SLOT AND GRAVENBERCH WON IT! | Ipswich 0-2 Liverpool reaction 

What did you make of Liverpool's performance today?

Love the ruthlessness from slot and not afraid to make the needed changes.

Slott is so comfortable in the job he is a young hungry manager with good experience behind him. I like him.

Really impressed with gravenberch second half.

Good start to our season. Dodgy first half but it all clicked in the second and ipswich just couldn't handle us. Ryan Gravenberch?? WOW!! Great game for him. Zubimendi? PAH!! The entire midfield looked really assured in fact. Bradley made an immediate affect when he came on as well. More than adequate and slightly different style to Trent but BOTH had good games. Great management by Arne as well. Nice one DL. Spot on. 👍👍👍

Slot made the difference at half time. Very encouraging. Great start to the season after a tricky game.

Yes Gravenberch was sublime. Not an exaggeration as he shone as our Number 6. Perhaps, he could be our fulcrum as he showed vs Ipswich.

have to say well done gravenberch with all the fuss about the number 6 he played well not saying we dont need one but have to give credit when a player deserves it

I appreciate how Slot has identified Gravenberch as the second pivot midfielder alongside Mac Allister. Even if Gravenberch has an off day or gets injured, we still have Trent and Bajcetic to step in. The midfield looks stable now. As for Robertson, that first half was probably the worst I can recall from him

Positively surprised with how calm & confident Ryan played, he looks better in the 6 vs an 8 as he didn’t look to have enough stamina last year playing box to box

gravenberch in the 6 role was excellent, the second half was simply majestic I'm happy with that

We are producing some quality attacking movements under Arne so far, I like what I am seeing!

I agree that Slot won us the match. Surprised that Quansah came off but just shows Arne's intelligence & reading of the game. Don't think many teams will come out as aggressively as Ipswich so now we just need to see how Slot does when we actively need to break a team down!

pleased with that, got through a tricky game, played great football in the 2nd half, players showed the doubters they are more than good enough to compete, hopefully its only gonna keep improving, Szobo and Grav the best players on the pitch, we could have scored more as well

Match of 2 halves. Shows we have the resolve and players to win, in fact the win should have been greater. A 90 minute performance is needed now!!

Great analysis. It will be sad to Gomez leave, but he deserves to play regularly. His contribution last season was so important to the team.

Ipswich defended well.Slot was boss! I have such confidence in him.Our bench is always amazing!The state of the pitch was same for both sides! Thank-you David YNWA.❤️🔴

If Joe goes I hope Liverpool gives him a good send off he has served our team and never let us down.

Great summary David. I am definitely a fan of the new style of summary. Great 2nd half for the reds, after a mediocre first half. Promising!

Great result eh David. Ere there’s a 3 min interview with Slot on T NT with Crouchy and Joe Cole and Arne’s take on the game is, and he’s the first manager since him to winning the first game, he has Bob’s uncanny vision…how he assesses both half’s is very impressive… Our fans were chanting his name towards full time, and it looked like he wasn’t going to go on the pitch at full time until we sang his name again, when he came over…he couldn’t hide his delight! Player wise, if you watch the interview, he doesn’t mention the midfield…he said it was the defence and attack he tweaked at half time… COYR’s

Clear sheet very important...slot look promising

3 poins in the first game is wonderful. We'll find our legs sooner than later. I thought Gravenberch looked solid in that 6 position. Harder tests will come, and still we did what we needed to do today. Again, we adjusted at the break. We've become a team who thrives and wins when adapting and changing.

Enjoyed that David thankyou

Great second half performance. Hopefully we'll pick up a new DM and defender 🙏

I’m delighted that we got the 3 points, without conceding any goals or suffering any injury. 🙏💪🥰

Excellent analysis!!! top Noch!!!!

Applauds to the guffer for all tht tactical switchs he made esp.in the second half when he made Ryan seat in that deep 6 role to allow Mac move slightly ahead to make those switches of passes to our front 3

I think the game should have had a Red Card. Ipswich fb handled stopped the ball and moved it with his arm. The referee went to his pocket to book him. I suspect he got a message from VAR to inform he was already booked. Hopefully we hear the audible transcript. Ipswich played well first half. 2nd half Liverpool missed gilt edged chances. Its opening day. Won happy days. Good football

DM plus LB and CB a must

Great analysis and continuously encouraging from the new manager. However over this very long season,given that the Champions league has more games in it's new format,we will need a larger squad and few signings.I love how there was no hesitation from the manager to sub players and change it up tactically, as I can remember in some of Klopps games some of his substitutions being too late to have an impact.This doesn't mean I don't think Klopp was great,just that each manger has their strengths and weaknesses . Slot seems have an ability to immediately adapt tactically in situations of adversity.

Good stuff just subbed

Hi David good start to the season good win and we go again next weekend hopefully there will be some good news on transfers I see Gomez might be going I do,think that will be a bad idea to let him go if we haven’t got anyway to come In keep up the good work and have a good week

No need for a new 6 if Ryan Gravenberch carries on playing like that. Surprised Jota was replaced with Gakpo (to play down the middle) and not Nunez-perhaps Slot was sending a message to both (Gakpo had said publicly he wants to play on the left). Don’t know what Nunez is thinking if he is 3rd choice down the middle. Really don’t see any reason to sell Gomez unless he wants to go. He should make the squad at least.

