Liverpool v Arsenal (away, League Cup) 19:45 BST (01/10, SS Main Event)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Revenge in the Mickey Mouse Cup. :pray:

[GP]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54347025

lol

[Marc Overmars]

I think I’ll give this one a miss.

[Globalgunner]

I think I’ll give this one a miss.

They can save everyone a lot of stress and just replay Mondays tape with a different label on it

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liverpool: Adrian, N Williams, R Williams, Van Dijk, Milner, Grujic, Jones, Wilson, Minamino, Jota, Salah.
Subs: Kelleher, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Gomez, Robertson, Origi, Elliott.

Arsenal: Leno, Cedric, Holding, Gabriel, Kolasinac, Ceballos, Willock, Xhaka, Pepe, Saka, Nketiah.
Subs: Runarsson, David Luiz, Tierney, Elneny, Maitland-Niles, Nelson, Lacazette

[Mac76]

So from the lineup we clearly don't trust our new second goalie - leno's on again...

[Niall_Quinn]

Honestly think he just puts Xhaka's name on the teamsheet and the draws the rest at random. Not sure how any sort of consistency can be achieved when the team selection is so haphazard.

Remember when the shirts had 1-11 on the back and you could reel off the names without thinking? Can't recall them getting injured every 15 minutes either and it was a man's game back then, when it was quite legitimate for defenders to kick everyone up in the air.

Still no closer to an established team. I know it's the Non-entity Cup, but you still see the same tired old nags in the lineup. Holding, Kola, Xhaka, and Lolz, Elnumpty, Lacashite on the bench. Why not go for a settled 11 in the league and let this kids play this one? Why stick Nelson, Tierney, AMN and the new keeper on the bench for a game that means fuck all?

Is Xhaka going t play every single game this season, in every competition?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jamie Redknapp and Merson in the studio.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jamie Redknapp wouldn't like to play for Fulham currently but he'd like to play for Liverpool currently.

Well, no fucking shit.

[Marc Overmars]

Klopp isn’t trying to throw the game like the one last year. At least if we lose it won’t be embarrassing.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great goal from Saka in the warm-up. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Merse realises Saka was born in Ealing, right?

[Niall_Quinn]

Great goal from Saka in the warm-up. :blink:

If goals now count after the whistle, do they count before as well?

1-0 to the Arsenal!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

End the game now before it starts.

[Niall_Quinn]

End the game now before it starts.

Or at least before we concede a quick equaliser.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jamie Carragher co-commentating. :sick:

[Niall_Quinn]

Jamie Carragher co-commentating. :sick:

At least he has to wear a mask now. Should be a drier experience for his co-commentator.

[GP]

Taking a knee :bow:

BLM :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Aaaaand that stupid fucking pre-game grovel again :doh:

When is that going to end? Or is it part of TBLITWtbf now?

[Niall_Quinn]

Bad start. We've done nothing.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gabriel. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Willock has to do better there. He has time FFS. PL footballer mate. Come on!

[Niall_Quinn]

First time in 40 years I can't name some of the Arsenal playa by sight. Just saw some guy taking a throw in for us and I don't know who he is.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cedric. :haha:

What a pass from Xhaka to start the move tbf.

[Niall_Quinn]

Unfortunately, Pepe is shit.

[Niall_Quinn]

Eddie wants 5 hours in the box to set himself up. Wishful thinking.

[Globalgunner]

That play just now is so Arsenal. 3 opportunities to score. None taken

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Grujic scuffs it.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sky has got a Black Lives Matter banner constantly displayed on the screen.

Black Lives Matter is a marxist, terrorist organisation that has seen it's support in the States plummet due to rioting, looting and trying to undermine society and law and order in general.

Why does Sky have this shit on the screen?

Are they totally uninformed or are they also racist bastards who are trying to tear down society?

So glad I'm using a pirate stream instead of paying for that shit. Hopefully people will cancel in droves.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Van Dijk. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Ceballos is a bit random really.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Minamino booked.

[Niall_Quinn]

So cynical by Minimoto. But Saka makes such a difference. He plays with a higher temp and wants to go forward.

[Niall_Quinn]

No VAR :bow:

About time.

[Niall_Quinn]

Pathetic tumble by Willock. Stand up and fight FFS!

