for no reason. I don't know what his problem is
@@elvistakama750 no actually he played for lp and a supporter of liverpoll but sometime his words are curse thats why .
Should he of lied who else have you beat Lol
Utd might win against newcastle
After 22 minutes, and after the red card, Liverpool went into game management mode. Why waste energy when we have an elephant to skin on Tuesday at Anfield?
2-0 against 10 men is a bit early to go to game management mode especially with only 22 minutes played, they could have let off the gas a bit but they need to score at least 1 or 2 more and finish off the game for good, then you can sit back and pass around, plus Liverpool doesn't have a good midfield to manage a game comfortably so they of all teams should have been more careful, but still they got the job done, on to Real Madrid.
When u gonna call fsg out stevie
Today Gary is caping.😂 thought i loved liverpool
These people make me sick. I am a supporter and even if we playing bad but I will still say that every game we play I believe we win...the pundits complain when we lose when we they still complain watch this space top 4 is coming . Next is Real Madrid
They also had a bit of luck. That first touch of Nunez sucked. The ball bounced to his nipple with his first touch and rolled forward. I do not think any baller have that move. It was pure luck.
No, that was a great first touch, that's exactly what you had to do there, bounce the back back of your chest and nail it in the bottom corner, perfect execution.
LFC will finish in top 4. Anyone wanna bet?
THE RED ARE GOING FOR 4th place...
They scored 2 against 11 men. And we always struggled against ten men even at our best.
I am convinced we are going all the way.
Remember it's only 6 points with game in hand.
ESPN pundits r so funny they still think Liverpool can win the league
Where did you hear that?
Liverpool won 2-0 it was a great performance shut up Steve
22min ? Yeah thats all they really needed to kill Newcastle i expected a battering once i saw the high line they were trying to play with those slow defenders 🤣 regardless Liverpool have a UCL tie ofc they d try to see out the game against a 10 men side who had bursts here and there good performance from most of the players and nice camios from ppl coming from the bench besides stevie’s speaking like they scrapped by they had chances too Jota missed like 3 chances or something so …
Game in hand aswell if we get top 4 it will shut up a lot of these fools of pundits like nicol
Nicol didn't write Liverpool off completely,he just thinks Spurs have a better chance for top 4.Interesting that you're calling him out for that and say yourself IF we get top 4🤡
Yes he did him and Craig said the day before the Newcastle game that we have no chance of getting top 4
This guy is just talking out of hate😡😡😡
steve Nichols should not be part of the Liverpool squad for 84 to 1991 because he bags he’s old club
Steve is a hopeless liverpool fan
Nicol uve slated us all season you were a gd old versatile player for us yes I say versatile,but try going the local bingo
Strangely the vast majority of takes on Nichol is he never criticizes Liverpool.And what's wrong with being a versatile player,that's a good thing and a real bonus to any team.He played both fullback positions and centre half and midfield at a high standard.Good old versatile players don't win Footballer of the year awards
Newcastle ain't winning no final though!
Lorius Karius is going to be starting that final becuase Pope got a red card today, oh ho ho.
Liverpool will smash Real Madrid
Just like I’ll smash ur mom
S that because city have never won it 😆
Even Liverpool fans don’t think this 😂
The fear of real madrid 😂, just accept city always screw up, what happened in final vs chelsea, it was not real madrid, chelsea made u kneel
So Negative...
The guy with a weird accent at the end of the video is so negative there are no words to describe how negative he is
Newcastle fan on full of excuses for why Newcastle have been so 💩 lately haha as if the carabao cup is more important than the millions from champions league qualification and it allowing you to attract better world class players 🤥😂
The rubbish Liverpool will turn up in midweek Madrid massacre.
Salah is a good player but he is not consistent enough for a top player. He is one dimensional with his left foot play. His one on one skills are rapidly declining. But every time he is unselfish, he has good ratings.
Madrid will make Liverpool walk alone 😁
I don’t like this Stevie BS he’s always so negative about Liverpool 😢
He lost the confidence in Liverpool and yeah if you watched their games before these 2 wins, they were very very bad, points wise they can easily make to top 4 if they perform to their standards, but that the problem, the squad and midfield is very weak and that's why Stevie is not so confident, but with VVD back it's going to be more organized and Liverpool will be better, so it's not hopeless, but I can see his point, he is just tired of being let down by Liverpool so now he has no expectations for them, that way he won't be devastated if they fail.
I understand the job of a sports pundit but truth is just that Stevie is annoying any day of the week
Can’t wait for Realmadrid to destroy them in the Champions league😤
Cant wait for vice versa to kick you out from last 16 too 😆😆
lol
They could have scored 4 more in the second half what are these clowns on about