Strike

The Kepa disaster was waiting to happen with how deep the team set its defense up. Also, there was zero wing play and no idea how to progress in attack. Calling for Lampard's head is extreme and the absences did have a big impact but putting the loss down to individual mistakes is deluded thinking.

Yep. Fluidity in tactics and formation usually works when there is an established way of playing in the first place

Keeping Tomori over Rudiger will be a bold call and the right call

This. I worry a Tomori situation is developing with CHO. Would love to know more about why he has hardly got any minutes since restart.

Yes, Lampard's setup was conservative but there were a number of average players in the XI and two new attackers who haven't played much together. I'd wait for a larger sample size of games and for players to come back.

TC being TC. You'd think we are in April going by the reactions here. Its two games into the season!

Cannot remember a Liverpool chance in the first half

Analyse it tomorrow

Can't do anything with 10 men against Liverpool. We were going man for man and covering their attacks. With one gone, its just a huge vacuum to fill.

Just no. We were hanging on.

One day someone was gonna do that to Jorgi. Just had to be today!

We've seen Liverpool do this back-to-front so many times. Christensen and Zouma should be on guard for that as soon as the attack broke down

That decides the centre-back combination for next game - Silva-Zouma

Run from left to right, Christensen doesn't spot it until its way too late

FFS After a sensible performance, Christensen just switches off

Mendy's agent has said same to a paper in Senegal. Seems like Tomori loan is a separate conversation

Yeah its a good signing but glad that he isn't going to be facing Chelsea.

He's had a setback.

'Unproven, rusty' CHO played in the Brighton pre-season friendly and had good games for England U-21

Still convinced Kai will come good but he shouldn't be starting as a winger because Liverpool's fullbacks will be all over him. Centrally, I'd prefer Kovacic over him for this game and keep a simple counter-attacking game plan of trying to release CHO and Werner into space

Kepa Reece Zouma Silva Azpi Kante Jorginho Kovacic CHO Giroud Werner

I don't think the fall will be as spectacular as Torres, Alexis. His left foot is still worth a loan punt I think but not a signing that improves Spurs by much. Also, fair enough that United see themselves too big to include a buyback clause but it will be hilarious if they don't land another target and end up with a Plan B at the end of the window