{"id":375,"date":"2016-02-01T12:39:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T12:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/?p=375"},"modified":"2016-04-19T13:59:49","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T13:59:49","slug":"liverpool-0-west-ham-0-an-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/liverpool-0-west-ham-0-an-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool 0 – West Ham 0 Match Report & Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"
There seem to be three types of analysis you can write about Liverpool at the moment:<\/p>\n
Sometimes, like versus Norwich, they take a little from pot 1 and a sprinkle from pot 2; whilst they can also do what they did against United and combine pot 2 and pot 3 to gloriously irritating effect. Mostly, though, it’s one of those three results that we can expect when we go to watch Liverpool play.<\/p>\n
West Ham rolled up to Anfield confident of victory on the back of two wins against Liverpool so far this season, the win at our place being their first since the 1960s. Even if their pre-kick off confidence was slightly tempered by a fear that there was no way they could do a hat-trick against us, it would have been buoyed when they saw Jurgen Klopp’s youth-filled line-up.<\/p>\n
Other than a replay, though, what else did the manager get out of the evening? Was there much for him to write home to Germany about, or was it another damp squib to add to the list of the dampest squibs in town?<\/p>\n
I’m more than happy for people to try to convince me that they know all about Alex Teixeira and have been watching the Ukrainian league for years. I’ll listen to all-comers on the idea of him being the most talented player we haven’t signed since Konoplyanka. I’ll even be reasonably easy to persuade that he’ll do for us what Suarez did if we’re able to bring him in. On this occasion, though, my sympathies lie with Ian Ayre and the crazy kids in the transfer committee.<\/p>\n