City v Liverpool (Home) Pre-Match Thread

[bondsman]

Must win game. These are a bogey team for us. They are a rival for silverware and media darlings. We need to be winning this game end of.

 

[cityzennn93:20]

cant see us winning if kompany doesnt play tbh.

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

is Kompany injured for this? just seen something on Twitter saying that he's done his calf again :-(

 

[willipp]

I know it's early in the season, but this feels like a crunch match. First three games we've kind of struggled through (not totally our fault), but win this and suddenly the start of the season looks great and we begin picking up momentum. A loss will be a huge downer, and will set the press into City in crisis, Pep under pressure mode, and the feeling will become quite negative i think.

We'll probably draw.

Even a draw i think will hurt us a lot, not necessarily our title chances but in our mentality (the fans definitely). Its an opportunity to put pur home demons aside, especially after we dropped points against Everton. From my perspective ive almost forgotton what its like to come away after a a big game at home not feeling a bit deflated. We need a big performance from the players and in return from the fans.

 

[bellsouth]

So with Kompany likely to be out, the back 4 is Walker, Stones, Ota and Mendy. With Walker and Mendy probably still required to bomb on is there a case to play both Fernandinho and Yaya?

 

[Marvin]

Read @HLNinEngeland and that will tell you what you want to know about Kompany.

Edit: I take that back. It's based on City's YouTube channel of City's training! You can find their articles on the web.

 

[Mike N]

Would love to see Pep 'out-tactic' an opposition. Not sure we've seen this since the Rags away or Barca at home?

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

So with Kompany likely to be out, the back 4 is Walker, Stones, Ota and Mendy. With Walker and Mendy probably still required to bomb on is there a case to play both Fernandinho and Yaya?

Not looking good either way

 

[cibaman]

Much will depend on how quickly the South american players on both sides recover from the travellling and how quickly their body clocks adjust to the time difference. For some of them it will feel as if they're playing at breakfast time.

I wasnt convinced anout Pellegrini's decision to keep the players at the CFA the night before a game. It seemed to me that they would sleep better in their own beds. But I think there's a case for doing that tomorrow. Partly because the early kick off means that they need to be at the stadium earlier, but also because the club would be able to monitor how well the players sleep.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

We played most of last season without Vinny so no need to panick even if he is out we need to control the game in possession and the dippers will tier last 30mins