Thierry Henry Explains Who Is Actually to Blame for Vini Jr's Final Winning Goal | CBS Sports Golazo 

Michael was right, They’re all Saying he didn’t see Vinicius but that’s his job to know where the winger is at all times

Roberson was out of position trying to press Modric on his own half, so with the LB out of position the entire defense had to compensate the gap which widened the gap. So he opted for zonal marking but the ball from Valvede pierced the zone

that’s scary, imagine getting counterattacked and you look around in your half to see the damage that could be done, and in a split second you think…. “WHERE IS VINICIUS” nah man my heart would drop man is that dangerous

You have to give credit to Valverde. That was such an unorthodox pass. You’d expect a high cross but no, he gave a low driven pass that looked like a shot and was heading out but Vini was there to capitalize it.

After THE PSG win Jamie boldly said “this Real Madrid team will not win the UCL”

The disallowed goal of Benzema had a greater effect than if it were an actual goal, it rattled the cage and alarmed defenders, even more, to tighten the screws around Benzema so he would have no chance of scoring again, by doing so they omitted to watch for Vinicius Jr. Liverpool tactics were based on weak Real Madrid defensive lines, which didn't happen and Real Madrid came out as a fortress, they had no plan B.

Henry had the best breakdown. He knows that part of the pitch to a molecule.

I feel like no one knew Thierry Henry played for Juventus under Ancelotti until he just said it here. That's a maaaajor throwback

“There is no chance” Jamie Carragher. 😂😂

No one talk about the beauty of this goal . More than 7 passes to achieve this goal.

I see a lot of you never mentioned Robertson, the guy who kept getting pocketed by Valverde which eventually lead to a goal.

For me, Benzema does a great job by not positioning himself between Trent and Konate, but rather between Konate and Vvd who was on the left covering for Robbo. That way, he’s dragged Trent too far inside to the point where Vini is unmarked. That being said, if trent doesnt stop and continues to drop back, he potentially cuts out the resulting cross

That was a difficult one for Trent. That flashed ball was perfect and Benzema’s movement attracted a lot of attention. As well as Carvahal’s overlap. Sometimes it’s not that someone messed up; it’s that the other guys played well.

Don’t take anything off Real Madrid They studied Liverpool

And that ball from Modric to split three players open was 👌

Listening to Henry remembering when he used to play as a left back for Juve made me wanna cry 😭

Full backs should mostly try to stay ahead of the last CB. Vini would have been offside if Trent was ahead of Konate. But it's a very small margin. At the same time Trent should be aware of attackers behind him

Thierry Henry's analysis is spot on. It's a shame he couldn't turn and produce all that knowledge and tactics as manager/coach. I'd love to see how his brain works as a forward..it's honestly a shame..SIGH

The pass had pace, which meant that Trent had to anticipate it. He was actually in a good position to stop it, but I really don't think he realized that Vini was on his back, and I think that is an area of improvement. Still, Real Madrid did really well in creating overlapping runs, there was potentially 3 passes to give at that point. A pass to Benzema which was equally threatening but is extremely difficult due to offside, and a fast pass to Carvajal but Van Dijk had that covered (also the follow-up play would be a pass into the box to Benz which has a good chance at being intercepted by Allison); and the last pass which was a gamble and it was beautifully distributed to Vini. So far Valverde looks to be a promising midfield generational talent. But in my opinion, the correct play was that Trent should've played it offside and paid closer attention to Konate. Konate, was closely watching Van Dijk who also tried to play offside.

Never forget: TAA before the game said he sees things that others can’t see. Well clearly he didn’t see vini 😂

They are being soft because TAA is the media darling. If this was a less popular RB, they would absolutely destroy him. Yes Robertson made a mistake, but still TAA was definitely at fault for not covering Vinicius.

I thought it was just a really well placed pass from valverde. Sure TAA was in a bad position, but the pass was on the ground and made it past 3 Liverpool defenders

The moment I saw Modric pull 3 men on him I knew Real were probably going to score. What a player in creating that opportunity, all the Real players played it virtually perfectly, unlucky Trent is the scapegoat bc the defensive line was exposed easily on the left as well in the buildup.

The pass made by CARVAJAL in the middle of the pitch @ 1:11 is what was the foundation of this goal …. It left 3 Liverpool players for dead right there and then … from that point a goal was 90% sure for these quality Madrid players. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Carragher running defence for Liverpool. How can you drop all your instincts because of your heart

I wonder how TAA would get on in a more forward position ? Would it help his game or takeaway from it ? Would be more easily be picked up by midfielders or defenders ? When he’s coming from so deep he’s hard to stop because he’s usually the extra man on the overlap ..

