mind your words. young man. you wanna be kbw, go elsewhere.
at least he has the bravery to come off the line, well... for this case way off his line. but it was probably in case gomez loses the Spartak man and it becomes a 1-v-1 situation.
If we look carefully at the replay, Gomez was half-step ahead of the spartak player (On gomez right side) but the ball hit Gomez's right leg, with the spartak player just on Gomez right side
in normal counter-attack situation, if the spartak player is able to catch the rebound, he will definitely move the ball to the right side of the field, which at the point of time was completely empty, make full sprint ahead, create a 1-v-1 situation and score.
or... let's apply the 60/60 hindsight:
let's say Karius stay put, gomez miss-timed the flight of the ball and failed to intercept the ball, spartak player raced ahead, it becomes a 1-v-1 situation and Spartak scored. Spartak sensed a lifeline and start a fightback.
Or worst case, it becomes a 1-v-1 situation, karius comes off the line, foul the player within the box, karius sent off, Liverpool down to 10-men, PK awarded, Spartak scored. Spartak sensed a lifeline and start a fightback.
Which one would you prefer?
yes, mistakes were made in the process but always remember that Klopp want our players to be brave, take chances, make mistakes. And then improve. Our front four is so deadly now because they dare to take chances, any chances, to score. they are not afraid to make mistakes.
Plus karius is still a young GK. and so many of us here are so unhappy with mig.
if Karius don't take the chances to do what a GK is supposed to do and make mistakes, how then could he improve himself to become a better gk? how then can he dethrone Mig? how then can he become the world-class GK we supporters have been DYING to have?
If we wanna talk about silly tackles... lets talk about Emre Can's crazy two-legged sliding tackle around the 6th min.
this is not the first time Emre Can has made such dangerous tackles. He was absolutely lucky to just walk away with a yellow. other days, it could have been a straight red. cuz as he went in for that 50/50 tackle, his right leg was at a higher position.