Let's don't give a hook about Zubamendi. It's his lost to not join a club like Liverpool. I want at one more signing by Hughes and Edwards. Let's help Slot and make use of these super coaches to win more trophies. So Edwards and Hughes, do what you need to do and why you are brought to this club.

Love a confident half term substitution

If we dont add a 6 to the team this window then its up to all supporters to get behind Gravenberch..He is a class player butu people need to remember he will be playing out of position adapting to a new role... so dont tear him down if he makes some mistakes as he learns.. I think he is primed to have an outstanding season

Decent performance. We got to put into perspective a lot a these players are still in PRESEASON. I’m envisioning going forward this team and coach will not be excited to go up against for the opponents.

I love that the Ref booked one of their lads 5 mins into the game and then made couple more bookings, he was brave, it is better that they didn't go down to 10, made the win even more sweet, I was cheering those yellows like a goal!

That sub definitely made some arses twitch! MacAllister come back off his holidays second half for example! Grav was fantastic (he's always been boss on the half turn but he's started showing a varied passing range which i wasn't sure he had), Trent upped his intensity and Mo made it look a doddle. Great 1st game lads we go again

Always going to be tough going to a newly promoted team away. Good second half performance, Jota and Gravenberch stood out for me David, do you think it's odd seeing Gomez to leave which would leave us with 3 CBs for an entire season?! I appreciate we have Phillips and Sepp but surely we looking at a CB? We are a couple of transfers away from challenging, very frustrating! But good win, onto the next ❤️

I remember Carlisle United beating Chealsea in their 1st game in the top division (their only season) they were up for it, well played reds.

I'm going to miss Gomez if he goes, such a humble guy and hes very reliable. Also our longest serving player at the moment right?

Really solid performance. We still underperformed our XG though.

Great second half we deserve 3 points clean sheet bonus

I don't think the 1st half was as bad as people are saying. It was def not great, but not as bad either as is being made out. Many have been saying Iswich were much the better side, but I think it was overall pretty even and we ran the first 20 mins and could/should have scored twice, but they made a couple of great blocks. I see the first half as below par, but also we made them work very hard, and they paid for their aggression with 3 yellows (and should have been a red for 2 yellows, plus many more challenges they made that could have been carded). It was also clear they had spent a huge amount of energy and would likely pay for it in the 2nd half - which they did. Anyway, completely bossed the 2nd half, and could have scored a hatful.

First half was lacklustre and pondering. You could see we were trying to play out from the back but the Ipswich press was choking us. Our players were too static as we tried to play out which means beating the press is practically impossible. No players were willing to be the man who knocked the ball past the pressing opponent to initiate breaking through the press into a dynamic attack. Obviously second half was a different story. Bradley looks good. Team still riddled with bad final ball decision making or just plain bad final balls. Plenty to work on but pleasing all in all. Thanks for your excellent analysis.

Agreed Gravenberch was really really good

typical Slot it doesn't go as expected here and there an adjustment and yes indeed a victory and beautiful football, we are still crying at Feyenoord

It did look very dry. Good condition, but dry. I didn't spot any sprinkers before the game or at half time.

Slot. 😍😍

David I consider you the best at reporting on the club that there is around. 🎉🎉🎉

Performance good but we need back up in the defense and six roll I was always happy with our team but like I said back in that main area thank you lynch for seeing the problems in the problem positions Slot is a very smart and good coach but we need to support him in every area

Good second half. If we continue fannying around with the ball in our area, it won't wnd well.

The first half was frustrating and lackluster only when Ibou came in Liverpool looked really slick still I believe we could have scored more but win is a win and we move into the next game .

it was Trent that played Salah through not Grvanberch

This team is ready to go for PL & CL win IF they have no injury cancer like last season. Jürgen did a fantastic job of preparing a bona fide team for Slot. It also means LFC can be really picky in transfers, they are not forced to anything.

When do we say Gravenberch is like a new signing

First half as predicted was always going to be tough. Crowd bouncing & Ipswich players flying around at 100mph. Thought we were poor first half but that being said we didn’t do anything stupid so 0-0 at ht was fine. Thought Liverpool were outstanding second half once Ipswich tired . Could and should have been more clinical and won 3 or 4 nil but happy with the win, great start now onto Brentford (hopefully with a new signing or two!) ynwa.

Salah won it by coming narrow, he scored one and created one. Football is all about "end product."

At one point in that 2nd half I thought Liverpool were going to score 3 goals one after the other 😊

Quansah should never have started ahead of Ibou anyway. If we are going off pre season Harvey should have started. Quansah is good, absolutely no doubt about it, but he is not and shouldn’t be ahead of Konate.

