Liverpool (a) pre-match thread

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Brendan110_0 said:
Zinchenko as LB today, very comfortable on the ball and rarely loses possession at the back (where Liverpool hoover up mistakes).
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Would be genuinely surprised were he to start. Far too slow to counter Salah's threat, and prone to little defensive lapses in concentration that could see him caught out of position. He has not been trusted in (m)any of our crucial away fixtures, so it would be a tad risky to think about doing so now.
 
karen7 said:
No vinny is not great on the ball under pressure,i'd go john and eric,then again you have to think of their defenders up for corners and vinny and nico defend those better,i don't know who pep will go for
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I'd go for John and Eric too.

They are our long term pairing.
 
leth said:
------------------Ederson------------------
Walker----Stones----Laporte----Mendy
---------------Fernandinho---------------
--------Bernardo---------D.Silva---------
Sterling---------Aguero-------------Sane

Bench: Muric, Danilo, Kompany, Otamendi, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Jesus

Rather than switching to 3 at the back, i think our best chance to defend in this game is simply to pass our way out and through the Liverpool press as much as we can. Stones and Laporte give us the best chance of doing that. Similarly in midfield, i'd start with Bernardo and Silva with the expectation that they can just keep the ball. With our record at Anfield, i'd be delighted with a draw today so we really don't need to take any risks going forward. Just keep the ball moving and don't be too eager to give up possession trying the killer pass when it's not really on.

It gets said every time we go to Anfield but just don't give them encouragement. We know Liverpool will run themselves into the ground from the start. We know the Anfield crowd will get behind them. Keep the ball, make them run, frustrate the crowd and take the sting out of the occasion. If we can manage to reach half-time on level terms, i'd fancy us to get the win. Gaps will appear in midfield later in the game and that's the time to throw De Bruyne and Mahrez on.

At the end of the day, if we lose again, we're only 3 points off the top and we've got our toughest game of the season out of the way. But this is a chance to end some hoodoos. Win at Anfield, goal for Aguero, Sterling plays well, De Bruyne is back and we go clear at the top of the league. I've actually got a good feeling about this one.
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You've diagnosed the problem (they will press) and possible solution (we should try to pass out of it) correctly. Yet you leave our best passing defender (Zichenko) off the squad entirely.

I find that strange.
 
Heresy, I know, but I'd have Aguero on the bench for this one and play no recognised forward, with Bernardo/Silva/Sterling rotating, instead. I think we played some of our smartest domestic football last season in the first half against that lot at the Etihad. Alas, on the day we failed to take our chances and ultimately paid dearly, but I think that system would give us the numbers in midfield and cause concentration problems for Liverpool's defenders.
 
stonerblue said:
He was all over the place midweek and definintelt trying too hard. Needs to calm down a bit.
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He goes through patches like this. The rest of his game is spot on, just the rush of blood to his head. He either dives in and gets left on his arse or gets hopelessly dragged out of position.
 
Gabriel said:
Heresy, I know, but I'd have Aguero on the bench for this one and play no recognised forward, with Bernardo/Silva/Sterling rotating, instead. I think we played some of our smartest domestic football last season in the first half against that lot at the Etihad. Alas, on the day we failed to take our chances and ultimately paid dearly, but I think that system would give us the numbers in midfield and cause concentration problems for Liverpool's defenders.
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I think he tried it against Liverpool in his first year and it didn’t work. The idea is right though, we need players who can retain the ball under pressure from the press.
Ederson
Walker stones Komany Laporte Mendy
Silva Fernandinho Silva
Mahrez
Aguero
 
WEMBLEY76 said:
Would love Raheem to score the winner at the Kop in the last minute with a worldie to show just how much he has improved in 3 years.
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Followed by the throwing of bottles and pitch invasion. Sterling banned for 6 months and city deducted 40 points for inciting the crowd!
 
Gabriel said:
Heresy, I know, but I'd have Aguero on the bench for this one and play no recognised forward, with Bernardo/Silva/Sterling rotating, instead. I think we played some of our smartest domestic football last season in the first half against that lot at the Etihad. Alas, on the day we failed to take our chances and ultimately paid dearly, but I think that system would give us the numbers in midfield and cause concentration problems for Liverpool's defenders.
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It's a very legitimate argument, they didn't know who to pick up.

Pep has also done it with Barca down the years when he played Messi much deeper, certainly in that famous semi-final win over Madrid at the Bernabeu.

I would say that we might see Sergio playing far closer to the midfielder, effectively making it a six across the middle out of possession, rather than pressing them high.

There is no need for us to press them high, as they want us strung out back to front.

Aguero also showed with his great goal and running from deep against Brighton that we could easily take it in turns to make interchangeable runs, meaning their full-backs also don't have much space to run in to.

The only other time I saw this work to perfection was away at West Brom on Boxing Day under Pellegrini.
 
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