Nice write up from TAW
Turns out Anfield *can* do European nights then.
Who fucking knew?
We did. Of course we did. And yet we’ve had to endure ridicule; virtual pats on the head. ‘Those deluded Scousers, eh? Banging on about atmosphere. They’ve got no chance.’
We know though. Write us off at your peril. Liverpool as a club, a city and a group of people always has it within its make up to pull two fingers from the pocket and show the world what’s what when no one expects it. And here we are again.
That’s just what these lads did. That’s just what we did. The stadium rocked, the team fucking rolled, and City froze in the headlights. Bewildered by brilliance. They never managed a shot on target.
All the scripts written pre match were torn up. Trent v Sane. A struggle in the making. Where the match will be lost. The lad from West Derby had other plans. Teenage kicks are hard to beat.
Lovren, not good enough. Too dodgy. Hasn’t got it in him. But he did.
Milner, Henderson, Robertson...graft, defiance, no respect for them, every respect for us and what the club is capable of.
Three great goals. It could have been more. Thirty eight for Mo. A belter from Chambo. A deserved one for Mane, who deserves more praise for his performances.
Then the other side of it. Sitting, sensible, working, defending. The best team the world has ever seen according to some - and they didn’t get a sniff.
It’s only half time. There has to be some caution. But not tonight. Not for us. They’ve made us dream. Fans turned up early and in numbers and did their bit. The players turned up early in numbers and did their bit too.
Yesterday the world looked in and pointed and laughed. We had no chance.
Now we’ve got every chance.
The small matter of the Derby next. A local affair. An irrelevance in the grand scheme. But let’s win it anyway.
Let’s keep bouncing, and twirling and singing and shouting. Let’s do it all the way to Kiev. Why not?
Fuck the calls of cringe and the bitter bollocks from those rooted to a couch tonight. We won and we won well. We deserved it. And we had all the fun. We’re never gonna stop.
Allez, allez, allez.
Up. The. Fucking. Reds. We love you Liverpool, we do.
Robbo