Liverpool (H) - Carabao Cup 4th Round - Thu 22nd Dec, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[JewelZee]

Seems like none of our players who reached the Quarter finals have reported back to City yet. A few were on a flight back from New York this morning.

Reckon the team will be:

———————Ortega——————
Lewis——Akanji—Laporte—Gomez
———————-Rodri———————
——de Bruyne———Gundogan——
Mahrez———Haaland——-Palmer?

Never seen Palmer on the left before but have no idea who else will play there?

Fuck knows who’ll be on the bench?!

One cannot match Gomez up with Salah. There has to be a better plan. Ake is available...

 

[footballmanager]

i miss club football, international football is very emotional but mostly a mess. cant wait to see properly drilled teams doing their thing. not too bothered about the carabao but its liverpool so lets try to win this

 

[Groke]

Still plenty of tickets left. Can't believe we haven't sold out after no football for a month

Not sure what people expect, families struggling to pay bills, just before Christmas and city go and price the tickets at PL rates - they are so out of touch at times.

 

[Ric]

One cannot match Gomez up with Salah. There has to be a better plan. Ake is available...

I’d much prefer to see Ake at left-back for this one, but think Guardiola will select Gomez. Leaving him out in these circumstances would probably wreck his confidence.

 

[city saint]

Not sure what people expect, families struggling to pay bills, just before Christmas and city go and price the tickets at PL rates - they are so out of touch at times.

plus probably half a team against there first 11

 

[richards30]

ortega
lewis
akanji
laporte
ake
rodri
gundogan
de bruyne
mahrez
palmer
haaland

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Looking like it will be

Ortega
Gomez
Ake
Akanji
Lewis
Rodri
Kdb
Gundo
Mahrez
Haaland
Palmer

If that’s the team we’ll get gubbed

 

[Thornliebank]

I am hoping that City come out and go after Liverpool. The slow, multi passing build up play that works over a season generally does not transfer well to the hurly burly of a one off knockout tie.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

If that’s the team we’ll get gubbed

Thank Fuck Steffan is not here

 

[Blue Maverick]

I don't think I've had as little interest in a City game since last Saturday against Girona.

How this game was ever sanctioned I have no idea, 4 days after the WC finished, utterly ridiculous, we'll put out a reserve team, lose, and the media will wank themselves silly over it.

Happy to be proved wrong, but I doubt it.

But it’s the same for Liverpool at least we are at home,if it was at Klanfield I think we would lose however Haaland will be well up for this so I think we will squeeze past them.