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

[Blackcrowes]

We are long overdue a victory at Anfield - I have a very good feeling after yesterday. I just hope we get an early goal like yesterday to shut them up. Hope they give us the welcome from Hell - we will be ready. Come on City. Not sure I will be walking back to my car through Stanley Park if we do stuff them - lol

 

[Rammy Blue]

We will win on Weds.

 

[HarrytheBlue]

I posted in another thread I had a dream about this game but only the last 5 mins plus injury time which was also 5 mins their keeper sliced the ball into his own net to make it 2-1 to us,my son turns to me after it’s over and says shame about the three penalty misses,I never bet on us as I always think I am putting a hex on us,but this time I am convinced it will be 2-1 so will be putting some money on it..

I too have had dreams about this match - sometimes the game is being played on a local playing field and I'm running through the streets to get there - I get there with five minutes left. Nutty dreams....... I'm married, five kids and three grandkids, but I get consumed by the big games. Not your typical grandparent.

 

[cadds92]

If we have fifteen - twenty proper shots with a good proportion on target, Karius will not be able to cope. Liverpool are pinning everything on Salah who is freakishly physically strong, has good technique, and is an adept finisher but he does not have scary pace. Cut off the supply !!

Salah is absolutely lightning quick mate.

 

[deano ou812]

I too have had dreams about this match - sometimes the game is being played on a local playing field and I'm running through the streets to get there - I get there with five minutes left. Nutty dreams.......

Hahaha yeah most likely a load of bollocks,but for once I will go with this and stick money on 2-1 to us,hope I lose and it’s more like 4-1 to us :-)

 

[HarrytheBlue]

Salah is absolutely lightning quick mate.

He's certainly not in the top ten quickest. I haven't seen a top twenty list. When I've seen him he hasn't looked like a leg race merchant, but quick with the ball at his feet. He rolls defenders and keeps the ball in tight situations. As quick as you'd expect from a striker, but not super quick.

 

[wagonman]

Salah is a brilliant player and, if what I read about his off pitch work is right, a really good person with it.

He is the only one I worry about on their team though.

I believe we have better players than them in the vast majority of positions.

Apart from ten minutes of madness, we have outplayed them so far this season (including BEFORE Mane's sending off).

I feel certain we will play our way into the semi-finals of this season's CL.

JJ

 

[HarrytheBlue]

Well I would. But I'm not Pep.

I'm pretty certain that Pep doesn't buy self fulfilling prophecies. If he doesn't pick Raheem it will be for purely tactical pattern of play reasons. Raheem's paid by City to play football games and Pep's paid to coach him. Pep doesn't see the game the same way as fans do. He's a genius. We're not.

 

[SapperBlue]

I'm pretty certain that Pep doesn't buy self fulfilling prophecies. If he doesn't pick Raheem it will be for purely tactical pattern of play reasons. Raheem's paid by City to play football games and Pep's paid to coach him. Pep doesn't see the game the same way as fans do. He's a genius. We're not.

Think after yesterday Pep will play him but it will be after he's had a little chat with him about wether he's going to play like yesterday or he's going to make Pep very upset and let the scousers get to him because Bernardo is in the wings ready to step in.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Whichever team doesn’t play very well will lose. Sounds trite, but often these big games cause one teamto not perform as you might expect. I don’t see City as the team under all the pressure in this game. If we experience pregame pressure, it will be in the home leg.

I think City can, and will, win both legs. However, as long as we score and don’t lose by more than one goal at Anfield, I can’t envisage any way we lose over two legs.

My fear, of course, being a City fan for 50 years, is that this turns into the worst week of the season against our two biggest foes, rather than the best week of the season! Hard to shake ones own ‘istree with a team, but if I was going to, this week would be the perfect one for it to start. We have never had a better team and coach in our ‘istree and I think City are creating their world class ‘eritage with every game.

After watching the Everton game and Pep’s team management, I expect Pep to switch Danilo for Sterling and play a 5-4-1/3-4-3 formation. They have to attack us. Pep will blunt that and have the team built to counter attack them. We need one goal and have to stop them from scoring more than one more than we do. After that, it is about winning at home. If a team can’t do that in the QF of the CL, then the SF is beyond them.