Match Day Thread Liverpool v Manchester City

right so.

Move on from that then.

Matip out. meh.

Lovren in. meh

Team now picks itself

Karius
TAA Lovren VVD robertson
windy Henderson Milner
Salah firmino Mane


again bench guys.

mingolet
Clyne (not fit)
Moreno
klavan
Ox
(unsure if any other midfielder is fit)
Ings
solanke

Thats about it

We have literally zero otions at this point bar ox to come in.

as only as front 3 are fit a team behind them is getting cobbled up together.

Hopefully we will get there.

 

I think mostly its between the lines of midfield and defense and the right side channel.

pressing and forcing the error is where our best chances will come from imo.

pressing is also the biggest risk to our team as if we over do it we will have them flooding onto 3/4 LFC players and goals going in the other end.

 

Going to be nuts.

 

Its a very fine line and imo its the individual error could well be the difference.

someone doing something really stupid in transition where players start moving forward and they just give it away through dallying on ball, laying it off to no-one or just a bad pass getting cut out. IMO thats where the shape goes and it make things easy for forwards


If city score a brilliant goal fair enough. that's their individual brilliance.

but if we lose shape and someone makes and error handing them a goal that's the issue.

AND VICE VERSA.

the entire tie could come down to one error.

 

I worry about red cards in these type of games, pace and quick feet all over the pitch one commited challenge got wrong and you walk.

 

Personally think we will go gung ho for 15-20 mins then sit back a bit and try to hit them on the break if only to try & ensure they have limited space to work in near our box..

PS if you're going to the game don't forget your boots as you may need them

 

I think we'll submit possession (ifc even given a choice) and look to press & counter.

No long balls from either side, certainly not down the middle.

 

could happen.

We've resorted to donkey ball in the past clearing it and taking no risks so who knows.

The counter ball has to be intelligent... thats our downfall a bit.

kompany/otamendi v salah is really encouraging me. #pace

 

Odds on a boring 0-0?

 

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Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has been ruled out of Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg at Liverpool with a knee injury.

Aguero has missed the past five games for City and Argentina with the injury.

"Sergio is much better but doctors spoke to him today and he said he still has a little bit of a problem and isn't comfortable," said boss Pep Guardiola.

Liverpool have defensive injury problems, with Joe Gomez, Joel Matip and Ragnar Klavan all ruled out.

 

Yeah, Mane or Salah vs Kompany is good for us. Firmino not so much

 

Be very surprised if this isn’t more or less how we start


Ederson
Otamendi Kompany Laporte
Walker Fernandinho DeBruyne Sane
B Silva Jesus D Silva

Fernandinho & DeBruyne deeper to give Sane & Walker freedom to attack

Can see the city left back Liverpool right back side of the pitch getting plenty of action

 

I’d be amazed to see you start with a back 3 and minus Sterling.

 

I can’t see us not starting with a back 3
No way Delph Zinchenko Danilo or Mendy are starting there and Laporte is much more of a left sided centre back
Stirling or Bernardo Silva could go either way but raheem hasn’t turned up against Liverpool so far

 

A back 3 plays into their hands imo, as they’ll just spend all night hitting the channels where Salah and Mane thrive.

 

We went out to West Brom in the FA Cup (Blew it! Blew it!) if we go out of the CL to Citeh I'll be doing this well into next season.

 

please do this.. PLEASE.

if you even attempt 3 at back our wide forwards will kill you. 2 in middle as well? we will drop firmino into cm and outman you totally.

i would be overjoyed to see city try this.

 

why? this is us punching well above our weight.

dead chuffed to get this far.

 

Sergio Aguero always score against Liverpool, they are going to miss him. However, they have a strong squad.

 

top top players in the forwards.

we can get at their backs.

if we keep our heads it's going to be a cracker.

i hope we don't freeze but with lallana and Moreno out of side i hope we are ok there.