Liverpool 3 Leicester City 1 | TAW Midweek Extra

The Anfield Wrap’s midweek free podcast looking back on Liverpool 3 Leicester City 1 and looking ahead to Sunday's trip to West Ham.
John Gibbons hosts Rob Gutmann, Neil Atkinson and Beth Lindop
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[@ImTMPZv]

Joey joey Gomez, so under rated. Drives forward passes, so calm on the ball, seamlessly covers trent and pairs with van dyk like the most gracefully centre half pairing the prems seen. What a player and professional

[@shekel2356]

He was so calm and collected all game. Not to say he wasn't a bit Shakey sometimes but 95% of the time he just looked like a good PL starting CB. Love him long may it continue

[@2muchblackcoffee]

I dnt knw wat liverpool games u watchin last few of them..we ve leaked goals against decent teams n honestly lucky still 7 pts clear cause team around us drop pts.. Gomez has done ok but we missed konate at the back no doubt about it.

[@robbied6585]

Incredible attitude. Hasn't let being a make-weight in the Gordon transfer impact him. Huge

[@paullee5449]

The phrase unsung hero springs to mind . Give him a song lads🤟

[@robbied6585]

​@@2muchblackcoffeeshow me a better 3rd choice CB.

[@StephenDaley-ov4nb]

Our toughest opponents this season are the PGMOL

[@paullee5449]

I wouldn't say pgmol are tough opponents Just biggotts

[@splinter360]

What on earth is Rob on about Macca being like Milner? Macca is our best midfielder. Gravenberch has had the better season yes, but Macca is the one who can and HAS won us games. He's the one who breaks lines with his passes. The Szoboszlai shout is insane too.

[@LAndrewNext]

Maybe he was referring to how he acts like a battering ram in midfield to break up their counter attacks. Or his ability to charge past Salah and pass the ball onto the six yard line for an assist.

[@garycarey9376]

I thought the same thing.. He severely downplayed his abilities and just made him seem ordinary.. he’s our best midfielder and if he can’t see that then fair enough.. but he just is.

[@splinter360]

@@garycarey9376 he 100% is and we should be tieing him down because with Modric soon retiring I gurantee he'll be the one Madrid are looking at as the perfect replacement.

[@splinter360]

@@LAndrewNext I don't think so mate. He downplayed his technical quality big time.

[@duffdogg100]

Rob comes out with some embarrassing stuff sometimes. Comparing him to bobby is ridiculous I'm suprised nobody laughed out load.

[@paullee5449]

Joe Gomez the phtase unsung hero springs to mind.Give him a song lads.🤟

[@Cyrilhuh]

I agree with what Beth said that it is important for this Liverpool team to pull away from the rest especially if there is an opportunity to do so. Getting involved in title races in April when Arsenal and maybe City or Chelsea are back and everyone being separated by 3-5 points will not help us. Let's try and run 19/20 title Winning season run again 🤞

[@damedusa5107]

Yep, we need to be able to rest players in the league at the end of the season so we can win cups also. Smash the league and have a huge gap before the last month

[@LAndrewNext]

Yes, and considering we play Chelsea and arsenal in the last 3 weeks of the league, it would be nice to have it won by then

[@DH-TV]

That Leicester 2019 game was going through my mind yesterday; the similarities were eerie. We were 4 points clear and city had lost but then we drew our own fixture (vs Leicester at home in shocking weather). Everyone was devastated afterwards after going 5 points clear!

[@aj5690]

Nunez is 4 goals in all comps this season. When he wasn't putting them away the excuse was he creates his own chances. Now he's getting no chances it's down to tactics etc. I think the obvious answer is he's just not at the level we need. Great fella but it's not worked out.

[@thelmaviaduct]

It's lack of ability, could see it on his debut, got worse if anything.

[@damedusa5107]

@@thelmaviaductnot so sure. As you can see his ability in flashes. End of the day, we have him and he is chaos and may be handy to come on here and there. And then see we’re he’s at the end of year.

[@Mil-w6d]

It’s interesting to watch Nunez on the Curtis Jones goal. They are both within a few feet of each other and yet Curtis makes the useful run and McAllistar finds him whereas Nunez is rather clueless. Also Nunez is in danger of becoming a liability as he’s always offside. When checking for a possible third goal that Gakpo hammered in, was it a surprise to anyone that the player deemed to be interfering (unhelpfully) and was offside was Nunez

[@Rech10]

Agreed. And the 1 chance he had went straight to the keeper as usual.

[@thelmaviaduct]

@@damedusa5107 flashes is no good, even we can hit top bins once in a blue moon. Imagine this side with a Torres in it. Nunez is basically an extra defender for the opposition, he clears the danger.

[@godfreymwenelupembe2602]

That lil Nunez flick to find jones, before jones knocks it to Mo and he slides Macca in for the cut back..for the second goal 😂😂 Nunez definitely got chemistry with Mo

[@David-rt2nw]

Poor take from Rob that comparing Mac to Milner. Take the wine off him.

[@Easilytriggered]

What's ridiculous is our bench forward line was Chiesa, Jota and Diaz. That's the starting front three for nearly every other prem team 😂

[@kennyobrienaiti]

Except 2 of those will generally be in the injury room

[@rhysn3214]

Rob looks straight out of Ancient Greece or Rome, what a man.

[@cctv5348]

Mr Rob Scruffman 😂

[@Dennisthemenacecapsules]

Rob on the charlie (sophisticated). Neil on the amphet (as always) and John on the valium (smooth).

[@amarjit2912]

Hello, brilliant as, always. Wishing you a happy and healthy 2025. You have much more support than you realise. Keep up the fight please.

