Slots comments afterwards, about the team slackening and not running were perfect, I'm so impressed with his management. Doesn't hide the truth, holds the highest of standards and absolutely no game is perfect, we can always improve. Brilliant.
Watching from Boston (Central SQ - Cambridge, MA) from our LFC Boston Hdqtrs. Season's Greetings!! Whan an early gift this was! Our main pub and 2 overflows were loud and rowdy yesterday. Peter Carney must be busy making his "ArneField" banners and t-shirts! Up The Reds!
Ian Salmon - spot on about feeling sorry for Ange, to some extent at least. He's clearly a good coach, but not close to the level of Slot right now. Good point about the rested players too Mo, they all performed really well yesterday. Spurs are the exception to most rules out there, so yes I was looking for us giving them a drubbing, the way it happened was nearly perfect. Hopefully Ruud isn't able to make the Tories ready to defend like Forest midweek. At least it's a late one, we need to hear the roar of Anfield up and down the country!
I'm surprised we didn't talk more about Gomez for individual performances, he was brilliant. His pass through the lines, kept Son deadly quiet, was so calm in defense and on the ball
What showed me that the reds are really focussed is that post the game vvd locked the team in the dressing room to talk about the 3,2,1,3 goals let in during the last 4 games. No complacency no arrogance…the job is not done yet!
Huge win for the reds! I did feel like Slot could’ve maybe utilised Endo after going 1-5 up, if you’re not going to give him minutes and rest Grav at this point when are you going to give him minutes?
@@rogerdavies2796 he did but even so, Slot mentioned in his post match presser that we stopped running for 20mins, there’s one man on the bench who wouldn’t have stopped running and that’s Endo!
@@renickjeune8761 he really doesn’t. He’s nowhere near as bad as people make out I really think he can play a key role this season. He’s the Milner in this squad
I was thrilled and riveted to watch the Liverpool movement - it was like watching a swarm by a force of vastly greater numbers just overwhelm a defending force - except of course that we actually had the same numbers - it was just like we had an extra 2-3 players. It was a privilege to see it. BUT the two things that Slot will focus them on was (1) yet again we conceded bad goals (and yet again, Robbo was badly at fault for one of them), and (2) we are not finishing enough of our chances (and this has been a problem for years - since Sadio, Bobby and Mo were in their pomp). The defending I am hopeful Slot will sort, especially when he gets Konate back. The poor finishing is not something I think we will fix - simply because most of our forwards are not natural finishers (Gakpo, Diaz, Nunez, Nunes and Chiesa are all in this category, and even Jota is notoriously a player who goes though hot/cold patches, plus of course his injury record. So, we are totally reliant on Mo. That is simply not good enough, and we have to address this through recruitment.
A win is a win but let's not get carried away. Spurs were depleted and looked leggy with less time to recover. We should have easily scored 10 with Salah having missed 5 chances in the first 20mins. It was criminal of him not to pass to Sobo for a simple tap in on 2 mins. Sobo had his best game and for me was the MOTM with Gravenberch / Gomes a close second. The likes of Everton will be a much tougher proposition when you see them keeping out Arsenal and Chelsea.
Enjoy the journey. Last season we we played with 9 men v a full strength Spurs and held them until Matip's last minute brain fart. We actually drew if you count our disallowed goal. So don't be afraid to give credit where it's due
Wow,a proper negative nelly,enjoy what you're seeing and enjoy being top of everything ,if you only celebrate on the last day then you miss out on all the fun in-between
Let’s not get carried away?? When do you get carried away? We’re top of the league at Christmas! Top of all the leagues! In a semi-final! Just when is it okay to get excited?? We were absolutely scintillating, and honestly, I think we’d have blasted a full-strength Spurs side away too. And saying it was criminal Salah didn't pass to Szobo in first 2 mins...he literally just assisted 2 and scored 2 in the game!! Sure, Everton away will be a different kind of challenge, and the players, and Slot, will know that. But for now, let’s enjoy these magnificent reds and the incredible football they’re giving us! Merry Christmas!