I love Cara's analysis after Liverpool's loss 😂😂😂 No chance huh? 😂😂

For me the major culprit is Fabinho, then Henderson then Robertson, then TAA At 1:04 Liverpool is "gegenpressing" Modric I believe, 2 against 1, Robertson is covering the pass line to Valverde, Mane is closing in on Casemiro and there is a defensive square behind. Of those four, Fabinho has to close in on Carvajal, who is running between the lines to get Modric out of the gridlock. At that point Liverpool is 8 against 4 in the action zone. Fabinho is too far from Carvajal already. At 1:06 Modric is feinting to be pressed back and Mane leaves Casemiro to push up the gegenpressing, probably expecting Henderson and Fabinho to follow and close in on Carvajal and Casemiro. But they don't. At 1:07 Modric' pass to Carvajal takes out 3 Liverpool players, the two ones pressing (Thiago and Diaz I believe) and Mane. Now it's 6 against 4 in the action zone, counting in Benzema and TAA. This is not the fault of Thiago or Diaz but Fabinho's, who's not completing the pressure on Carvajal. At 1:10 Fabinho "bites" with Robertson still covering the pass line and Thiago giving negative pressure. Henderson is too far from Casemiro which allows Carvajal to make the better choice of passing to Casemiro, rather than playing into Valverde's space, because Van Dijck is there too. At 1:12 Casemiro now has a free pass line to Valverde. Look where Carvajal is: behind Thiago, Robertson and Fabinho. He outruns Thiago and Robertson (who doesn't really make an effort) with Fabinho admittedly recovering his position. Now it's 4-4 in the zone of the action, with Vinicius coming into the picture. At this point it's already very difficult for both Van Dijck and TAA. Van Dijck needs to deal with the overlapping Carvajal and Valverde, TAA is still backing Konaté for Benzema, while Vinicius is in his back. Fabinho is giving some negative pressure but that's of little value at this point. Probably TAA should have left Benzema to Konaté, counting on negative pressure by Fabinho and Henderson, and turn to Vinicius. But 8 seconds have passed since Modric was being pressured. That's quick thinking you need there to leave the position which is full part of the gegenpressing maneuver. Lat but not least, you must admire Modric and Carvajal to take out 2 men successively to go from a 4-8 to a 4-4, and Valverde to deliver a perfect pass, to Benzema to confuse the defence with a feint offside and Vinicius to stay onside and unmarked.

Henry gave the best explanation of them all, both Van Dijk and Trent made a mistake. And its really pathetic to see Carragher not giving any credits to Real Madrid this entire season. I agree that this is far from the best version of RM and the football is not amazing, but its getting annoying now watching him sulk evertime Madrid win.

Or you could just appreciate the talent and high IQ of RM offense… look at the trail of bodies they left behind and you still doubt Madrid smh. At the end of the day Champions will always deliver, no excuses made!

That was a beautiful gorgeous goal when you see it from that camera angle seeing the whole pitch the passes leading up to it

Trent was in a tough spot, but he never looked even one time…that is criminal

At 1:13 you can see that Trent knew where Vini was, but Benzema Staying in between him and the defender made really difficult for him to stay close to the side, when Benzema moved up he pulled the defender and left Trent with little time to make any decision, for me Liverpool Miss play was at the beginning.

All game long Trent was playing higher up and more as a playmaker. Every time Liverpool had possession it would go to the right side to Trent. His role was a playmaker. Liverpool we’re always going to be vulnerable on the right since he was always high up and that’s where the goal ended up coming from.

From corner taken quickly to unmarking vini swiftly Time changes

“ WHERE IS VINCIOUS “ Trent Should Have Asked Himself That 😅

People kiss his ass when hes attacking so much then they say that he is improving in defending when he still has mistakes

Vini was ready for the hard cross and he scored ., Valvarde too knew it .

Henry has the best football commentary. He really knows the game

I expected them to be talking about Robertson, who abandoned the defence to "press" Modric, didn't press Modric and then allowed two players to counter down Madrid's right, drawing van Dijk out. TAA is slightly at fault for doing a bad job covering Vinicius. Robertson is more at fault for being absolutely nowhere.

The real culprit of the goal was Robbo. His poorly timed and ill-effective pressing in that situation got himself caught waaaaaaay out of position. That exposed the whole LFC back line to the counterattack and allowed Valverde and Carvalhal to run directly into the box unopposed. Everything that happened afterward was a result of that first play. If Robbo doesn't press high that goal doesn't happen.

