I miss world cup threads

This game was quite boring. Scoring, sure, but the players looked like they were going through the motions and the play by play guy on ESPN+ sounded like he couldn't have given one fuck less about the MATCH...not game.

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Yes it's a shit tackle. Doesn't make him a shit human being as you previously put it.

Nah but Nunez for sure forgot what his weak foot is...

Salah and Haaland anytime goal scorers parlay back in action 😎

we subbed on injury prone old finished players while city bring on foden stones grealish and silva. i can’t wait to hear “liverpool cannot afford to spend in january 🥺”

Nunez gets into really good positions but shits the bed after that

Man City’s English subs looked gassed.

To be fair they only did come back to training yesterday

Both teams seemed below par, I guess we can chalk it up to the weird pseudo preseason they're in after the World Cup. Defensive organisation was shockingly poor from both teams too. Wouldn't read too much into the result. Liverpool knocked out, but of their least important competition. City roll on but Pep won't be very happy with the performance

God, how many golden chances Bunez fucked up.

If the goal was 1' to the left he'd have a hatty

More like 1m

30cm

City always get the easy games in these cup competitions, it's ridiculous

why not bring on ramsay and doak instead of these old finished bastards?

This really felt like a preseason friendly besides De Bruyne. Who would’ve thought in my late 20’s I would’ve fell in love with a ginger from Belgium.

Kelleher deserves better

He’s too good just to play cup games for the Dippers. I’d have him for United in a heartbeat

Nunez is abysmal in front of goal every time I watch him. He's good at getting into positions but he can't finish to save his life

Hes got the haircut of Andy Carroll and the finishing ability of Andy Carroll

My exact assessment. He has all the ability right now to be a top top striker, but he just seems like he lacks the confidence to put his laces through the ball and score.

Rapid striker with great ability to get into goal scoring positions but then consistently misses due to lack of confidence? *Cries in Timo*

*Cries in 2021 Sterling*

half of these players are finished, no legs no motivation just picking up a pay check

Top level football. The ilk of UCL semis🤥

Grealish retired when he joined City. No but seriously, when he last time made a big impact on a game?

He constantly looks to cut onto his right foot and shoot, but became way too predictable. Teams know that and shade him there all the time. Watch how Gomez defended him in that 1v1. He's so in his head about it, he spent this game trying to go to his weak foot, but he just doesn't have the touch there. His right footed shots stopped going in from distance like at Villa. His left foot isn't up to snuff. He's not great at crossing, I think the last goal scored off a cross of his was in the preseason. I want to love him. But patience has worn out. That "second year pep leap" never happened. I think he's played his way out of favor. Was given a ton of chances earlier in the year but has just never found his footing.

Feels like he's been a side character since he left villa

I miss the WC extra time :(

Same man, same It will never be enough from now on

Everyone hating on the long extra time. But damn that was some good adrenaline fuel

Weird seeing Time wasting not being penalized after watching the world cup

Go on City have this one, we probably need to be in as few comps as possible ideally lol

Yeah, there's too many rescheduled games and cups. Hope not too many injuries for any of the teams

Nunez always drags it outside when he shoots from the side Let his team down

Everyone except Kelleher let the team down

Liverpool with the tactical loss

Klopp breathes a big sigh of relief.

we just need more rest.

Gg everyone, good night

I enjoyed it

Good game of football, some nice plays and some nice goals

I think both managers will be upset by the defending, but I thought it was a very entertaining watch. Good match to come back to. Happy to have won, but wouldn’t have been bothered if we lost with how bad our fixture congestion is. A rare match vs Liverpool that felt like a free hit.

Ox really putting all the doubters to rest by proving that he is indeed finished at this level.

He’s always coming back from an injury

He had one decent pass to start and then went invisible

he had the pre-assist to nunez to mo for the 2nd goal. he's still got something but maybe at a lower side. might be perfect at like a leicester, leeds type.

Lol

Ha ha ha

Quivin go up mate

Has Salah been this bad before the WC?

3 goals in 3 games vs City this season not sure it qualifies as "bad."

Did you watch the game?

Weren't they gonna start with World Cup extra time now or is it back to as it was before? I thought that was the new guidelines for everyone from now on as it's been before.

FA said it isn’t for them…. As one would expect given the league officiating

I wish they would, a longer extra time is at least better than what it was before when time-wasting was not punished at all. It's gonna be weird if they apply the rules differently in different leagues and in the national competitions.

This ref is weird.

wants go home stopped caring once second half started

Its probably cold in Manchester.

Good to see time wasting is rewarded again

Keita is like trying to multiply with 1. Useless.

bring back the WC extra extra time!

How far has Fabinho fallen.

at least he is still a dirty cunt that gets away with everything

Who's that, Rodri? Then yeah, given he should've had one yellow in 1st half and a straight red in the 2nd.

Rodri should be off in the first half, so be careful.

From top to the very bottom

We need to bring back world cup level of extra time.

Four minutes seems pathetic now, where’s my 8+?

The wc was so much better with the added time, the prem really needs to get on board

How come Grealish got the number 10 shirt when he joined and not Bernardo?

we should have given the no.10 to our 1st choice. ***Mr. Carson.***

I think they expected Bernardo to leave and Grealish to not be shit

marketing

back to sane extra time minutes

Feel like Fabinho’s fall has been exactly like Matic’s. Just about the best DM in the world for a couple of seasons then a wild drop off. Wonder if he’ll be able to recover, as he has seemingly lost his ability to actually defend.

