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

[Birdie Boy]

Don’t talk silly , when fit , one of the best in the Premiership

When attacking

 

[maltaseagull]

And Weiffer on too

This season's target then?

 

[Stato]

Please let's nip this 'bottlers' tripe in the bud. We're all gutted about this and Wolves, but these things happen in football matches. We held on against Newcastle, we did the same at Arsenal, we won late against United and came from two down to beat Spurs. It works both ways for every team. The label is an absolute f'ng nonsense.

 

[Questions]

I agree but not the servings when we are under the cosh and need a defender...

I have to agree but I love watching him. It’s a joy.

 

[BrickTamland]

Please let's nip this 'bottlers' tripe in the bud. We're all gutted about this and Wolves, but these things happen in football matches. We held on against Newcastle, we did the same at Arsenal, we won late against United and came from two down to beat Spurs. It works both ways for every team. The label is an absolute f'ng nonsense.

100%. Lots of people on that board lacking any sense of perspective.

 

[Diablo]

The referee gave Liverpool every foul. Every single one. He really wasn’t interested in giving us much.

Aren`t referees supposed to give every foul ??

 

[Questions]

Please let's nip this 'bottlers' tripe in the bud. We're all gutted about this and Wolves, but these things happen in football matches. We held on against Newcastle, we did the same at Arsenal, we won late against United and came from two down to beat Spurs. It works both ways for every team. The label is an absolute f'ng nonsense.

I’ve been everywhere looking for a scapegoat since the end of the game. Can’t find any but I’m still looking hard.

 

[Justice]

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

Unfortunately a game is for 90 mins plus injury time. Same thing last time out collapsed in the second half against Wolves. When the opposition manager makes a formation change second half FH can’t or won’t adapt to it.

 

[Birdie Boy]

Please let's nip this 'bottlers' tripe in the bud. We're all gutted about this and Wolves, but these things happen in football matches. We held on against Newcastle, we did the same at Arsenal, we won late against United and came from two down to beat Spurs. It works both ways for every team. The label is an absolute f'ng nonsense.

We are not bottlers just not quite there yet. I think O'Riley will make a difference and March and Pedro and Gomez and Dunk...

 

[PlayMoran]

The inexperience showed in the 2nd half. Brighton needed to show some of the composure that came at 2-1 down when Liverpool equalised. It was a fortunate goal by Gakpo, but then Estupiñán made a terrible mistake when he allowed Salah to cut inside onto his left foot.

Rutter is raw. He needs to learn when to release it quicker. He's very talented though. He can dribble past players and shield the ball well. He just need to mature a bit. Pick his battles. He could be transformed a year from now.

Ayari was brilliant. Hinshelwood was solid.

Mitoma could genuinely be a top LW if he had an extra yard or two in terms of pace. He isn't slow, he caused them a lot of problems. TAA was able to recover at times. That extra speed would take him all the way. Still a good player regardless.

 

[nsclurker]

I enjoyed that game overall. Fairly evenly matched, but we ran out of puff midway through the second half and were punished for it. But there's no way we threw it away like against Wolves - Liverpool are top for a reason. I'm just enjoying the football - some of our moves in the first half were outstanding. And Gruda looked good again when he came on.

Spot on. We needed some fresh legs on before they scored but it was too late by the time we did.

 

[Right Brain Ronnie]

When attacking

I think a few on here have had a gin or two tonight.

 

[SkirlieWirlie]

Gary O'Neil's point about ref's 'unconsiously' favouring the big clubs was so true. I often wonder how many points it earns clubs like Liverpool every season.

Yep, we deserved something from the game, but any momentum we were building in the second half was disrupted by favouring Liverpool. Great example was Mitoma being manhandled to the ground by "Trent" in the penalty box. Would have been a soft penalty, but Pervis was following up to cross and the ref blows for a foul to Liverpool.... Fine margins.

 

[TugWilson]

Don't get the criticism of Hurzeler's lack of subs today. Liverpool could bring on quality attackers after an hour. Ideally, our response would have been to bring on defenders (we had only Lamptey), or someone to regain midfield control (Baleba obviously not fit enough to be risked). Had we had the wise old heads on the bench that he didn't use, you could blame him, but he didn't. Defensively, his options were fairly thin.

Disagree - Lamptey could have come on in the higher position on the right that he did in the last two games , Kadioglu could have joined the defence in a CDM role and Enciso and Adingra could have given us speed and potential chances up the pitch in place of Ayari and a tired looking Georginio and Hinshelwood .

 

[SkirlieWirlie]

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[essbee1]

I don't mind losing today. We played really well and we are a young team. Think about the future. It's looking
great.

 

[Weststander]

First half was fantastic. Then the crowd got behind them and that rearguard action was always going to end up breached eventually. Baleba must be injured.

Aspinall said that.

 

[Beanstalk]

Pretty much how I saw it, thought we were great.
I thought the ref was fine btw, especially when we were winning.

He was fine in the first half, very inconsistent in the second when the atmosphere ramped up.

I’m not putting the loss on him at all, but I’ve seen a couple of people on Twitter argue that FH should’ve made subs earlier to defend the lead. I just think it was an incredibly difficult task for the Albion to withstand that storm and get control of the game when every 50/50 went to Liverpool. Obviously, nothing huge that turned the game, but it stopped us from getting a grip on a frantic game.

 

[The Wookiee]

Estupinan is not good enough unfortunately as I do like him. I know that Salah is very good but you don't let him on to his left foot, end of story. He made too many mistakes today, at least in the second half.

I thought he had a good game ?

 

[LamieRobertson]

Sticking with this until Monday ..not ruining my wkd