Why we will win the league!

Just noticed MOTD is on in a 30 minute program after our Leicester game on Monday night. What on earth are they expecting????
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I'm not sure how mentally strong they are as a group. Looking at Klopp over the last month or so I'd suggest not as strong as us. We came out of the Spurs defeat looking utterly determined not to let the league drop. I suspect they'd be the same but it's phycologically different to chase and it must be so fucking demoralising for them to keep seeing us win.

Still, overall, I want them to lose narrowly tonight. Maybe a nice 3-1 or whatever which keep their hope alive. To be honest I'm not greatly bothered if they win it as long as we win the treble.
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It doesn't matter what the result is as Barca can overturn any deficit with Messi in their team and Klopp will not be able to rest players in the 2nd leg. Perhaps if they have a 2 goal lead tonight he will make changes to his midfield three to their detriment on Saturday night, but he realistically has to play their first choice 11 in the next 4 games and try and get to the final and win their remaining league games.

The league has gone back and forth. Us playing first and winning, them playing first and winning, us with games in hand etc. I think in the past few games they have become too focussed on our results and trying to put us off and whilst that was fine against Huddersfield who are piss poor, they will have two days without a game before a tough trip to St James. The fact it is a late Saturday game on a bank holiday weekend will only make it harder and they then have only two days off before another game with Barca.

I had thought it would be a welcome distraction but in fact it is just more pressure in a different competition and mentally and physically it is tough. They rested players away at Belgrade and lost. At Wolves in the cup and at home to Chelsea in the league cup. They lost. Klopp knows he can't really make changes for any of the 4 games they have left.
 
blue b4 the moon said:
Hmmm we are down on CL VAR this season & much as I'd like to, I can't see anything changing with decisions next season.

We will get pens like the Burnley one & probably the Wolves goal wouldn't have counted but just think how many handballs/pens will be awarded against us.
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Yes but Salah will not be able to live freely in the land of offside anymore
 
supercity88 said:
It doesn't matter what the result is as Barca can overturn any deficit with Messi in their team and Klopp will not be able to rest players in the 2nd leg. Perhaps if they have a 2 goal lead tonight he will make changes to his midfield three to their detriment on Saturday night, but he realistically has to play their first choice 11 in the next 4 games and try and get to the final and win their remaining league games.

The league has gone back and forth. Us playing first and winning, them playing first and winning, us with games in hand etc. I think in the past few games they have become too focussed on our results and trying to put us off and whilst that was fine against Huddersfield who are piss poor, they will have two days without a game before a tough trip to St James. The fact it is a late Saturday game on a bank holiday weekend will only make it harder and they then have only two days off before another game with Barca.

I had thought it would be a welcome distraction but in fact it is just more pressure in a different competition and mentally and physically it is tough. They rested players away at Belgrade and lost. At Wolves in the cup and at home to Chelsea in the league cup. They lost. Klopp knows he can't really make changes for any of the 4 games they have left.
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Yes, I agree that LFC will definitely go full strength for all the games, but I'm hoping they might be a bit off pace mentally and physically against Newcastle if they are still in the Barca tie.

Since about January I have felt that the Champions League would lose us the league, or the other way round, and that we would win 3 trophies. It's looking good for that prediction at the moment.
 
blue b4 the moon said:
Hmmm we are down on CL VAR this season & much as I'd like to, I can't see anything changing with decisions next season.

We will get pens like the Burnley one & probably the Wolves goal wouldn't have counted but just think how many handballs/pens will be awarded against us.
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Was thinking more about the scousers losing points.
 
A few small injuries nothing that will keep them out of the 2nd leg but small enough that they’ll need resting on Saturday
 
Liverpool have proven themselves to be a lot mentally tougher than I was expecting although the draw at OT when they should have been much braver demonstrates a bit of a weakness. Hope Barca can make them look stupid tonight and it breaks their confidence a bit but I think our best bet is that they tire themselves out
 
I’d expect Liverpool to put the tie to bed tonight. 2 or 3 nil win. Barca are poor united could of been 2 up in 5 min.
 
Yeah, i can see the Scousers getting a result tonight,
I don't think it will have an effect on how they play at Newcastle I expect them to win comfortablely
 
Didsbury Dave said:
Yes, I agree that LFC will definitely go full strength for all the games, but I'm hoping they might be a bit off pace mentally and physically against Newcastle if they are still in the Barca tie.

Since about January I have felt that the Champions League would lose us the league, or the other way round, and that we would win 3 trophies. It's looking good for that prediction at the moment.
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I hope you are right! Without De Bruyne and with other injury issues I think the CL would have been too much. Ajax would have been a challenge, though I think we would have won both games. But perhaps something would have given way in the league because of that. Perhaps the wrong lineup at Burnley or this weekend.

Thinking about Liverpool more, I think anything other than a win would be good. The confidence they take from beating Barca would be huge and when you go amd lose a game or draw one it does take something special to pick yourselves us and go again. And they would have all attention on that Barca return leg at Anfield and possibly lose sight of what is required in the league.

For what it is worth I think they will beat Barca. I think Barcelona are overrated and quite weak beyond Messi. They have had to play him to get results against quite poor opposition this season. It isn't the same side of old, but he is the same if not better than ever.
 
Thomas Hearns said:
Barca 1 nil up first few minutes, red card for scousers early doors, spend the whole game working their socks off to contain Barca and concede a demoralising second late on. Injury to Salah too.
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An away goal keeps them in the tie, a 2-0 defeat probably doesn't, as its unlikely Barca won't score in liverpool.
 
cleavers I do so hope you are right, on that score. I do see according to ssn, the Liverpool fans are misbehaving yet again. No surprise there then, 6 already arrested with another being looked for, after throwing someone into a fountain in Barcalona. I just hope that the governing body of UEFA throw the book at them and kick them out of the European Champions League. After all that is now twice in just 2yrs.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
The discussion was about what Liverpool result tonight was best for City to win the league.
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I think the best result for us is a decent Barca win that doesn't kill the tie. Something like a 2-0 or a 3-1. At that point there's the demoralising effect of knowing you're 90% out of the tournament, but that 10% chance means you have to throw everything at the second leg.
 
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