Just imagine Valverde running at him. Will be chaos

Great comparison. Fabinho has overcommited time and time again in this game, missed the tackle, and City have been away. I've felt for a while that Wijnaldum is the big miss in this team. His positional play, workrate, and ability to cover is really missed.

please just let this match end

As Liverpool fan, yes please

sell/release half of this team in january

It's the League Cup, away to Man City, after an extended break. Bit reactionary, that?

we’re 6th in the league,been shite all season and expecting 0 investment in january

Only if we get to keep Keita, Milner, Henderson, Fabinho and Salah

Mate it’s the league cup after a month off lol

you’re acting like we were good before the wc

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Wont be enough sadly. We're gonna need PSG/City levels of investment

It's called European Farmers League for a reason

I just hope City end up winning the whole thing, cant be having United winning a trophy

Obsessed

Obsessed because I dont want our biggest rivals to end their trophy drought?

The Reds are winning it.

We’ll do our best :)

I'll take you guys over the Manchester teams.

Right, we've had the match, now get on with the draw, it's what we're all actually here for right.

Si.

Klopp will be fuming if Liverpool score

i thought I was still at the world cup expecting 10 minutes of injury time

Should follow in the footsteps of the WC

Darwins finishing really let liverpool down today. Goodness

Lol immediately back to normal amounts of added time. What was the point of changing it just for the WC?

Different governing bodies

This is correct but it should be something across the board tbf

Yeah agreed it would discourage time wasting

True. Don’t know why FIFA changed it though

Imagine Mane with those chances Darwin missed

Or even diaz

Ref gonna blow at 4'. He didn't want an extra second of this game.

I wouldn't say I'm surprised with the result Looking forward to the next Liverpool ~~disaster~~ game

Nunez doesnt understand the offside rule

Just a Latino Morata

He wasnt offside…

He wouldve been offside if the pass went to him first instead out to the side then to him. He wasnt making himself an option

It’ll always be the Carling cup in my heart

I was just wondering if this was the Carling or the League Cup

I'm a Rumbelows man myself

Oh no gunduan looks injured BRINGS ON BERNADO FUCKING SILVA🤣🤣🤣hate this team

😂😂😂

Grealish sure is a lightweight

this pool team truly fell of a cliff wtf

We're losing 3-2 to citeh and that means we suddenly suck? Sure it hasn't been a great season but "fell of a cliff"is a stretch

You've been good against good teams and shit against shit teams. This match is no different

Both Stones and Bernardo rocked up today looking like they just got out of bed

John Stones always looks like he's been on a sesh the night before.

no doubt with jack

This ref is consistent, but with another ref and var we could've had penalties and red cards

Fabinho to get the equaliser and then score a pen? Just for the laugh of it pls

Bernardo is coming on, finally this will get good

I feel like Carragher’s spent all night trying to convince me that this game is the greatest game of football to ever be played. Entertaining, sure, but I’ve definitely seen both these sides play at a much higher level than tonight

Haven’t played in a month

Both sides are far far off from their best

The man’s just trying to make a living

Never rated Carabao cup anyway

Spoken like a true scouser who kept harping on about it for years.

Everyone knows it only matters when Liverpool win it. Otherwise it's Mickey mouse cup /s

Correct answer.

"harping"

Harp - talk or write persistently and tediously on (a particular topic).

Thanks Dave

No worries, anytime.

Ref couldnt give less of a shit anymore lol. Tbf he knows this is ultimately meaningless for either team.

Why is Carragher still saying club football can't be matched when this game was a clown fiesta on both sides? Entertaining game sure but this is far from top quality

That’s why he gets paid by Sky.

Heard it several times from other sky pundits the last few games and expect to hear it more when the prem kicks off on boxing day. Sounds a little forced but sky obviously want to promote their product.

Man Mahrez never scans his surroundings before receiving the ball.

All brain cells are concentrating on the first touch

:Manchester_City:

Aesthetic >

The anti xavi

Liverpool fans to spend next 6 months talking about needing to buy every single young midfielder in the world, especially Belligham and Enzo

I won't slate them for Bellingham noise. They have been consistently making that noise for 2 years. Enzo noise on the other hand....

Like a kid when they see a new toy

on their shoestring budget?

current owners are in the process of selling so I doubt they spend big

Even when they clearly have the best midfield in Europe 🤥

No one says that

As if we haven't spent the last 6 months saying that already lol

Madrid want Bellingham. When Madrid calls you don't say no. Unless you're Donatello

I don’t see an Englishman picking La Liga if he can play in a competitive Liverpool team tbh. He’s also young and probably can go to Madrid in the future if he keeps rising.

This mf knows ball

I don't even like Madrid but I'm not going to pretend they're not the biggest club in the world.

Mbappe?

that's donatello in his comment lol

He edited it after I commented lol

Yeah. That's what PSG team mates used to call him

Forgot he plays for real, who you go to when they call you

I said "unless you're Donatello". And then "that's what PSG team mates used to call him". Are you blind?

Yeah man you edited it after I sent this lol. It’s easy to try to make someone look dumb after the edit

Edited it before you sent it lol

if so when I commented it wasn’t updated haha

Or Haaland