A number of our players are on 4 yellows. Hopefully the 5th card comes the game before the FA Cup 3rd tie. Could do with the suspension being Stanley at home
After a big result, we always seem to drop pts next game I.e Newcastle, Fulham.. this season after the city win at anfield.. same with 5-0 away at old trafford and 2-2 Brighton at home in 21/22 ..now what I want to see as a fan is go on a run .. if we want to be a serious team moving forward we have to stop dropping pts against teams we are supposed to win.. my complain is defensively we look shambles since the return after November internationals break .. probably due to lack of personnel like ibu or lot of combination change in back 5 .. we have to stay consistent at the back moving forward.. also we still need to address something in midfield or the backing in transfer window .. knowing fsg they wont . Why should I trust a board who are reluctant to give contracts to 3 of our best players.. the fact that we are having this conversation in December and have conversations of who is more important is beyond embarrassing.. let me just be clear all should be signed .. it’s the lack of ambition shown by fsg and their tight model which always comes back to hunt us in the long run at end of season.. please for once can we do things straight forward
Harsh on Jones to talk about his as merely a rotation option. He's been, on balance, as good as Szobo and macca this season and last but recency bias has obscured this for some reason. Keeps happening to him, and has since he single-handedly salvaged the 22-23 season.
Robertson did play well, but he was poor for their 3rd goal, barely contested the aerial ball when he was right there for it. If that was Tsimikas making that mistake, and all the others Robbo has recently committed, Neil would be calling for him all sorts.
I think Nunez, Jones and Tsimi come in for sure. Dom, Diaz and Robbo rested. I’m 50/50 on Jota coming in to play off Nunez and giving Mac a break, but I doubt Arne would risk it, especially after we lost control when Jones replaced him at 1-5
Don’t really know what Mo is getting at with Slot wanting them going at full-pelt for 90 mins. Whether he wanted it or not, they didn’t, and they still got 3 points. Surely it’s better to have got that little rest in game and still came away with the points than burn themselves out and come away with… 3 points. What’s the difference?
Slot knew Spurs don't stop, and 5 - 1 leads dont guarantee a win. We almost collectively dropped our guard. We weren't bad or even complacent, but levels dropped a little which allowed two goals, both coming out of quality finishing of low XG opportunities. We woke up and it should be a good lesson . Dropping off doesn't mean we become complacent and the team learned the easy way
He just needs some rotation. Playing 2 days a week after a short preseason where he captained his country in the euros , never allowed him to get up to speed. He would benefit from 1 game a weeks for a few weeks. Same with Macca, and grav needs rotating too. Luckily Jones is stepping up, Harvey back will help, but we could do with another body for Grav
@@LAndrewNext deffo. someone with both the passing ability to replace Mac and physicality to replace grav. Tottenham with their high line and the space they leave in behind also really suited sons attributes. Against a low block mac is better in the 10 imo
All praise to Mo and our attack but you know Robbo has had another stinker when even a bunch of absolute homers on Christmas are saying it "might be near the end of his time with us" or what have you. He's been at the scene of yet another conceded goal -- a simple cross to the back post to which he offered no resistance whatsoever -- and that's 8 in 3 matches we've conceded. Robbo is absolutely washed and we are a shambles at the back with different players making errors every match, but hey we scored 6 against the worst defence in the league with only one of their back 5 healthy and starting an 18-yr-old MF at CB, so let's not have any real talk about it, even for 5 minutes.
Definitely a 'cup half empty' kind of guy aren't ya! He also provided some great defence and a couple of wicked passes that led to goals! Leave Robbo alone!
