League only. Our fixtures till end of October. September 2016 Chelsea v Liverpool Liverpool v Hull October 2016 Swansea v Liverpool Liverpool v Man Utd Liverpool v West Brom Crystal Palace v Liverpool
I'm with Jimmy keep the front three as is. I'd actually want to experiment with Coutinho in place of Wiji. This prevents him from needlessly shooting and he should link well with Lallana allowing Henderson play the shield. Alternatively I'd actually try Lucas at the base of the 3 man midfield with Henderson and Lallana in midfield. I actually think some time on the bench for coutinho should make him realize that the team is more important than pot shots. Look at how different sturridge played in the weekend.
No player should hold the team to ransom. Some people said that Sadio Mane and Daniel Sturridge cannot play together. See the way they played against Leicester. Sturridge is best suited to the centre, but what about Countinho?. Who is going to give way?.
My Prediction: Costa being a cubt yet still getting away with numerous fouls, stamps, dives and dissent.
Seriously though, this will be a high scoring game I think. Neither of us are solid at the back, but are good going forward. This may end up being a tactical battle. But I can see it being a 3-2 or something like that
This game is a little too early in the season just like Manchester derby. Neither Chelsea or Liverpool will like to lose, the two team are going to cancel each other out.
I really think Chelsea will stick the boot in and make it physical, we need to keep our heads we won't win that battle.
The absolute bias against Chelsea in this thread is hilarious. Apparently their team is nothing but a slobbering bunch of savages and their manager is as bent as a manc ref. No respect at all for Chelsea??? I think it'll be a good game with highly competitive technical football on show that should be very enjoyable. Chelsea have many fine players and conte knows costa's strength which is in the box finishing. ass hazard and willian playing wide to this its going to be a game requiring a huge effort frorm LFC.
They are a physical team and that's not an insult or disrespect it's just a fact, they have flair players who can play good football but they also know how to get a result the ugly way. I think they'll look at how we play and decide to rough us up and see if we can handle it. No good being a free flowing attacking team if you can't handle mentally the physical side of the game. I think this will be a test.