From as objective a point of view as I can have I will say this, you guys may or may not agree, but:
when things were going your way your players were fine, and were dominating, from like 20 minutes in til half time i can't recall any Liverpool dives.
But, as soon as 51 minutes came around, the Liverpool boys stopped playing and just kept looking for fouls. If I was supporting a team that kept giving the ball away by throwing themselves to the floor instead of playing it, that would really frustrate me.
Like that time when Gerrard went round Song at about 80 minutes, Song didn't have even a finger on Stevie and yet, he threw his arms up and looked for a foul. If he had just kept going, he had got round Song and probably had a decent look at goal/playing Torres in. Quite bemusing.
But, as soon as 51 minutes came around, the Liverpool boys stopped playing and just kept looking for fouls. If I was supporting a team that kept giving the ball away by throwing themselves to the floor instead of playing it, that would really frustrate me.
Like that time when Gerrard went round Song at about 80 minutes, Song didn't have even a finger on Stevie and yet, he threw his arms up and looked for a foul. If he had just kept going, he had got round Song and probably had a decent look at goal/playing Torres in. Quite bemusing.
Exactly.
Gerrard's penalty shout, imo, was a penalty. However, after that he just resorted to turning on the ref and whinging. Yeah, that's a fair enough comment.
Now I would say that, last season, we didn't do that sh*t so much. We actually played (and came back) from a number of difficult situations. This season, our heads just drop. After the own goal, the confidence visibly left the players and the belief they could win deserted us.