The Barclays Premier League Thread 2013/14

[stokeriño]

KoLOL Toure

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

ANICHEBE!

[Hobo]

lol, Kolo.

[unitedツ]

Shocking from Toure. Nice finish.

[Nerf]

Kolololol.

[FLiam]

Oh Kolo.

Suarez having a sneaky kick at Yacob there. And again.

[Nerf]

Not worried, Suarez is due a goal

[Szumi]

We have really played like shit. That's fine if you don't commit amateur errors like that, but for fuck's sake that was awful. Gave West Brom all the hope and momentum they need to grab a second.

[Hobo]

Never mind folks MARTIN KELLY is coming on.

[brenchill]

Liverpool could do with a win here to open up the gap.

[Hobo]

It's been a poor second half from Liverpool in general. West Brom deserve to be level.

[Szumi]

Liverpool continue to play scared under pressure. Just sitting back and allowing West Brom to dictate everything. Not playing like a team who can qualify for Champions League at all. At some point you need to try and control the game, play like a top team. Rodgers can't seem to get his side to do that when the pressure is on.

[Hobo]

Rodgers seems to pin a lot of his hopes on winning a game in the first half. Given the lack of depth the squad has it's not surprising, it's not like he can bring anyone impactful on to change things.

[Nerf]

Liverpool continue to play scared under pressure. Just sitting back and allowing West Brom to dictate everything. Not playing like a team who can qualify for Champions League at all. At some point you need to try and control the game, play like a top team. Rodgers can't seem to get his side to do that when the pressure is on.

You mean like on Wednesday?

[Szumi]

I'm not saying win, I'm saying control the game and tempo. Liverpool didn't do that on Wednesday. They just countered against Everton and it worked because of their high line. You can't count on that to happen every game.

[stokeriño]

Most excellent.

[brenchill]

You can't win em all.

[Baddar]

Can't argue with that, from a United perspective. Being 7 back is better than 9 I suppose. Isn't it Arsenal-Liverpool next weekend?

[FLiam]

Yes, it is.

[Nerf]

I'm not saying win, I'm saying control the game and tempo. Liverpool didn't do that on Wednesday. They just countered against Everton and it worked because of their high line. You can't count on that to happen every game.

That was, y'know, kind of the tatics, and it was genius.

That wasn't what we tried to do today. West Brom just figured us out with their high pressing, couldn't get control of the game, and ended up gifting the equalizer.