Liverpool vs Sheffield United

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EPL Week 21 - Thursday 2nd December 2020 - Anfield​

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Officials:

Referee: Paul Tierney
Assistant Referee: Daniel Cook
Assistant Referee: Harry Lennard
Fourth Official: Anthony Taylor
Video Assistant Referee: Kevin Friend
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Matthew Wilkes

Coverage:

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Live TV Coverage:

 

[Pedro's Winger]

Really hope Wilder's Stanley Park stunt doesn't turn out to be a Phil Brown moment.

 

[Ukkonen]

21:38
Post update
Liverpool 2-0 Sheffield United

Stephen Warnock
Ex-Liverpool defender on BBC Radio 5 Live
If you're a Liverpool player now you'll be thinking just get through this half unscathed and prepare for the next game. This is like a training game now with Sheffield United frightened to lay a glove on Liverpool.

McManaman just said the exact same thing... whilst we havent been great that type of comment seems slightly disrespecful to me.

 

[AdamSufc1997]

Need another striker who can finish how on earth did McBurnie miss that

 

[bromtom]

A record number of completed passes by Liverpool.

That's a record you don't want really.

We haven't looked dangerous at all, Billy has looked most likely and he's only been on half an hour.

The stadium tour comment nailed it.

Shite.

The only positive is we haven't lost by more.

 

[Harry's Game]

Liverpool just very very very good.. I’ll think they will dominate for the next five years

 

[VwBlade]

100 per cent pal. Played like weve been smoking a massive bag of skunk

I wish I'd smoked a massive bag of skunk before watching that, might have made it bearable

 

[Wards]

Ah well, never gonna happen was it. Be reyt - not the games we need to be upset about

 

[bromtom]

Hope Wilder is angry about that.

By and large, we were utter shite let's be reyt.

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

Don‘t overreact to losing to this lot, they’re outstanding

 

[Kev Gee]

Very poor.
Unto the next one!!

 

[robbiez666]

Men vs boys tonight.

 

[essexblade73]

I wish I'd smoked a massive bag of skunk before watching that, might have made it bearable

Defo

 

[Antonb]

most importent thing is we are still 8th

 

[DeanLearner'sCat]

Obviously Man City away and Liverpool away, back-to-back, in the same week, was always going to be tough. But we really didn't do ourselves justice at all tonight.

 

[Ossett Blade]

Our worst performance of the season against the best team in the league and still only lost 2.0. Gotta take that.

 

[shrubbery]

I expected to lose but I didn’t expect a performance like that. Completely devoid of any passion, energy, aggression or composure.

We didn’t attempt to even lay a glove on them and showed zero composure I’m afraid.

Horrible performance against an excellent side. Completely destroyed.

 

[A Storm of Blades]

I hated that performance. Genuinely, I thought it was gutless and I haven’t seen that for years. Of course, Liverpool are a generational freak of nature, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t put in one of the most limp-dick performances since Hull away a few years ago.

Makes the JOC/Lunny piece about playing at Anfield more annoying.

 

[bromtom]

Our worst performance of the season against the best team in the league and still only lost 2.0. Gotta take that.

And that we don't have to play them again.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Cant really be annoyed with em tonite Liverpool were class,we did not play anything like what we can do until the last 5 minutes,so i am dissappointed in that respect.

We did look tired thruout until the last 5.

We should not lose confidence with those two losses what we have just had.

Play like that against West Ham and i will be fuming.

 

[manxblade]

We had a off day

 

[originaltrueblade]

Last few minutes started to play........well what now....we move on

 

[wavy-blade]

I really think Billy deserves a start next prem match

 

[FriethBlade]

On reflection 2.0 away at the best teaming Europe isnt anything to get too upset about.

Disappointing we didnt at least get stuck into them but just as we have been saying how many teams.have had an 'off day ' against us this was the same in reverse. Although Steven's and Baldock we poor they were up against the 2 best full backs in the league. The strikers were up against the best centre half in Europe.

The defence did well but Norwood and Fleck were poor...just not.good enough against that calibre.of.opposition

Henderson was outstanding.

A weekend off will do us good and we go again in 9 days time

 

[S6 Blade]

Thank god those two games are out the way.

Simply outclassed tonight. Our back three held their own but the midfield didn’t get into gear or create anything. Maybe we were too cautious. Can’t blame any of the front 4 that played. They didn’t get much to work with.

Tough game but that’s what we wanted to be a part of.

 

[YorkBlade]

Sharp looked good, he might have played his way into the first XI vs West Ham

 

[Eddie odd legs]

Not sure if this is on the right thread but I've just sat through watching the Blades turn in an abject performance. The midfield was so poor I thought Lundstrum must have been donating his wages to Liverpool supporters benefit fund. Norwood & Fleck were anonymous in a game that called for some backbone & the demonstration that someone had a pair of gonads! Why this trio were allowed to be on the pitch after half-time only Mr Wilder will know. An explanation is required!

 

[bromtom]

Sharp looked good, he might have played his way into the first XI vs West Ham

Was good against Man City too.

 

[Blackheath Blade]

Not sure if this is on the right thread but I've just sat through watching the Blades turn in an abject performance. The midfield was so poor I thought Lundstrum must have been donating his wages to Liverpool supporters benefit fund. Norwood & Fleck were anonymous in a game that called for some backbone & the demonstration that someone had a pair of gonads! Why this trio were allowed to be on the pitch after half-time only Mr Wilder will know. An explanation is required!

It's on the right thread kid. You, however, are on a different fucking planet.

 

[A Storm of Blades]

Thank god those two games are out the way.

Simply outclassed tonight. Our back three held their own but the midfield didn’t get into gear or create anything. Maybe we were too cautious. Can’t blame any of the front 4 that played. They didn’t get much to work with.

Tough game but that’s what we wanted to be a part of.

As I say, absolutely no problem with losing. However, I didn’t recognise that team. We weren’t just outclassed, we were out worked, out pressed, out run. The amount of space we gave them was ridiculous, and there was no effort to close players down, or hunt the ball in packs. Letting teams have it at the back, is tactically fine but Liverpool’s defence play so high up, we effectively weren’t pressing the ball until it was 40/50 yards from goal.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

As I say, absolutely no problem with losing. However, I didn’t recognise that team. We weren’t just outclassed, we were out worked, out pressed, out run. The amount of space we gave them was ridiculous, and there was no effort to close players down, or hunt the ball in packs. Letting teams have it at the back, is tactically fine but Liverpool’s defence play so high up, we effectively weren’t pressing the ball until it was 40/50 yards from goal.

Stop for some beers on the coach home, we'll be reight.