This was key today......everyone good. No weak points. Anderson, MGW, and Jesus, were fucking magnificent with when we did have the ball.
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That was fucking terrific. So much fun. Looking forward to the drive home now.
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Van Dijk now channeling the Ange Postmatchecoglou head down / eyes at the floor numbness.
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Murillo just interviewed on radio Nottingham. Made me a bit teary.
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He's so lovely eh?
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... So much. Like scouting for goals.
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Amazing we've had three seasons of him.
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Arne Slot, Jamie Carragher, John Aldridge... your boys took one hell of a beating (again).
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Assume we'll be last on motd, noone wants to see that.
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Felt like it was going to be a good day from quite early on (didn't expect that good). The checking over the shoulders to keep the distances right was back. We were tops without the ball.
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I feel like I’m still a complete duffer when it comes to tactics and especially strategy but it felt for long stretches of this match that Dyche had comprehensively outthought Slot. Forcing them wide for the most part and then packing the middle, with a covering player (sometimes two) on any Liverpool player that had the ball.
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And without Wood, Aina and Douglas Luiz.
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Just look at the face on Peter Beardsley...
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Bet @JRs_Cigarette has forgotten all about those trains now
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I agree with that. It meant if they dropped one man, we had one immediately to hand to apply pressure. The downside was width outside for their wide men isolated against our full backs.... who were outstanding. As were our centre halves when they weren't. But then who wasn't? Eights and above all round today, and that almost never happens.
Ultimately it's down to the players. We looked full of energy, closed the distances, pressed the ball, all to an excellent standard, today. But also credit to the manager. It rarely happens by accident, especially away at a place where nobody is pointing fingers if it doesn't happen.
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For some reason I've just remembered the 3-0 defeat a couple of years ago when Matt Turned walked alone about 30 yards from goal to gift Salah a tap in.
I laughed about as much as I did when I saw the test match scorecard.
