Liverpool (h) CL QF pre-match thread

[lasereyes]

I think they’d try and sit back and see if they can hold us off or be in two minds whether to go for it or sit on thier lead ... they (and their current manager as well) are poor at game management if anyone has noticed so I think in all this start-stop start by them we will score two quickly ... then get hold of the game and control it and add a third just before half time ... that’d equal the tie 3-3 and then second half will be a shootout ... we will simply have to score one more than them ... and if we have scored 3 in the first half, no reason why we won’t have the belief to score another 3 in the second if needed ...

I think Pep should prepare the team (and all of us should be mentally prepared for this as well) that we need to score 5-6 goals tomorrow ... get 2-3 in first half and that will be great help but if we go with that frame of mind (at least that’s how I’m going that we need 5-6 and WILL be scoring that many, as we have many times this season already) then their goal or two whenever it comes won’t and shouldn’t dampen us and we should continue to get behind the team ... the players too should not bother if they get a goal and just have their own goal in their minds (of scoring 5-6) and keep going ...

The only thing I’m worried about is our fans starting to sigh and ooohs and aaahs loudly if and when they score one goal ... I’m afraid that we’d give up at that point and that energy can transfer on to players in the stadium ... already lots here don’t believe that we can do it ... stay at home if you think we can’t score 5-6 tomorrow ... I’d rather have those empty seats around me than those moaning and sighing and groaning loudly at every missed chance of ours or if dippers score ...

C’mon City ...
Let’s. Do. This. !!!

Not correct - if they score, we have to beat them by 4 clear goals. Also disagree on the game management - Klopp did a pretty good job last week in the 2H. We of course should have had a penalty and possibly a goal by Jesus, but if we had managed Sat's game as well, we'd be Champions right now.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Yep, just getting my voice back from Sat, first half in SS3 was best for a while. Been on the their forums and they reckon theyre gonna have thousands in our end......muppets

if thats the case there will be a lot of fighting tomorrow

 

[Bluekiwi]

I think they’d try and sit back and see if they can hold us off or be in two minds whether to go for it or sit on thier lead ... they (and their current manager as well) are poor at game management if anyone has noticed so I think in all this start-stop start by them we will score two quickly ... then get hold of the game and control it and add a third just before half time ... that’d equal the tie 3-3 and then second half will be a shootout ... we will simply have to score one more than them ... and if we have scored 3 in the first half, no reason why we won’t have the belief to score another 3 in the second if needed ...

I think Pep should prepare the team (and all of us should be mentally prepared for this as well) that we need to score 5-6 goals tomorrow ... get 2-3 in first half and that will be great help but if we go with that frame of mind (at least that’s how I’m going that we need 5-6 and WILL be scoring that many, as we have many times this season already) then their goal or two whenever it comes won’t and shouldn’t dampen us and we should continue to get behind the team ... the players too should not bother if they get a goal and just have their own goal in their minds (of scoring 5-6) and keep going ...

The only thing I’m worried about is our fans starting to sigh and ooohs and aaahs loudly if and when they score one goal ... I’m afraid that we’d give up at that point and that energy can transfer on to players in the stadium ... already lots here don’t believe that we can do it ... stay at home if you think we can’t score 5-6 tomorrow ... I’d rather have those empty seats around me than those moaning and sighing and groaning loudly at every missed chance of ours or if dippers score ...

C’mon City ...
Let’s. Do. This. !!!

Are you allowed to take megaphones into the ground? With your positive and optimistic attitude amplified you could encourage other fans to make a 'tumultuous noise" that would scare the shit out of the dippers.

 

[lasereyes]

You need to take a break perhaps, as you are telling someone to grow up when you admit your whole posting is currently of a negative mindset.

How can anyone who has watched us this season say we don't have a chance.

There can no room for negativity for tomorrow, the fans have just as big a role to be in the right mindset as the players.

It's okay people saying what is written on here doesn't change anything, but negativity does spread and plenty of City fans want to try and make the difference tomorrow.