In your imaginary world that might have been 😂 salah absolutly synonymous with hogging the touchline and pinging in crosses from the byline isn't he?!!! 😂
Really can’t be bothered with people rewriting history, Salah had maybe half a season of hugging the touch line and it was before Nunez even turned up. We won two trophies, lost the league by a point and lost the champions league final that season. We can praise Slot and the changes he’s made without acting like everything Klopp did was terrible. I thought he had a shocker often the last two seasons but it was 7 years of brilliance with a little bit of over-lunacy sprinkled in
Klopp made Nunez the focus of the attack and finishing chance creation moments and it did work, because for the second half of last season Nunez had the highest xG, highest missed xG, and the most shots taken - even the most times hit the bar in one game (4 against Chelsea). Klopp made Nunez his focal point/finisher and he just didn’t finish. He was comparable to Haaland in that period but just didn’t score the goals. Klopp was right to make Nunez ‘his’ Dortmund Lewandowski. Don’t knock that
John Gibbons telling Craig from Anfield Agenda that he’s “not his vibe” and refusing to go on his podcast 😳😳😳 I’M UNSUBSCRIBING 🤬 Craig is a genuine fan who tells it as it is and isn’t on the FSG payroll. Disgusted by the Anfield Wrap. Shame on you.
I don't think it's Liverpool's best game. Spurs set up was suicidal and ridiculously stubbornly naive. We punished their awful tactics. I thought our Madrid and City performances were superior and more disciplined.
Allison shud ave had all 3 goals to be honest,but well let him off about that,warra game warra result,so now lets bury the foxes on boxin day,anyone remmber maguire 2018 the prick,header for 1 all
Merry Christmas to you guys, it had been a wonderful to always listen to you. Watching from South Sudan 🇸🇸. YNWA up the reds 💪.
Slots comments afterwards, about the team slackening and not running were perfect, I'm so impressed with his management. Doesn't hide the truth, holds the highest of standards and absolutely no game is perfect, we can always improve. Brilliant.
Thanks for all the boss content over the last 12 months, love the Wrap X
I know of 3 pelaton bikes gathering dust in Merseyside, nearly new, being used only to hang clothes on!
Watching from Boston (Central SQ - Cambridge, MA) from our LFC Boston Hdqtrs. Season's Greetings!! Whan an early gift this was! Our main pub and 2 overflows were loud and rowdy yesterday. Peter Carney must be busy making his "ArneField" banners and t-shirts! Up The Reds!
Ian Salmon - spot on about feeling sorry for Ange, to some extent at least. He's clearly a good coach, but not close to the level of Slot right now. Good point about the rested players too Mo, they all performed really well yesterday.
Spurs are the exception to most rules out there, so yes I was looking for us giving them a drubbing, the way it happened was nearly perfect. Hopefully Ruud isn't able to make the Tories ready to defend like Forest midweek. At least it's a late one, we need to hear the roar of Anfield up and down the country!
I'm surprised we didn't talk more about Gomez for individual performances, he was brilliant. His pass through the lines, kept Son deadly quiet, was so calm in defense and on the ball
@@xengland10 was Son on the pitch?
I hadn't realised 😂
Merry Christmas to everyone at the anfleld wrap
What showed me that the reds are really focussed is that post the game vvd locked the team in the dressing room to talk about the 3,2,1,3 goals let in during the last 4 games. No complacency no arrogance…the job is not done yet!
Great result and a fantastic breakdown of play from the Annie wrap.....👏👏👏👏👏👏
Merry Christmas the Anfield Wrap crew. Have a good one. We are top of the Leagues and we will be having lots of happy times in May. YNWA
When we are mathematically champions I'll start shoutin' me gob off...
Enjoy the journey though
Huge win for the reds!
I did feel like Slot could’ve maybe utilised Endo after going 1-5 up, if you’re not going to give him minutes and rest Grav at this point when are you going to give him minutes?
Absolutely
Good shout although i think he played 90 in midweek ?
He really doesn’t like Endo man, The guy plays well Every time he plays.
@@rogerdavies2796 he did but even so, Slot mentioned in his post match presser that we stopped running for 20mins, there’s one man on the bench who wouldn’t have stopped running and that’s Endo!
