Fenerbahçe 3-2 Liverpool | Champions League Player Ratings Show

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Obviously, you guys have been over on the final zap rating the Liverpool players from 1 to 100 As you can see, the average rating for the Reds is 53, which is around average in terms of performance, ratings 5 out of 10, obviously, but that is massively dragged up by Liverpool's two teenagers, 74 for Tre and 66 for Young and Gamora, and we'll get to those a little bit later on when we do that. But if not for Liverpool's teenagers who were the best players for us, which is great for them, but it's a bit of a shame for some of those more senior lads, then the rating would be even lower. There's loads of 40s on there, as you can see, which obviously ratings in the 40s are classed as basically poor on the final zap, and there's a lot of poors there. Let's get into it. We'll go back to front today. We'll start with Alisson Becker, 42 out of 100 Skelstad, we need to get a top quality keeper for next season. It's not going to be cheap, but we need to get the best we can and let Ali leave Skelstad, I don't know if I can say that again. 30 Dylan says another poor performance. He's definitely left his prime, unfortunately. Poor distribution again, and he should have done better on a couple of the goals he conceded. 40 I think, listen, the first goal, not that he can do it, I don't think the wall should do its job. Jeremy Jacque saw what's lie between them. Have to be stronger. Don't turn your back. He's wrong-footed. I think the second goal, yeah, maybe, although to be fair, we don't know. If Alisson comes out and shouts and gap-holds his head off him, then we don't know. Did Ali shout? I don't know. The third goal, it's a bit far out for him, but I still think he should come and just try and wipe everything out. I claim big punch and clear it all, because that ball that goes up, looping into the air, yes, the defender should do better. They get pinned, three of them by one guy. But maybe Alisson could just come and take control and realize that ball is looping, that's going to be difficult for even if a Liverpool player gets a head on that, it's not really going to go anywhere because there's no pace to put it anywhere. Could he have come and give it a big punch? Maybe. And obviously, this root shot of the game was really poor. We nearly concede a goal right near the end by playing a mad header. It just wasn't Ali's finest moment. Again, I'll go back to the app for the ratings. 35 from Luke who just says, Can the real Alisson Becker please stand up? I think he's been in decline for a while, but this is his most telling run of games. He thinks it's time for a Mammadash Philly. And he said, I stick by that.

It's a big call. But yeah, it was, yeah, as Tony says here, what is going on with Ali? I don't know, but it's not the usual standard for Alisson. Put it that way. And he was poor today. Again, I think a couple of the goals he could get, second, main, third, potentially, his all-around kick-in wasn't great, couple of late decisions. He looks a little bit slow to react to things at times, which is very unaliceable. He makes a couple of good saves, because he does that still. I think the save he makes on Mason Greenwood is a good save, but yeah, it was on Ali's finest hour. And conversations are now being had about what the future looks like at Liverpool's goalkeeper position, which, you know, we've had the best goalie in the world for the best part of what, eight years or whatever, I'm sorry, I arrived. This is the first real time those questions have started being asked of them.