mmm..........you never really know with Costa,there always seems to be some underlying problem but he invariably plays
Liverpool 22 Mignolet 02 Johnson 37 Skrtel 06 Lovren 18 Moreno 08 Gerrard 23 Can 14 Henderson 10 Coutinho 31 Sterling 45 Balotelli Chelsea 13 Courtois 02 Ivanovic 24 Cahill 26 Terry 28 Azpilicueta 21 Matic 04 FÃ bregas 07 Ramires 08 Oscar 10 Hazard 19 Diego Costa Substitutes As expected, back to the team Rodgers said was supposedly dropped
Not really impressed with the likes of Johnson & Lovren walking into the team despite their recent form and Manquillo & Toure's good performances against R.Madrid.
Happy Can is in, he looked decent against Madrid. Not happy we've just reverted back to type, especially with Johnson playing after Manquillo had another good game. Gerrard maybe has a point to prove against Chelsea? No doubt we'll here that song a few times today so hopefully he'll shut them up with a goal and win.
Doubt we'll hear anything from the Chelsea fans, worst fans in the league. Even their own manager has slagged them off on numerous occasions.
All ****ing seven Pressures on the win now. Basically tells the rest of the squad not to bother trying anymore
doesn't look good, but lets see what happens. if he is hoping for a reaction to being dropped then great, lets hope he is right, but if its same old ****e then i hope questions start being asked internally within the club.
So pissed off with that line up, Rodgers is full of it. As far as I'm concerned he rested players against Madrid, some of the older players who called him on it are now justified in doing so he just went to Madrid and thought damage limitation and had one eye on the Chelsea game. Toure and Lucas played their way into the team. There were other notable performances and playing Johnson after such weak performances lately is a joke. Very much losing faith in this manager I know that might not be popular but it's my opinion. Of course I hope we smash Chelsea and move on and have a good season but I'm really starting to think that if the manager is blind to the likes of Johnson and Balotelli then he's never going to turn it around.
The wums could start now if they like, only one way this game will go. Really just can't see us scoring today, again.
As expected Rodgers has brought back all the so called "dropped" players. He confirms that he's played (according to him) a weakened side at Madrid Good for a draw but a loss will be heavily criticised.
The players may be up for this as it's a big game so a win isn't outside the possibilities but regardless the manager has made himself look like an idiot waving the white flag at Madrid, we are Liverpool and should have gone there to win with our best team, it's now clear he didn't do that.
This A loss with honor is better than hoisting the white flag before the match. This is Liverpool and Rodgers messed with our reputation. For what?
Exactly. Resting players players for a competitive CL match is a big no no to me. The fact the team performed better meant I was willing to wait until today's line up. Brod is a ****ing twat for picking Johnson and Mario, equally for dropping Toure and Lucas. Least Can has got his chance