Agree - absolutely no reason to be negative. There are some on here who are writing our team off after 2 bad results, when there are 91 sets of fans who would exchange places with us in a heartbeat. I think Pep will have to do some thinking about game management and not always going 100% all out, but that to me is fine tuning. Others like Klopp and Mourinho have far more fundamental flaws in our team which is why we will be Champs in 2 or 3 weeks.

Personally I dont think we will do it tomorrow, but I give us some chance - maybe 20%. And if the boys go out and leave it all on the pitch, I will be proud of them whatever the result.

 

[lasereyes]

No one is going to admit to not going, but do you think all the blues will turn up? There could be a few hundred who might not fancy it?

Myself, I'm really looking forward to it now, as I feel we have nothing to lose. Pressure is off now. Shot to nothing. If we go out then all the bad news is out of the way, and we cn just concentrate on winning the league without any cloud hanging over us.

dream scenario would be Raheem scoring the winner, or the goal that takes us to Extra time. But I wouldn't start him. I'd start Jesus, Sane and Aguero if Aguero is fit.

If there are any LFC fans considering going in the home ends - do not do this. You are more unpopular than Man Utd fans now.

I think Aguero and Jesus together is a good shout. They looked dangerous when they came on in the derby and I think they compliment each other quite well. Also will present a challenge that Liverpool haven't seen before either. Then Raheem coming on if we are chasing the game in the 2H and running at Robertson and the rest of the defence could also work well.

 

[cadds92]

 

[urban genie]

I think Aguero and Jesus together is a good shout. They looked dangerous when they came on in the derby and I think they compliment each other quite well. Also will present a challenge that Liverpool haven't seen before either. Then Raheem coming on if we are chasing the game in the 2H and running at Robertson and the rest of the defence could also work well.

We played them together in the 5-0 with 3 at the back and wing backs, sterling and sane were not picked that day,

 

[lasereyes]

We played them together in the 5-0 with 3 at the back and wing backs, sterling and sane were not picked that day,

yup you're right. All the more reason to give it a shot, I'd say.

 

[domalino]

But don't let two negative results provide the narrative for a season the Premier League probably won't ever see again.

We're talking potentially 99 points even dropping another four points.

That's the cat's whiskers;)

100 points very doable still. Draw with Spurs and knock off the lower mid-table fodder we've got to end the season and that's 100 points on the dot.

14 goals in 6 games to break the goalscoring record, should be done.

 

[paddyblue]

I hate to even mention the GPC but if that referee had been selected to ref one of their games after such an inept display in a previous game don’t you think he would have publicly objected?
Why is it at City we just keep taking the hits without protest? Why not openly complain about that thug Ashley tackle on Saturday?
Whilst I would never want to lower ourselves to the levels of Mourinho or Ferguson, it is clear that being “good sports” is not getting us anywhere with the FA/UEFA/officials. Maybe it’s time we went on an offensive of some sort and start drawing more attention to the horrendous injustices we routinely come up against.

You may just have a point there. The piss can did it for years often wrestling his side to a slight mental advantage over officials over media and opponents. In an ideal world, taking the higher moral ground and making it work would be the way to do it but as you say it’s not working for us. GPC would be fuming publicly over the dippers offside goal, our disallowed onside goal, and the 2/3 pens not given in the last two games again dippers and rags the fact that horrible cheating diving twat Ashley Young was probably lucky to even be on the pitch to try break Sergio’s leg. The fact we’re letting it go as we always do feels a bit frustrating. Like I said I’d rather take the higher moral ground but we’re being cheated at every opportunity cos the ****s know they’ll get away with it.

 

[MAG]

3-0 takes it to extra time and if it remains that after extra time then eventually pens ... this is the only scenario that takes us to extra time ...

If they score 1, then 4-1 takes them through (but this was being changed to only count away goals after the extra time, not sure if this is from this season? Can someone confirm pls?)

