Liverpool (A) - Sun 3 Oct 16:30 | Pre-Match Thread

[Father Paul]

That wasn’t a dream. That was a nightmare!!

I'm not very confident about Sunday but fuck me I will not waste valuable sleep time getting terrorised by scousers.

 

[Craig]

Sunday isn't the time to rest your best players.Couple that with the consequence of Sterling starting.....and it would be a brainfart up there with Pep's classics.

Very much doubt he starts as Jesus and Foden are certs and Grealish is almost certain too. If he did start only place i wouldn’t mind him would be on the right with Jesus down the middle. Won’t happen but main reason I wouldn’t mind that would be to get Foden on the left and play with genuine width. Don’t like him playing as a false 9 one bit but obviously the team played well last week so expecting same again.

 

[alexmcity]

So they drew a game, that was a brilliant one by the way because they were thinking let’s save energy? Almost lost because they were saving energy to play a bag of shite in Europe on the Tuesday or do you think they were thinking 8 days ahead and saving this energy for us?

It was obvious that their pressing game was crap vs Brentford. When it's good, teams like Brentford struggle to come out of their half. Teams don't run and press in the same manner in every game. For instance, our energy levels vs Southampton were really poor. That the game between Liverpool and Brentford was brilliant doesn't imply that Liverpool were at their physical best. It's the opposite: they didn't close down Brentford well and allowed them to play and attack. Klopp knows well that the spin of his team is a bit oldish and that their energy levels have to be carefully managed if they want to avoid another collapse. They still could have easily won that game if they were more clinical in the 2nd half and more concentrated in defence.

Also, it's perfectly reasonable to manage the energy levels of the team when your entire game vs top teams is based on superiority wrt running and sprints. Liverpool will run much much more vs City than they did vs Brentford, does anybody doubt it?

 

[JPAMCR]

Weather the first 20 minutes, don’t shit ourselves and we’ll be alright.

 

[Plain Speaking]

there should be no excuse for tiredness etc as the dippers played on the same night and in portugal so that doesnt come into the equation.

Unfortunately they had an easier game and were able to substitute off key players early in preparation for Sunday.

 

[toffee balls]

Weather the first 20 minutes, don’t shit ourselves and we’ll be alright.

Not in Pep’s DNA - keep the ball , ride the tackles , hope for a fair ref , quieten the crowd and off we pop.

 

[Ancient Citizen]

Difficult one to predict, very difficult, a flukey deflection for City will do for me, but it'd be great to smash them, something
we're well capable of.

 

[balotellishaircut]

It’s games like this that I miss Vinnie in the changing room, he would definitely be shouting ‘it’s the first 20 min, they will come at us be strong” no mistakes lads, I hope some fucker else is shouting this.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

It’s games like this that I miss Vinnie in the changing room, he would definitely be shouting ‘it’s the first 20 min, they will come at us be strong” no mistakes lads, I hope some fucker else is shouting this.

Dias is the new vinnie

 

[Deleted member 77198]

It’s games like this that I miss Vinnie in the changing room, he would definitely be shouting ‘it’s the first 20 min, they will come at us be strong” no mistakes lads, I hope some fucker else is shouting this.

Yet he lost every time he played at Anfield

 

[Mike N]

It’s games like this that I miss Vinnie in the changing room, he would definitely be shouting ‘it’s the first 20 min, they will come at us be strong” no mistakes lads, I hope some fucker else is shouting this.

Im a huge fan of Vinnie but he used to get caught up in the atmosphere at Anfield. Always worried he’d get himself sent off.

 

[balotellishaircut]

Yet he lost every time he played at Anfield

I’m more in talking about his leadership skills and not his win ratio, we need leaders on the pitch tomorrow so everyone is focused.

 

[Tommybren2020]

Is there anyone by any chance who is selling one for tomorrow please fellow blue boys

 

[city saint]

It’s games like this that I miss Vinnie in the changing room, he would definitely be shouting ‘it’s the first 20 min, they will come at us be strong” no mistakes lads, I hope some fucker else is shouting this.

tbf we got battered in a few at anfield where he was in the team

 

[Blue and true]

Same team that started against Chelsea. If we resist their obligatory, high-intensity opening half hour, we'll beat them.

 

[Burtonblue]

Please please please no Sterling tomorrow Pep!

 

[Claytop]

Not the case. We've lost just 1 in the last 7 games against them.

0-0 2-1 18/19
1-3 4-0 19/20
1-1 4-1 20/21

plus the Community Shield win on pens

I meant United.

 

[Claytop]

Regarding Liverpool at Anfield, I feel like we’ve definitely adjusted our tactics from when we used to go there and get shocked in the first half hour. The tempo doesn’t need to be too fast and frantic, that’s what they’ll be hoping for.

Basically a repeat of the Chelsea performance where we were calm & controlled.

 

[Barry Conlons wig]

A lot of people are also not factoring that while Liverpool will lose Mane, Keita and Salah for Afcon, they are also likely to have to quarantine for ten days when they return.

There is also the likelihood Egypt want their squad joining up two weeks before the tournament.

Liverpool could be without three of their main players for up to six weeks.

And also Matip

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

The only way we lose this game is if the officials give them a game changing decision , it happens virtually every time we go to thier midden , there is always a lucky deflection or a once in a lifetime 30 yarder from on of their many water carriers to consider
If none of the above happens there is only one winner no matter what their crowd do , they are simply the inferior football team , the only players i would take from them is Robertson and Salah , the rest wouldnt make our bench including their thirty odd year old crocked centre back.
If its our day we win 2-0 or 3-0 if they get a "decision" or get lucky they could hang on for grim death and win 1-0
After the Chelski and PSG performances i am supremely confident , where as they have played the mighty Brentford and conceded three poor goals and a Porto team who's goalie threw four of their goals in, why are we worried about these f*ckers ? even Chelski were the better team with ten men the other week.