First off, the injuries.... my fucking God when is it gonna end?? Because now we have this whole bloody chunk away on the stupid treatment table. I really want to ban injuries already for good.
Alisson (New Injury to Hamstring)
Trent Alexander Arnold
Van Dijk (ACL wrecked by the damn Pickford, I hope he dies, like seriously)
Joe Gomez (Injured in International training which is VERY dumb)
Thiago Alcantara (STILL NO RETURN IN SIGHT WTF!? Richarlison is another one I want dead!)
Keita (Seriously)
Alex Oxlade Chamberlain (When the hell is he returning??)
James Milner (Hamstring)
Really, enough is enough of injuries, I've had it, I'm banning them.
That said which means our choices remain extremely limited in our squad. And our bench is filled with youngsters.
But speaking of youngsters....the 3 kids are alright no? And the new defense in yet another formation was pretty solid, without a shadow of a doubt. Secured the win, and qualified for the last 16 with one game to spare, the game that they can afford to take a breather regardless of what happens there.
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CAOIHMIN KELLEHER - 9 (King of the Match)
Picked ahead of usual 2nd Choice and tossed right in the deep end. But surprisingly, the Irishman Kelleher was absolutely immense, and commanding his line standing his ground as he made save after save against waves of attacks from Ajax. He made a few crucial denials including a really critical point blank header at the dying stages of the game. He gets a 9 for conducting this masterclass and the King of the Match. Talk about a heck of a Champions League Debut.
NECO WILLIAMS - 7
To be frank, I've never liked Neco Williams as his defending can be extremely clumsy and he lacks the delivery rates that Trent Alexander Arnold have. He still has his nervy moments until that beautiful cross over the Ajax Goalie Onana, catching him off guard, leaving Curtis Jones to slam the ball home. His first assist in a Liverpool shirt, and in the UCL. Still I won't let him off just yet, because his performances most of the time prior to this was extremely alarming and the weak point in the right hand side. I understand he is young, but until Trent comes back, he needs to get good, and VERY fast and consistently.
JOEL MATIP AND FABINHO - 8
Marshalled the back line well with the rest of the back 5 and the new keeper. Kept the forward line of Ajax quiet. Both partner very well and Fabinho is slowly making the Center Back Role his own which was partially why Ajax's finishing has been made rather sloppy.
ROBERTSON - 8
Had a slight injury worry in the first half but soldiered on and really committed to his left side while fucked off the injury.
CURTIS JONES - 9
Narrowly missed the King of the Match but he was the brightest spark of all the outfield players. Missed his first effort which was unlucky but later caught the opening when Neco sent the cross over Onana and broke the deadlock. First UCL Goal for the scouser! An excellent day in the office for him.
JORDAN HENDERSON - 8
The pace setter and the metronome, put up a typical captain's performance.
OUR FORWARDS MO 7, JO 6, SADIO - 6
Gotta give it to Ajax for keeping these 3 quiet. Mo Salah tried and was causing problems and was the most threatening of the lot, the other 2 less so.
At least now we can rest players for the Midtjylland fixture, which is pretty now redundant having won Group D and qualification was never in doubt even if we lose there.
NEXT 3 FIXTURES
LIVERPOOL VS WOLVES
06 DEC 715pm GMT
07 DEC 315am SGT
MIDTJAYLLAND vs LIVERPOOL
10 DEC 155AM SGT
FULHAM VS LIVERPOOL
13 DEC 430PM GMT
14 DEC 1230MN SGT
And good, now we have 5 days of rest as the hardest match of the 3 will be Wolves. Even with a heavy injury to their best forward Raul Jiminez, we still can't discount the fact that Nuno still is doing wonders to the squad. Following that with the MD6 of UCL which we can afford to bring a fringe side to allow our players a break before Fulham and later Tottenham. By then we should see Trent as well as Alisson and perhaps Milner against Fulham at the very latest.
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