Liverpool (a) pre-match thread

[come-on-barney]

Not a good call on Sané

 

[kaz7]

 

[pudge]

You've diagnosed the problem (they will press) and possible solution (we should try to pass out of it) correctly. Yet you leave our best passing defender (Zichenko) off the squad entirely.

I find that strange.

Not strange to Pep though.

Zinchenko doesn't play a part in big games.

 

[argyle]

Mendy playing leaves Salah etc free reign to attack the left hand side.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Would’ve preferred sane on left instead but another googly from pep.
Come on city

 

[LIBlue]

Sterling inside left with Mendy bombing on then.

Sane an option at tired legs later like in the home win last year.

Hope so, sterling can cover defending better then Sane and help mendy bomb forward genius move by pep was hoping for something like this but I was guessing he’d play sane on the right

 

[paulchapo]

Hmmmm.....usual defeat from the dippers I fear.

 

[Dipsis_LTU_MC]

Like I said, both Sane and Mendy can't play together and never will.

 

[BigOscar]

Big call going for Mahrez over Sane, can't say I see any merit to it considering how they are both playing but hopefully Mahre takes the opportunity to really kick start his City career. Glad to see us looking to actually play our game instead of all the unnecessary tinkering Pep seemed to get into last year against them, that on the face of it at least looks like our usual 433. Gundogan being injured is probably a blessing on that front

 

[Quad]

Not a good call on Sané

Think it’s a good call his pace with 20 to go