LFC well dug in.
Ground out another good result - what a strike Wijnaldum !
Nothing more we can do but keep winning.
Happy days for Mersyside on the other result, hopefully united reacts from it their next game.

Toulouse v Lille on BeIN Sports XTRA.

Get around it if you can. Lille must win if they have any chance of getting the title. 

yes great result @ home vsing Chelsea.
It really confirmed the squad is so switched on and not much is stopping them atm and this carried over vsing Porto !
What a result considering Porto would have expected learning from last season and @ home.
6-1 agg is a trashing once again.
Bring on Barca so looking forward to that.
Cardiff in the league coming up.

A 2-0 win and a slip, but all ended in LFC's favour yet again.

The haters had this match marked in their calendars and slunk away with blue balls- how sweet!

Great to see them hit in rapid fire the second half, 1-0 from Mane to give them the edge and then 2-0 from Mo to really put the salt in the fresh wound just a minute or two later. Chelsea didn't play terribly based on their season, they were just out-gunned by a better side. Their away record has been terrible as well. Their fans were right about Mo's bomb- but I'm not sure they realised it'd land in the back of their net!

Huge test in the morning, come on you REDS !

Nice to score early in the 1st leg @ home vsing Porto.
Keita, no matter a deflection good to see he on the score sheet again, effective this part of the season thankfully.
Great play for the 2nd goal - clinical.
Hendo again being very effective his part of it.
Roll on 2nd leg.

A good recovery being 1 down early last Saturdays game.
Very sloppy soft goal - Long unmarked open goal.
Not a really good game by us till Klopp made subs getting Hendo Milly on.
Then we lit up much better from that.
Mo gets hold of the ball from on halfway and goes for it, had support from Bobby to his right But he decided to be selfish and finally gets the monkey off his back great 50th Goal.
What a deserved goal for Hendo backing up another attack - was really happy for him and obviously closing the game.
Not a top game by us but belief to the end and take 3points.

Next up CL @ home vsing Porto Wed.

He still wouldn't have got to the loose ball before Ba swooped on it, and his only chance at stopping his run to goal would've been to slide tackle him from behind which could've seen him red-carded...

Captain Haddock if Gerrard didnt slip...

yep agree on our "luck" or is it just the constant persistence that forces the result.
A game of 2 halves, they started off forming to 5 backs once under the pump, this had them under pressure with our counters, leaving space for Robbo/TAA attacking the flanks and crossing, we should have put a couple more away by HT.
They came out a different team 2nd and changed formation, they had the lions share of possesion even though stats say otherwise but overall we stood firm or hung in there, yep they had 2 clear chances from counters that were not taken.
Was it luck ? yes it was, we hit the upright twice if I recall right and had other chances not taken.
10 corners to 3.
Were always under pressure no matter the standing or season the way I see it But we don't have experienced prem winners in the squad but for ol Milly.....were riding the gauntlet imo.
What we have is highly strung Klopp 150klm hour players, were pressing pressing all the time when we could have shut the channels and held station for the 1nil win, this is not LFC's way - edge of the seat viewing.
I actually thought thats it were done, why is it for eg the Bayern game we showed such a complete performance the result was a given long before FT and back in the epl after the break its like I'm looking at Klopp's personality playing in front of my eyes lol.......

All this talk about how they were lucky and "if it wasn't for that own goal", and it feels like ground-hog day-

If Mahrez didn't miss that penalty in the dying minutes at Anfield...

If the ball didn't bounce off the cross-bar for Origi in the 96th minute...

If City hadn't been sunk by a Crystal Palace wonder goal...

If Man United had just been onside at that late set-piece...

If Milner missed that penalty against Fulham...

If Man City didn't include the stadium as part of the deal and the Abu Dhabi royal family bought Aston Villa or Everton instead...

If Man United didn't clinch all those wins in Fergie time...

You look at any title-winning team and there's a tonne of "if's" no matter the season. So much has gone in LFC's favour this season, but there comes a point where they get lucky too often for it to be pure coincidence. Playing below-average and getting the win is the mark of champion teams, and that has happened more than I can recall off the top of my head this season. I still maintain that LFC are more used to playing under pressure than Man City the past 18 months or so, and sooner or later Man City will be put under pressure by better sides than Fulham or Huddersfield...

Even though we knocked out Porto last year I feel it will be tougher this time.
They are also vying for top spot in their league and defensively are up there, old Pepe will be as rough as always and Casillas still playing well their attack can't match ours thats for sure.
Love Spurs to knock over city and barca should do the job, we will play Barca.

Roll on Fulham next league game.

That IS a nice surprise.

Hope Barca and Spurs win their fixtures.

CL Qrtrs are :
Spurs v City !
Reds v Porto
Barca v united
Ajax v Juve

The draw for the quarter-final will take place on Friday, March 15 at 11am GMT.

city to get either porto or ajax actaully.
We will get mancs or barca or juve !

We find out the draw tomorrow I believe?

City will get Porto- you wait and see. 

Getting the other Manc team would be huge- already knocked them out of European competition once, to do it twice would be pretty sweet...