Instead of blaming the defenders, why not praise the play from Valverde, that is a classic killer pass, very hard to defend !

the problem was Trent not once looked back or even realised vinicius was behind him. If he realises this he will have an eye on the ball and try to cut the ball in a more aggressive way

You know Trent gets the blame even thou its kinda of a hard ball to read, the real culprit here is Robertson, who lost hist head chasing Modrics shadow, that mental lapse started the whole movement, the space he left in behind allowed a 2 v1 in the right

VVD is the responsible, it's obvious, instead of close the distance with Valverde he's running back and giving his ass

Henry is levels above cariger and micael

Carraghers face after all the Real crap talk, priceless!! #HalaMadrid🤍

to be a good presenter u obvs just need to be calmed by ur experience & a normal person. love her

When Madrid wins , they criticized the losing team , discredit madrids win , when Madrid lose they praise the winning team 🙃

combination of great performance by Curtois + tactical maturity won the final for RM...... you can be better on ball, but that means nothing, when you don't have enough quality to score against a well organized team...... both Liverpool and Man City are amazing against premier league teams, but Real Madrid are not Brighton...... completely different animal

Yes it was difficult to defend but TAA never gave a thought to Vini's position

Thierry Henry is spot on....beautiful football analysing mind he have there

it's the consequence of putting your best playmaker at right back. he's not great running toward his own goal. klopp can accept the lapses because he provides so much from that position going forward but this does happen every now and again. micah richards can bang on about body position all day but trent is never even close to vinicius. also trent could have reasonably expected one of liverpool's world class forwards to bury one of his deliveries in a cup final.

For me Trent can’t be called “the best in the world” at right back purely because his defensive awareness isn’t good enough. A move into the midfield is needed for him to become ‘the best’.

“I actually think they handled Vinicius quite well”😂😂😂

Jamie “I think Liverpool handled Vinicius really well” Vinicius: scores game winning goal lol

High pressing is what got them this goal. Modric pulled Robbo out of position way over the half line and made a splitting pass to Carvajal and Valverde getting the ball from Casemiro was essential. Trent did bad but it was just three defs anyway without Robbo.

It's Trent's fault all he had to do was check his surroundings like any good player would to make sure he's not free and boom vincius wouldn't have gotten it but Trent wasn't watching him didn't even look back at all

Absolutely good and brilliant build up, no team can actually defend that flash ball from Velv.

That pass from Valverde though 🤌🏽

Sometimes it is just easier to give credit to your opponent, and accept LFC’s tactic of high pressing it does leave them potentially vulnerable to a counter attack. You can handle an opponent player easily through a game, but players of this class only need to get one opportunity to score. Real are worthy winners, no doubt. LFC fan.

Valverde was MOTM for me. Incredible player.

He is what he is, take it or leave it

“If he can just sort this little bit out” It’s an enormous thing to just “sort out”. Not to say he is that bad a defender, he’s not. But to limit your attack so you can defend more/better… it takes a lot.

Maybe Trent is the hottest talking point of the goal but what really hurts Liverpool is when Cavajal received the pass from Modric, he can turn and then bypass the trap formed by Thiago, Fabinho and Diaz to pass the ball to Casemiro. When the ball gets out, Casemiro passed to Valverde but he also can switch side to Vinicius. I think Cavajal play the ball out of the 3 man is the turning point. For a pressing well-known team like Liverpool, that is quite disappointed at that moment. They overload on the left to minimize space for Cavajal means there will be lots of space on the other side or behind the defense line when the ball gets out of that trap.

I agree with the comments that "Sometimes it’s not that someone messed up; it’s that the other guys played well." Really hate the fact that some people are so eager to blame a player or manager whenever they are defeated. If you have to, just blame Valverde for such a perfect pass.

This was a great breakdown and explanation.

CBS, why did you remove the post match analysis for the final? Instead just posting these little clips

Fullbacks unfairly get all the blame because it is easy for them to get exposed because of their position. The ball was lost up the pitch which left Robertson high up the pitch and Vvd doing his best to mark the cross and cover the line overlap by Carvahal. Trent tucked in to help cover the center back. Sure he cld have been more aware of the hard run into the box by Vini but every thing was done perfectly by Real Madrid even from the midfield splitting pass from Modric. Share the blame with who lost the ball leaving his defenders in tough positions then just give RM credit for a good counter attack.

Van Dijk was very susceptible for the goal and I haven’t heard enough of that. Also the conversation that he’s not a good defender might be a bit more incorrect as this season when I’ve seen them play; he actually seems to have improved from last season. Even then; all goals are of some sort of mistake or the other. Liverpool didn’t lose the game solely from one goal; so the blame that lies on Trent is a bit unfair imo

Henry... On point again. Thank you

It was accumulative, konate had a great game and covered trents flaws a number of times. He lost track of vini almost every time and eventually they got caught. Trent reminds me of kimmich at RB he's built for a back 5 or a move to DM because he is wide open in a back 4 but clearly has the qualities as the best attacking rb in the game

robertson was out of position but van dijks efforts to cut out the cross was abysmal,if he had went and engaged the attacker the outcome would have been different ,

Salah AkA Mo penalty had twice missed the occasion to pass the ball for the equalizer, but again chose to go Salad...

