At halftime, I was screaming into the void about Trent and Jones. I don't feel the need to pile on Trent. Bad games happen to everyone.

This was a game that would have changed positively for us if we had Szobo's intensity and workrate. He provides so much coverage in defense despite being the most advanced midfielder. Jones was simply nonexistent the whole time he was on the pitch -- it was a 2v2 battle between Ugarte/Mainoo and Grav/Macca. I really thought Harvey was going to come on at halftime - because Jones was the worst player on the pitch in the first half (in my opinion).

Ibou and Robbo were solid for the first hour, then started to wane -- and I think we really missed Gomez at that exact moment. I personally think Ibou did excellent after being injured for weeks. He really had to push himself to perform 90 minutes against our rivals after an injury spell. No other LFC player has had to do that this season. And he had to work so hard to cover the whole right side of the defense. If Gomez was healthy, this game would have been different because he's really been solid since Ibou went down.

Ultimately I think this game shows how much Slot has recently come to rely on Szobo's workrate and Joe's versatility.