First thing to note about this game from a defensive perspective, we don't deal well with crosses they cross the ball 60 times + a game. Johnson and Flanno will probably start for us and I can't say I have the greatest confidence in either of them preventing these crosses raining in. My gut feeling is that if they manage to get 60+ crosses in that they will score a couple against us, or definitely get a penalty with the way we defend them so we must do something to prevent what appears to be their only plan.
Thankfully though, while we have a big worry at the back, we don't going forward. From midfield to defence they are utter sh*te and while they may score a couple against us I fully expect us to score at least 3 against them. The only chance they'll have is if the ref allows them to be dirty fuckers all game, we should be appealing like madmen the moment a half tasty challenge goes in against one of our lads and continue those appeals throughout the game. Without dirty tactics their defence will not cope with the best attack in the premier league, we will cut them to shreds and we will score goals.
Debs is right they'll up their game, they'll also be expected to carry the fight to us and I feel that will work right into our favour, they have very little pace in their team and a lot of aging legs in midfield and defence. Expect Gerrard to block Rooney off from doing a lot of the tracking that he does and we should be able to counter in lethal fashion, the more we score the more desperate they will become and at the end of the game and they look up to the scoreline of 5-2 to LFC they are then permitted to fall on their knees and cry for a week, we of course want full video access to these pictures.
COME ON!
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