Well, here it is - the moment you've all been waiting for... ...yes, it's another of my unparalleled match-day threads. This time we're playing some no-marks from a dingy industrial town oop North (no, not that bunch of no-marks, the other one). Sunday. 3.45, for some reason.
not sure what we will do for this now. so we go hard and hope to hang on or sub on players? who knows. kelleher Bradley gomez vvd Robertson Szoboszlai endo macallister gakpo nunez diaz salah to come on. Elliott to come on (I wouldn't start him) bench of Adrian, tsimikas, quansah, Elliott, McConnell, salah, danns, Clark we will see anyway.
I'd be happy to launch salah from the bench but henhad a good run-out. really this is the one that really matters this side of the international so i guess he really should start but we'll only get 60 out of him.
nah, he looked disappointed to come off. we had a prearranged sub plan and once konate went down klopp took both off to use the allowed sub windows. vvd had to go on so we put Szoboszlai on too.
THE REFEREE IS MICHAEL OLIVER. please log in to view this image Referee: Michael Oliver. Assistants: Stuart Burt, Dan Cook. Fourth official: David Coote. VAR: Stuart Attwell
CHRIS SUTTON'S PREDICTION: Liverpool v Man City (15:45 GMT) City are the Premier League champions, European champions and world champions... so who is going to write them off? I am. They are going to lose. I have a hunch that, with Liverpool being at home, they will have the slight edge and Mohamed Salah's return from injury could make the difference for them in a very tight game. I will probably look stupid at full-time but I am going with 'darling' Darwin Nunez to score and the Reds to win. Sutton's prediction: 2-1 Dave's prediction: Every game this season when I've said I've got a feeling we are going to win, we never do... so I am going to be dead honest and go for a draw. 2-2 Bria's prediction: I do think this one is going to be tricky, especially if Salah is back, and Liverpool are going to have a pretty decent chance of beating us. But I am never not going to back City, especially the way Phil Foden is playing at the moment - no-one moves quite like he does when he gets on the ball. This result is going to be so crucial in the title race and sometimes that can make games like this quite cagey because nerves come into it, but I actually think we will see a high-scoring game. It is going to be hard going to Anfield and I don't think we will batter them like we did at the Etihad this time last year but we are going to win! 2-3 Dave on Klopp's exit this summer: I am gutted, but it hasn't hit home yet that he he is leaving. I do have a strange feeling, though, that it won't be quite as bad as everyone thinks when he has gone. The right manager is out there for us and my thinking is go for Carlo Ancelotti next, if no-one wants to try to fill Klopp's shoes straightaway, but I guess that relies on Real Madrid giving him up! Bria on Guardiola's future: He is ours, we want to keep him forever! Gary Neville expects Man City to beat Liverpool The pundit shared his verdict on how this game will go. “What do you think will happen at the weekend? I think City will beat you, I want Liverpool to win because I want to league to be opened up, but I think City will win on Sunday, I think he’ll come and he’ll put a right job in,” Neville said. Close We can understand where Neville is coming from here. After all, City do have some of the very best players in the world and they are in incredible form.
can we please have a game where garry rat face nevilla and Jamie gobber carragher are not on commentary. just one.
