The Reds captain struggled at Stamford Bridge until he was withdrawn with just over 10 minutes to go Jordan Henderson’s performance in Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea had Liverpool fans pulling their hair out as Saturday passed from day to night. Daniel Sturridge netted a late, late equaliser to secure a share of the spoils at Stamford Bridge after Eden Hazard had put the Blues ahead. 2 Sturridge struck a beautiful curling effort over Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa, who had no chance of reaching the ball Henderson started the match as part of Liverpool’s midfield three, returning to the line-up having been named among the substitutes for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup defeat to Chelsea. The Reds captain, however, was somewhat shocking in the autumn dusk. He stayed on the pitch for 78 minutes but never really got into the game, and Henderson’s passing had fans thoroughly annoyed. 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The England international was a clear level below Chelsea’s midfield of Jorginho, N’Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic, and it was amazing he lasted as long as he did before being withdrawn by Jurgen Klopp. 2 Henderson’s performance showed up his weaknesses compared to the true elite Liverpool supporters during and after the match could not believe how poor Henderson was in west London, and fans took to social media to call for his sale as soon as possible. If ppl still think Jordan Henderson is a good footballer take yourself for a walk and give your head a wobble. The man is a big time fraud. — elpistolero (@elpistolero85) September 29, 2018 Henderson really starting to make wanna chuck the tv he’s so annoying PASS IT FORWARD — Naziraaaa (@NaziraaaaLfc) September 29, 2018 Henderson is going to be a starter and #LFC captain until he hangs up the boots and retires. Whatever he has on the owners and Klopp must be good, to be able to blackmail them to this level. — Greg_YNWA1 (@Greg_YNWA1) September 30, 2018 Henderson needs to stop barking at others and work on better passing himself — LFC Scout Watch (@Mobyhaque1) September 29, 2018 Van Dijk to hopefully keep the captain's armband. Henderson is no longer good enough to be in the first 11 let alone be captain of Liverpool football club #LFC #CHELIV — Sukh Dhaliwal (@sukh007uk) September 29, 2018 Henderson actually being stroppy for getting subbed off as if he's done anything today lol. Shouldn't have even started. — LFC Fans Corner (@LFCFansCorner) September 29, 2018 What pisses me off is when a mediocre midfielder thinks that screaming and shouting at his own team mates will cover his own flaws and inability as a footballer. Case in point: Jordan Henderson. #LFC — Fawad Parvez (@fawadparvez) September 29, 2018 Take Henderson out of LFC team and we’ll be competing — Okumi Ayettey🇬🇭🇬 (@Nii_YNWA) September 29, 2018 Remember when our fans said Henderson does the same thing as Jorginho but nobody says anything because he isn’t called Hendinho https://t.co/p3tDgrAPDe — Shanta Firmino (@Coppin_LFC) September 29, 2018 I noticed it particularly in the first half but he carried on until he went off. Had several times where there were passes on but decides to turn back and let the CBs make the passes. Typical game for him. Complete waste of a shirt. — Shanta Firmino (@Coppin_LFC) September 29, 2018 Hope we won't see Henderson starting again until we sell him out or get Chamberlain back from injury… He's just so average and klopp need to have some balls and permanent him on the bench!!! #LFC — SJohnson (@sheeun11) September 29, 2018 Would Henderson shine in a championship team ? ……Nope — Lee A Evans (@Leeanthonyevans) September 30, 2018 Virgil Van Dijk, my Captain! Henderson must be dropped now it’s not fair on him the players klopp or the fans! Simply not good enough and wouldn’t start on any other top 7 team! pic.twitter.com/hdgRQ13EDn — Mully #JF96 (@Mully1892) September 30, 2018<doc-sep>Liverpool fans on Twitter aren’t happy with Jordan Henderson. Some Liverpool fans on Twitter are really tearing into Jordan Henderson on Twitter. Liverpool snatched a hard-fought point away to Chelsea on Saturday night as Daniel Sturridge grabbed a brilliant equaliser in the dying minutes. Quite a few of Jurgen Klopp’s players weren’t up to their usual high standard and this especially applies to Henderson. The England international was unable to find his range of passing and often gave the ball away rather cheaply. Have Liverpool stumbled upon a perfect centre-back pairing? Klopp hauled him off on 78 minutes for Naby Keita, and the former Sunderland midfielder, who earns £100,000 per week at Anfield [Total Sportek], was visibly annoyed by his own performance. Here’s how some Liverpool supporters reacted to Henderson’s display: This content could not be loaded Naby Keita starts ahead of Henderson from now on #LFC — Zayd Rehman (@zaatarwazayd) September 29, 2018 This content could not be loaded Henderson is a fraud. — Rafael Lima (@1982rafa) September 29, 2018 This content could not be loaded Get Henderson out my club man — Hamza (@hxmzaliy) September 29, 2018 This content could not be loaded Get that useless brainless excuse of a footballer Henderson of the pitch,just strolls around the pitch. Wait and see the Hendo fanboys out in full force. — elpistolero (@elpistolero85) September 29, 2018 This content could not be loaded I still can’t get the fact that Henderson spent the whole game screaming at his team mates out of my head . It was too funny to see in person — AdeyeJesu. (@Waju_) September 29, 2018 This content could not be loaded if Klopp wants to win d league, he should stop starting