@@renickjeune8761 he really doesn’t. He’s nowhere near as bad as people make out I really think he can play a key role this season. He’s the Milner in this squad
Great pod ! It's Slot Like Christmas! Merry Christmas REDS... YNWA🙏😌
I was thrilled and riveted to watch the Liverpool movement - it was like watching a swarm by a force of vastly greater numbers just overwhelm a defending force - except of course that we actually had the same numbers - it was just like we had an extra 2-3 players. It was a privilege to see it.
BUT the two things that Slot will focus them on was (1) yet again we conceded bad goals (and yet again, Robbo was badly at fault for one of them), and (2) we are not finishing enough of our chances (and this has been a problem for years - since Sadio, Bobby and Mo were in their pomp).
The defending I am hopeful Slot will sort, especially when he gets Konate back.
The poor finishing is not something I think we will fix - simply because most of our forwards are not natural finishers (Gakpo, Diaz, Nunez, Nunes and Chiesa are all in this category, and even Jota is notoriously a player who goes though hot/cold patches, plus of course his injury record. So, we are totally reliant on Mo. That is simply not good enough, and we have to address this through recruitment.
Definitely a 'cup half empty' kind of guy aren't ya!
@@Pkp2306 😄 Fair comment ! 🤣
It’s hard to believe it was still nil nil after 22 minutes..
A win is a win but let's not get carried away. Spurs were depleted and looked leggy with less time to recover. We should have easily scored 10 with Salah having missed 5 chances in the first 20mins. It was criminal of him not to pass to Sobo for a simple tap in on 2 mins. Sobo had his best game and for me was the MOTM with Gravenberch / Gomes a close second. The likes of Everton will be a much tougher proposition when you see them keeping out Arsenal and Chelsea.
The fans are allowed to get carried away - Slot is keeping the team grounded don’t worry
"Criminal" lol. Moaning weirdo. If you can't be happy now what a misery you mut be. Merry F***ing Christmas
Enjoy the journey. Last season we we played with 9 men v a full strength Spurs and held them until Matip's last minute brain fart. We actually drew if you count our disallowed goal. So don't be afraid to give credit where it's due
Wow,a proper negative nelly,enjoy what you're seeing and enjoy being top of everything ,if you only celebrate on the last day then you miss out on all the fun in-between
Let’s not get carried away?? When do you get carried away? We’re top of the league at Christmas! Top of all the leagues! In a semi-final! Just when is it okay to get excited??
We were absolutely scintillating, and honestly, I think we’d have blasted a full-strength Spurs side away too. And saying it was criminal Salah didn't pass to Szobo in first 2 mins...he literally just assisted 2 and scored 2 in the game!! Sure, Everton away will be a different kind of challenge, and the players, and Slot, will know that. But for now, let’s enjoy these magnificent reds and the incredible football they’re giving us! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas lads. Love your content. Up the reds
Bit of sauce? Love the smirk to Mo
What a Wrap. Send us an Ian 🎉✨️❤️
Congrats on 100k!
Ange was shaking his head in a negative way from the tough line BEFORE the game started !!!
He knew a shellacking was coming
A number of our players are on 4 yellows. Hopefully the 5th card comes the game before the FA Cup 3rd tie. Could do with the suspension being Stanley at home
After a big result, we always seem to drop pts next game I.e Newcastle, Fulham.. this season after the city win at anfield.. same with 5-0 away at old trafford and 2-2 Brighton at home in 21/22 ..now what I want to see as a fan is go on a run .. if we want to be a serious team moving forward we have to stop dropping pts against teams we are supposed to win.. my complain is defensively we look shambles since the return after November internationals break .. probably due to lack of personnel like ibu or lot of combination change in back 5 .. we have to stay consistent at the back moving forward.. also we still need to address something in midfield or the backing in transfer window .. knowing fsg they wont . Why should I trust a board who are reluctant to give contracts to 3 of our best players.. the fact that we are having this conversation in December and have conversations of who is more important is beyond embarrassing.. let me just be clear all should be signed .. it’s the lack of ambition shown by fsg and their tight model which always comes back to hunt us in the long run at end of season.. please for once can we do things straight forward
This has been an astonishing season so far ❤ slot
Spot on in the outro 👏🎅🔴
Harsh on Jones to talk about his as merely a rotation option. He's been, on balance, as good as Szobo and macca this season and last but recency bias has obscured this for some reason. Keeps happening to him, and has since he single-handedly salvaged the 22-23 season.