Congrats LFC !
What a controlled away performance against an inform Bayern coming off a 6nil win previous bundas game.
Mane what a touch for the first goal and what a way to show up Neuer love it.
VVD another smashing header.
Matip was brilliant.
Dont think Allison really had much to do, they had 2 shots on target.
Only bummer Robbo got a yellow miss's 1st leg next.
Top 8 4 EPL clubs in, imagine we draw city lol.....

It was the sort of game that would've had the death-riders frothing at the mouth:

- 4 points behind City and needing to bring it back to a 1 point gap with a game in hand next weekend

- Win, rain and even hail

- Burnley go 1-0 up within the first 10 minutes

But it didn't phase them and they did the job in clinical fashion. Should have been a final score of 4-1, even Troopz on AFTV pointed out it was a rubbish non-penalty for the grab on Allison in-goal. Both he and Robbie also pointed out that LFC would've felt hard done-by considering Watford played a weakened side against City the day before (in preparation for their FA Cup game) while Burnley threw everything they had at it.

Onto Fulham...

What a miss by officials re their first goal Allison impeded from their corner.
One player in front obstructing and another his arm over Allison's shoulder as the ball goes into the net.
At least it gave us the wake up call.
Initially surprised Lallana starting up but having trained the house down during the week Klopp felt to start him.
Have to say best game he's played in yonks, wish he could keep this type of form consistent.
Overall pretty solid and never in doubt but the 2 soft goals were annoying in tuff conditions between rain/light hail and wind.
Mane/Bobby double, Salah causing havoc and the openings/chances but for himself still just trying to hard imo getting ont he score sheet.
Mids/backs worked hard against a never say die Burnley fighting relegation.
Good response to city.

Funny were all getting picky yet we've lost just 1 game of 29 in the league and we know that loss.
7 draws all up no matter the last weeks is the drag.
Mo is trying too hard, thinking too much, understandable no matter what any player would be saying now about the pressure.
Its there no doubt about it.
Mo has 2-3 players pressing him yet he still makes space but unlike last year where he'd just keep his head down this season being a marked man and once open he's thinking too much.
The club record of goals in one season is in the press as well, been sitting on 49 for what 2-3 games now.
Klopp was quoting to the journos about the question of safe subs today, Milly for Wij and then Lallana who is so out of touch instead of either Keita/Shaq.
He said at this stage why would we trow everything into it and possibly get caught out.
Makes a point and I'm sure he's keeping in mind keeping those 2 fresh for Bayern And what was out there today was good enough to win but........
Fabinho's loose control in front of goal of the that loose ball was another winner today to be taken, we wouldn't be talking about this right now.
9games anything can happen to either side, I agree they being busier is more on them, FACup, CL incl League.
I'm looking ahead now that united are in the 4 mix their derby could be our hole to slide up, fancy that.
Could they win every single game ? man IF they do all power to them but I can't believe it will go all their way every week fingers crossed.

Everton played their Cup Final this morning and made it to penalties. 

Who have LFC drawn with since the start of the year?

Leicester at home
West Ham away
Man United away
Everton away

Leicester are a good side but I'd expect to have got the win against them (unlucky not to be awarded a penalty that could've changed the result)

The other 3 are fixtures I'd look at before any given season and go "Those are going to be tricky games". And LFC have played two of them in the past week. 

The run home now looks notably easier than City- who also have a crowded fixture list between now and the end of the season. Hope Mo gets a goal or two next time out, he looks a little down on confidence atm or something?

The highs and the lowssssssssss......
9 to go, still in it and all to play for.

Now wasn't that a good tension pill reliever.
A Watford team beaten just once in their last 11 matchs and lets face it, this could have been a banana peel the way we have been playing the last month. Solid but not enough conviction.
Kloppy, you saw not starting TAA against united was an error, his work rate and crossing was sensational, 3 assists.
The kid has stepped up again imo.
What a all round performance by the team and one proved me wrong, thats Origi this game.
I actually thought ok good move instead of Studz.
Fabinho, like wow. A huge game by him and reads the game just as good as VVD.
Matip, partnering VVD has really improved his game.
Now Milly was perfect back in the mids.
The front was so much better what we've all been waiting on.
Salah despite no goal was menacing and Mane, yer well what a well taken header from TAA's perfect cross for his 1st.
His 2nd was just arrogance at its best.
Watford had one major moment that Allison deflected as you expect, could have been in far left side if any other keeper barring Degea.
VVD double how good were they taken from more perfect cross's Kop end.
35 games undefeated.
Bring on the derby.
Lovren soon to comeback, been quoted Gomez may be ready after International break.

Spurs is out of it pretty much dropping to Chelsea, our games against them and chelsea are going to decide our finish imo whereas city have spurs and united to play as their key remaining ones.

The depth divide was always there between us and city.
To date have to say we have been very lucky re injuries.
Bobby, I saw the reply this morn whilst on the run he rolled his ankle, I sure by now xrays have been done haven't heard anything to date, at worst hoping he's just out for the coming game.
This is where Sturridge needs to finally pull his finger out if so !!!
OR stuff him, make more use of Shaq in the start up squad.
If injury luck remaining games is with us - when is Lovren back ? thats an extra man back that really helps.

