Match Of The Day Praise Christian Benteke

Don't remind yourself he's 21 Pundit..... he's 22 now.... birthday a few weeks ago. But brilliant, what a player we've snapped up here..... must be worth more than Bent by now... if not, very soon. Pity we are NOT SELLING......

Shame that MOTD did their best to suggest Liverpool should have had a penalty. " he is clearly pulling his shirt " Yes dear, he is pulling Clark's shirt too'

He's like the John Carew who can be arsed!

Thats my hope too Glen I think some early success could be the key and our run in the League Cup is our best opportunity for many a year... If we can win it it will make all our young players hungrier for success, attract more players, maybe it might give Randy the itch to really push through PLs lofty plans and importantly it should help keep our players because they will remember that success and know we can do it again... Thats my hope anyway...

lets hope he keeps it up for the rest of the season. We need consistency in front of goal. He's also missed a hat full of great chances in earlier games, Hopefully he will remain in this consistent form going forward.

Adam Lallana?

Wouldn't take Keane now. No way he'd be able to cover quarter the ground that Holman does. He was on megabucks last year and not right on the other players. Also we went right downhill as soon as his loan spell ended. It's a happy camp and a megastar ego will upset the cart...

rodgers has also peeved me a little with his press conference after the game. http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/sport/rodgers-blasts-flat-p... Liverpool apparently were flat, (probably no argument there, but your opposition is usually the one flattening and you can still win games when not on key) they made bad decisions in the first 20 minutes and could of gone 3-0 up I don't have much problem with that assertion either .. Villa looked ropey and disorganised and were making mistakes at the back - Liverpool had chances ... they didn't take them though .. and so comes to a close the first 20 minutes let me just reitertate ... the first 20 mins ... of a 90+ minute game He then goes on to describe the villa goals as .. "Poor" , "sloppy" and "bad" ... at three different points. Eh sorry Mr rodgers, but none of these goals were from a set piece or were scramble in the box. they were all a showcase of individual or team clinical precision on the counter attack ... the second of which could be an outside contender for goal of the season. .. so he focuses on the first 20 minutes and admits that his players were flat, they under performed and through bad decision making conceded 3 "poor/bad/sloppy " goals ... eh correct if i am wrong brendan ... but it looks like there is more too it than just players underforming to lose a game 1-3 at home to a supposedly struggling team ... is there not one thing in this entire match that you as a manager can take responsibility for? Or is it just liverpool had the perfect plan but just failed to execute it ... If the the opposing team were so rubbish jusdging by how you would describe the quality of their goals on saturday surely a manager of your calibre could inspire or extract some sort of an adequate performance from to avoid being 0-3 down on 86mins ... ? thats right the first 20 mins yeilded no goals .. and actually represents less than a quarter of the game .. its the next 70 mins or so where ya know .. your team conceded 3 goals and were repelled for 77 mins That to me is a more obvious conclusion from this game .. very annoying .. how there seemed to be no other thing relevant besides outplayed liverpool team ... Mr Rodgers... you could also think about a Plan b .. a couple of ineffective subs and being 3-0 down probably means that you should try to change things up a bit .. something you could learn from your counterpart on the day .. Mr Lambert ... maybe give some credit where credit is due?

Right on the money Koolbill I am delighted with how Clark has grown into his roll he really has stepped up with Vlar injured and Baker has turned in rock solid performances full of courage. I am just as impressed with Bentke as everyone else and Wiemann but not forgetting the unsung back row either.Dont want to undervalue what PL has already achieved but I am sure we will have a few downers with such a young side but every week is an exciting adventure again after 3 years ho hum.