24 Feb 2019 16:17:33
You would've thought it was Liverpool who got the injuries based on that performance, I thought we had the best chances to win that game and some say it was a lost opportunity for Liverpool they were lucky they got the draw. So proud of the team! We know injuries can have an impact on the mindset of the players but despite losing matic yesterday, Herrera, mata, lingard and rashford being hurt we still kept on going. Big props to mctominay who I thought was exceptional in the matic role. Pereira played ok coming on in such a big game and loved the passion he showed. Shaw motm for me who had salah in his pocked. Wanted to end with lukaku. Yes he's not our most gifted player and I personally don't see him in our starting XI if we want to challenge but credit where it's due, with rashford being hurt he had to put in an extra shift and playing on the wing when you're a cf, doesn't make it any easier. He worked his absolute socks off and for that I applaud him. We made them drop two points and if at that at the end helps stop them becoming champions, then fantastic. Top 4 still in our favour imo, good team performance lads, onto the next one.
{Ed0333's Note - I thought it was a valiant effort from you guys. Fair play you got what you deserved. If I’m being totally honest you looked more likely to score than us. We were lucky smalling isn’t a forward or we would have lost the game in the end.
24 Feb 2019 16:26:21
DDG didn’t hav to make save, there were 3 great chances and they were all ours.
24 Feb 2019 16:28:28
Under the circumstances I think both sides will be quietly happy with a point and move on.
{Ed0333's Note - true dat fam
24 Feb 2019 16:29:06
To be fair, it was difficult playing with 10 men. Unable to chase, struggling to outmuscle anyone and never in position. Lukaku was abysmal.
{Ed0333's Note - lukaku was brilliant he took one for the team today playing out of position.
24 Feb 2019 16:35:44
Yeah i thought the fans the were brilliant on the whole today but their treatment of lukaku is getting out of hand. He was played out of position and put in a major shift today yet everytime he made a mistake the fans were on his back.
Yet there's a certain chilean whos our highest paid player who doesn't get half as much stick when he puts in poor performance after poor performance.
24 Feb 2019 17:09:15
I thought lukaku was terrible today and Sanchez actually played well. The fans aren’t on his back as such they are just frustrated with his lack of ability and number of mistakes, the fact you’re noticing that shows how many mistakes there are, for a professional footballer his first touchy is absolutely abysmal. Remember Berbatov and how good his touch was, I think Lukaku is the exact opposite.
24 Feb 2019 17:09:55
sepp are you are serious, he was pretty good today. Most of what was created in the game outside of setpieces was from lukaku, the pass to lingard, the cross for smalling at the end. The 500k man on the other hand was as usual useless.
24 Feb 2019 17:39:47
Thought he was dreadful, but he is most games. Getting outmuscled by Robertson. Terrible first touch. Always underneath the ball. Never winning a header.
Apart from that though, I thought we played quite well.
24 Feb 2019 18:02:10
No need to turn this into a Lukaku vs Sanchez debate. Let's just agree that they are both terrible.
In all seriousness though today was a good result under the circumstances. Lindelof and Smalling were excellent as they were against Chelsea. MOTM for me was Luke Shaw. He's in fantastic form, he's really turned a corner recently and I'm happy to say is proving myself and others wrong. I'd like to see him start adding 5-7 assists a season and a goal or two. But other than that he's definitely learned how to defend.
24 Feb 2019 21:16:36
No excuse for Lukaku being constantly outmuscled given his size. Almost like he can’t be bothered. Sanchez needs to play down the middle or be sold.
25 Feb 2019 10:07:21
Henderson whacked Rashford very early and he never shook off the challenge- but that's what a horrible dirty player the mackem has become imo. We put in a proper gutsy performance but the only negative is, you've got to wonder why lingard was put on when so early back from injury and also clearly not ready. Mata epitomised the spirit with the track and challenge on Salah whilst crocked; pleased with a point under the circumst.