[Niall_Quinn]

Now Wilson is dead after a fingernail brutally brushed him.

Ladies! Get a grip!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka was obviously pulled back there.

[Niall_Quinn]

Not a bad cross but Eddie doesn't bother challenging. The boy has to wake up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nketiah wipes out Wilson.

[Niall_Quinn]

I think my stream must be about 3 weeks behind.

[Niall_Quinn]

Holding done for holding.

[Mac76]

I think my stream must be about 3 weeks behind.

Maccy has a time machine that allows him to watch a match ahead of when it's played, it's really annoying :)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolasinac nearly cancelling his transfer to Leverkusen. :lol:

[Mac76]

This must be bad, the Arsenal app's given up the text commentary... :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ceballos hammers it, wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka offside.

[Niall_Quinn]

This must be bad, the Arsenal app's given up the text commentary... :lol:

There's nothing to say. This isn't even football. It's just a bunch of overpaid softies having a kickabout and providing precisely zero entertainment in the process, apart from the comedy of seeing them tumble over at the slightest touch. It's absolutely pathetic.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ceballos knew the foul would be outside the box. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a save from Leno to deny Jota!

Minamino hammers the bar.

[Niall_Quinn]

Good job there's no VAR.

[Niall_Quinn]

What a save from Leno to deny Jota!

Minamino hammers the bar.

What are you watching? None of that has happened yet?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT.

[Marc Overmars]

Had a quick look at the stats, no shots on target for us. Standard.

[Niall_Quinn]

Now it has happened. It was a classic mistake by the keeper and an awful miss from the pubber. You NEVER ever push it out into the danger zone. And the miss that followed it was the crowning moment of a truly dreadful half of non-football.

HT 0-0

As awful a match as you'd ever imagine could be possible. 22 wasters tapping it around without an ounce of effort from any of them.

Football :ilt:

We're just making excuses for this shit now.

[Niall_Quinn]

Had a quick look at the stats, no shots on target for us. Standard.

But we're not 5-0 down so that's progress.

My question is - why is Pepe? 70mill? WHY?

[Mac76]

:tumbleweed:

[Niall_Quinn]

:tumbleweed:

Remember the good old days when there were 7 of us firing off several posts an hour?

When a team has no ambition for 10 years, the fans eventually get it.

Why can't they just kick the fucking thing over the top and let that fuckwit Pepe do something random? What do they think is going to be achieved by the endless tapping around? It's soul destroying.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolasinac. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka booked. :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno denies Van Dijk!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good run from Pepe but a crap shot.

[Mac76]

Xhaka booked. :faint:

of course..hopefully he'll get a ban soon

[Mac76]

jones :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jota deflected shot, corner.

Crap from Xhaka in midfield.

[Mac76]

leno :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Got a sandwich. At last, some excitement.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno saves from Grujic.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Van Dijk and Salah hauled off, Gomez and Origi on.

[Niall_Quinn]

More basic schoolboy play from Ceballos, who has been utterly useless.

[Niall_Quinn]

Salad and Van Lezzer off - two other scousers on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno save from Jota now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno saves from Grujic. :lol:

Kolasinac is utterly hopeless.

[Niall_Quinn]

Leno does well enough there. Though that Jota bloke is a joke.

[Mac76]

Leno save from Jota now.

good shot and good save

[Niall_Quinn]

Leno is weird, he seems to make such a big deal of everything. As long as he saves it, I suppose.

[Mac76]

xhaka's habit of ducking out of the way so the opposition player can win the ball just isn't a good tactic...

[Globalgunner]

Leno saves from Grujic. :lol:

Kolasinac is utterly hopeless.

He just crumbles under the slightest pressure. An absolute joke

[Niall_Quinn]

Ball goes out. Play on says the blind or incompetent linesman.

[Niall_Quinn]

The definitive journeyman ElNothing is coming on.

[Mac76]

sideshow Bob warming up - that'll help...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ceballos off, Elneny on. :blink:

[Niall_Quinn]

Pepe gets wiped out by a blade of grass and goes down holding his face. Despicable really. Cheat.

[Mac76]

Ceballos off, Elneny on. :blink:

arteta knows there needs to be a result, right? like, there can't be a draw...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Holding header, Adrian saves.

