Manchester City vs Liverpool pre-match thread

[City_Sean]

Hart
Zaba
Kompany
Demichelis
Kolarov
Garcia
Fernandinho
Yaya
Milner
Silva
Aguero.

 

[bobmcfc]

I think it will certainly be a game of two halves


;)

 

[madden150]

Liverpool are obviously very strong going forward but so are we and their defence is shite at times, we can get at them and if we get through the first 20 mins without them scoring, i'm confident we can get something. The first quarter of the game is key for me as they like to get at opponents early on. Would like to see the same intensity as the United game from the off, no team could handle it, let alone the rags.

 

[aguero93:20]

We can win this game.

What game?

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

Hart
Zaba
Kompany
Demichelis
Kolarov
Garcia
Fernandinho
Yaya
Milner
Silva
Aguero.

I'd swap kun for dzeko and bring him on at about 60

 

[kaz7]

I hope the team don't show as much fear as some of our fans are
The atmosphere will be intense but we have lots of big game players
A fast start is what we need,let them worry about us

 

[samharris]

We can win this game.

What game?

the one Im talking about.

 

[BringBackSwales]

We can win this game.

What game?

the game which is the title of the thread he is posting in

-- Sun Apr 06, 2014 1:20 pm --

big game players win big games, we have a lot more of them in our squad, I feel this is going to be a very big performance from City (and I think this is the game where it is really going to dawn on Liverpool how serious this is for them, I think Liverpool will be very nervous, get at them early and they may well implode, we have the players and the coach to do just that)

 

[samharris]

We can win this game.

What game?

the game which is the title of the thread he is posting in

-- Sun Apr 06, 2014 1:20 pm --

big game players win big games, we have a lot more of them in our squad, I feel this is going to be a very big performance from City

Glad someones on the ball.. thats not like you aguero93:20.. wassup??

 

[lasereyes]

I don't buy all this stuff about "Liverpool imploding" or "this is their biggest game for 2 decades". Wishful thinking. They play an instinctive kind of game and are on a rare run of form. That said, there is no reason we should feel over-run. We are also on a great run, notwithstanding the astonishing media coverage of yesterday's game (reading which you would think we were out-shot 8 to 1 not the other way round).

I think 8 out of our 11 picks itself. The only real choices are Kolarov vs. Clichy and which two out of Navas, Milner, Dzeko or Aguero we start with. I would definitely go with Kolarov - I don't think he is that much inferior to Clichy defensively (if at all), and that is more than compensated for by his devastating activity down the left wing. I can see his interchanges with Nasri and deadly deliveries (is there a better crosser in the Premier League?) causing havoc against a shaky Liverpool defence. And in sync with that, I am very tempted to pick both Aguero and Dzeko and go 4-4-2. I know this goes against conventional wisdom for a tough away game and we only need a point, but I think this is our strongest 11. Aguero has to start if he is 100% as he is simply our best out-and-out goal scorer and Dzeko is currently playing with good confidence (still misses plenty he should score, but his movement off the ball is a marked improvement from earlier in the season). I also think this may surprise Liverpool who are probably assuming we will play it conservative.

In short, best form of defence is attack. Not saying we should go kamikaze at them, but show them we have no complex about playing at Anfield.

-- Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:44 pm --

Also agree with the post earlier that our defence is going to be critical. I have been impressed with MDM recently - showing a lot of determination and also has distributed the ball well to create attacking opportunities. He and Kompany are starting to resemble the Kompany/Lescott partnership that won us the title.