Merry Christmas boys LFC at the top were gonna win the lot!
⚠️FACT⚠️
Most teams who top the table by Christmas did NOT win the league🤏
Ian Ryan’s hair looks like pure silk. Glorious 😂
Looks like hair fibres...I saw a vid on Beckham & the look is identical. He's probably got serious MPB.
Robertson did play well, but he was poor for their 3rd goal, barely contested the aerial ball when he was right there for it. If that was Tsimikas making that mistake, and all the others Robbo has recently committed, Neil would be calling for him all sorts.
I think Nunez, Jones and Tsimi come in for sure. Dom, Diaz and Robbo rested. I’m 50/50 on Jota coming in to play off Nunez and giving Mac a break, but I doubt Arne would risk it, especially after we lost control when Jones replaced him at 1-5
Szobo. Magnificent
Quoting Denis Morton (of Peloton) time to stretch that vertical ability (Liverpool and TAW) 😂. @Neil - got on those strength exercises.
Its Mo Salahs world!! we all just live in it 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Don’t really know what Mo is getting at with Slot wanting them going at full-pelt for 90 mins. Whether he wanted it or not, they didn’t, and they still got 3 points. Surely it’s better to have got that little rest in game and still came away with the points than burn themselves out and come away with… 3 points. What’s the difference?
Slot knew Spurs don't stop, and 5 - 1 leads dont guarantee a win. We almost collectively dropped our guard. We weren't bad or even complacent, but levels dropped a little which allowed two goals, both coming out of quality finishing of low XG opportunities. We woke up and it should be a good lesson . Dropping off doesn't mean we become complacent and the team learned the easy way
Szobo coming of age?
He just needs some rotation. Playing 2 days a week after a short preseason where he captained his country in the euros , never allowed him to get up to speed.
He would benefit from 1 game a weeks for a few weeks. Same with Macca, and grav needs rotating too. Luckily Jones is stepping up, Harvey back will help, but we could do with another body for Grav
@@LAndrewNext deffo. someone with both the passing ability to replace Mac and physicality to replace grav. Tottenham with their high line and the space they leave in behind also really suited sons attributes. Against a low block mac is better in the 10 imo
That was open game where his running power was bake to shine. Against low blocks he's not suited.
@splinter360 Curtis in for low blocks
Can we have an unadulterated hour of Ian Salmon's MOnologues?
Mo I love your thinking top man I always look forward to your questions to Slot in the press conferences . Happy christmas to you all at the wrap YNWA
What a happy Christmas!
Merry Xmas 🎄 to all the Redmen 3 points at home we move on … one game at a time 🤞🔴
Slot gave Ange a bit of toffy a few days ago , very Paisley like.
Ange is glad the team he supported won!!
⚠️FACT⚠️
Trent is terrible “defender” that cost Liverpool two titles 😒
I think we are the best team in the leage but its long way to go mybe we play 20 stoke teams in bad condisions.
Isn’t the bearded fellow the one who puts on a Scottish accent and co hosts the Robbie Fowler podcast ? He switched accents to be on this one
I got beat 5-0 against spurs on me career mode , fc25! So the reds are flying!
All praise to Mo and our attack but you know Robbo has had another stinker when even a bunch of absolute homers on Christmas are saying it "might be near the end of his time with us" or what have you. He's been at the scene of yet another conceded goal -- a simple cross to the back post to which he offered no resistance whatsoever -- and that's 8 in 3 matches we've conceded. Robbo is absolutely washed and we are a shambles at the back with different players making errors every match, but hey we scored 6 against the worst defence in the league with only one of their back 5 healthy and starting an 18-yr-old MF at CB, so let's not have any real talk about it, even for 5 minutes.
