Crap. The crossbar saved him from more Anfield tears.
at this rate, Iād trust a defensively-minded academy prospect at LB more than Zinchenko right now.
Heās just not a defender, like at all. Most of us would beat him 1 on 1 
Tierney? 
Cut him some slack, he had to against the second best right forward in the world.
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Zinny was at fault for the goal yesterday but you have to give credit to Salah for scoring it.
Zinny offers much more to the team and sometimes the compromise is the defence. Against most teams Zinny is fine defending. For Liverpool, City and other tough opposition I fully expect in the future that Timber starts who is much more solid.
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ooh, I forgot about that guy. 
I also think heās not at the required level.
Good player on his day, but ultimately heās Europa level talent.
Zinch was always going to be the weak link up against Salah. I thought Gabriel had to do more to help him on the goal.
Said the same during the game. Not that I blame Gabriel, but should have closed down Salah more considering how weak Zinny is.
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I donāt think itās anybodyās fault really. Just a quality goal. If Gabriel pushes right up to zini he leaves a huge hole in the near post for either jones or gakpo to get the cut back.
https://twitter.com/centregoals/status/1738686904713842725?s=46
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Sometimes great players just execute and beat you.
I think Zinny might have cheated a bit more and forced Salah right but when youāre on an island against a player of that quality itās just tough.
Jesus also probably gave TAA too much time. Our press was designed to funnel the ball to Konate and away from VVD so they dropped TAA into Konateās position and we didnāt adjust quickly enough.
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Zin showed Salah, POTY Salah, CL and Prem winning Salah, onto his favoured foot and let him have the run of the box. 100% his fault 
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If only we had Tavares in the squad
That would have been an absolute calamity.
It was bad but tbf I think he had some worse moments in the match. Heās just a liability for me in big games. Heāll make a mistake basically every match.
He isnāt doing well enough in the ball to justify his starting position in tough games. Canāt wait for Tomi to be back.
Tbf to him, he was very good against City. Even had to take on Doku at one point.
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Maybe but equally have to give it to Salah for the goal. If Saka had scored that we would have been all over that.
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Yeah, my sphincter could have created a diamond during the match. Canāt say I was loving it.
Yep.
While Zinny is not the best defender, the goal he was at fault for was scored by one of the top 5 players in the world.
As @Powderfinger posted, sometimes, you just get beat.
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Zinchenko wasnāt beat because Salah is world class, Zinny was beat because he just isnāt very good at defending. Didnāt have to be Salah, it couldāve been any decent RW there.
FWIW, I donāt think 23/24 Tomiyasu or Timber gets beat there in that game.
But I canāt blame him too much, heās 2nd/3rd choice for a reason when everyone else is fit.
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