Henderson. dude is just an average player, and he should cut the crap of substituting Salah early in d game. even thou he has dropped form. Shaqiri is still no match for him #CHELIV @LCF #LCF — Olaniyi Tosin (@itz_lubey) September 29, 2018 This content could not be loaded Henderson is SO BAD OMG — Luke (@LukeeGreen28) September 29, 2018 This content could not be loaded Henderson is embarrassingly bad — Thomas Deering (@deering91) September 29, 2018 Henderson is enduring some consistency problems this season. He was superb in the win over Paris Saint-Germain earlier this month, but his performance at Stamford Bridge illustrates the idea that he could be more consistent. If he could perform like he did against the French champions on a weekly basis then it’ll be a long, long season for Keita et al. In other news, City now reportedly ready to blow Liverpool out of the water for Portugal international<doc-sep>LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Jorginho of Chelsea tackles Mohamed Salah of Liverpool during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC at Stamford Bridge on September 29, 2018 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) Is Mohamed Salah suffering from a hangover and was Jordan Henderson very poor as Liverpool could only draw with Chelsea in the Premier League? Eden Hazard opened the scoring for the home side, before Daniel Sturridge leveled things up three minutes after replacing James Milner. But Salah was guilty of missing chances and hasn’t looked his normal self this campaign, while Henderson played in place of Naby Keita and failed to impress. At least, that’s what the professional journalists covering the game thought. The Daily Mail thought that the Egyptian could be suffering from the effects of his efforts last season and in the World Cup and gave Salah a match rating of just 5/10, which talkSPORT and the Mirror agreed with. Want your voice heard? Join the Rush The Kop team! Write for us! Hendo will have to up his levels if he is going to feature against Manchester City and Napoli. Naby Keita will be extremely keen to be brought back into the side for those games, and his performance was criticized by talkSPORT – who supplied a 3/10 and thought the game ‘passed him by.’ However the Mirror had a different option of Henderson, rated the England international’s performance as a 6/10 and reckoned he was brave in the tackle and ‘put on a strong display’. While they didn’t hate Hendo as much as talkSPORT, the Daily Mail didn’t love him either and offered up a 5.5/10 and commented that his range of passing looked like it frustrated Jurgen Klopp on the sidelines. Certainly it wasn’t the best performance Liverpool have put on in the Premier League, but it does keep them unbeaten and means that the team have nearly got through their nightmare run of fixtures with some excellent results under their belt. A defining clash comes up against City, and three points against the Citizens will lay down a massive marker for the rest of the campaign.<doc-sep>
Jordan Henderson was one of several star names rested by Jurgen Klopp for Liverpool’s Carabao Cup clash against Chelsea earlier this week. The Reds’ captain was named among the substitutes alongside Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah, but entered the fray in the final 30 minutes as Klopp attempted to protect his side’s 1-0 lead. It failed to have the desired effect that night, however. Goals from Emerson and Eden Hazard in the closing stages saw Chelsea secure a 2-1 victory and progress to the fourth round. Henderson returned to Liverpool’s starting line-up for Saturday evening’s crunch Premier League clash against the same opponents at Stamford Bridge. Klopp decided to deploy the English midfielder in a midfield three alongside James Milner and Georginio Wijnaldum, behind the club’s star attacking trio. On the bench, meanwhile, was £108 million worth of midfield talent in the form of Fabinho, Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri. It was Chelsea who took the lead midway through the first half through the red-hot Hazard, who scored another excellent goal just three days after his magnificent solo effort at Anfield. But Liverpool left west London with a share of the spoils thanks to a wonderful late equaliser from substitute - and former Chelsea striker - Daniel Sturridge. Prior to the equaliser, Liverpool fans on social media were particularly disgruntled by the performance of the aforementioned Henderson, who played 77 minutes against Maurizio Sarri’s side. Many of them are clearly unhappy that Henderson is still wearing the captain’s armband at Anfield. They believe the fact Henderson is captain is almost certainly influencing Klopp’s decision to start him over the likes of Keita and Fabinho - two midfielders signed for big fees who were expected to make the difference in huge matches like Saturday night’s. There’s also been lots of talk about Henderson’s performances against top opposition. A significant number of Liverpool fans believe the 28-year-old often looks slow and out of his depth when up against the biggest clubs in England and in Europe. In fairness to Henderson, he has tried to lead by example both on and off the pitch since replacing Steven Gerrard as club captain in the summer of 2015. Even when he was subbed off for Keita in the closing stages at Stamford Bridge, you could see him rallying the troops, encouraging his replacement and then embracing with his manager. He is a leader, there’s no doubt about it. But whether he’s good enough to be starting week-in, week-out is another matter entirely. Should Jordan Henderson be Liverpool’s captain? Have your say below. News Now - Sport News