16 Jan 2017 10:05:48
Morning guys,

We have all had time to calm down from the nerves and pressure of yesterday's game and when the dust settles after playing so poorly after 80 minutes we would have been happy with a point and it is certainly a point gained.

It was important for everybody that we kept the winning run going and we now have another little run where we play lower placed teams and the other teams around us start to play each other. In 3 weeks time the league could look different again.

I never go over to the Liverpool page but I thought as a few had infiltrated our page I would go over and see what they really thought, rather than what the odd WUM coming on here talking nonsense thought. It is great to see them whinging and moaning about referee decisions.

if it was up to them we would have ended the match with 8 men, they want rule changes all over the place so Herrera was sent off, Pogba booked for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity on the penalty (which he didn't, and there is nothing in the rules about what he did being a yellow despite people seemingly thinking there is) and then sent off later in the game for pulling in the box (one even wants retrospective action on this! ) and then wanting Rooney off as well.

They also think that Mourinho coming up with a plan of long ball to punish them means he has no idea what he is doing, despite the fact it worked and got us back in the game, the bitterness is sensational and really cheered me up.

Pogba has been fantastic in recent weeks and it was a shame he was so poor yesterday as now all I am seeing is people slagging him off, he wouldn't even get in the Liverpool under 23 team apparently!

Considering before the game most of them were happy with a point they are doing a hell of a lot of moaning and blaming other people, if you are feeling a bit down go over to their page and have a look.

I'm not going to post on there like they do to us as it comes across a bit pathetic in my opinion, but it is a great read to see what they really think not just what they use as 'banter' on here.

1.) 16 Jan 2017
16 Jan 2017 10:21:29
not sure what happened to the post on their page but I made that exact point to them GDS2, if the long ball is such a crap tactic why did it work and why has klopp not been able to train his players to deal with it. Seems to me the only managers who moan about the long ball are the ones who don't know how to deal with it. don't get me wrong I don't want to see it often but jose had seen this was their weakness in previous games so took advantage of it, simple plan B which klopp seems to lack.

2.) 16 Jan 2017
16 Jan 2017 10:34:47
Hi GDS2 - like most of these games against Liverpool the looking forward to it is often better than the actual event. That said I think the ref ruined the game by being far too quick to blow the whistle for any sort of coming together. He did it for both sides, but it was clear the plan was to nip anything in the bud and take the sting out of the game - ridiculous as he killed off the hype before it had any chance to live up to it.

This allowed Liverpool time to recover from their exertions and it slowed the game down far too much. We have been playing very similarly for a couple of weeks now, so maybe that result will motivate Jose to work a little more on our fitness/ workrate. If we were quicker around the field we could have capitalised on blatant gaps in the Liverpool set-up, but a reluctance to commit fully meant we were far too cautious at times.

Pre game I expected a solid win, as it became clear that we were not clicking a draw was satisfactory on the day. We needed more though, shame the players didn't take the chance to put a real warning shot out.

3.) 16 Jan 2017
16 Jan 2017 14:35:38
Hi guys, the other perspective. Pogba's arm round Henderson's neck was bad and should have been punished and it's a shame about the off side for your goal but I thought the ref otherwise did well. On balance a draw was a fair result but we're all a bit miffed after leading for 2/ 3s of the match.

I'd also say Klopp was a bit disingenuous with his comments about your tactics, you probably deserved a point and there's no 'correct' way to play football.