Liverpool - v - Leeds United ***Matchday Thread***

[Billyni]

I thought Struijk was better than Cooper

[Jezleeds]

I thought Struijk was better than Cooper

Agreed - maybe Strujk can be the new White, although i missed the calm he used to bring.

Once we stopped giving the ball away and kicking it anywhere after the first 30 minutes, i thought we were mostly the better team, but definitely belong - and we'll give a lot of teams a very good game this season on this showing.

Agree we need a Pablo for when Pablo's not on it, like today, Koch needs time and coaching, and we need better luck - both pens and the block on Koch for the header were poor decisions in my opinion.

So really we won 3-1, cos all our goals were fantastic.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Hehe - indeed. Anyone notice when Ayling went down at the end and the ref stopped the game - he was trying not to laugh.

He seems to have taught Dallas and Harrison how to do the Ayling flop on the ball to win free kicks too.

He has a very very good game.

[cherrypie7]

I thought Struijk was better than Cooper

The good points for me (other than the ones already mentioned) were:
1. Bielsa showed that he had a good plan to unsettle Liverpool. I can now be confident he probably has good plans for most of the other 18 teams.
2. Meslier.
3. How the team came back after going a goal down so early. Norwich conceded after 7 min last season. Lost 4-1.
4. Bamford took one of his 2 chances.
5. Costa and Harrison were good tonight and they weren't playing Dull city.

[Billyni]

I thought Struijk was better than Cooper

He does need a haircut tho

[Jezleeds]

Feel the Udinese bloke or Wilson are quite important going forward, as Pablo was off the pace today as a starter.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

bring on the next game - think our fitness will be a real advantage through the season.

[WTF11]

MOTD good words from all, "magnificent" a common phrase.😉

[leedsutdman]

I thought Struijk was better than Cooper

Agreed, thought he was very good. Hope Bielsa sticks with him. Proud of the whole team tbh, I thought we were going to get a pants up bumming tonight but we didn't look to far behind them.

[WTF11]

I thought Struijk was better than Cooper

Agreed, but such a shame it was fet necessary to play Koch without any real preparation. F00king international games are a nightmare, should have been pre-arranged.