Hope Chris is ok its not like him, perhaps hes thought f**k the match thread Im goin on the p**s Was really confident about this game at start of week, Sturridge possibly missing out as totally changed my view, not feelin confident,espceially if Allen starts and Hendo doesnt, we need/HAVE to win though
Possible 11s Al Habsi Scharner Caldwell Figeroa Boyce McCarthy McArthur Beausejour Maloney Di Santo Kone Reina Jonno Carra Agger Jose Stevie Lucas Allen Downing Suarez Coutinho
Here is the Liverpool team that starts against Wigan: Reina, Johnson, Enrique, Agger, Carragher, Lucas, Allen, Gerrard, Downing, Coutinho, Suarez.
Cheers for doing the match thread Astroturfnaut! Been rather busy for most of the week so I simply haven't had the time to even start writing up a match thread. Should be able to do the match thread for the Tottenham game as it's a Sunday and it gives me a bit more time to sort it out. - Onto the game and i'm slightly nervous... Wigan have a habit of being consistently inconsistent so we have no idea which Wigan will turn up. They looked very good last week as they beat Reading so i'm hoping they have a poor game tonight. 3-1 to Liverpool is my prediction.
LINE-UPS - Wigan v Liverpool (1730 GMT) Wigan: Al Habsi, Scharner, Caldwell, Figueroa, Boyce, McCarthy, McArthur, Beausejour, Kone, Di Santo, Maloney. Subs: Robles, Alcaraz, Henriquez, Gomez, McManaman, Espinoza, Stam. Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Jose Enrique, Gerrard, Lucas, Allen, Downing, Suarez, Coutinho. Subs: Gulacsi, Assaidi, Henderson, Coates, Fernandez Saez, Shelvey, Wisdom. Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
25J Reina 2G Johnson 3José Enrique 23J Carragher 5D Agger 24J Allen 8S Gerrard 21Lucas Leiva 7L Suárez 10P Coutinho 19S Downing Substitutes 11O Assaidi 14J Henderson 30Suso 33J Shelvey 47A Wisdom 42P Gulacsi 16S Coates Bench concerns me a bit. No Skrtel! Also no goal scorer.
All who said Coutinho should start from the bench need a slap!!! Well done by him and a goal by.....Downing?
Downing! Coutinho gets past Boyce and plays a ball in and Downing is there to head home. Such poor marking by the Wigan defence but I don't care! 1-0 Liverpool.