Definitely a 'cup half empty' kind of guy aren't ya! He also provided some great defence and a couple of wicked passes that led to goals! Leave Robbo alone!
@@Pkp2306 No, the cup's 90% full and the last 10% keeps getting emptied by Robbo every match. We are having a fantastic season despite him.
@@サッカー-v2g The Manager doesn't think so but we're suppose to listen to you. Move on!
Game set and match 6-3 🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾
What a great game that was la? 😂😂😂😂 Get in….
Most words per second wins huh?🤯
On paper szob os streets ahead of kulusevski. They just rely on kulu more than we do szob
Wine for my men we ride at dawn!!! 🔥🔥💯💯😎😎👍👍 want us to be when we smash Man Utd at the half way point played 19 points 48 wow !!! 👀😎👍
better when not pissed , have to say
sobo very good against spurs alwas full trothle and alwas works the socks of.
Midfield trio that started is worth £ #500Mill
i love ange go ful trohle against liverpool .even real madrid you lose.
Credit to Slott for giving Salah full freedom in the attack. Klopp had him hugging the touchline to somehow make Nunez the focus of the attack lolll
In your imaginary world that might have been 😂 salah absolutly synonymous with hogging the touchline and pinging in crosses from the byline isn't he?!!! 😂
Really can’t be bothered with people rewriting history, Salah had maybe half a season of hugging the touch line and it was before Nunez even turned up. We won two trophies, lost the league by a point and lost the champions league final that season.
We can praise Slot and the changes he’s made without acting like everything Klopp did was terrible. I thought he had a shocker often the last two seasons but it was 7 years of brilliance with a little bit of over-lunacy sprinkled in
Klopp made Nunez the focus of the attack and finishing chance creation moments and it did work, because for the second half of last season Nunez had the highest xG, highest missed xG, and the most shots taken - even the most times hit the bar in one game (4 against Chelsea). Klopp made Nunez his focal point/finisher and he just didn’t finish. He was comparable to Haaland in that period but just didn’t score the goals.
Klopp was right to make Nunez ‘his’ Dortmund Lewandowski. Don’t knock that
Salah plays wider under Slot than he ever did under Klopp. Are you blind, Lad?
Talking out ur a** again i see
Meep Meep 😅
John Gibbons telling Craig from Anfield Agenda that he’s “not his vibe” and refusing to go on his podcast 😳😳😳
I’M UNSUBSCRIBING 🤬
Craig is a genuine fan who tells it as it is and isn’t on the FSG payroll.
Disgusted by the Anfield Wrap. Shame on you.
Need to sign a defender & midfielder next month . Arsenal & Chavs aren't too far behind .
Left back and DM definitely BUT must be of a similar level. A long way to go and injuries inevitable 😊
Merry Christmas, many thanks for all your quality content … it’s gonna be a memorable 2025 🙏
I don't think it's Liverpool's best game. Spurs set up was suicidal and ridiculously stubbornly naive. We punished their awful tactics. I thought our Madrid and City performances were superior and more disciplined.
Spurs made the mistake of trying to play basketball against the Harlem Globetrotters
I demand the League & European Cup ....thanks Father Christmas 🎁
can he bring us Ederson.(Atalanta) omar m for back up chaos theory
Finally, a proper tribute by TAW to the genius that is Mo Salah... we are witnessing greatness.
You've got to stop drinking the German beer if you want the out of reach fitness systems to have a benefit lads. My idea of socialism eh?
Id of told gravenberch to get a tactical yellow Sunday and miss Leicester we need more dark arts
Fake Fans
Allison shud ave had all 3 goals to be honest,but well let him off about that,warra game warra result,so now lets bury the foxes on boxin day,anyone remmber maguire 2018 the prick,header for 1 all