Saturday saw us visit Bolton in the premier league game that i think most of us that wear red would rather had not witnessed. This was single handily the worst Liverpool performance since our 4-0 thumping at Tottenham.
We didn't have to wait long for a goal as after just 3 minutes mark Davies strolled through the centre of the park un challenged to slot the ball low past Reina. 1-0 Bolton. Our defending was shocking and that was only a small slice of what was to come.
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| Davies makes it 1-0 Bolton |
A confused and horrible Liverpool defence was exposed yet again on the 28 minute mark as Eagles was allowed to run with the ball, his cross box run and clever chip found Reo-Coker unmarked 7 yards out and he made no mistake. 2-0 Bolton, and deservedly so.
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| 2-0 Bolton as Reo-Coker slots home |
At that stage we already looked beaten, switched off and not interested at all. Our attitude, and respect for this game was very unprofessional and we truly deserved everything that we got in this game.
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| It's 2-0 Kenny, show em how you feel! |
The only player in a red shirt that seemed to have any fight in them was Craig Bellamy and it wasn't a surprise to me that he ended up on the score sheet after 38mins. Bolton had pushed high up, with a Reina long ball being flicked on by Carroll Bellamy had all the time and space in the world to finish and he did so. 2-1 Bolton. What was special about this goal was that Carroll wasn't getting involved at all until he started dropping in deeper. Put of necessity more than anything else most of his plays where in the middle 1/3 and sometimes even in his own half. not somewhere your only center forward should be playing if you need to win a game.
The last action of the half was in added time where Bolton had a free kick and nearly a 3rd goal as Petrov rifled the ball at the Liverpool goal from 20 yards out only for Pepe to make a tremendous save to keep the deficit to 1. Half time.
The second half was much the same as the 1st. a Sombre Liverpool playing a buoyant Bolton and it didn't take long for Bolton to capitalize on this and extend their lead. Only 3 mins into the 2nd half Bolton won a corner that was delightfully curled to the 6 yard box by Petrov Bolton won the 1st header, they found space while all the Liverpool defenders stood their watching Steinsson thump the ball in from about 10 yards out. Liverpool's weakness from corners yet again exposed.
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| Bellamy see's Bolton pull away, i know how he feels. |
We as a team offered nothing for the rest of the game. Agger had a shot from distance hit the crossbar on 70 minutes and Carroll fluffed a chance in the box on 72' but that was it, The game petered out and we deserved to be beat by the team in the league with the worst home form
Every Liverpool player should be held accountable for this poor performance and i back Kenny's post match comments that he will swing the axe if they approach and play like that again. It's simply not good enough. I always try to back the positives and see the best side of things but this game showed us everything that is wrong with our squad at the moment and improvements must be made.
Next up we play Man City in the League Cup Semi Final second leg, then Man U in the FA Cup Quarter final. i surely hope everyone can get behind the lads and help them lift and produce performances that i know they are capable of.
FTK MoM: Chris Eagles
Eagles had a great game, he was constantly testing our defenders, making lots of defense splitting runs, passes and overall really made our back for look like amateurs. By far the best player on the pitch for me.
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