The pass you refer to was Trent's

What pissed me off is that I had to wake up at 4:30am to watch the bloody game. 😊

Lets see when better players start moving Gravenberch around

For me I don't think we need a starter, we need under studies as signings. Steph needs the loan because I don't think he is ready to step in to be rotation and he needs more game time which he won't get right now. Reason we need high level under studies is to mitigate injury situations and dip in form at crucial times in the season. Thats what has lost us 3 league titles, lack of quality cover

Gravenberch as a 6.... who knew!! Love the fact he's a forward thinking player too his stats in the game prove it 👌🏻 Got to credit Slot for identifying and making early changes, not a massive fan of the xg stat but it certainly massively inproved second half after making the changes. Looking forward to much more to come ❤

diaz takes too many touches, and tends to over cook it. I feel we waste alot of good balls on that side, but all in all, great start, couldn't ask for more....

please tell us if there any incomings

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Tbh, in this kind of game, would zubimendi have stood up? lol awesome player no doubt but the dude isn’t exactly built with the physical requirements for PL. Gravenberch does have those traits and backing him to make that role his own

Hi David. First half, very worrying, giving the ball away for fun, especially Robbo, virg...better teams would have destroyed us. I'm fully expecting us to concede many goals.....

Let's see how we cope against better teams, we were very poor first half.

great video Dave, perfect man

Why not keep Gomez and play him as a backup 6?

Any news of Gomez and Sepp?

Ah you can see the narrative forming…

The first team is obviously good. There will be problems later in the season with injuries, fatigue and drop in form. That’s when we’ve always struggled.

david is it ture that the goalkeep we are get that man u hackjacking it?

Grav was different stuff Dave mate. You think Gomez is away mate?

Is Joao Gomes not a good fit for our 6

Second half was superb, first half not so much. Credit to Ipswich for their effort and enthusiasm but they’re going to struggle. If only we had spent £100m on reinforcements we might have won 3-0 😂😂😂😂. Prefer this style of reporting too, talking about the overall performance rather than individual players. 👍

Plus subbing off Quansah is less likely to disrupt anyone's ego since he's the youngest (and weakest) player in the starting 11.

I think slot made the right decision not playing nunez like what i see from slot so far

Gravenberch played well but he’s not a 6. I really like him but we will be throwing him under the bus if we expect him to do this against arsenal or Man City. I guess that’s when Endo plays. At least if gravenberch is willing to fill in as a 6 he will get plenty of game time which he needs.

Curious why you think we didn’t see Harvey or Jones given how great they looked in pre-season.

Gomez not in the team means he going to leave? What logic is that? There is just not enough squad place. So Liverpool sign a new defender Eillot or Jones is leaving?

Liverpool will not go for just any old number 6. We already have serviceable no. 6 options. They have gone for exceptional no. 6s as they come available and not compromised on quality. There's no use spending big for a no. 6 who is only as good as we already have.

This playing out from the back definitely needs work on, has me nervous watching.

🤢🤢🤮 SHAME on Ipswich 🤢🤢🤮They kept diving from the 1st min🤦‍♀️ If this is how they got up to the PL, they deserve max humiliated relegation 😡

Are the referees carrying on their agenda? A deliberate handball by Burns was a yellow card which would have been his 2nd so a sending off but the officials decided to ignore it. Once again we play against 12 men.

Got tired of the pissing around at the back all the time constantly putting massive pressure on the defence.

Joe Gomez OUT Castello Lukeba IN

If Diaz could finish it would have been 4-0....Sell him already and sign someone who can score goals!

Gutted to lose Joe

Salah MOTM the great assister?? Who would have thought Souness could be so wrong? Rule no 1 CLASS is Permanent, yeh lost a touch of pace. Superb player. Slott keeps this up and Salah stays and sees it out with us. That is what he is doing for new year decision. I thought Slott changes were imperious at half time. Gravy Shobo, trent and Mo made a Brillisnt Flank for us. Ipswich tired and we got stronger. Theybwere bound to chuck the sink at us. Last year with Klopp we would be trailing with gaps everywhere Luton?? 0 0 at half time and the Tactical Genius takes over. Should have scored at least four Jotta and Salah? As for bloody diaz, lots of effort no cuttinh edge and worse of all. 1 he doesn't accept his role. 2 he plays for diaz utd. 3 total shite on his chances converted. Very costly. So many including you rave. You dont get it. Salah MOTM gravenbircg close behind. Some of trents passing is different level but slott shows him how to bend a ball? Ha ha that was brillint. I thought Shobo looked strong, powerful, quick and sharp best game in long while much better further forward. Looking up!!! Good win. Where was Gomez?? The coach is aware....klopps little yes man is at last being found out. Fit, not even on the bus. And not way before time.. £40mill is a joke hughes. Championship player if hes lucky!!! I know you rate him. That is sad. Klopp had him at left back was a farce. My granny in hercwellies was better. Sideways, back, sideways back. Nose bleed in the other half. Awful player liability. He simply will not play if everyone is fit!

Take a breath fella, 100mph verbal dialogue, you're not Eminem rapgod haha.

the midfield must improve, sobo is so bad

Luis Diaz is a very average player seriously him just don’t have no end product him just not good enough

As soon as you start talking about xg goals and all that rubbish i turn it off.

Who needs Zubi..keep it up RG