Last night at Anfield was apparently Ryan Kent’s big opportunity to show Liverpool the step-over skills that they let slip through their fingers.
With nine months left to run on his contract the winger could showcase his talents and try and ignite interest beyond the usual tales of Leeds United lining up a bid.
Kent has been a fixture in Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side this season, teeing things up for last night he scored his first SPFL goal of 2022 at Tynecastle on Saturday.
And then the match started. Kent mirrored his timid team-mates with a performance as underwhelming as any that he has turned in.
A few short burst runs followed by an about turn, scared to take on Trent Alexander-Arnold who is apparently having a nightmare season.
Kent slipped out of Anfield as quietly as he did in September 2019 when he left for Ibrox in a £7m deal with the bulk of that fee based on a punch at Scott Brown that the Celtic skipper instantly bounced off the deck from.
Useless is one way to describe the winger, picking up on Ally McCoist’s thoughts on BT Sport, The Sun reports the cheeky chappie saying:
Ryan Kent in the second half got himself in a wide position and got a one vs one on Trent Alexander-Arnold. I am thinking ‘take him on, anything can happen’.
He didn’t do that, two minutes later and the ball is up the park and Diaz does exactly that. King tries to win it and they get the penalty. That is the big difference.
Absholutely Fat Shally. Kent is just another in a long line of over rated sevco no trick ponies, bummed up to the hilt by the likes of the cheeky chappie and similar masonic fangitas in the Scottish meedja.
And then it all goes tits up and they can’t understand why.
Think of the fat gardener bawling like a wean after the final this year and you’ll get the picture.
Fannies ralottierum!
The shot in the first half he took ended up in the Mersey right over the roof of stadium rugby style,another glimpse of Kent showing what Liverpool had been missing.
But he did win the step over prize.
Ooooh Aaaaah! Qwality man.
A Liverpool side bereft of confidence , playing against a side who had 10 players behind the ball for 95% of the game , never came out of first ,yes first gear all night long ! That was the alleged Battle of Britain ! Kent had the whole world watching in and he fluffed his lines again . This was Titans against juveniles ! If Liverpool decide to play in 2nd or 3rd gear next week ,then you know the rest ! I have never in my 50 years of watching football ,ever witnessed a one sided game due to inferior opposition . How good are Napoli ????
Who said step we gaily was better than jota think again.
And still the huns defend the wee angry looking elf. They still can’t believe that dougy 8 necks payed 7 million for him the same as they ripped off there supporters price fixing castore shite tops. The 2 for 20 turkey tops were better quality hehehe