looks like jones has reached his quota limit of 1 good game per season. gone missing again tonight.

jaros with a crucial save. passing and movement is good. few chances missed. overall decent first half.

Did he pass better than kelleher?

Well. I questioned before the start of the season why we needed to splash what limited funds we had on a new GK who is only going to come next season.
I think Kelleher and Jaros had played really well when called upon, sure not at Ali's level but if they continue to perform then surely they deserve the chance to prove themselves *IF* Ali decides to go or the club decides to cash in.
Now our leftback is the weakest link with Robbo showing signs of slowing down and Tsimikas.. just say that I am not convinced he is our starting leftback.

Well. I questioned before the start of the season why we needed to splash what limited funds we had on a new GK who is only going to come next season.
I think Kelleher and Jaros had played really well when called upon, sure not at Ali's level but if they continue to perform then surely they deserve the chance to prove themselves *IF* Ali decides to go or the club decides to cash in.
Now our leftback is the weakest link with Robbo showing signs of slowing down and Tsimikas.. just say that I am not convinced he is our starting leftback.

Like a fellow fan pointed out, with more game time, can Kelleher be as good as Ali eventually? Jaros in my opinion can definitely step up to number two. And who can guarantee Giorgi can hit the ground running and adapt which Kelleher and Jaros already have no problem?

Anyway my point was about prioritisation. If we can afford to spend 95mil on a spinning winger then I have no problem with signing a high potential GK for next season. But if you compare: Kelleher or Ali at GK, and Tsimikas/Robbo at LB, which one is more desperate for fix?

Liverpool have suspended 75 fans for life in an effort to stop ticket touting.

The Times report the Reds have closed down 100,000 fake accounts.

This follows 136 indefinite suspensions they handed out last year.

The reason for these bans is due to the unauthorised selling of season tickets, memberships and hospitality tickets.

The club have a zero-tolerance policy on ticket touting, and a further 5,670 accounts are under review by the club for for suspicious activity.

Supporters have been reminded not to buy tickets from unofficial online channels or from unofficial sellers, as there has been an increase in the number of fans being defrauded, particularly online.

“Chiesa is not back before the international break, that’s only a week to go,”

“We’re hoping he can do things again during the international break and he can join us afterwards.”

“I think I said it already a few times, it’s always difficult to exactly tell you when they are ready, because especially the last phase of the recovery can always be a few days extra or less,” Slot said of his injured trio.

“The fact is that they are not there before the international break, and let’s see if they can join us after.”

Contract situation becomes a problem if players don't perform as well as they are now.

At moment all three are in good place performing really really well. There are on going discussion with the people Virgil says he has to talk to, and that's not me as you know. I talk to him about other things.

Virgil is completely right that he doesn't know what his future is if he hasn't signed the contract yet.

I think you learn every day, especially if you are not long with the team – as I am – so I think you learn every day from new situations. I said before, the Chelsea game was something I learned from, that they could sit deep and defend a lead. The way they came back against Arsenal was really strong and the amount of games we have to play that they are still able to be available and play good football, that is also something you see. Then, we also saw during the week that players that haven’t played that much maybe can have an impact on our team as well. We will need them during the whole season, so it’s good to see they are already on the level they need to play for us.

No, it’s not that strange for us in football. In the older Champions League or Europa League world, if it went to [knockouts] you faced a team after a week again. So, in football we are used to playing the same team after a few days. So, it’s not weird, especially because both teams didn’t start with the team they will start with on Saturday. I think for both managers it’s a positive thing because you know even more about the opponent. Although, players make the game and it is, of course, a difference if a different player plays. The playing style might be the same but the quality of the players make nine out of 10 times the difference. That changes the game on Saturday compared to the one on Wednesday.

The good thing was that when you look at our front line then we could play with two of our regular starters, with Cody Gakpo and Lucho Diaz. They had a big impact on the scoresheet, of course. The way we filled in the No.9 position [on Wednesday] was interesting to see because I think it worked out really well, but in the end I prefer to play with a real No.9 – but it is maybe now an extra possibility that we have if we have injuries. Although maybe with Diogo Jota, who is also a bit of a nine-and-a-half, we implemented that style already, but to play with Curtis [Jones] and Dom [Szoboszlai], they are definitely midfielders and Diogo is a striker. So, it was good to see that we could score three goals, even without playing with an old-fashioned No.9.

“I think Jarell played a very good game,” Slot told reporters. “The only issue he has at the moment is if he has a moment that is not perfect, it immediately leads to a goal.

“That’s what happened in this game. He was, in my opinion, unlucky.

“I know you cannot judge a player on leaving those two moments out, because they are so vital to results, but he is getting better and better, and he was already really good.

“For him, it’s that last step maybe to make, which he’s already shown in the past he can play without making these small mistakes.

“He’s in a bit of an unlucky period when it comes to if he makes a small mistake it immediately leads to a goal, but if I look at his overall performance I really liked what I saw.

“He was comfortable on the ball, also when we conceded that one it was not out of ‘I’m afraid to make a decision’, it’s just by taking initiative and these things can happen.

“I liked the way he played and, like I said, he was a bit unlucky with the second goal as well but, for me, that was not his game.

“I wouldn’t say he is not able to play in the upcoming days or weeks. He is definitely in competition with two centre-backs that are hardly making any mistakes at the moment.

“Apart from the mistakes, I think he played similar to Virgil and Ibou with a lot of confidence playing the ball out from the back and defending really well.

“For me, it was a good performance but a bit unlucky in the end.”

He is a player that I would maybe play in all three positions in the midfield because he is so comfortable in all these three positions. I think I saw quite a lot of him at Brighton because there was a manager I was quite interested in back then, that was [Roberto] De Zerbi of course. He was playing a double-six there as well, and in some moments he also played as a No.10. He can play both.

I think he is now in the moment our midfielder that plays a bit in between. So, Ryan [Gravenberch] is almost always the deepest, Dom or Curtis are playing a bit higher and then he’s in between. It depends on how dominant we are if he is the second No.10 or if he has to be the second No.6. But he is comfortable in both phases of the game, he can help a lot with us bringing the ball out from the back and he is also capable of making the difference in and around the 18-yard box. We like to see him in both situations as much as we can.

“I wouldn’t say a dilemma,” he replied.

“It is in more positions where we’ve rotated, so you’re maybe a bit focused on the left full-back position, but the left wing has been in rotation, the midfield we’ve rotated, the No. 9 position we’ve rotated.

“It probably also has to do with Robbo’s pre-season. He had no pre-season, because he came back injured from the Euros.

“He missed almost a complete pre-season, which was for most of them only two weeks but for him it was only a few days.

“Kostas did really well in that period of time, so it has to do with the quality Kostas brings in the position, but it definitely also has to do with Robbo missing pre-season.

“That’s why we started rotating from the start of it, because if a player didn’t have any pre-season there was no time to bring him to the situation where he can play three games in a row.

“We try to build up our players for that programme and for him that was difficult, because he missed out on pre-season while others were there.

“That’s his situation. I think it was good for him to play Arsenal and now again the game against Brighton during the week.

“That makes sure that he’s getting into that rhythm of playing twice a week.”