CL Quarter Final Draw - Liverpool A Apr 4th - H Apr 10th

Depends who plays at Everton. Bernardo has been very good recently and could see him starting if Raz starts at Goodison.

Sterling to come off the bench and score the winner. Imagine.
 
lozzers8 said:
Depends who plays at Everton. Bernardo has been very good recently and could see him starting if Raz starts at Goodison.

Sterling to come off the bench and score the winner. Imagine.
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I'd love that to happen. I would start Bernardo as his form has been great and with ball retention being key at their place he will keep hold of it better. Them first 10-15 mins the crowd and players are pumped, last two years someone has gone hard on Sterling early and threw him off his game. If he came on in the second half when it has died down a little it might allow him to play his own game.
 
BlueAnorak said:
Liverpool are so vulnerable to the long ball though - as proven an Old Toilet last week so I expect at least a couple to be delivered.
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Agreed.

Pep will adapt and know that at Anfield we can’t just consistently play out of the back. Not in a CL knockout game.

We will play out if we can but I am pretty sure the primary instructions to the likes of Ederson, Nico and Vinny will be to chip it over the Liverpool press to either the wingers or CF and just play for the 2nd balls.

As stated above. Pep did this with Bayern against Klopp’s Dortmund.
 
Tom_mcfc said:
I'd love that to happen. I would start Bernardo as his form has been great and with ball retention being key at their place he will keep hold of it better. Them first 10-15 mins the crowd and players are pumped, last two years someone has gone hard on Sterling early and threw him off his game. If he came on in the second half when it has died down a little it might allow him to play his own game.
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Exactly this.
 
Gary James said:
Most Bluemooners probably saw this last year but I've managed to persuade the publisher to make some of my articles on the early years of Manchester football free to download until after the Qtr Final. The reason I'm posting them here is because we're going to get lots of 'City have no history' type abuse at the LFC games and the Manchester derby and these help to explain that City's success played a key part in establishing Manchester as a footballing city. It'd be worth quoting/tweeting the link to any Red (either club) who says we have no history etc. Anyway, here's the first about 1904 and how it established Manchester as a footballing city: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14660970.2014.961378 and here's another which talks about Josh Parlby - the visionary who created a club for Manchester: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09523367.2015.1055727?src=recsys. The more these are downloaded the better the chance the articles will lead on to other research etc. Thanks as always.
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Unsung hero - shame that your talent is wasted on many of the hordes.
 
Had an email saying my window was open to purchase my ticket for the home game but then when I try my season card seat isn’t available? How the hell is that allowed to happen?
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
Noted.... we’ll see if you’re straight on his back should he start!
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I'm one of the few that has never been on his back.
Pep has given him confidence - everywhere except Klanfield it would seem.
I just think 3 attempts and 3 failures at Klanfield is enough - we can't play with 10 men in the CL QF.
Oh, and Bernardo DESTROYED Robertson when he came on in Jan - Klopp brought on Milner to help out and this gave KDB and Gundogan more space in the middle. The result 2 goals in 10 minutes! Another 5 minutes and we would have drawn that game and another 10 minutes and we would have won.
 
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paulchapo said:
Most worldies are.

Sterling and Sane drop out for Jesus and B.Silva as D. Silva and Aguero are in our strongest line up. Mendy if fit gives us width on the left.
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I agree. I reckon Pep will rotate massively for the Anfield leg - similar to how we lined up at the Etihad for the league match and to surprise Klopp. No need to play so wide (with Sane and Sterling) and stretch their back line as Liverpool aren't the greatest defensively. It makes sense to be more compact and narrow to suffocate their front 3 who aren't natural wingers (although Salah can do anything on his day) and always look to cut inside (all their 4 goals against us were scored with no width) so I would play Fernandinho and Gundogan in front of the back 4. One would act as the pivot and always remain in front of the back 4 to prevent the counter attack and high press. The Silva's are more suited to playing Liverpool as they are diminutive and extract the 'tactical' fouls which are a lot easier to get in Champions League than the Premier League. Silvas/KDB/+Gundogan/Fernandinho can move forward, potentially with Delph/Walker given license to act as an extra man when needed.

Sterling has never had a good game against them so I do not see the point in playing him as he seems to be affected by the booing. It makes sense saving Sane for the last half hour 60th minute to take advantage of Liverpool's tired legs which really showed in the last 10 minutes of the match at Anfield. I doubt Pep won't have forgot how they nearly threw it all away - from tiredness which resulted from the high pressing.

Ederson
Walker - Kompany - Otamendi - Delph
Ferna - Gundogan
KDB - D Silva - B Silva
Jesus
 
Cant see us dropping Sane to the bench. His pace and dribbling have been and could well be the difference.
 
ste.sully said:
I agree. I reckon Pep will rotate massively for the Anfield leg - similar to how we lined up at the Etihad for the league match and to surprise Klopp. No need to play so wide (with Sane and Sterling) and stretch their back line as Liverpool aren't the greatest defensively. It makes sense to be more compact and narrow to suffocate their front 3 who aren't natural wingers (although Salah can do anything on his day) and always look to cut inside (all their 4 goals against us were scored with no width) so I would play Fernandinho and Gundogan in front of the back 4. One would act as the pivot and always remain in front of the back 4 to prevent the counter attack and high press. The Silva's are more suited to playing Liverpool as they are diminutive and extract the 'tactical' fouls which are a lot easier to get in Champions League than the Premier League. Silvas/KDB/+Gundogan/Fernandinho can move forward, potentially with Delph/Walker given license to act as an extra man when needed.

Sterling has never had a good game against them so I do not see the point in playing him as he seems to be affected by the booing. It makes sense saving Sane for the last half hour 60th minute to take advantage of Liverpool's tired legs which really showed in the last 10 minutes of the match at Anfield. I doubt Pep won't have forgot how they nearly threw it all away - from tiredness which resulted from the high pressing.

Ederson
Walker - Kompany - Otamendi - Delph
Ferna - Gundogan
KDB - D Silva - B Silva
Jesus
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I wouldn't argue with that team.
 
Our record there really is a fuckin disgrace, thought this season was the time to break the jinx id be honest, what better time now blues? we’re a fuckin million miles better than them, this time will tell ctid
 
Gary James said:
Most Bluemooners probably saw this last year but I've managed to persuade the publisher to make some of my articles on the early years of Manchester football free to download until after the Qtr Final. The reason I'm posting them here is because we're going to get lots of 'City have no history' type abuse at the LFC games and the Manchester derby and these help to explain that City's success played a key part in establishing Manchester as a footballing city. It'd be worth quoting/tweeting the link to any Red (either club) who says we have no history etc. Anyway, here's the first about 1904 and how it established Manchester as a footballing city: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14660970.2014.961378 and here's another which talks about Josh Parlby - the visionary who created a club for Manchester: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09523367.2015.1055727?src=recsys. The more these are downloaded the better the chance the articles will lead on to other research etc. Thanks as always.
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Of course the clock of history stopped ticking with Manure, Liverpool, Chelsea, Forest and Villa even...... Ha ha. No-one else is allowed to make history. I enjoy the 'no history' banter. Our best days lie in front of us. We took that banner down as a down payment for what's to come.
 
BlueAnorak said:
Cant see us dropping Sane to the bench. His pace and dribbling have been and could well be the difference.
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This is our biggest game since Madrid, QPR, the other titles and Cup Finals. Cannot see Pep leaving out the players so key to his success so far.
 
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