Liverpool (a) pre-match thread

[SouthStandStander]

what time will team selection be announced?

Same as every other prem game. 1 hour before kick off.

 

[Dax777]

I hope we play Sterling. We can't keep mollycoddling him every time we play them. Time for Raheem to ram it down their scouse throats, and no better time than today.

He'll play. Pep has almost guaranteed it in his Presser

 

[Segga]

Heresy, I know, but I'd have Aguero on the bench for this one and play no recognised forward, with Bernardo/Silva/Sterling rotating, instead. I think we played some of our smartest domestic football last season in the first half against that lot at the Etihad. Alas, on the day we failed to take our chances and ultimately paid dearly, but I think that system would give us the numbers in midfield and cause concentration problems for Liverpool's defenders.

I think he tried it against Liverpool in his first year and it didn’t work. The idea is right though, we need players who can retain the ball under pressure from the press.
Ederson
Walker stones Komany Laporte Mendy
Silva Fernandinho Silva
Mahrez
Aguero

 

[WEMBLEY76]

Would love Raheem to score the winner at the Kop in the last minute with a worldie to show just how much he has improved in 3 years.

 

[mat]

Would love Raheem to score the winner at the Kop in the last minute with a worldie to show just how much he has improved in 3 years.

Followed by the throwing of bottles and pitch invasion. Sterling banned for 6 months and city deducted 40 points for inciting the crowd!

 

[northwichblue]

Try to ignore the constent booing, and jeering every time we lose the ball

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Heresy, I know, but I'd have Aguero on the bench for this one and play no recognised forward, with Bernardo/Silva/Sterling rotating, instead. I think we played some of our smartest domestic football last season in the first half against that lot at the Etihad. Alas, on the day we failed to take our chances and ultimately paid dearly, but I think that system would give us the numbers in midfield and cause concentration problems for Liverpool's defenders.

It's a very legitimate argument, they didn't know who to pick up.

Pep has also done it with Barca down the years when he played Messi much deeper, certainly in that famous semi-final win over Madrid at the Bernabeu.

I would say that we might see Sergio playing far closer to the midfielder, effectively making it a six across the middle out of possession, rather than pressing them high.

There is no need for us to press them high, as they want us strung out back to front.

Aguero also showed with his great goal and running from deep against Brighton that we could easily take it in turns to make interchangeable runs, meaning their full-backs also don't have much space to run in to.

The only other time I saw this work to perfection was away at West Brom on Boxing Day under Pellegrini.

 

[Gabriel]

Try to ignore the constent booing, and jeering every time we lose the ball

Suggest you don't visit the match thread then... ;-)

 

[SebastianBlue]

Suggest you don't visit the match thread then... ;-)

Boooooooooo!

 

[stan bowles]

Zinchenko as LB today, very comfortable on the ball and rarely loses possession at the back (where Liverpool hoover up mistakes).

Yes, but what about his ability to defend ?