OTF

Fucking hell.

Dive from altidore

Shockingly some actual football is being played now.

Heart in mouth for a moment there when Krul lost it between his legs.

Have to say good endeavour from Debuchy to have made that run.

Game on bitches.

Better start in terms of our possession, but we were woefully positioned as soon as they got the ball, particularly our central players leaving theirs completely unmarked.

Having a go of it with Cisse on for Sissoko.

Would have to agree at this point. Sissoko's size and strength should be put to good effect in a game like this but he's not in the game. Anita will help to regain control of the pace of the game. Along with that either Gouffran needs to be moved to the middle, or into a front two with Remy. Alternatively he could be replaced with Cisse. Cisse will definitely be hungry for a good performance, I like that we have him on the bench.

It's no surprise that this has been a horrible game of football, but it still deserves mention. They've done well in breaking up the game into individual battles of physicality rather than a whole game of football. On top of that their shock and awe approach paid dividends early on. We've had enough ball to have settled into the game but we've never effectively managed to control the pace of the game. Part of that comes down to having central defenders who aren't particularly comfortable on the ball. Because of this Santon and Debuchy really need to increase tier involvement in playing the ball out. Santon has been ok in that regard but Debuchy was missing for the first half hour. Although Ben Arfa has had a lot of the ball he's not being very effective with it. I had hopes that having that much possession would have given him the chance for his ability to shine through but that hasn't been the case. To this end I really think that Pardew needs to change our shape up front - or at very least the positioning of our players. There can be no comparisons drawn between Sunderland and Liverpool, so with that poor half behind us we need to make changes to bring Remy and Gouffran more into the game.

Chill pill Debuchy.

Stupid prick Larsson. ..and very silly Cabaye

Difficult game for a full debut for Dummett.

Really hope so. If that's their mentality at this point then we should start to dominate once the match properly settles down.

9 and a half minutes for us to start. Game on now.

Almost 7 minutes in and we've not played any football.

Fuck

Start Ben Arfa in the middle again, but switch him after five minutes to the right. Although he wasn't great against Liverpool early in he game he pulled them out of position, contributing to the space out other players were enjoying.

We were surprising the better team from the get go. Liverpool's setup really did not seem to work at all, so despite them being regarded as having superior players they were second best. M'Biwa's foul was just plain silly. What we got after that was still surprisingly good considering we played more than half of the game a man down against a side who turned us over 6-0 less than six months ago. Dummet's finish was as composed as you'll see from a world class finisher, absolutely stoked for him. Plenty of nail biting moments late on, escaping with a point under the circumstances is a very good result. M'Biwa would want to be apologising his butt off to the rest of the team.

From gunshot wounds?

They often make us look silly. Hope it doesn't happen again.

Amazing composure.

I was out of the room for their goal. Evidently I have to take that all back!

Very important result there thanks to two wonderful Remy goals. At this rate it will be devestating when he heads back to London at the end of the season. For all his limitations Williamson has handled himself well in the last two games. His height and header winning ability is a clear advantage when he's on the pitch.

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