ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens discuss Liverpool’s performance vs. Villarreal and ask whether or not the difficult first half is the sign of anything more significant than just complacency.
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Their greatest strength is their unique intensity yet they lack a bit of composure thats their weakness, due to their average midfield. Any team that can hold the ball press and play out of Liverpool press will cause a lot of problems for them. They are not that technical. They rely on their press and stamina. The only way go beat Liverpool, you have to match them in pressing and dominate their midfield.
Football is over 2 halves simple as
1 word for LFC; PHYSICALITY dumb ?
Stevie “ Liverpool have no weaknesses,its the ultimate club , Liverpool is football, actually football will be called Liverpool sport from this day onwards”
City can't keep that intensity for 90 mins. In both games against Liverpool in the EPL, Liverpool were the better side for the first 20-25 mins of the second half.
Mind Begs the Question:
LiVARpool,Real Madrid Owners
Who Conspired Super League
If win by VAR Mistakes/Favors
Coincidence,Corruption??
Gabs is a Liverpool hater ?.
Yes liverpool do have weakness, but jurgen klopp always fix it during half time break. They can do damage to anyone in 2nd half of the game and it's been that way for whole season if u actually watch liverpool play
We don't care YNWA
LVP has no weaknesss…so strong and perfectly fit and complete squad in the history
People keep talking a lot about vinicius destroying TAA. But they forget the attacking threat that liverpool's ride side offers. Vinicius and mendy should be more worried about containing salah and TAA
Liverpool bossed Villareal in 3 out of 4 halfs 5-2 on agg is hugely flattering resultwise for Villareal, but i give them credit for the first half at home.
Gabs really hates us doesn't he ( lfc fan obviously ? lol)
Robbo had a night to forget, in both goals he was beaten by his man.
This show is bullshit. And they should talk only transfers and nothing more.
A final is only 1 match, Madrid can't have a miracle at the bernabeau it's 100% from the start.
That's why Liverpool will win.
We didn't see Salah. We see Egyptian cousin with same haircut
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I'm surprised that Villareal's first half performance is not being compared to Atleti's second half vs City..
First half 0-2 for Liverpool, Full time 3-2 for Rea Madrid, I’m a Barcelona fan but at this point I can’t deny faith
Liverpool fc are train 90min for gegenpressing. and play so many games. 2nd half villa exhausted period
if benfica, villareal and millan can score against Liverpool and win then Madrid are going to beat them, Liverpool have not had 1 hard test in the champions league, Madrid will bring all their tricks to annoy and frustrate Liverpool and they will win
Liverpool played amazing second half and played their natural game … Villarreal tried maybe next time
Danjuma played at Anfield and stunk the place out. He was no loss.
Complacent is very disrespectful, for once just give credit to liverpool.They could win the quadruple and these guys are just gonna say yah " but " .
If I’m Ancelotti I’m running the offense through Trent ?
Gab is usually logical, all his bitterness come out for LFC.
55-45 chance for a Pool title
Look liverpool players are also humans..they are playing record 63 games in a season…..they would have few minutes of bad spell…..but if liverpool plays with their 100 potential no current team would even give them a competition
the only team that can beat Liverpool, is another Liverpool, or another team that plays front foot and pressing like Liverpool, dominate midfield, but they must have a rock solid back 4 to counter Liverpool's counter-attacks.
Can you tell me what weaknesses are in Real Madrid's game?
you all forget how wet the surface was. it was terrible to play our fast pace game on
We will always be weakest in the fullback position, because there is vacant space down the wings. Vinicius Jnr might get some success . Konate might play. In which case he will cover the fullback position, he has more pace.
What abt strategy. Absorb the pressure at the first half because expected Villarreal to come at LFC FULL guns blazing…obviously didn't plan for the goals…and second half because of LFC lungs and ability to sustain the intensity for the entire game, go full throttle…im biased and would like to believe this was our strategy..not accounting for the goals conceded…tactical genius and well laid out strategy by the entire team i.e. analyst to the manager.
the best thing about liverpool is that every players can score goal….even the defender can step in and score…. good defender at back…
Gabby is a football master ?
The Premier League teams play at a higher intensity and are therefore fitter than teams from other leagues.
Villareal put too much into the first half.
They like being dramatic and not boring is their weakness which make their supporters hearts and knees get weak
LIVERPOOL HAS NO WEAKNESSES.. what happened is that the boys were playing in reverse hahahahahaha until they noticed they were in a final they hit first gear.. game over… ciao!!
These guys look like they have been in the gym….. it are in a gym
These two biggest Madrid honks in a few weeks. Lol Will be fun to hear what they say after.