Match Ratings versus Liverpool

[Silas]

Pickford 6 - his kicking was horrible but he dealt with everything else well and no chance for he goal.

Martina 3 -  before turning in a calamity of a performance he actually started ok. What was most worrying is he how gutless he was in the tackle

Holgate 7 - thought he was a calm presence

Williams 7 - he enjoys defending from deep were he doesn't need to chase players

Kenny 7 - a bright spot full of desire and kept Mane relatively quiet MOTM

Rooney 7 -  daft putting him out wide he worked hard but no surprise quality shone through when in the centre to provide the penalty and a calm finish

Gueye 6 - thought he struggled with the ball but maintained his position well and tackled hard

Davies 5 - not sure what to do with him right now. He doesn't seem to be excelling in any one position. Shouldn't really be starting games

Sigurddsson 6 - worked hard defensively more than anything else. Didn't do much apart from that

Niasse 5 - was never going to get chances in the box which is the main reason to play him. Not sure what his position was and struggled

Calvert Lewin 6 - struggled with little to work with and sometimes seemed to give up a little but did well to win penalty

Subs

Lennon 6 - we looker better for him being on and helped Kenny

Schneiderlin 6 - thought he did OK and was positionally more sound than Davies

Jags Na

[Faceatthefence]

5 for Davies is generous as bad as cuco today,dont know where the player inside him as vacated to.

[MmmblueBernard]

Kenny MOTM.

Again.

[The Blue 3/4 of Liverpool]

10/10 for Rooney’s arse muscles for not collapsing when taking the pen.

Now level with Lukaku on 8 goals

[KoemansNumberTens]

Is pickfords distribution good or just always quick and a bit of a lottery
Think the ratings for all the defenders are really harsh. Martina wasn't great but he wasn't a 3 either. The other 3 were very good as was gueye. Attacking wise we offered nowt really. Desperately need bolaise Coleman and barkley (or a replacement) back and a targetman

[Martip]

Loved Kenny today....growing into a player game by game

Cuco was horrific 

[Heisenberg]

Martina wasnt gutless in the tackle. He was just so obviously trying to tackle with the wrong foot each time leaving his standing position weak

[blue slug]

A bit generous with some of the ratings there

[Ross]

Thought Rooney was very poor myself, great pass and solid penalty aside, he was anonymous and his covering as a right side midfielder left Kenny exposed far more than Lennon would have without the outlet on the break.

[Shogun]

Pickford - 6 - Despite the post-match narrative. He had nothing to do.

Kenny - 8 - Defended strongly throughout and showed a boss attitude. MOTM

Holgate - 8 - Don't think he did anything wrong and even took the ball off Lovren's toes to prevent a likely goal.

Williams - 7 - He's hardly put a foot wrong in the last four matches. I'm docking him a point for committing to a tackle up the pitch which let Mane through (with three other LFC players) just before HT.

Martina - 3 - Didn't actually think he was that bad earlier on in the game. Will cut him some slack playing out of position against the league's top scorers. He's never been good enough really.

Davies - 5 - Tough for someone like him considering how poor we were in possession.

Gana - 7 - Thought he'd be restricted after the yellow but he wasn't. Put in a lot of good tackles and even got us up the pitch a couple of times in the second half.

Rooney - 7 - Nonsense playing him on the right. One bit of quality came from him and he scored from the spot.

Sigurdsson - 5 - Considering he had to play Left Back as well for most of the match then he did ok but struggled to impact the game.

Niasse - 5 - We were too deep to really get his part of the game plan to work.

DCL - 5 - I know he won the pen and put in a good shift overall but he didn't make the ball stick at all.

Subs:

Schneiderlin - 4 - Generally a fan but he's shite.
Lennon - 6 - Quietly got us a bit further up the pitch at times.
Jagielka - 6 - Not much to say

[Tony Clifton]

Kenny just shaded MOTM from Williams for me.  Holgate up there too.  Thought Gueye had a decent game too, despite the early yellow. Still got too many mistakes in us, and that wastefulness in possession, but heads are no longer dropping.  The two Sam's breathing down necks from the touchline is making a difference.  Anyone read the Echo ratings?  Not sure they were watching the same game.

[Heisenberg]

Shouldn't have messed with the team. Actually made us alot more unbalanced. No wide players and rooney out of the centre where hes been performing best

[SANA_DR0]

Kenny MOTM, Holgate not far behind him.

everyone else a 6 or a 7 i guess.. besides Martina. 4 would be generous for him.


:Pickfords kicks are amazing.. shame they go straight through to the oppositions goalkeeper too much.

[Heisenberg]

Oh and 6 for siggurdson was generous. He done absolutely nothing. Can't remember him even having a kick in there half other than the hopeful shot. He's useless when the ball is in play

[Shogun]

Oh and 6 for siggurdson was generous. He done absolutely nothing. Can't remember him even having a kick in there half other than the hopeful shot. He's useless when the ball is in play

He had to double up on Salah most of the match.

Most of our midfielder's are going to come out as poor ratings when the game plan is to bypass them.