I agree but at the same time, we've seen that we don't really have the depth that City has so it might be essential to manage niggling injuries (e.g. Firmino?) .

Not a bad spin re Toonville game, I feel Rafa has them in a position to survive, especially by then fingers crossed.

Yep I agree I don't like the long breaks between games, just as this OT game was.
We play Fullham 18/3 - Spurs is next at home 1/4 ! too long a break.
6/4 Southampton away - Chelski at home 15/4 ! not too bad.
Toonville 5/5 - last game at home vsing Wolves 13/5.

All other remaining games within a week.

2nd last game at Toonsville to a side managed by Rafa?

If they're safe above relegation, he may decide to do us a favour. It'd be special to seal the league against a side managed by him, thankfully there's no hard feelings mutually since he was given the arse by the old owners. Seeing him and Klopp shake hands at the end, as the title officially returned to Anfield, would be poetic. Plenty to go still, but.

3 draws in the last 4 league matches doesn't help, but where City hit this form and lost, LFC are picking up points and have remained on top (for now). I think consistent scheduling works better for them, when they have a constant run of matches they can build steady momentum knowing there's a week between games. I suspect an irregular run of games over the last month or so (and that training camp away) hampered their form and their momentum a little. I haven't checked, but there's no more fortnight breaks without a game between now and the end of the season is there?

yes good points.
I thought about Keita during the game, and this is Klopp's mind set just as the starting line up, safe.
I did think of Hendo going RB but Klopp sees Millsy is a sure thing, he is normally but when your not on like he was all game he should have made the move I would have thought TAA would have been fine going into his spot in the first place.
I understood putting Studz (mind you he did f all) on but who would have pictured Salah not doing much the whole game.
With Bobby off and Salah blank screwed our whole front attack, don't get why Mane wasn't his usual self either.
Shaw, I don't rate him tbh owned Salah all game ffs.
So yer imo TAA and Keita on could have changed the game.
Shaq once on also didn't play his usual game, I expected he at least to give us something but united parking the bus well stifled any movement up front therefore our play from the back was slow/to each more often than not.
Origi, waste of time.
1 shot on goal whole game with most possession and 7 corners to 3.
Were going into games with a safe don't risk mentality - I get that when were just 4-5 games out not right now, we need to get back to attacking faster football, our backline is solid incl keeper, still best defense in the league, we need to go for it to break some shackles.
City still have Spurs/United to play back to back late in the season and CL prior - anything can happen incl some bogey mid table games, Burnley away could be a Spurs result.
We have a challenging run to the end if were still playing like at OT, after Watford Toffees then Burnley at home, Bayern away, then major 2 to play at home is Spurs/Chelsea.
2nd last game at Toonville could be another banana skin lol.......

Game plan went out the window with United's casualties. They started out going for the win but then spent the second half aiming for a draw instead, at which point Klopp had two choices-

a) Keep pushing for the win against a side hanging back deep, parking up

b) Play it safe and go for the draw, with a win being a bonus

Going with a) might've netted all 3 points, but it would leave the team more vulnerable on counter attack and somebody like Rashford could've scored. For all the complaining I've seen this morning on s/m, imagine the backlash if they'd lost to that depleted side? If this was 5 years ago, BR would've gone with option a), kept the original gameplan and maybe they run riot- or maybe they get overturned on the counter instead and lose. Funny seeing people on s/m saying they wish we could have last seasons' team back. Last seasons' team would probably get beaten- Karius doesn't make those key saves Allison does, and the defence doesn't hold up the same.

Injuries aside, United have been in good form since the last match-up at Anfield. Results this morning won't dictate winning the league or not either. In the "nearly" runs of 2008/09 and 2013/14 LFC did the double over United but it still didn't clinch them the title.

This was their most challenging away fixture left in the season, and they emerged with a point and regaining the lead in the league. Got Everton on the weekend and then that's about it, with all due respect to the other games to follow. United play City at OT late in April, and this rescheduling may very well work in our favour. 

100%

Though I personally am not a fan of Klopp's changes.

I would have subbed Milner off for Keita and moved Hendo to right back. Milner's crosses all game were rubbish and he was sitting on an early yellow. Hendo was actually playing a lot better than Milner and without the card threat; and Keita would have provided attacking spark in the midfield against a team struggling injury wise.

I would have also brought Shaq on instead of Sturridge and moved Salah forward. Sturridge and Origi have shown (apart from a few fluke wins) to not have it anymore and we can't keep turning to them. 

Personally, I'm starting to give up and fear we may have bottled it :(

Obviously Sturridge and Origi are leaving in the summer, but we desperately need to find some genuine competition for places in the front 3. Earlier in the season we asked whether players would be willing to sign and then just sit beyond those 3 - I think we've seen in 2019 that form slumps happen to everyone and you need to be able to rotate even your stars if form warrants it.