Too early in the season to be gung ho at the emptihad, we already hold a 5 point lead over them so the real pressure is on them to close it, we could potentially have opened the gap to eight and that my pedigree chums will be unassailable even this early, so for me Iād be going into this game with as rock solid a midfield as possible, they will obviously target our back four and see it as our weak point,
This is where I think Matip will come back in even if heāll be a bit rusty, his experience is invaluable and no disrespect to Nat or Rhys they just donāt have enough game time behind them for this type of opponent,
Up top will be interesting, will JĆ¼rgen play Jota instead of Bobby? I donāt think he will, heāll stick with his tried and trusted trio, that is no slight on Diogo, heās been awesome but if we can get our passing game going we can run them ragged then bring Jota on when they are tired, up the tempo and run at them,
So midfield, canāt see Thiago making it but if he does heās a shoe in as is Hendo, and probably Gini, if not Iād go with Jones, Iād even consider Milner albeit that would thwart creativity,
Being without Virgil for me addresses the balance between us, Jesus for me has never really been a threat, Iām more concerned about KDB and that horrible little diving kunt Sterling, they are without Kun Aguero which leaves them a bit toothless up top and I think we will be fine defensively,
Which leaves our last player who I believe is the best in the world and that of course is Herr JĆ¼rgen Klopp, he for me is in a different league tactically wise to Pep, Pep more than once has been caught out using tactics inept and believe it or not naive against lower opposition,
Itās why he will never conquer Europe with Shitty, and I honestly believe he will NOT Win another domestic title either, anyhoo, who gives a F**k about that ?
Most Likely........
Allison
Trent Matip Gomez Robbo
Jones Hendo Gini
Salah Bobby Mane
But Hopefully.......
Alisson
Matip Gomez
Trent Robbo
Hendo
Thiago Gini
Salah Bobby Mane
Bench; Adrian, Phillips, Milner, Jones, Jota, Naby, Shaqiri
A real tight cagey affair with lots of controversy, refs will brick it as usual, Var will make unsavoury decisions, might even be a red card or / and a pen, I still make us slight favourites even without Virgil, cos JĆ¼rgen is a genius, Pep isnāt,
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