The forward was the focal point of the home side’s attack but their intricate patterns came to nothing against Liverpool
It was in keeping with this fun, vigorous, goal-shy game, a Cup tie that felt like watching a duel played out with a set of unloaded pistols, that the day was in the end decided by an own goal.
Even this was a goal created by a piece of wonderful craft at one remove as Trent Alexander-Arnold delivered a free-kick of such malevolent pace and accuracy, a horrible flat, howling, dipping thing, that Jakub Kiwior could only nod the ball into the net from the middle of a knot of his own players.
Continue reading…The forward was the focal point of the home side’s attack but their intricate patterns came to nothing against LiverpoolIt was in keeping with this fun, vigorous, goal-shy game, a Cup tie that felt like watching a duel played out with a set of unloaded pistols, that the day was in the end decided by an own goal.Even this was a goal created by a piece of wonderful craft at one remove as Trent Alexander-Arnold delivered a free-kick of such malevolent pace and accuracy, a horrible flat, howling, dipping thing, that Jakub Kiwior could only nod the ball into the net from the middle of a knot of his own players. Continue reading…
