[Albion] Liverpool vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[DJ Chi]

Seems like we are back to being plucky under RDZ with a fit squad we were a threat

Presume this is trolling but we played them off the park for 45 minutes!

 

[Southern Scouse]

Mardy little twat who you'll be pleased to see the back of

Always been a massive fan, but picking the Ballon d Or over a World Cup win was disappointing to say the least

 

[Mackenzie]

The crowd certainly helped the home team, both with their support and putting pressure on a weak referee. It‘s a tough game out of the way but I’m feeling a bit disappointed not to have come away with a point. We did alright today.

 

[Chicken Run]

Yeah we’ve never beaten those teams before… Weird comment!!

We’d live a 3-0 win against WHU and a 2-1 against City this season, not weird at all

 

[Bodian]

Is that the third season in a row we have gone ahead at Anfield? Grand total of one point - just shows how difficult it is to get a result there.

 

[Deadly Danson]

He should have made subs earlier, it was blindingly obvious that Liverpool were getting on top, with the ref’s help before the first goal. Not hindsight, I was screaming for subs before the goal. Ayari especially and hoped Baleba would be brought on

I don't think Baleba was fit enough sadly and personally I thought Ayari was immense. But they may well have scored the goals even if he had made earlier subs.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Because I have a life outside of football and NSC

There's having a life outside of football and going to the gym when BHA are 1-0 up and outplaying Liverpool at Anfield.

 

[Bodian]

I don't think Baleba was fit enough sadly and personally I thought Ayari was immense. But they may well have scored the goals even if he had made earlier subs.

I think Ayari would have stayed on if he hand't got wiped out and taken a knock. He was having a great game.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Presume this is trolling but we played them off the park for 45 minutes!

It is trolling. Loves it when we lose.

 

[oldboyroy]

These are not my second or third teams FTR

Congrats to Muff & Forest two teams who and two results we could only dream of!

Yes, well done Muff and Forest. I'll include Forest as 1 of the big boys we've played so far and after next week, in 11 games after City we've played 8 of them!

 

[Hometownglory]

I thought the subs were made a tad late

 

[Bodian]

There's having a life outside of football and going to the gym when BHA are 1-0 up and outplaying Liverpool at Anfield.

Yes - but even @Harry Wilson's tackle went outside to cut squashes and post about them during the match!! https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/threads/what-kind-of-squash-is-this.410398/#post-11349849

 

[Chicken Run]

Yes, well done Muff and Forest. I'll include Forest as 1 of the big boys we've played so far and after next week, in 11 games after City we've played 8 of them!

Oh well we always do well with the teams below us…..

 

[BrickTamland]

Seems like we are back to being plucky under RDZ with a fit squad we were a threat

We don’t have a fit squad?

 

[trueblue]

I'm not blaming the ref as such, but the decisions that went for Liverpool early in the second half contributed to the swing in momentum.

It was the same between the 20th and 30th minute approximately when he gave them three soft fouls in quick succession and put us under the cosh with a load of corners.

As for Mac Allister booting Veltman on the knee when he was already on a yellow, well, you won't get the dismissal at Anfield. If it had been Ayari doing the same to Alexander Arnold, however...

 

[BrickTamland]

We’d live a 3-0 win against WHU and a 2-1 against City this season, not weird at all

Sure.

 

[The Wookiee]

Don’t have anything negative to say about our performance today - we went toe to toe against one of the best teams in the world- we weren’t outplayed and totally held our own - yes we lost but we lost having a go without gifting them the win

 

[Weststander]

The ref had a Liverpool bias , which normally happens at Anfield. The bindippers should have been 2 nil down in the first half.

What prevented the 2 goal lead?

 

[7dialssouthpaw]

Ah well. Very good performance and a lot of encouragement. Thought the homer ref helped Liverpool build the pressure significantly by giving almost every 50-50 as a free kick against us.

Would love to see some offside lines on the equaliser. Nunez definitely made a movement at the ball which deceived Bart. If he WAS in an offside position when Gakpo crossed it and that's not deemed to be offside, then the law is officially a joke. A replay of the challenge on Gruda would have been nice too. Not because it particularly looked like a foul, just because it would be the norm in that scenario. Amazing how two of the quickest VAR checks ever just happen to occur when it's one of the title favourites at home.

it seemed to me that VAR didn't even bother looking at the first one - all too happy celebrating the equaliser, maybe.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Exactly. How on earth is FH responsible for us conceding two quick goals against the best team in the country.

We dominated the first half, then totally retreated into our shell in the second, same as we did against Wolves. Their attackers were overloading the wings and cutting inside every single time on Wednesday night, both goals came from the exact same thing today. Yeah they have a few players that are on a different level to ours, but I just feel we ended up rolling over a bit for them tbh. We had the momentum and chose to come out playing the low block for 45 mins. Then no subs until the damage has already been done…

I know it’s not going to be a popular opinion, I don’t want to have doubts about the manager and obviously didn’t expect us to get anything today before kick off, but there does seem to be an air of naivety about his approach in my view. I do think he is learning lessons as he goes, but it’s whether we’re happy for him to have a ‘transition season’ or not really.

As said, if TB accepts that and sees FH as an investment, and is happy with us not qualifying for Europe this season despite the £200m spend, then fair enough. I just really, strongly believe this team is good enough to finish in the top 6 and should have the freedom and belief to take it to any team in the league.