Champions League Qualification Round

[PedroSpecialK]

Same starting XI and bench for Liverpool as on Saturday

Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Matip, Moreno, Henderson, Can, Wijnaldum, Salah, Mane, Firmino

Bench: Karius, Klavan, Gomez, Milner, Grujic, Solanke, Origi


Qarabag defeat Copenhagen 1-0 at home in the early match.

edit: feel free to delete, this is kind of stepping on TB's thread's toes

 

[Dummy Hoy]

Hearing Hoffenheim scored the most set piece goals in Germany last season.

So that should be fun.

 

[CPT Neuron]

Ugh, they need to really straighten out their set piece defending....pressing the game and using your outside backs for width exposes the central defense so much - getting stung by that is one thing, it's expected.....but the set piece defending needs to be better, it just needs to be better!

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Man, I've missed hearing the Champions League theme while seeing the camera go down the line of Liverpool players.

 

[Schnerres]

1st real match this season for Hoffenheim. Playing without Süle and Rudy is a huge blow and a big difference, although they have some players who got some big experience in this summers tournaments (Toljan, Wagner, Demirbay, Gnabry, Amiri, from the top of my head).

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Great touch by Matip to save a point-blank chance.

Moreno cannot defend.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Matip saves a goal 5 minutes in

Sweet lord Lovren

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Gnabry was reaaally looking for that one.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Looked like a bit of a dive, and I want to see a replay if it was offside in the buildup.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

HAHAHAHA. I could take a better penalty than that.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Good save by Mignolet but Kramarić looked hopeless

 

[Schnerres]

That could hurt....

 

[Pesky Pole]

Offside and a weak dive. The save was just karma there.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Not a whole lot of defense being played

Vogt did real well to get back but Salah's gotta finish that

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Oh, Salah...

 

[InstaFace]

Ball don't lie?

 

[SoxFanInCali]

We are 15 minutes in, and it could easily be 2-2 right now.

 

[Schnerres]

Offside and a weak dive. The save was just karma there.

He played the ball through his legs and Lovren kicked him twice on the foot/leg. Not hard/brutal or anything, but you don´t need to be hacked in full-sprint mode for it to be a foul.

I don´t know if it´s their great offenses or their poor defenses that make this game so nice so far.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Moreno knocked down a lofted ball like a hold-up striker - in Hoffenheim's favor

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Can't keep giving away free kicks like this.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

The high line would be fine if Liverpool didn't have every single defender sag back 5-6 yards as the kick's being taken

Moreno's fallen down 3 times now

 

[SoxFanInCali]

That's about as blatant a yellow card as you can get. Rugby tackle.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

You know who would be great for this free kick? Coutinho.

But TAA will do nicely!

 

[PedroSpecialK]

TRENT

 

[Pesky Pole]

That was an unexpected source of a set piece goal.

 

[Schnerres]

That was a free-kick.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Kaderabek keeps abusing Moreno

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Mignolet bails out Moreno again.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Lovren was too busy yelling at the official to get back, jesus

 

[CPT Neuron]

Is Moreno as bad in view as he is listening to the game? Because he sounds TERRIBLE!

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Lovren juuuuuust misses making it 2.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Is Moreno as bad in view as he is listening to the game? Because he sounds TERRIBLE!

He's been that bad today - he looked to have turned a corner in preseason, and wasn't atrocious against Watford (though Amrabat definitely got the run on him a few times), but this is back to vintage awful Moreno.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

That should have been 2. Great save.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Firmino has to finish that

 

[SoxFanInCali]

WTF was Moreno doing there?

 

[SoxFanInCali]

A yellow for that? Chelsea would have 6 guys sent off every game under that standard.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Watching Liverpool defending 4 corners in a 3 minute period is pretty much my own personal version of hell.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Absolutely no right to be up 0-2, but I don't care in the slightest.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

lucky but man I will take it

 

[PedroSpecialK]

How does the ref not play advantage there? 3 on 1 developing for Liverpool... if it isn't a red card, play the advantage.

 

[Pesky Pole]

Lucky to get the restart, unlucky not to get the advantage. Not great refereeing when you're counting debits and credits.

Liverpool looking for the kill here.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Well that came out of absolutely nothing.

 

[Pesky Pole]

Trademark Liverpool

 

[PedroSpecialK]

So many chances to put the tie away... hope this doesn't come back to haunt them

 

[SoxFanInCali]

And here we go again...

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Should be tied. No defending whatsoever.

 

[CPT Neuron]

Can they defend anything? Seriously, anything...

 

[swiftaw]

Hoffenheim have to score two at Anfield, that should give Liverpool a chance to hit them on the break with speed. TAA is still learning defensively, but he's a heck of a talent - Clyne might've been Wally Pipped.

 

[Dummy Hoy]

Thats nice for Liverpool, bus warm, get the hell out of there.

 

[Morgan's Magic Snowplow]

I only caught highlights but, among penalties that were actually on target, that might have been the worst I've ever seen at this level.