[Niall_Quinn]

What a miss by Holding :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Christ, he actually directed it at the keeper when he had the whole left side of the net gaping. Fucking unbelievable. Harder to miss than score.

[Globalgunner]

Footballers these days always aim for the keeper. How does that help?

[Marc Overmars]

How have we looked on the ball? Any decent passages of play, carved out chances?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wilson booked, scrote.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jota off, Wijnaldum on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nketiah header, drifts wide.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wilson booked for being an utter scrote.

[Niall_Quinn]

How have we looked on the ball? Any decent passages of play, carved out chances?

It's dire.

[Niall_Quinn]

Even though he's a dirty elbowing bastard, Liverpool aren't the same team when Mane's not playing. They have been just as shit as us tonight. Tippety tap. No thrust. No tempo.

[Marc Overmars]

It's dire.

Sounds like Artetaball then.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nketiah off, Lacazette on.

[Mac76]

laca coming on, to try to pub a goal

[Niall_Quinn]

Why have Liverpool got "You'll Never Walk Alone" plastered all over the place - in an empty stadium?

Eddie off. Nothing from him. Though he had nothing to feed on either. Lacashite on. Lump it to him!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe. It was an effort, I guess.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sounds like Artetaball then.

From both teams, tbf. Just a turgid grind.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Williams hits it, straight at Leno.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka off, Maitland-Niles on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Three added minutes.

[Niall_Quinn]

This goes to pens? LOL. Glory might be just around the corner.

[Niall_Quinn]

Xhaka just can't be bothered, can he?

[Niall_Quinn]

Well it's 100% a pen based on the ridiculous new standard. But, in reality, never a pen.

Some bloke called Cedric gets booked for complaining.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 FT. Pelanties it is.

Should both be evicted from this tournament after that showing tbf.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c0mmi_e69o

[Mac76]

pels :popcorn:

[Niall_Quinn]

Didn't see any particular bias from the ref over 90. And no VAR. So much better than usual.

[Marc Overmars]

Didn’t watch it but sounds we achieved what we set out to do.

Let’s compete the pub showing now. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Can't help getting the feeling it's all just one big jolly for these players.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Milner makes it 1-0.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Lacazette. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

1-1 Lacazette. :bow:

No spoliers FFS!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wijnaldum roofs it. 2-1.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-2 Cedric combs it in. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-2 Minamino, Leno diving the wrong way all three times. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Elneny has it saved. :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Origi has it saved! :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

ElNothing delivers his usual. Nothing.

[Mac76]

elneny...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AMN makes it 3-3. As cool as the Community Shield.

[Niall_Quinn]

Well done Leno!

Origi deserves it for that hair.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jones makes it 4-3.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh here comes Pepe.

[Niall_Quinn]

AMN is a good player, isn't he?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PEPE!!!! What a man. :bow:

4-4.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fernando Torres has it saved!!!!!

Go on Leno!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willock up for us.

[Niall_Quinn]

Shitting myself as Pepe stepped up. But he did it. Good job.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

WILLOCK FLUKES IT AND SENDS US THROUGH!!!!

Klopp. :haha:

Duffed up by Verdasco yet again.

[Niall_Quinn]

YES!

[GP]

Flopp :haha:

For goodness sake man, go!

[Mac76]

:lol:

[Marc Overmars]

Well done Leno :bow:

[GP]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c0mmi_e69o

Speak for yourself.

[Niall_Quinn]

Get In!

I mean, literally - get in. Just about. Awlful pen by Willock but it's good enough.

[Niall_Quinn]

We destroyed them.

Their boys took a hell of a beating.

[Globalgunner]

I had zero faith in El Niny. Pepe and Pillock. But only the Pharaoh let us down. We must be the greatest team in the world

[Marc Overmars]

Liverpool with the Mickey Mouse three points while we win when it matters.

[Niall_Quinn]

Liverpool with the Mickey Mouse three points while we win when it matters.

And it's no fluke. We've beaten them 3 times now, when it doesn't matter.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why is there a woman hosting a football show - again?

Novelty has worn off now, can we please get back to proper coverage now - please? FFS!

When is this shit going to end?

[Niall_Quinn]

Klopp thinks it was a good game. I suppose he's paid to say that.

[LDG]

Quadruple is on.

Not for Liverpool though :pal: