Match Day Thread Liverpool v Norwich City

August and January/February look like tough patches

 

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Daniel Farke to keep attacking style against Liverpool... https://www.premierleague.com/news/1245595?sf214395603=1&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

"We are not naive," the German told Norwich's official website. "We know it's probably the toughest fixture you can get on your first game.

"But we are not scared. We've worked extremely hard for his opportunity to be competitive against the top teams in the country and we will be greedy to bring our football on to the pitch.

"We worked so hard in the recent months and played over 50 games last season. We don't want to just enjoy the moments against the top teams, we want to reward our supporters with good football and good results." ​

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I just hope that the fans stay positive in the first 5 or 6 games, as we certainly have a tough start to the season.

 

Just seen this -

 

The last time we played Liverpool at Anfield was on 20th September 2015 when we got a 1-1 draw with Russell Martin scoring for City. That was our 6th league game of the season, with City having won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2 before the trip to Anfield. The 5-4 defeat came at Carrow Road on January 23rd 2016, Declan Rudd was in goal for that game with Ruddy on the bench, and Klose still had not played for City then. We had just recently signed Naismith. At the time of the 5-4 defeat City were on a bad run of results, and Alex Tettey played in the 1-1 draw at Anfield but not the 5-4 defeat at Carrow Road, and for those interested the away defeat to Man City came due to a 89th minute penalty conceded by Russell Martin who was sent off in a 2-1 defeat. So despite recent results against the premier league's top 2 teams, WE CAN AND HAVE COMPETED WITH THE BEST. We even beat Man U 2-1 at Old Trafford that season

 

We beat Man City recently too

 

I don't think it's too tough, think Newcastle, Chelsea and West Ham are all winnable. But even if we don't do well with those games I won't be panicking.

If we get hammered by Liverpool though you just know the press will be 'Welcome back to the Premier League' 'They're going to struggle big time this year'. So I'm just hoping we have a good performance in our first game.

 

IMO, I'm pretty sure we will and I'd love us to score AT LEAST one goal!!!

 

I really fancy we can win this.

 

Klopp will know a few of our players well and Farke for that matter. Vrancic, Leitner, Zimmerman etc

 

What has happened to the Reading option?

 

Good point!

 

If we don't beat the Scousers I'll put it back on next game

 

Meanwhile...........

The Binners start life in league 1 against the mighty Burton Albion

 

After lasting as long as the Duracell bunny over the previous two seasons, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane should be enjoying a well-earned rest.
Instead Liverpool ’s star strikers are preparing for Friday night's’s big kick-off in the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt in their never-ending season.

Klopp insists on his players having at least three weeks off in the summer,
which means both are likely to miss the start of the season.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-warned-need-start-season-16550368

 

Here's to hoping for a Egypt Senegal final!

Bah!

 

Alisson and Firmino will be given 3 weeks off, after the Copa America Final this Sunday. So our players will have a month extra of pre-season compared to them. So that's potentially 4 key players below match fitness for Liverpool.

 

Wow!

Your positivity scraps game, is strong!

Yes, that is a nice thing to cling on to!