What is this feeling? Losing is it? It feels weird. The Reds were incredibly unlucky to fall to a 1-0 defeat tonight with a scrappy goal and miserly defence disappointing Kopites. Here are out Liverpool player ratings v Atletico Madrid:
Goalkeeper: Alisson Becker – 7
Unable to stop the first goal, the keeper still had a solid game with his distribution as immediate as ever.
Right back: Trent Alexander-Arnold – 6
Trent has had better games, his crossing in the first half left a lot to be desired.
Centre back: Joe Gomez – 7
Unfairly picked on by the referee for a number of innocuous challenges, JoGo had a solid game.
Centre back: Virgil van Dijk – 7
Maybe one shaky moment but apart from that Big Virg was imperious as ever.
Left back: Andy Robertson – 8
Robbo was swinging up and down the left flank like a pendulum, you can never fault his work rate – he was also steely as anything in defence.
Defensive midfield: Fabinho – 6
Without much to do defensively the Brazilian recycled possession but didn’t provide a spark.
Centre midfield: Jordan Henderson – 6
The skipper moved the ball about the park without a threat for the most part, we expected more of him creatively but he worked as hard as ever.
Centre midfield: Gini Wijnaldum – 6
Tenacious as ever out of possession and reliable as ever on the ball but he didn’t create enough.
Right wing: Mo Salah – 6.5
The Egyptian King tried and tried and tried again but he couldn’t make a meaningful impact.
Left wing: Sadio Mane – 6
Sadio should be given a free elbow at any Atletico player given the amount of free kicks the ref gave them for simulating such an incident.
Striker: Bobby Firmino – 6
We just needed more, Atletico are a tough side to break down, we needed a sprinkle more magic.
Sub: Divock Origi – 5
Div was a major disappointment, he came on at half time and lost the ball far too regularly.
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