Liverpool (a) - CL Quarter Final pre-match thread

[Armaan]

It'd be nice to win there for a fucking change.

I think we will this time. We're bound to win there eventually and this city team is the best this country has ever seen.

 

[ayia napa blues]

Any scoring loss by two goals or less I would be confident we could over turn it .

Score draw me thinks

 

[the plasterer]

bet your bottom dollar, they will play the best they have all season, just hope we decide to turn up at klanfield and give it a right go, up the blues, come on city!!

 

[TravisBickle]

City to win by at least 2/3 goals over the two legs.
David & Kev will simply pick them apart.

 

[BlueAnorak]

It all depends in whether we get the monkey of Klanfield off our backs. I don't think we can - especially Sterling who just can't get over it.
Let's hope we can.

 

[taleofbluehalves]

It all depends in whether we get the monkey of Klanfield off our backs. I don't think we can - especially Sterling who just can't get over it.

So play Bernardo?

 

[BlueAnorak]

So play Bernardo?

Well I would. But I'm not Pep.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Lalana picked up an injury against Palace. Unlikely to play apparantly.

 

[taleofbluehalves]

Stamford Bridge, Old Trafford, The Emirites, The Britannia, Goodison were all places we used to struggle. We’ve won at them all this season. It’s a mental thing. Anfield is the last one to go and it’s going on Wednesday.

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

...while David would usually operate on the left, connecting with Leroy, both of them supported by Laporte behind them. Plus Kevin would also be the man moving forward according to the play (the 2nd goal, for example), Ferna's positional awareness and discipline being the factor keeping the balances in midfield.

The team has reached an unbelievable level of chemistry and maturity. Players changing positions all the time, moving between the lines, moving in space, connecting blind between each other. Everybody is familiar with everybody's moves, everybody covers his teammate, and the way the team shapes during the match reminds me of Guardiola's final successive season at Barcelona: like no standard formation, players acting / positioning themselves in harmony and according to the demands of the actual play taking place in front of them. Ok we're not exactly there yet, still the progress is amazing...

We should not forget this was the first game after an international break during which the time spent on the training ground was extremely limited. Nevertheless the response of the team was fantastic -without even trying too hard. There were occasions when Everton were literally struggling to get the ball out of their box, just to fucking breath for a second, only to watch even our CBs participating in the attack. I mean Laporte himself entered their box and had a shot at Pickford...

The only way Liverpool can have a chance? Klopp totally removing the pressure from his players. They're not idiots, they know City are better. Of course they will try to apply all the psychological and physical bullying they can (they've shaped their modern identity around this thing, and they're proud of it...), of course they will rely heavily on the atmosphere created by the crowd. So what? City have nothing to fear. I said it numerous times, it's time to prove that this ridiculous thing called "the Anfield factor" (Guardiola himself mentioned after losing there 4-3 this season) doesn't work anymore. It would be hugely disapointing otherwise...

Indeed, we just need to keep our composure and believe in the system

I hope we take a two nil lead then keep the cnuts quiet for 60 minutes , let us see their special atmosphere then