Neil Maley (Us gig promotions)

Liverpool want to be an aggressive, front-foot team led by someone who is all in, whose identity is intensity, who will immerse himself in the club through to the academy, and whose hard-working character will endear him to the city. That’s Andoni Iraola. Yes, there are risks. There usually always are bar very rare circumstances. Jürgen Klopp thought he was a risk because he had never worked outside of Germany. Looking at win percentages as a mark of appointing a new head coach/manager is nonsense. Klopp would have never been approached by Bayern Munich or joined Borussia Dortmund in that case. Luis Enrique would have never gone from Celta to Barcelona. It’s about what they’ve achieved relative to means, scaling that, plus their stylistic fit to the club and its ambitions.

The assistant ref flags for offside because he believes “Robertson's in line of vision, right in front of the keeper… I think he's line of vision. I think he's (Donnarumma) been impacted, mate.” That was clearly and obviously wrong. Robertson did not impede Donnarumma’s view of the ball, which Howard Webb himself admits. Then there’s all sorts of contorting to explain how Robertson ‘could have’ - NOT DID! - impact Donnarumma. Webb says his duck “could still cause hesitation from the goalkeeper” but the footage undercuts this. We’ve had loads of evidence from ex-pros - those who have played between the sticks as well - on why Donnarumma’s movement and reaction was not affected by Robertson. All we’ve got the opposite way is hypothetical ‘could haves.’ A reminder the law states ‘making an obvious action which CLEARLY impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball.’ Well done boys, good process🙃