Mignolet did not have much glove work to do on the night, with Liverpool dominating the proceedings.
An open press conference involving Sterling, Jordan Henderson and Simon
Mignolet did lend itself to certain comical and awkward moments for players asked to promote the benefits of «male grooming».
Sadly,
Mignolet did not follow back but, rather than dwelling on the fact she had been publicly pied off by the Reds stopper, Georgia moved onto her next target...
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Mignolet does not deal well with aerial balls and will look to stay closer to his line.
By the way, Liverpool don't count as they are currently awful and Mignolet doesn't even wear the number one, so there.
With the Reds down to ten men, Leeds threaten twice in the span of two minutes, first on a free header on a corner that goes wide, then on a low, stinging shot from the top of the box that
Mignolet does well to save.
Not exact matches
The Independent recently linked the Slovenia international as a target for Liverpool, who could certainly
do with replacing flop duo Simon
Mignolet and Loris Karius.
Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling and Simon
Mignolet get the chance to show of their acting prowess and probably
do a better job of it than most footballers.
The German
does not look much of an alternative to first - choice «keeper Simon
Mignolet, with his kicking weak tonight and his handling suspect.
When Simon
Mignolet required treatment following a challenge from Wayne Rooney in the Liverpool vs Manchester United game on Sunday, it didn't appear as if the Belgian's injury was too severe, but it now appears to indeed look quite serious.
However, it appears as though the German tactician will
do the opposite and continue to show faith in
Mignolet, with the former Sunderland shot - stopper signing a new deal that will keep him at the club until 2020 with a # 50,000 per week contract touted, as noted by The Mirror.
In fact, if Lpool
did not have Coutinho and
Mignolet they would have lost almost every game in the 2nd half of the season.
His arrival will be a concern for current number one Simon
Mignolet, who despite
doing a solid job for the most part this season, has been guilty of making some high - profile mistakes.
At the end of the 45 mins I don't think that
Mignolet has had to break into a sweat once....
As for
Mignolet, he could have
done better in the build - up to Tottenham's fourth goal, as he merely pushed the ball back into the danger zone after making a decent stop.
Both of Anfield's big Belgians — Simon
Mignolet and Divock Origi — will start tonight, and both are in a great position to show Jurgen Klopp what they can
do.
OLIVIER GIROUD 5.5 The forward
did not have the speed and body movement on the ball to trouble the home side but at least drew a smart save from Simon
Mignolet through a header just into the second half.
Now I know it's not all the time that straightforward and players may raise their game on any given night, and it's an away game blah blah but the probability is we should smash this side 9 out of 10 times Here's more or less their predicted line up
Mignolet Clyne Toure Lucas Moreno Milner Allen Can Lallana Benteke Firmino Their bench is rubbish so don't even inconvenience yourself with a Google search.
Also when the Australian has played he hasn't
done well enough to put pressure on
Mignolet.
Ozil hit a brilliant free kick in the 40th minute and Ramsey claimed a second assist when Alexis smashed a third past the dumbfounded
Mignolet who
did not seem to see it.
It doesn't end there either, as while they'll hope Van Dijk can be a fundamental addition in sorting out their troubles at the back, another area that has been heavily scrutinised is the goalkeeping situation as neither Simon
Mignolet nor Loris Karius have been able to entirely convince.
«Again, I am not sure
Mignolet can
do much better because the strike is so clinical and goes out before coming back in.
Liverpool could
do with an upgrade on the likes of Loris Karius and Simon
Mignolet, and have previously been linked with a potential battle with Arsenal for Atletico Madrid shot - stopper Jan Oblak.
Mignolet could
do with some better competition though, as dropping him was clearly a wake - up call, and it's therefore understandable that Liverpool would look to improve their goalkeeping department.
Surprisingly brought into the United line up to replace the error prone Simon
Mignolet, Jones will feel that he could've
done more to prevent two of United's three goals.
