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

[Manchester_lalala]

50/50 for me. We’re clearly better than them as the table suggests, with a trophy already won this season. Can’t deny that Liverpool are a perfect match to counter our style of football. Klopps building a good team and they will be dangerous next season, let’s just hope we don’t shit ourselves at Anfield.

 

[Peggy's a blue]

League is in the bag . We have to prioritize uefa from here and out .

Fair comment, however the dippers are up in arms because they play Everton on the same day we play rags, they are saying we will recover better because our game v rags is five hours later, don’t understand what they are moaning about to be honest ;-)

 

[SPIDERBOY]

My preference was Seville,Liverpool then Roma.....not worried one bit about this,think we'll win comfortably over 2 legs.

 

[bumbleblue]

Fair comment, however the dippers are up in arms because they play Everton on the same day we play rags, they are saying we will recover better because our game v rags is five hours later, don’t understand what they are moaning about to be honest ;-)

That would be the other way round surely??

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I know where you're coming from but beating our bitter Trafford rivals to win the league is not an opportunity that comes around every day. Whereas, whatever happens in the CL, we will get the chance all over again next year.

So you'd risk a treble just for the kudos of winning the league against the rags? That seems daft to me. The priority now is the Champions League, and we should do whatever it takes to ensure our squad is in prime condition for those games. We have 2 trophies in the bag, no matter what the derby result is.

 

[Homar]

FFS, it's the QF of the CL! What were you expecting, Preston North End?

2016/17 Semi-finalists: Monaco, Juve, Real, Atletico
2015/16 Semi-finalists: City, Real, Atletico, Bayern
2014/15 Semi-finalists: Juve, Real, Barca, Bayern
2013/14 Semi-finalists: Real, Bayern, Atletico, Chelsea

Of the past four years only 2014/15 were as strong. So historically this is a tough draw no matter how you look at it.

 

[kippax4ever]

Around 4/11 to qualify. Bookies clearly don’t fancy Liverpool’s chances.

Over 2 legs we really should have no issues the way we’ve been this season.

I think we’ll win both legs personally.

6/4 for us to win the tie,dippers 7/4..PP

 

[FrankSwift1]

So are both our fixtures confirmed?

So we play Utd on Saturday at 17:30
Liverpool play Everton on Sunday at 14:15

Quite an advantage for us if that's true.

 

[Peggy's a blue]

That would be the other way round surely??

I know, that’s why I said I didn’t understand what they were whining about.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Time Raz stepped up against them and the UCL is a good competition for him so it's the right time for him to do so.

Pep will need to get his tactics bang on for this one.

Quite simply I think we need to change our tactics for this one altogether. Play a lot deeper and hit a lot more long balls. Sterling’s presence would be utterly counterproductive. It will turn the place into a bear pit and he will wilt like he always does there. Play him in the 2nd leg of course, but I wouldn’t even take him to Klanfield. The worst draw we could have got IMO, not because they’re better than us, but because the way we play is tailor made for the way they play.