So basically we need either a 3+ goals win with a clean sheet or if they score then a 5-1, 6-2 or 7-3 takes us ...

I don’t see them scoring more than 3 at ours ... but I have a We feeling we are scoring a minimum of 6 tomorrow ... (and might be as many as nine if my nephew’s dream is something to go by).

We beat them 5-0 last time they came around, that was our second home game of the season ... since then these are our scores (home and away) a repeat of which would get us through tomorrow ... or at least into extra time ...

5-0 Liverpool H
4-0 Feyenoord A
6-0 Watford A
5-0 Palace H
7-2 Stoke H
3-0 Burnley H
4-0 Swansea A
4-1 Spurs H
4-0 Bournemouth H
4-1 Burnley H
3-0 West Brom H
5-1 Leicester H
4-0 Basel A
3-0 Arsenal N (Final)
3-0 Arsenal A

That’s quite a few no. of times we’ve done it this season ... so c’mon City!

And happy birthday Kompany!!

 

[super_city_si]

Say we win 3-0 and it goes to extra time. Do away goals count in extra time?

 

[MAG]

Say we win 3-0 and it goes to extra time. Do away goals count in extra time?

Yes they do ... that’s why I think playing away is advantageous second as you get an extra half hour to score that extra away goal ... plus if you score one in that extra 30 mins, the home side need to score two ...

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Is it true the ref and his cronies are Spanish?
this isn't going to end well. I can see it getting a bit feisty.

 

[SWP's back]

3-0 takes it to extra time and if it remains that after extra time then eventually pens ... this is the only scenario that takes us to extra time ...

If they score 1, then 4-1 takes them through (but this was being changed to only count away goals after the extra time, not sure if this is from this season? Can someone confirm pls?)

So basically we need either a 3+ goals win with a clean sheet or if they score then a 5-1, 6-2 or 7-3 takes us ...

I don’t see them scoring more than 3 at ours ... but I have a We feeling we are scoring a minimum of 6 tomorrow ... (and might be as many as nine if my nephew’s dream is something to go by).

We beat them 5-0 last time they came around, that was our second home game of the season ... since then these are our scores (home and away) a repeat of which would get us through tomorrow ... or at least into extra time ...

5-0 Liverpool H
4-0 Feyenoord A
6-0 Watford A
5-0 Palace H
7-2 Stoke H
3-0 Burnley H
4-0 Swansea A
4-1 Spurs H
4-0 Bournemouth H
4-1 Burnley H
3-0 West Brom H
5-1 Leicester H
4-0 Basel A
3-0 Arsenal N (Final)
3-0 Arsenal A

That’s quite a few no. of times we’ve done it this season ... so c’mon City!

And happy birthday Kompany!!

So we’ve won by a margin big enough to take us through in over 1/4 of our games so far?

That’s a better way of looking at it.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

I dont think our dickheads have killed anybody and today we play the reigning world champions I believe.

Please correct me if I`m wrong

 

[the plasterer]

I dont think our dickheads have killed anybody and today we play the reigning world champions I believe.

Please correct me if I`m wrong

Yep!!, quite correct

 

[rapidCT]

Preparing for an amazing night. 5-1, 6-2. No worries. I just woke up, going to play some football on the beach, after is fifa time waiting for the game. I m going to watch the game at my house with some of my friends (Arsenal, United, Chelsea, Villa, West Ham, Preston fans) and I ve promised them a game to remember. C'mon CITY!

 

[Harvster]

Stoke gave the tiger a bit of a prod the other month when coming back from 3-0 for a few minutes; that didn't work out too well for them

Liverpool have basically strolled into the lair/den laughing their heads off; let's see how it goes for them tonight

 

[ak93city]

I for one hope that fans don't embarass themselves by booing the Uefa anthem yet again.

There is no way uefa is going to lend any helping hand in terms of draws, fixture dates,referees or let a club which boos the competition win it.
And if anybody has any experience watching UCL they know how pivotal all these off pitch things are.