Three minutes later Mesut Ozil doubled the home side's lead with a superb free - kick, though it
did appear that
Mignolet may have misplaced his wall a tad.
As a replacement for the woefully out of form Simon
Mignolet though, many Reds fans would be delighted if a transfer went through in January — although Romano doesn't state if a bid is imminent.
Simon
Mignolet came in for some criticism last season, so what
does Brendan Rodgers
do?
Though the team has expressed confidence in
Mignolet, it apparently didn't stop them from signing a rising star in Germany that could replace him next year.
Jürgen Klopp doesn't need to find a replacement for Simon
Mignolet next season says John Aldridge.
Pepe Reina was loaned away after Rodgers had brought in Simon
Mignolet from Sunderland and seemingly
did not leave on the best of terms.
Simon
Mignolet — 6 Simon
Mignolet had a good game with whatever little he had to
do.
Simon
Mignolet — 5.5 The Liverpool keeper had a very quiet game with literally nothing to
do as Liverpool dominated possession.
Simon
Mignolet - 8 Had very little to
do in between the sticks, but when he was called upon...
As Simon
Mignolet launched clear, it was clear Sadio Mané was not going to win the aerial challenge, and he
did not even attempt to
do so.
There was still plenty of work to
do, but he just lifted the ball over the top of
Mignolet and into the bottom corner to give Arsenal the lead for the first time in the match.
Simon
Mignolet — 6 Didn't look entirely convincing under crosses but dealt with them somehow!
If Karius
does struggle we have
Mignolet.
The free - kick itself didn't bring Leicester's goal as
Mignolet made a superb save from Vardy's header, but the resultant corner saw
Mignolet manhandled off the ball by Okazaki who put the loose ball into the net.
Simon
Mignolet — 6 Had little to
do in the way of shot - stopping, but communicated well with those in front of him and took action on opposition crosses and through balls when needed.
When Klopp opted to drop Simon
Mignolet last month and give Karius an extended run in the side, he challenged the German to prove that Liverpool didn't need to spend big on a new No 1.
Simon
Mignolet — 6 Had little to
do when it came to meaningful saves, but looked safe when it came to stopping the odd shot.
Simon
Mignolet — 5.5 Poor with his kicking as usual, and had little to
do other than pick Aguero's strike out of the net when he was beaten (by an excellent shot) from distance.
When he
did tap the ball in, on the stroke of half - time, it came after
Mignolet had failed to reach a corner and Wilfred Ndidi nodded goalwards.
Xhaka has his flaws but he
does have a powerful left boot, not that Simon
Mignolet seems to know.
Simon
Mignolet denied Diego Costa the chance to extinguish Liverpool's lingering title hopes from the penalty spot, Anfield went wild and so
did Jürge -LRB-...)
An honourable mention must go to Simon
Mignolet who, although he didn't have much to
do in the first - half, was called into action in the second with a much improved Watford performance.
True, not a lot has happened among our immediate competition... ManU have made just one modest buy, but arguably don't need a lot having lost only one key player (Scholes), plus we know they can afford whoever they want and the talk is at the level of Ronaldo, Lemonsquashki, Fibreglass etc etc... Tottenham are hamstrung by the Bale leaving threat, but if he
does eventually go I believe it will only make them stronger (Spuds a one - man team with Bale, but strengthened all over the park with 80 - 100mil to spend)... ManC have spent close to 60mil on two players, (thank Dennis they missed out on Falcao and others, but they're not finished yet and still looking at the very top level... Pool have snapped up
Mignolet and some useful cheapies (Kolo for free, eg) and finally sold Carroll for a decent amount, so can
do more business... and Chelsea can pick up pretty much who they want when they want, so will surely be in there soon.
Sakho, 26, produced a commanding performance against the Red Devils — one of his best of the season — which played a big role in Liverpool goalkeeper Simon
Mignolet having very little to
do.