[@jimflan1712]

Re West Ham line up - I agree with your prediction, incl your views on their bench. However I think there is a risk you didn't point to - with Pacqueta, Bowen, Kudus and Somerville in the starting line-up, they have all their biggest creative threats on the pitch (and with Kudus, he will finally be in his best position at 10 rather than being wasted on LW). On the plus side, they're also playing 2 reserve CBs (as did Fulham), Todibo and Mavropanos, who have both had a pretty poor season, as well as their reserve keeper.

[@dennismartin5861]

We are good, yknow. Up the red's .

[@FritzFrank]

Thanks for the content.

[@doco436]

Comparing mac allister to milner are you well mate?

[@Rech10]

ComparingMac Allister to Milner is blasphemy.

[@torpedocash7199]

MacAllister is definitely press resistant. Even the great Sergio Busquets was dispossessed occasionally

[@edprice7887]

I love the diplomacy around Nunez and nobody wants to disrespect our players but his only significant contribution was to cost us a goal. Need a number 9 and a full back.

[@subham_daz]

Cody Gakpo quietly having an underrated season 🫡🫡🫡

[@garycarey9376]

I don’t think it’s quiet… he’s our second biggest goal threat behind the best player in the world.. of a team who’s top of the league in Europe and domestically

[@ibubuh2]

Comparing Macca to Miller and Bobby in the same sentence,how dip in that wine bottle is he in

[@JKkkkdddffrr]

[@eeriestratum]

find myself skipping through rob's bits out of boredom, less of him thanks

[@1310libra]

Gutman talks utter nonsense. No idea wtf he's saying about Macca.

[@kennyobrienaiti]

Nunez has been unlucky for 2.5 years now 😬

[@chrisconnor8086]

Honestly i think that mac allister is in the World XI

[@VictorVictor-v8s]

Don't think some realise how good he is. I gurantee Real are gonna be after him soon.

[@user-uu6bi4tn5o]

25:15 it wasn't him offside for once, other parties were way more at fault. You are lazy!

[@LaShoju]

We were lucky to not concede much in the first quarter of the season. Conceding more now is just regression to the mean. Still playing the same and getting results.

[@danielrai2130]

Is it bad that I skip Rob's waffle every week?

[@richardlefaive1944]

I agree with Gutmann that Macca would be even more effective if he was operating further fwd. All the more reason to buy another 6 ...

[@user-uu6bi4tn5o]

25:17 he isn't unlucky. He literally just doesn't possess the necessary guile and/or finesse. You probably would not know that... have you ever kicked a ball or taken to the field?

[@simonrose594]

If I have one (and it really is the only one) criticism of TAW, it is the over protectiveness of Núñez. Fundamentally we look worse with him in the starting line up. As an impact sub sure - the unpredictability is effective against tired opponents. As the only dysfunctional cog in an otherwise highly efficient system, he sticks out in the worst possible way. Stop making excuses for him

[@pamandeepsidhu8360]

The team doesnt play to his strengths (nor should they) but thats not his fault. He doesnt suit this style of play.

[@nglforbes]

​@@pamandeepsidhu8360 last season under klopp we played to nunez strengths and he ended up missing too many chances time and time again and eventually klopp had enough and benched him for the last 6-7 games he needs 4_5 chances to score 1 Goal not good enough

[@VictorVictor-v8s]

​@@pamandeepsidhu8360That's an awful excuse. Klopp played football the last two seasons that suited him - evident by him having an XG only surpassed by Haaland and not even by that much. If he was finishing at even a big standard rate it wouldn't be such an issue but he didn't. He's not good enough. It's that simple.

[@Chips3TimesFried]

Mac Allister will no doubt be courted by Barca and Madrid. Same with Lucho

[@RaekwonTheChef]

We had a workman like performance to finish the match with a win. Nunez doesn't only start matches if Jota needs a rest or is hurt, Nunez should no long start games for us.

[@Klaaarke]

Nunez is not unlucky, he's unintelligent. Salah sets him up for a shot on goal, on his right foot, yet he hasn't mentally prepared to do anything other that hit it hard towards goal. He's barely good enough for the bench.

[@rekarlu]

The mental gymnastics over Nunez on this one was absurd. He was poor and has been for a very long time. If you don't want to criticise him fine, just agree before the podcast to not mention him at all. Half expected Blundell to show up and blame Gakpo for Darwin's form.

[@Justin-yt8zv]

Stop feeling sorry for Darwin Nunes, he doesn't score because he can't finish, nothing to do with luck.

[@CarlG-xu6qe]

The usual nonsense about Nunez again He’s just not good enough it’s that simple Genuinely cannot wait for us to sign a proper striker in the summer and people will very quickly see the difference

[@deethebee80]

John Gibbons telling Craig from Anfield Agenda that he’s “not his vibe” and refusing to go on his podcast 😳😳😳 I’M UNSUBSCRIBING 🤬 Craig is a genuine fan who tells it as it is and isn’t on the FSG payroll. Disgusted by the Anfield Wrap. Shame on you.

[@kenny-zo4tj]

Its not unlucky . he is not good enough . Nunez 2 years and still didnt show anything

[@stuarthopkins6994]

The problems are all ahead. Small squad, injury prone and 10 good reasons for failure which are: Chelsea away Man City away Fulham away Bournemouth away Brighton away Brentford away Everton away Villa away West Ham away Arsenal Home

[@neilfitzsimmons1800]

Go back to your own teams channel knob.

[@j.s3300]

I’m so scared

[@aj5690]

That's the spirit

[@Jimmyjones151]

😂😂😂😂 go outside

[@tomhadfield23]

Coward

[@geekylove3603]

So often when Beth is speaking, this is the time banter ensues. Let the lady speak interrupted ffs.

[@user-uu6bi4tn5o]

25:10 it wasn't him offside for once, other parties were way more at fault. You are lazy!