Liverpool (A) - Sun 1st Dec, 16:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[Blumers Bloomers]

Seen that midfield and could weep . Come on City surprise us all!

 

[heslops barnet]

Might just put the Xmas decs up and fuck this game off to be honest, Pep just isn’t giving us a proper chance imo

Pep doing a Pep …….

 

[Chak19]

I think it's a bit deeper than that. Even at his best Ederson represents risk and complexity. Ortega represents simplicity and sturdiness. He is a good choice for a game where we genuinely have good reason to think that we may face more shots than we ever have in a Pep game before. We've been a fucking mess lately and we're away to the world's most in-form team.

Good point about the amount of shots expected.

 

[youngbob]

No Grealish, no De Bruyne, no Savinho. Why?

Just absolutely nothing going forward. You're asking Haaland to bag with the two chances he'll get in the entire 90 mins. This is gonna be a long, long afternoon. If we come out of this with anything better than a 3-0 defeat I'll be surprised.

 

[eastmanc]

The De Bruyne situation is beyond a piss take now. He's still our best midfielder for producing moments of brilliance.

When is he going to be properly fit again?

 

[TinFoilHat]

We're going to rough them up and beat them.

It's not gonna be pretty but I'm still feeling confident.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

Weird, I thought he'd start for sure.
Unless the plan is keep it tight for 60 and hope he makes an impact last 30.

Pep never seems to plan for subs though. Not looking forward to this but hoping I’m wrong.

 

[Gigant]

This is probably the weakest City midfield since 2007

 

[Xhavenjoe]

That says 5-2-3 to me.

What sort of a scoreline is that?

 

[Chak19]

We're going to rough them up and beat them.

It's not gonna be pretty but I'm still feeling confident.

A midfield of Gundogan and Lewis ain't roughing up anyone mate.