First State Kopites

Well that was quite a week!! S6 E12

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Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. The Reds had a win away at Brighton last week, followed by 2 very big wins. We will look ahead to Villa at home - the last game before the 3rd international break.

Part One - 2 games against Brighton:

  • Brighton away in the Carabao Cup - 3-2, could have been comfortable with Jarrell’s few moments
  • Brighton at home - xG 1.65 to 1.01 (0.71 to 0.77)
    • Game of 2 halves - first half we look slow, poorly shaped and lacking some energy. 9th minute Darwin chance. 14th minute we look as outnumbered as we have at any time this season (Mitoma?).
    • Second half looked immediately different, then by 69, we were ready to take over the game. Estupian was man of the match until he wasn’t.
    • Subs at 66 were huge - Jones and DIaz. But chances had started to flow (Gomes, VVD, Mo).
    • Gakpo, vintage Salah (164 EPL goals now) and the Kop. The high press.
    • Joe Gomez was magnificent. Endo then helps close the game down.

      • Part Two - Leverkusen:

      • 4-0 over the German champions - xG 3.79 to 0.80 (0.63 v 0.16 first half). Statsbomb has 2.9 for Liverpool
        • 3rd defeat in 18 months for Leverkusen
        • Very even in the first half - you could see why they have been hard to beat. Lots of intricate movement.
        • Second half, the Curtis pass to Luis Diaz was the trigger
        • Second goal again within 5 minutes; 
        • Now Liverpool are 93.3% chance of finishing in the top 8

          • Part Three - Villa at home brings us to the end of this difficult spell:

          • Narratives
            • Villa are quietly in a slump
            • Team selection 
            • Prediction

              • We will be back next week with a review of the Villa game. Thanks to Daz. for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us.

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