Sometimes I just don’t get our tactics

Aubameyang wide right with willock down the middle

Is Pépé playing?

Simply abysmal

I do wonder if he gives a *%^@. He’s been atrocious and he’s just not working hard enough

Run the ball into the corner flag lads

Brings to mind the old Revie Leeds teams. They could kill a match stone dead by minimising the playing time left in a game.

Pressure building here

We seem to be making time stand still, this is truly atrocious

This is not even playing football.

Who?

So frustrating that that tackle by Xhaka gets the same punishment as Trent on Saka.

Xhaka slides along the floor, wins the ball but with his studs facing horizontal rather than the turf. Trent is halfway up the shin of Saka, doesn't win the ball.

Given what we've had red cards for it could easily be a red

and why isn't that a yellow card, Origi throws himself to the ground wanting afree kicka dn just grabs the ball. Deliberate handball is a yellow card

Oooh 85 minutes gone

It’s like watching paint dry as duff player after duff player comes off our bench to come on.

Yup thought that, the grading given by refs to similar tackles needs serious looking at. The first one you get away with, last knockings no one cares etc. It's total bollocks

5 is the new 4

Willock with a fantastic chance to wrap it up, slices his shot badly

total *%^@ from Willock. Not even on target. I want to like him but he hasn't done anything of note the whole second half of the season

is it worth saying we haven't been eviscerated by their fullbacks? last time they had us on toast. Better tactically? Or is this just Liverpool on the beach?

that is another fantastic save from Martinez, deflection, spinning right in to the corner

Thought Tierney and Holding did quite well at the back


Judging by this performance it will be several thousand years before we are competing again

Truly dire. Still, better to be dire and win than dire and lose I suppose.

Odd game. Not sure how we did it but I’ll take that. Still aiming for 8th though.

Mané was magnificent. Watch the replay, Pépé.

Either way, the game was won. It’s nice to enjoy the moment.

not obliterated by the full backs, but the game was just as one sided as the one at Anfield. We have improved but we can't really kid ourselves that we deserved it. The second half was much better, far fewer clear cut chances and fewer times we were actually opened up.

Liverpool almost certainly lost some focus but were still a mile better than us. Mané is some player, inside, outside - beats his man every single time. I rate him higher than Salah without doubt

Only 3 more games to endure then we can put this horrendous season to bed.

What a great, if unexpected, result.

As others have pointed out, though, there is no point in kidding ourselves. Liverpool weren't completely at it and gifted us two goals but were still much better than us.

Not sure any of our players gets in the team they fielded tonight.

How good is Martinez?

Not pretty, but seeing how Liverpool is the best team in the league and we're attempting some sort of rebuild after hitting absolute rock bottom under Emery I'm not sure we CAN beat them any other way at the moment. Lots of lessons to be learned from a performance like this.

The backs to the wall defending was a good warm up and preparation for the City cup semi. I think their guile and one touch stuff might give us more problems than Liverpool’s crossing approach. But also feel like we should be able to get forward a bit more against their defence.

Chances of us repeating today’s lucky result are slim so we need to play a lot better

Very. Comms made a good point at how often he catches, not just crosses but shots. Doesn’t parry them away.

Liverpool not the same team after the Covid 19 outbreak. It would have been more romantic had they stayed undefeated and we go this result.
I'll take any kind of win at this point. Had Mustafi been in, we'd have lost. I'm convinced of that. Martinez was decent enough other than 1 or 2 glaring mistakes, which no keeper can afford against a top side like LFC.

Concerns not abated by that performance although I thought Tierney Holding and Martinez were good. Should have been the defence in the Spurs game. Even when Ceballos came on he never got any midfield control. In order to play to Xhaka strengths we lose so much across midfield. More questions from this performance than answers.

Arteta needs to say at the press conference- we will get flogged by many teams if we play like that in the future.

Yep, its rare to see such assured handling these days. Most keepers parry balls away.

If he carries on like this there might just be an argument to suggest his all round game is better than Leno's. He's very composed, more assured in possession, more accurate and quicker with his passing and better on crosses.

Leno has been brilliant for us with his razor sharp reflexes and point blank saves but I don't think he's great with the ball at his feet and is a bit of a flapper when crosses come in.

It is hard to see Martinez continuing at this level indefinitely but if he does he certainly doesn't deserved to be dropped.

Glaring mistakes, AG? Apart from the time he was caught in possession he was pretty much faultless.

Central midfield. It's just not there. One powerful player in there makes a difference. Then add a good centre back. We have two good keepers, a good attack and reasonable fullbacks. That central defence to central midfield axis is just a huge weakness.

Agree with this. I actually think we have plenty of good players in the squad, but our spine needs an upgrade. Hopefully the Partey rumours are true.

He’s got at least three more games to impress. That’s a decent run in the side against some stiff opposition. And crucially the things you’ve highlighted he seems to be better at are the things we need for the majority of games we’ll play, as we’re planning to be possession dominant I would guess, apart from the fewer games against City, Liverpool... Bayern Munich

That win wiped the smiles off the cocky Pool supporters from my neighbourhood

He started well for a game or 2 and then sort of drifted into very average for a while. He has picked up again recently but I always wonder whether he's doing a Walcott and upping his game before the contract is renewed, only to revert to type after the deal is signed. £23m does sound reasonable though given some of the other numbers being floated around ordinary players.

And Martinez did afford them.

Surely we can flog Özil to Fernabache so that he can finally end his Arsenal nightmare and move in with Erdogan.

This save at the end didn’t get the mentions or credit it deserves. It is up there as save of the season for me.
The deflection and spin means Martinez had to reset and show incredible footwork to get across to ensure his dive is timed perfectly to just get his finger tips to it. It is a save GKs would appreciate more than anyone else.