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

[youngbob]

What are we looking at here?

Ortega
Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gomez
Rodri
Gundogan, De Bruyne
Mahrez, Haaland, Palmer?

 

[JewelZee]

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

That's a good go. I'd take that.

 

[Ric]

Sounds like the english and portuguese lads are back in today

Yeah, that's a relief. He said six players were back today, so presume that's Walker, Phillips, Grealish, Foden, Cancelo and Bernardo? Someone mentioned the other day that Dias is injured. Is Ederson already back?

 

[meeesh]

Sounds like the english and portuguese lads are back in today

He said 6 came back in yesterday,that'll be the English lads plus Ake I reckon

 

[Ric]

What are we looking at here?

Ortega
Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gomez
Rodri
Gundogan, De Bruyne
Mahrez, Haaland, Palmer?

I think Laporte could possibly start.

 

[Sibierskii]

He said 6 came back in yesterday,that'll be the English lads plus Ake I reckon

Ake trained yesterday

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Just caught the end of his press conference, and Guardiola said the players who were at the World Cup are in better shape than those who didn't go, so still a bit of hope that we'll see a stronger XI than expected tomorrow evening.

I’ve said the same over the last few weeks, I’m a bit worried about what match-sharpness Haaland and Mahrez are going to have. Haaland has had a lot of muscle injuries already in his short career and this next month could be a big month after not playing for so long (6 weeks!)

 

[meeesh]

Ake trained yesterday

Yea,back in yesterday,and straight into training.

All 5 English lads,including Stones,as some keep wanting to omit him for some reason,will still have to report back in,so that makes him part of the back in crew surely ?

 

[HelloCity]

Mbappe back in training at PSG.

Tbh, I think our longer breaks will benefit us more later in the season. It may cost us the Liverpool game but we’ll be stronger in the PL and CL for it when the going gets tough.

 

[bluenova]

What are we looking at here?

Ortega
Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gomez
Rodri
Gundogan, De Bruyne
Mahrez, Haaland, Palmer?

I hope that Pep makes allowances for that defence. Leaving Cancelo up against Salah was a risk that backfired last time round, and clearly Lewis or Gomez haven't yet got pockets big enough to pop him inside.