My goodness, I just came back here (I'm late to the party, I know, but I had other things to attend to
) to find that Liverpool finished very, very badly against Aston Villa. So many goals scored by Aston Villa that they are right under Everton in the EPL standings. When you look at this from a historical perspective, they've been in the EPL for several years, just the previous three years they've been demoted to Championship League and now they're back. Adding that Aston Villa never lost a single game this season, they look like they might even be able to contend for this year's title. Last year was the only time Liverpool won it. And now I feel a little embarrassed about my current pick in the poll (Man City).
I really struggle to find words to explain that brainfart yesterday. And no, that word is not just Adrian, no matter how we try to paint it that way.
I understand teams going into meltdown mode, especially in a season so weird as this one. But it is unacceptable on so many levels to play in a way Liverpool played yesterday.
I'm still furious, we could have conceded 15 goals. The approach to the game was abysmal, for the first time in a long time I felt ashamed to watch it. A huge slap on anything we have done in the last 5 years and I'm ready to go 12 rounds with anyone trying to tell me otherwise.
Shame on anyone included, Klopp as well. And no, losing is not a problem - but how you lose definitely is.
It wasn't just Adrian, Aston Villa took advantage of all the spaces LFC defenders were leaving open. From the beginning of the game they were all over the place IMO instead of blocking advancements into the field nobody was coordinating with each other. Even Klopp lost it at half-time when the score was at 4-1 by subbing a striker for a midfielder's spot, like, really? He didn't add more defenders until it was too late to save the game with even a draw.
LFC needs to transfer in a second gatekeeper to assist Adrian, that's for sure.