Giving Simon Mignolet a five year contract has to be one of the oddest decisions Liverpool have made in a number of years.
And the Belgian again proved as much on Saturday, feebly letting in Adam Johnson’s Sunderland free-kick to get Sam Allardyce’s men back in the game. Eventually of course they drew 2-2, making his blunder another extremely costly one.
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And following the mistake, The Anfield Chat counted Mignolet’s decisive errors that led to goals this term, and revealed an unbelievable statistic.
Surely, surely it’s time for Danny Ward to get a chance in the first-team.
The Welshman’s young and inexperienced but is he really going to do a worse job than Mignolet?
Of the past 19 shots on his goal in the Premier League, he’s conceded 12 of them.