Match Thread: Liverpool v Leverkusen

[JockStrap]

yes i wasnt thinking!

That should be your signature.

[JockStrap]

I was very disappointed with Leverkusen. I was excited to see what all the fuss was about, but they simply just stuck everybody behind the ball.

Same. I thought they were well organised but not very creative in attack. They fell apart after we scored the second goal but much of that was down to us playing very well.

Whilst obiously Diaz will get all the plaudits for his hattrick, I was really impressed with Curtis Jones (again). He was full of running, pressed well and found himself in pockets space all over the pitch. His pass for Diaz's first was inch perfect.

He's starting to look like the player a few of us thought he might develop into. He just needs to keep going.

He was excellent in the second half. Jones has the potential but unfortunately he doesn't do it consistently enough and is too often out injured.

[teesred]

Just needs to keep doing what he's doing. He is difficult to dispossess, relatively risk-averse in his passing (usually a good thing, scenario-dependent) and makes himself available a lot. Very much a "Wijnaldum" type for me.

Hope he can nail his fitness/availability. So valuable for us.

He has certainly improved these last few months, he's now making an impact and a big contribution. Prior seasons he was most of the time making up the numbers and not doing much worthwhile often enough.
Fair play to him, he's upped his game and seized his opportunity, he's now got the courage to be making the decisions he's always been capable of.

[BOBPAISLEYFAN]

I think he likes the team to test & feel the other side out first half, see what their tactical plans are & formulates how he wants us to play second half from that, it just seems to be his style, a bit cagey first half

It certainly feels that way, there is also an element of Slot is just wanting to keep his cards close to his chest and he seems to know when to hold them, when to fold them, and then just perfectly time the introduction of his Joker…

A strategy that certainly limits the opposition coach the opportunity to analyse and negate his plans, by the time they do realise what is going on…its almost game over and the game is lost…

Maybe thats too generous, buts thats how it seems at the moment…and Long may that continue.👏. 👍🏻