City v Liverpool (Home) Pre-Match Thread

[waspish]

FFS! Yaya is a legend, and may get some more game time for us before he has to inevitably call it a day, but not against a speedy dippers team. He will be made to look pedestrian and embarrassed! Against teams that park the bus, then maybe yes but never against high energy pressing teams.

Do you think Liverpool wont park the bus?

 

[bluesimon]

Time for Guardiola to find a way to win against "top 4" opponents now, it would give confidence for other games at this point of the season. Can't afford to get tactically done again by Klopp, we have far better players than them.

This is damn right. Really time to out tactic the tacticians now. Pepe needs to really step up and figure out a way to see off the other top 4/5. I really miss some of those amazing Mancini results and as much as I think Pep is class, he needs to deliver in these scraps.

 

[Dax777]

Sorry - couldn't resist............

lol

 

[Armaan]

This is damn right. Really time to out tactic the tacticians now. Pepe needs to really step up and figure out a way to see off the other top 4/5. I really miss some of those amazing Mancini results and as much as I think Pep is class, he needs to deliver in these scraps.

At one point in time I genuinely felt like we were unbeatable at home with Mancini in charge. Hope we can build that same aura with pep this season.

 

[slkn]

I'd try something like this. Haven't been too impressed with Dinho in the first three games and don't think Yaya should be starting as our only defensive midfielder for this game.

Ederson
Walker - Kompany - Stones - Mendy
------ Danilo/Gundogan-----
KDB- Bernardo - Silva - Sane
--------------Jesus--------------

Subs: Bravo, Gundogan, Yaya, Dinho, Otamendi, Aguero, Foden

5-3 City win ;)

 

[Armaan]

Honestly think we're best off going with a midfield three of Yaya David and Dinho. KDB should sit on the bench for this one imo, hes not a great tackler and it'll be important winning the ball in the middle of the park against the dippers.

Them three in the middle with Jesus on the left, Kun in the middle and bernardo on the right.

 

[richards30]

ederson
walker
kompany
stones
mendy
dinho
de bruyne
b silva
d silva
sane
jesus

would rather play a back 4 and have the extra man in midfield. only picked dinho as he is the most mobile out of him and yaya and don't think gundogan is fit enough to start in a game like this yet.

 

[DruntBlunt]

FFS! Yaya is a legend, and may get some more game time for us before he has to inevitably call it a day, but not against a speedy dippers team. He will be made to look pedestrian and embarrassed! Against teams that park the bus, then maybe yes but never against high energy pressing teams.

This and only this. The one game that he absolutely shouldn't start. Vs Brighton, B'mouth etc however, oh hang on....

 

[bobom]

Honestly think we're best off going with a midfield three of Yaya David and Dinho. KDB should sit on the bench for this one imo, hes not a great tackler and it'll be important winning the ball in the middle of the park against the dippers.

Them three in the middle with Jesus on the left, Kun in the middle and bernardo on the right.

But KDB is best player we have for exploiting those opportunities...

 

[bornblueegg]

I'd try something like this. Haven't been too impressed with Dinho in the first three games and don't think Yaya should be starting as our only defensive midfielder for this game.

Ederson
Walker - Kompany - Stones - Mendy
------ Danilo/Gundogan-----
KDB- Bernardo - Silva - Sane
--------------Jesus--------------

Subs: Bravo, Gundogan, Yaya, Dinho, Otamendi, Aguero, Foden

5-3 City win ;)

How Gundogans do we have