Liverpool (A) - Pre Match Thread

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cleavers said:
Our biggest crime was the missed chances at home, I'm not sure we had them "hanging on at anfield", they won 3-0, yes we were playing well at the end, but we failed the biggest test in football, scoring a goal, had we got one, who knows ? We didn't.
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We were screwed over that season - the season we anihilated Liverpool 5 - 0. Oh, sorry, the 5 - 0 anihilation's been airbrushed from history.
 
cleavers said:
The biggest crime was OUR missed chances....oh I said that already.

They scored, 5, over 2 legs, we scored 1, we certainly didn't have 5 disallowed.
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Goals change games and ties. It's all a bit fuzzy now but didn't Leroy have a goal disallowed at Anfield and wasn't there a stonewall pen for us ignored. An away goal there would've changed a lot.

And then the disallowed goal just before HT at our place. 2-0 at HT with scenes of bedlam in the stadium. We'd have been big favourites to progress.
 
cleavers said:
The biggest crime was OUR missed chances....oh I said that already.

They scored, 5, over 2 legs, we scored 1, we certainly didn't have 5 disallowed.
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You need to re-read my original post. 5 blatant decision fuck-ups that if reversed would have swung the score by 5 goals => we win. Moreover, the complete atmosphere of the tie would have changed. Salah offside, Jesus disallowed, and Sterling penalty alone means we go to the Etihad 2-2. At home, we completely destroyed them in the 1H (even Klopp admits) and would have put them away there and then. And that's before Firmino should have seen red, and later scored a goal. It wouldnt have even been close.
 
lasereyes said:
You need to re-read my original post. 5 blatant decision fuck-ups that if reversed would have swung the score by 5 goals => we win.
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I don't, because the word "IF" is the keyword. The facts are we didn't take our chances in either game, and over 2 legs we lost 5-1, anyway I'm done with the argument it has no bearing on tomo.... today.
 
We've destroyed every team that's had a proper go at us. And not just in Pep's time - it goes back to Roberto's time. We're just better at doing that now. Ordinarily, with us at full strength, Liverpool would be very wary of throwing wave after wave of attack at us. With us so weakened, will Liverpool be able to resist throwing men forward at us ? Will they be in two minds ? Come to think of it, Liverpool don't throw wave after wave of attacks at any team. Teams have missed a lot of straightforward chances against Liverpool this season - even Norwich. Sooner or later, we'll put our precision scoring boots on.
 
Get the ball to Sergio in a crowded box. Get Raheem running onto precision through balls. If he plays, get Walker overlapping - Robertson can't live with his pace. I'm happy for us to take risks in the game. We don't do cautious. Without doubt, we're going to have to experience some scary moments. But with half our first team missing, we should be relatively relaxed. I'd love to see Phil start - he'll be cool as you like, but I can only see that happening if he starts with Fernandinho at the back over Ota. The only more creative midfielder on the pitch than Phil would be Kevin.
 
cleavers said:
I don't, because the word "IF" is the keyword. The facts are we didn't take our chances in either game, and over 2 legs we lost 5-1, anyway I'm done with the argument it has no bearing on tomo.... today.
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That’s what we are saying, all we were left with was “ifs”.

forget every bent decision in the first leg & we finish first half of the 2nd leg 2:0 & it’s all to play for & there arse is twitching.

that’s why we don’t have those miracle stories like the dippers against Barca it was that fcking bent!
 
Chippy_boy said:
We will create our own chances and score a goal or two, for me that's a given. The question is what will happen at the other end. Ferna and Gundog simply must keep the pressure off our back 4 as much as possible, and if we can do that, then we'll win.
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Pep works on the basis that if his teams keep the ball, the opposition can't do any damage. Easier said than done, as this Liverpool team attacks in spells and we will require near perfection to retain the ball as long as usual.
 
domalino said:
I've been feeling more confident of Fern in midfield since I saw Otamendi played the community shield next to Stoens and seeing we were giving Rodri a chance to prove his fitness tomorrow morning.
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Dinho hadn't even returned from his holidays in time for the Community Shield though - I think he arrived back in England on the day of the match, so it's not as if Pep chose to play Nico instead of him in the CS. Don't think we can really use that match as a point of reference or whatever.
 
Depresses the fuck out of me but I can only see a heavy defeat for us later on. Too many vested interests and livelihoods at stake for me to believe the game will be fair. Defeat and / or humiliation plays out nicely with the global brand image. If I was a gambling man, my life savings would be going on a minimum of two red cards for City.
 
We are not expected to win there and with Injuries and their luck we have nothing to lose,so maybe we may actually get a result there.
We should not make individual mistake and we will see
 
Sterling performances for us against Liverpool have been poor and that's been very kind. Time for him to show the kop what they are missing, match winning performance today please Raheem.
 
Peps team

_____________Bravo______________

Walker__Stones__Otemendi__ Mendy

___________Fernandinho__________

________B Silva__Gundogan_______

Mahrez_______Aguero______Sterling

My team

_____________Bravo______________

Walker__Stones__Otemendi__ Mendy

___________Fernandinho__________

Mahrez___B Silva___Foden___Sterling

______________Aguero____________
 
cleavers said:
Our biggest crime was the missed chances at home, I'm not sure we had them "hanging on at anfield", they won 3-0, yes we were playing well at the end, but we failed the biggest test in football, scoring a goal, had we got one, who knows ? We didn't.
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We miss easy chances every game. Hard to get a win from playing against liverpool when they had officials on their side over two legs.
 
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