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

Liverpool v City CL prediction

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Liverpool are pretty average team except their front 3 who are class,keep these 3 tight they will run out of steam and we will beat them ,going for 3-1 we are a much better team ,take 20 minutes out of the home game before we scored and 20 mins of brain farts out of the away game and we bossed Liverpool twice.
 
vmsuhail said:
Let's give credit where it's due. If it was any other PL team in the QFs, we would have been supremely confident. These lot are the only ones who can knock us out, and Anfield has a huge role in it.
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Not sure on either.
Spurs on current form are almost as good, and the reason Liverpool could beat us is nothing to do with the mythical Anfield atmosphere (except for big games and derbies - same as us really and most other clubs). The reason is simply that they are clearly the second best team, and they also have the ability to press, pace and counter attacking ability, all the ingredients that are supposedly needed against us.

Not to be negative, I think on form and either Silva / Kdb playing we are say 70% likely to win.
 
Incidentally did the mistake of reading the comments below a guardian piece on this match.

Like many other City supporters, beginning to really despise this lot to an extent close to or even more than manure fans. With the latter it's mostly the armchair fans that are annoying, but Liverpool fans really are like crazy, nasty cultists
 
asaluttar said:
Not sure on either.
Spurs on current form are almost as good, and the reason Liverpool could beat us is nothing to do with the mythical Anfield atmosphere (except for big games and derbies - same as us really and most other clubs). The reason is simply that they are clearly the second best team, and they also have the ability to press, pace and counter attacking ability, all the ingredients that are supposedly needed against us.

Not to be negative, I think on form and either Silva / Kdb playing we are say 70% likely to win.
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If we look at all our recent wins against Liverpool, it has come away from Anfield. It's not like we never win against Liverpool. We outplayed them in the LC final and 3 days later got thrashed 0-3 at Anfield. In this season, there is only 1 game our passing game was disrupted and we looked inferior to our opposition. Pep also acknowledged the crowd factor post match.

I expect this game to be like the one in 2013/14, where our every touch was booed from start to finish. The team will have to be mentally prepared for a very hostile atmosphere.
 
I think the European ref could be a serious boon for us for once. If Sterling does play he will get far more protection than he did in January.
 
TravisBickle said:
The defeat at Anfield was without Dave and they had a whole week to prepare, whilst we had a League Cup SF that week.
They will get their arses handed to them this time around.
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This time round they've had a trip to London for a challenging match 4 days before our game. Our more local game was over at half time.

Also, Liverpool had a Premier League game immediately prior to the international break whilst we were coming back from 5 days in Abu Dhabi.

Last time their intensity got the better of us for 10 minutes, this time will be different.
 
Jesus completes passes which Aguero doesn’t even see. In a game where we need to make sure not to give the ball away cheaply we can’t afford to have Sergio running into dead ends with his head down.

Jesus v Pool
Serg v Rags
 
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