Rate, Don't Hate: Liverpool 3 Manchester City 1
Well well well, sticks and stones can break your bones but Fabinho will put a hole in your net. After a week of some truly inexplicable mind games, we finally got down to business, and the business is what we did! Rate Don't Hate tackles the utterly easy task of rating the players this week. Jubilation all round, but we did focus on:
- Amazing Fullbacks!
- Outrageous Fabinho!
- Magnificent Midfield …
Rate, Don't Hate: Aston Villa 1 Liverpool 2
Kay, Guy and Tadiwa are back for another episode of Rate Don't Hate, as the Reds leave it late against Villa. They discuss
Mighty Mane
Flying Fullbacks
Strange Midfield …
Rate, Don't Hate: Liverpool 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1
Ah, it's so good at the moment! The Reds come away with all three points from Anfield after battering Spurs territorially, yet only scoring one goal more. Typical! Never the easy way. Still, terrific result! Kay talks to Guy and Tadiwa, who give their weekly ratings. Talking points include:
- Terrific Trent
- Lovren vs Gomez
- Fantastic Fabinho …
Rate, Don't Hate: Manchester United 1 Liverpool 1
That was some kinda game, man... High fan expectation gave way to an incredibly frustrating performance, basically playing out like so many recent iterations of this fixture. Utd defending deep. LFC without imagination and it ended in a draw. Well... The rating were savage! But we can't say unfair. Still, Lfc saved a point with perhaps their worst performance this season. We talk ratings, with the big topics this week being:
- Tragic midfield
- Throttled attack
- Super Subs …
Rate, Don't Hate: Liverpool 2 Leicester City 1
It's a very big week for the Reds, as the results fell, and we go a little giddy! While the rhetoric was that Liverpool was lucky (or cheaty) we put the arguments to the cold light of day to see if they stick. Ratings wise, Kay, Guy and Tadiwa talk about:
- Milly MOTM
- Mane's brilliance
- Adam and Andy go off …
Rate, Don't Hate: Sheffield United 0 Liverpool 1
7 in 7 and that ain't bad! Not bad at all! But still, the Reds rather laboured to a 0-1 win in Sheffield; the Blades perhaps defending the best we've seen from a team against the Reds this season! Rate Don't Hate discusses the player performances, including:
- the new trio
- Midfield malaise
- front 3 misfire
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Rate, Don't Hate: Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2
A second top 6 clash for the Redmen and what can we say for the status of Libpool FC other top top 'o the league! Liverpool, though leggy, had enough to overcome a once again somewhat tenacious Chelsea side, albeit with some bumps along the way. This is discussed by Kay, Guy and Tadiwa with special focus on:
- Awesome Adrian
- Marvellous Matip
- What subs?
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Rate, Don't Hate: Liverpool 3 Newcastle United 1
A thoroughly professional performance from the Reds was enough to overcome Newcastle despite the early bobble stemming from the opposition wonder goal. Kay, Guy and Tadiwa once again discuss the player ratings with a focus on:
- Bobby Firmarvellous
- Gini vs Gini
- Div gets a 3 …
Rate, Don't Hate: Burnely 0 Liverpool 3
A tricky fixture on paper for the Reds proved no such thing; Liverpool running out 0-3 winner against Burnley. A first clean sheet of the season accompanied a 15th straight victory for the Redmen, the longest winning streak in the club's history. Kay, Guy and Tadiwa discuss the ratings of the players with key topics including
-Dominant Fabinho
- Clinical Firmino
- Mane vs Mo (not) …
Rate, Don't Hate: Liverpool 3 Arsenal 1
The unbeaten red army marches on, and stand alone now at the top of the table. Three games in, and Arsenal emerge as the biggest test for LFC thus far with the season in its infancy. Kay, Guy and Tadiwa discuss the game, including the frustration of one too many crosses along with the sublime flicks and goals on show. Major talking points included:
- wasteful fullbacks
- Matip's emergence
- Salah's just great …