Supporters were left with mixed emotions after Liverpool let a two-goal lead slip to draw 2-2 away to West Brom in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Reds looked to be cruising to a comfortable three points after Danny Ings and Mohamed Salah put a buffer between them and the Baggies.
But a late flurry from the hosts that saw Jake Livermore and Salomon Rondon score left Jurgen Klopp‘s side ruing their complacency ahead of Tuesday night’s clash with AS Roma at Anfield.
Klopp made five changes to his side for the trip to the Hawthorns, and this is a performance that perhaps highlighted a lack of quality in his squad as much as it did their priorities at this stage of the season.
Here’s how supporters saw Liverpool’s 2-2 draw at the Hawthorns on Facebook, Twitter and our forums.
Ings’ opening goal sparked both pride and relief…
Great moment for @IngsDanny – god he's deserved that.
— Andy Kelly (@AndyK_LivNews) April 21, 2018
Get in Ings!!!!!! Well done! So happy for him!!
— John Arne Riise (@JARiiseOfficial) April 21, 2018
Made up for Danny Ings.
— Tony Barrett (@TonyBarrett) April 21, 2018
“That should do for his confidence! Strikers need those, after such a long layoff and injuries…so happy. And the Allez chants begin!”
– Incognito on the forums.
Could not be happier for Danny Ings.
— Ian Salmon (@IanRSalmon) April 21, 2018
Danny Ings scores his first PL goal for 930 days.
— Richard Jolly ?? (@RichJolly) April 21, 2018
The referee was criticised for a string of poor decisions…
Ref has money on Roma to win the Champions League. Only reason he's not booking the WBA players.
— Sam McGuire (@SamMcGuire90) April 21, 2018
“Worst ref I’ve seen in a long time.
– Derek Meates on Facebook.
I can't remember the last time I've seen a referee swayed so much by the home crowd as Attwell here. It's bordering on comical.
— Ian Doyle (@IanDoyleSport) April 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/Sennesation/status/987670920079736832
https://twitter.com/BecOfTheKop/status/987671051046965249
“West Brom somehow come off that pitch without a single yellow card, crazy.”
– gb1986 on the forums.
Every week a different fella try’s his best to show he is in fact the worst ref in the league….hell of a competition
— SimonBrundish (@SimonBrundish) April 21, 2018
Another week, another abysmal referring display. The standard in this country is as bad as I can remember.
— Aaron Cutler (@aaron_cutler) April 21, 2018
Praise rained down on Salah after he scored his record goal…
Phenomenal play from Roberto Firmino and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to create an opportunity for Mohamed Salah to apply yet another deft finish. Beyond his astounding numbers, he is such a special player; explosive and elegant, strong and smooth.
— Melissa Reddy (@MelissaReddy_) April 21, 2018
He is literally taking mickey out of the Premier League… #Salah #Dink #WBALIV #LFC #YNWA
Great ball by Ox too! pic.twitter.com/druM4uLFcQ
— Sam Quek (@SamanthaQuek) April 21, 2018
Great finish by @22mosalah !!
— Mido (@midoahm) April 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/Kloppholic/status/987676875614048256
Superb from Oxlade Chamberlain again Perfectly weighted and the finish from Salah is ???
— keith costigan (@KeithCostigan) April 21, 2018
Ox and Salah pic.twitter.com/fdFfRnFVtn
— Sam McGuire (@SamMcGuire90) April 21, 2018
Mohamed Salah has scored more Premier League goals than West Bromwich Albion, Swansea City and Huddersfield Town.
He's scored the same amount of goals as Stoke City.
"Salah's staying up"#LFC
— John Bennett (@JohnBennettBBC) April 21, 2018
But ultimately fans were left to rue two points dropped…
https://twitter.com/TheKopMagazine/status/987682770645344256
We never make things easy for ourselves. Dreadful today.
— Green Scouser (@Green_Scouser) April 21, 2018
Two stupid points dropped, lazy and careless by #LFC. But the big one is Tuesday night – and top 4 still very much in our hands. Move on from this one but learn the lesson you can’t switch off in any game…
— Si Steers (@sisteers) April 21, 2018
Liverpool played in second gear today and left themselves vulnerable as a result. Both full backs struggled.
— Aaron Cutler (@aaron_cutler) April 21, 2018
The players’ minds were elsewhere, as typified by Gomez. He was almost nonchalantly lazy today, on and off the ball. Several more were the same.
— John O'Sullivan (@NotoriousJOS) April 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/Chris78Williams/status/987682848185503744
Our squad isn’t good enough to rotate and pick up casual wins, especially against teams fighting relegation.
— Tom McMahon (@tomjpmac) April 21, 2018
“Huge huge gap between our 1st and 2nd team.”
– indianscouser on the forums.
Too many Reds players with one eye on Tuesday. If they’d closed the game out nice and early they could have had both eyes on Tuesday by now.
— Jim Boardman (@JimBoardman) April 21, 2018
Well that was a bit bloody annoying wasn't it?
— Ian Salmon (@IanRSalmon) April 21, 2018
“Maybe a good thing to get the hubris out of the system before tuesday. Bring on Roma.”
– Werder4life on the forums.
Anyway, we've far bigger fish to fry than that. On to Tuesday!
— Andrew Beasley (@BassTunedToRed) April 21, 2018
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