Give credits to valverde s pass yo. So underated!!

life is good when u can always blame someone or something

Real Madrid just needed to beat the press at the right time with the right passes, the disallowed goal panicked Liverpool, and gave Real Madrid the confidence that the only need to beat the press, score and defend well. Trent went to sleep, at the moment of the goal, and Henry was right, Vinius had been playing the whole game on his shoulder and he should have had the awareness to position himself to defend against him. Maybe, it was tireness or the lack of defending in that position, but as a wing back you should always be aware your winger is positioned. Credit to Real Madrid with those passes leading to the goal, you just felt like the needed to do once correctly and they will score, and you could see it coming...

More like a brilliant counterattack and a brilliant cross by Valverde.

He doesn't need to see Vinicious to know he is there. Trent mistake was to not stop on Konatè's movement since he saw even Benzema go offside. It's literally a one step mistake that happens all the time especially when you are exposed from a loss ball. Trent had an amazing performance as always, sometimes mistake just happen and there is nothing wrong about it. It is as important as missing a clear goal for a split second control that loses you balance, but somehow defenders and goalkeepers errors are always more analyzed.

As a winger myself I understand that "oh no... late" feeling as well 😅

I get that positioning and covering is a talking point for TAA, but I just think its a good goal that couldnt really have been defended any differently. Its a 3v3, and the only logical thing they can do at that point is man mark a player instead of have TAA cover the centre back. I would honestly blame Robertson more for creating stress on the defence over anyone else. If he isnt to blame then noone should be blamed and just consider the goal a good one.

Van dijk with his awkward position. Maguire did this and it end in world class save 🤣🤣

I said before TAA has no awareness when it comes to defending counter attacks. He was caught out exactly on this same scenario in a epl game. He needs to told the truth, deal with your position when the team are under counter pressing.

Real madrid keeper amazing 👏 and I'm a Liverpool fan it still hurts now

Trent was holding the line, there's not much he can do against a perfectly timed run with a good pass.

Well, obviously, Vini Jr is to blame for Vini Jr’s goal vs Liverpool. He was caught red-handed!

No one to blame, it is a great team sport!

I personally think that the main cause is the midfields slow return to support the defence because although Trent needs to stay on the last man there about 2 players running through the middle and a winger in vini behind you

Trent is always the easiest one to blame in such situations. But, that ball went past three other Liverpool players who could have stopped it. VVD, Fabinho, and Konate. Could VVD have moved towards Valverde to reduce his options? Could Fabinho have arrived a moment sooner? Anyway, they scored from that one chance and won. We couldn't score from the NINE shots that Courtois saved all night long. Congratulations Real Madrid.

Reece James would of handled it, I really do believe that

They should keep this panel. They hv a wonderful cemistry

Micah is great - want to see more from him as an English pundit lovley guy - bad defending but very tough - "ball watching" :)

For me if he anticipates well when the ball leaves Fede’s foot, he should step up to Konate’s line and it wouldve been offside. But that’s really risky and if he does so then he would be off balance in case the ball comes in and he has to deal with it. But the problem is he didnt deal with it anyway so might as well step up to the offside line if you’re not gonna put a foot in. That’s just an individual criticism because the play started way earlier than that and there were many moments where the ball couldve been intercepted. But from only the last pass and trent i think stepping up to the line wouldve been the best move but hindsight is 20/20 🤔

Stop the blame game . Give credit to Vinicius for his positioining. Liverpool played well. Madrid played better. That's it.

Micah's self- congratulatory tie adjustment at the end: 'smashed you on that one Thierry lad'

who else could see the RM goal happening when the pass happened? that sinking feeling..

Although its a tough one, we can see that Arnold made 2 mistakes: 1. Stopping to hold the line for the offside trap when they are near the goal instead of focusing on covering any potential pass to vini. 2. Not knowing where vini is even though its his job is to keep an eye on him. Having said that , in my opnion the problem was more of a pressing issue, they didn't press the way they should and that left Verde with a lot of free space and many options that can lead to a goal.

I don't understand their arguments. Taa should have been covering vini. Benz should be second in his list of priorities at that moment. From the looks of it he momentarily forgot that vini is there and that is why he went to cover benz. If you're a right back you need to ensure the opposition lw doesn't have acres of space to finish from a cross, which is exactly what happened.

Like nouman said when you are a defender you need to be a pessimist.. And when you are a an attacker you habe to be optimist...

Henry using the term " Lad" is hilarious 😂 😃 😄 😁. Gotta love Tierry Henry .