Liverpool earned an impressive, hard-fought 4-1 victory over Cardiff City on Saturday afternoon, going top of the Premier League in the process.
Liverpool 4-1 Cardiff City
Premier League, Anfield
October 27, 2018
Goals: Salah 10′, Mane 66′, 87′, Shaqiri 84′; Paterson 77′
The Reds produced spells of genuine brilliance against a spirited Bluebirds outfit, on a day where the positives comfortably outweighed the negatives.
Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane fired the hosts into a 2-0 lead, only for Callum Paterson to end Liverpool’s long run without conceding a home league goal.
Fortunately, Xherdan Shaqiri scored a brilliant maiden effort for his new club and Mane finished off the scoring in the dying minutes.
Here’s how supporters reacted to Liverpool’s 4-1 win on social media and our forums.
Fans were resoundingly positive at full-time, with Rhian Brewster heaping praise on his team-mates…
Ruthless, efficient, clinical Liverpool – apart from that one moment – the quality and depth of the #LFC squad now is frightening.
— Jim Boardman (@JimBoardman) October 27, 2018
Great performance from the boys, onto the next one… Congrats to @XS_11official on his first goal too! ? pic.twitter.com/vtM2bkEfHl
— Rhian Brewster (@RhianBrewster9) October 27, 2018
Klopp seems to love a 4-1 against a City. pic.twitter.com/PcGoczI0Jb
— Andrew Beasley (@BassTunedToRed) October 27, 2018
“A win and 3 points, but lets not kid ourselves wasn’t a great performance from the team.”
– Mark Doherty on Facebook.
Liverpool with a goal for every 205 passes, Cardiff with a goal for every 205 passes. An entertaining draw at Anfield.
— Duncan Alexander (@oilysailor) October 27, 2018
A very good performance from Liverpool. Our front 3 are finally clicking. Fabinho and Shaqiri should play more often for us!
— Samuel YNWA (@Samuel_YNWA) October 27, 2018
WHAT AN ATTACKING PERFORMANCE!!! Still annoyed about that needless unlucky goal we leaked but what matters is the 3 points and an absolute peak 2017-18 Liverpool performance. YNWA.
— An?? (@AnfieldAn) October 27, 2018
“Odd game. Started well, scored early then failed to make dominance count. Started second half off the pace, scored a good second, conceded and then turned it on properly after that. Scoreline is comfortable but we weren’t at our best for long spells.”
– Zinedine Biscan on the forums.
26 – Liverpool have won 26 points in their opening 10 Premier League games this season (W8 D2 L0) – their joint-best start to a Premier League season after 10 games (also 26 in 2008-09). Threat. pic.twitter.com/4NsID1O9PA
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 27, 2018
Shaqiri’s performance earned rave reviews, but Lallana came in for criticism…
Shaqiri is our best passer of the ball by a mile right now! Love watching him.
— Erin Mc Asterisk (@ErinNYC75) October 27, 2018
What a signing Shaqiri is. The gulf in quality between him and Lallana was enormous. Beauty of a first Reds goal.
— Henry Jackson (@HenryJackson87) October 27, 2018
Shaqiri excellent when he came on today. Klopp may want to go with 3 CMs at Arsenal next week but very hard to keep Shaqiri out at the moment.
— Jack Sear (@JackSear) October 27, 2018
The difference in cutting edge when Shaqiri replaced Lallana was huge. The former looks a much better fit in this Liverpool side, the latter struggling with the pace of it.
— Joel Rabinowitz (@joel_archie) October 27, 2018
“Shaqiri must start in front of Lallana every game. Top of the league.”
– John Gardner on Facebook.
Some response. Late goal conceding certainly rubbed Klopp up the wrong way. Shaqiri needs some serious praise, he's raised his game to a level where he walks into this team and just clicks. Huge points. #LFCdigest
— Danny Gallagher (@Danny7Gallagher) October 27, 2018
Shaqiri’s the way forward whilst Keita regains fitness. By far the most creative option #LFC have for that midfield at the moment.
— Hari Sethi (@Hari_Sethi) October 27, 2018
Shaqiri has been absolutely brilliant, deserved
— Tom McMahon (@tomjpmac) October 27, 2018
“Shaqiri a huge difference from the bench, he must play from now on as he really does free up our front 3 to do what they do best.”
– Iluvatar on the forums.
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Fabinho did well once again, shining alongside Gini Wijnaldum…
Fabinho really impressive again. Several important tackles/interceptions in key moments, and so progressive in his use of the ball. Offers so much more than a traditional DM. Already making a notable difference to the side.
— Joel Rabinowitz (@joel_archie) October 27, 2018
Not great, but a three goal deficit and lots of positives. Goal we conceded was unlucky. Fabinho and Wijnaldum good together again
— John O'Sullivan (@NotoriousJOS) October 27, 2018
“Fabinho was pure class tonight. Looks like a great signing.”
– Trevor Hough on Facebook.
Big fan of Gini and Fabinho in midfield.
— Leanne Prescott (@_lfcleanne) October 27, 2018
It’s great after 8 years finally replacing Mascherano, Fabinho is a proper centre midfielder?
— John O Sullivan (@Corballyred) October 27, 2018
And Salah and Mane’s return to form was a major plus point…
Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah: if these are players out of form, they might turn out to be quite useful when they really are in a rhythm…
— Dominic King (@DominicKing_DM) October 27, 2018
Think of how good Salah would have been had the ref not let two Cardiff players ride on his back the whole game…
— Paul Tomkins (@paul_tomkins) October 27, 2018
Big fan of ‘out of sorts’ Salah scoring four goals and registering two assists in the last eight days.
— Leanne Prescott (@_lfcleanne) October 27, 2018
“Good to see Salah and Mane happy”
– Kelvin Read on Facebook.
Mohamed Salah (1 goal & 2 assists v Cardiff) now has 50 PL goal involvements since joining @LFC in July 2017, 12 more than any other player in that time.
Salah has 37 goals & 13 assists. Next comes Harry Kane with 38 involvements (35/3) pic.twitter.com/SJ00w8P3bt
— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) October 27, 2018
“Mane’s goals were fantastic. Salah very good as well.”
– Danny on the forums.
Brilliant result and finally two great attacking performances in a row. Salah back to his best. Shaqiri and Mane with beautiful strikes. Have to hope Spurs and City cancel each other out! Come on! ????
— michal ?? (@michalxpy) October 27, 2018
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