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Christ, I thought I was a bit negative... No way have Spurs looked significantly better than us. They've been nowhere near where they were last season so far and now may be losing Kane for an extended period. Liverpool have been (really) hot and cold. That's how I think they'll be all season. They'll look unstoppable one game and woeful the next. Everton won't keep this up all season. The only 100% certainty for the top 4 is City who will walk the title by the look of it. With the amount of uncertainty with everyone but them, we have a fantastic shot at top 4. We win our next 2 PL games against top quality sides and suddenly we're right back up there and morale is restored.

Unfair on Matic. Thought he was solid and our best midfielder. Oscar on the other hand I agree with. He was and is useless at everything but harassing people with the ball. Offers no cutting edge going forward with either his passing or his shooting. He's just an average player. We either need to bring Cesc in for him or play with two forwards.

I just don't understand how a player with the ability to be the best player in the world like Hazard just has such a weak mentality. He just looks like he gives up if something doesn't come off for him. Goes into a shell. He should be looking to attack and assert himself but just doesn't. Really, really frustrating. And if this wasn't the game where Conte realizes how terrible Ivanovic is I will rage. He's got cement boots. Ball watches and gets caught out time and time again. He was dreadful.

So much for Hazard being back. Hazard, Willian, Oscar and Diego were all shit. Absolutely pathetic that our midfield got completely bossed by He derision, Wijnaldum, and Lallana. They passed rings and us. At home! They just embarrassed us in our own home. We just aren't nearly as far along as I thought we were. Player for player we have way better talent than they do but Klopp is such a good coach that he drags them up a level or two.

Yeah, just saw that. It's that idiot Neil Ashton who's been saying this for weeks. It's bullshit.

Their defense and midfield look so bang average. We're such a better team than they are in terms of talent. Up to them to show that, though.

Possibly no Firmino, Milner probably at fullback, Henderson in midfield...we're at home. Really no excuses here. We should be winning this. Hazard should be able to dominate a match like this.

Not seeing many Liverpool fans predicting them losing or even drawing. Most of them i'm seeing are saying they'll batter us.

Just hope we don't "Mourinho" it and sit back at home and allow Liverpool the lions share of possession. They've proven this season so far that they create loads of chances if given the ball. We need to be progressive and play on the front foot. Play like a big team with confidence. Player for player we're better at every position just about. We have to use that to our advantage. We also have to hope Conte has been hammering home the message to Costa all week about keeping his cool. You know Klopp will be telling Lovren and the rest of their players to wind him up and try to get him booked or sent off. He can feast on that defense if his head is in it and he's not fighting and arguing the whole time.

I see the inbred Scouse mutants on RAWK are super confident that they'll come to the Bridge and spank us. Goddamn, I hope we embarrass them...

I guess that's the thing. He's so consistently awesome that you just expect it. Liverpool will be a massive test for him and Matic.

Wait, now people here are calling for Cesc to start? Liverpool are probably the last type of side you want to see Fabregas against. A side with loads of energy, athleticism, and who press relentlessly. Basically his cryptonite. Think we need Oscar in there again. Thought he was fine yesterday. Plenty of tackling, tracking back, and was also dangerous in the final third. We need as much steel against that lot as possible.

Disagree. He was great. Stepped into so many passing lanes to intercept the ball, made several great tackles, and did a bunch of things that don't show up on the stat sheet like pressurizing opponents and forcing them to either give the ball away or pass backwards. Without him we may very well have lost that game like we often did last season.

Agreed. If Costa doesn't get wound up by the Liverpool player who you know will be doing everything they can to set him off, he should destroy that defense. Worried about their attack and their pressing, though. We should be bossing the midfield and causing them all sorts of headaches in attack.

One of the worst officiated matches I've ever seen. Completely out of control there. - Cahill was abysmal. Foul or not from Fer, what the fuck are you thinking dwelling on the ball in that situation!? Idiot. - Hazard was off that game. Looked super dangerous time after time until it got to the last pass or shot where he choked. - Diego and Kante were immense. All defenders other than Cahill were good. Oscar and Matic were good. If Diego had scored that tap-in I think it would've killed the game. It would've demoralized Swansea and it could've been 4 or 5-0. Instead, it stayed 0-1, they get a super fluke penalty, and get belief and the crowd behind them. We need to be much more clinical and kill teams off or this can always happen. Totally dominated them but come away feeling like we lost it.

After initially struggling with their high press, we dominated that half. Kante, Oscar, and Matic were all excellent as were Diego and Willian. Just get Hazard to run at them more and more and we should score a couple more. Definitely don't think 1 goal will be enough. Not with Sigurdson out there who's a huge danger.

Actually starting to feel bad for Cesc. He can't get a sniff against these small sides so what hope does he have to play against the big ones? Hard to change a team that's worked well so far, but I would've liked to see him start here.

Anxious as hell to see our XI. Also nervous that the international break will have a negative effect on our quality going forward. Should be a comfortable win looking at how both clubs have started the season but I'm not too confident.

Absolutely awful refereeing this match. Arsenal given a scandalous penalty at the death to steal them 3 points. Never a pen in a million years.

Yep. Just can't imagine them dropping many points against the smaller teams. They'll utterly dominate those sides.

We've gotta win these "easy" ones against the likes of Swansea to keep pace with City. There are so many great sides this season that title challengers can't afford to drop points against teams that they're far superior to.

He's obviously a world class talent but clearly needs to be played in a specific position to show his best. He looked useless deep in midfield for France at the Euro's and is lost here as part of a "2" as the box to box. He needs to be played further forward. De Bruyne on the other hand can play on either wide position, as a #10, or as a #8. He's more versatile.

Disagree on both points. Besides being more powerful, what does Pogba do better than De Bruyne? Nothing. KDB offers much more to a team. Also, City look brilliant without their "best" player. When De Bruyne was out for them last season they were a different team. He's so influential and they key to their team.

De Bruyne is easily a better player than Pogba. Said it when United signed him. Scores more, assists more, higher work rate, more intelligent. Second best player in the league after Hazard.

Ah, yes. I literally couldn't care less about that competition so I hope Conte doesn't field our strongest XI. I know we have fewer matches this season's without CL football, but I still wouldn't risk any of our most important players from the start in the League Cup. Needs to be all about the PL this season.