I don't want to diminish the performance from last night as it was absolutely phenomenal but apparently they had their best Defender, best Midfielder and best Striker all missing from last nights game. Expect they will all be back for the return leg and we have to remember this is Liverpool, we do things the hard way. I don't expect us not to be in the quarter final draw but I'm hoping we come out and score early and put the result further to bed.
If we F**k this up we are fu**ed!!
Here we are, 5-0 up in a European Cup tie, with a home leg to come, and we're complaining about doing things the hard way?
It doesn't really matter whether or not we make changes. The trek to the toilet is 4 days later, and that game will be much the same as every other game against Mourinho. We attack they defend, boring the ars off everyone in the process. It will be no different until we come away from such a fixture with 3 points.
Personally I wouldn't rest anyone against Porto, the team is starting to reap the rewards of players playing regularly. If nothing else, we need to win the game to help boost our coefficient rankings for next season and beyond, which are still relatively low. And because we don't know how the next round will go.
I know changes will be made, but I'm sure they will be responsible changes, not the sort that see us concede 3 goals by half time and put us out of the cup, as happened the last time.
On the game itself, it couldn't have gone much better tbh. Once we got the first, it was a stroll. And far better than the last visit, a 1-1 borefest in the group phase 10 years ago. So we now go home, finish off the job, and look forward to the next round in 6 weeks time.
P.S. Philippe Coutinho, what's the score?
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