Stoke vs Liverpool - 10th September - KO 3pm

hoooooooooooof

jesus christ!!!

henderson is solid useless

Jesus. that sums up the day we're having. very poor finish from Jordan

Lets hope the two subs can change things

bellamy and carroll on

jesus Adams passing has been shit today.

Begovic has been immense for them

Bellamy made a difference tbf
Begovic was immense

fuck you ref

Ahhh Suarez

man, what a chance for suarez

Who did he push in the tunnel?

We lost because Jamie Carragher is past it. That's 2 big mistakes in 2 consecutive games and plenty more to come id say.

Agree sadly, he was going at the end of last season and I got alot of abuse for saying it. He shouldn't be starting but still rather him than Skrtel. Coates has been signed though

Skrtel was awful.
Agreeing about carra unfortunately

Skrtel is useless and I'm amazed he doesn't give away 2/3 penos a game.

misslfc wrote:man, what a chance for suarez

Who did he push in the tunnel?

Our own player ?

Dont think it was

Kenny Dalglish couldn't hide his frustration after seeing Liverpool suffer their first defeat of the season with a 1-0 loss at Stoke City.


A first-half penalty from Jon Walters was enough to give Tony Pulis's side the three points at the Britannia after the forward was adjudged to have been brought down inside the box by Jamie Carragher.

However, the Reds were left aggrieved after seeing a late spot-kick appeal of their own turned down when Luis Suarez's cross struck the hand of Matthew Upson - and Dalglish believes his charges deserved to take something from the game having dominated the contest.

"We are very disappointed with the result but we are delighted with the effort and the commitment of the players," the boss told his post-match press conference.

"On another day we could have scored three or four - I don't think there was anything wrong with our performance. Although the passing wasn't as good as what it has been, it was still good enough to have scored three or four goals in the game.

"There was not much more we could have done other than have that little bit of luck in front of goal."

Dalglish admitted his dismay at some of the decisions which went against his side at Stoke and feels Liverpool have had reason to feel hard done by in all four of the Barclays Premier League matches so far this term.

He added: "I think it's a wee bit of an understatement to say we deserved something out of the game. We can only do what we do ourselves and sometimes other things are taken out of your jurisdiction.

"If we continue to play like that with the same attitude and the commitment then we will be okay this season, but if we continually get battered with things that are outside our control then we are not going to have much chance.

"Our first four league games have all had a contentious decision in them and every one of them has gone against us.

"We would like to be respectful towards referees. I think I have been respectful to referees, but more importantly than being respectful to referees in their campaign it's about having respect for my football club, Liverpool Football Club.

"If I feel they (Liverpool FC) are suffering in any shape of form then maybe I need to go down the same route as some other people go and see if we can get some benefit from that. I'll speak to the owners first and see what they say because the last thing I want is for my behaviour to infringe on the club's success in any way, shape or form.

"We don't have any complaint, for want of a better word, about Stoke City. They played very, very hard, they played well. They got their goal, they defended well and courageously at times, and maybe occasionally they got a bit of luck.

"We don't have anything but appreciation for the way that they played, the way they held on and went on to win the game. So I've only got complimentary things to say about Tony (Pulis) and Stoke.

"But I just can't see how it was a penalty kick."

Despite seeing penalty appeals waved away, Liverpool could have salvaged a point deep into injury time when Luis Suarez steered a chance just wide of the goal.

"You think it's an easy chance but it's not when you see it on television," reflected Dalglish.

"The goalkeeper has got a good angle on it and it was a difficult chance to take. On another day one of our chances would have gone in."

I thought it was Bellamy and one of the Stoke backroom staff that were pushing each other but i might be wrong

Missed the whole game, gutted at the result. I await MOTD

Attempts on target
Stoke
1
Liverpool
11
Attempts off target
Stoke
2
Liverpool
9

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish says he will consult the club's owners over how to deal with what he perceives to be poor refereeing so far this season.

The Reds boss was unhappy with a number of decisions during his side's 1-0 defeat at Stoke on Saturday.

And afterwards he said: "The first four games have had contentious decisions in them and every one has gone against us.

"We would like to be respectful to referees but more important is having respect for my football club."

He added: "If I feel the club is suffering in any shape or form I will need to go the same route other people go and see if we can gain some benefit from that.

"The first four league games have had contentious decisions in them and every one has gone against us.
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If we continually get battered by things outside of our control we are not going to get much chance.
Kenny Dalglish
Liverpool manager

"I'll speak to the owners first and see what they say because the last thing I want to do is for my behaviour to impinge on the club's success in any way."

Dalglish insisted he did not have a problem with Stoke's approach in the match at the Britannia Stadium, but admitted his frustration that Liverpool got nothing out of the game.

He also did not believe Jamie Carragher had fouled Jon Walters for the winning penalty.

"I think it is a bit of an understatement to say we deserved something from the game," added the Scot.

"We can only do what we can do ourselves, sometimes other things are taken outside your jurisdiction.

"If we continually get battered by things outside of our control we are not going to get much chance.

"We don't have any complaint about Stoke; they played hard and played well, they got the goal and defended courageously at times and maybe at times they got a bit of luck.

"But I just cannot see how [Stoke's winner] is a penalty kick."

Stoke boss Tony Pulis took a counter view to Dalglish, saying: "I think Kenny will be as biased [to Liverpool] as I am to Stoke.

"I respect his opinion and whether the decisions were (less than impartial) or not I don't know

ref poor carra poor daglish poor starting ll Johnson should have started at right back.hurting at mo but next week lets get back on track.

He injured himself again