Pre-Match: Arsenal V Liverpool (03/11/18 - 17:30)

In any given season a draw here would be a decent result for any team even if you are looking to win the title but the way City are playing and beating their rivals, we need to win here!

Arsenal have lost two league games this season only but those came against our challengers and they are still weak at the back. Soak their pressure up and kill them on the counter. A full week to rest and prepare for this one. 1-3 Redmen!!! 

If we can contain their potent attack then I'm convinced we can have some joy against their defence, we'll need to set up to counter attack them, I'd go with the following team:


Alisson

TAA Gomez VVD Robertson

Fabinho Wijnaldum

Shaq

Salah Bobby Mane


Fabinho and Wijnaldum will need to play more classic DM roles and our Fullbacks might be pinned back a bit more than usual which is why we need the creativity of Shaq to help our front three aided by Fabinho or Wijnaldum on a quick break

this should be a real cracker of a game the difference this season is that we have our best defence for a generation.
The last two games have shown we are definitely finding the kind of form that will scare the sh*t out of teams
Mo and Sadio with a couple each and another clean sheet.

I don't think Arse are as good as their recent form suggests.  They have played a few of the lessor teams to get where they are.  Having said that, their attack is functioning better than ours, but i think we can get at them and come away with 3 points

YNWA

Zaha made them look very ordinary and Leicester exposed them big time.

If we rock up, I can see us piling on the goals.

Try to get a couple of early goals by playing with intensity from the start and force them into mistakes at the back?? Best way to do that is for us to have a more industrial midfield than last 2 games, a midfield that consists of, Hendo, Wijnaldum and Lallana/Milner? And when things quiet down, we could bring on Fabinho.

Hoping to hit up 11th Street Bar here in NY for the game as a first timer. Would be a great match to pop the cherry.

Hoping to hit up 11th Street Bar here in NY for the game as a first timer. Would be a great match to pop the cherry.

Sorry what? To watch your first ever Liverpool game???

Sorry what? To watch your first ever Liverpool game???

Nooo first time at the bar haha. Isn't it the go-to pub in New York?

Nooo first time at the bar haha. Isn't it the go-to pub in New York?

 

It's small as F**k mate.you'll have to get there way early to get in,specially for a big game and it's a 1.30 p.m start,clocks not changed yet here. They do have a bunch of other official bars around the city/burbs and there's Carra's place which looks real good but ain't part of the official lot.There's also the irish-american club,which has some connection with the lot at Carragher's place, the addresses are listed here,https://www.lfcreds.com/reds/index.php/topic,25171.0.html.

 

It's small as f**k mate.you'll have to get there way early to get in,specially for a big game and it's a 1.30 p.m start,clocks not changed yet here. They do have a bunch of other official bars around the city/burbs and there's Carra's place which looks real good but ain't part of the official lot.There's also the irish-american club,which has some connection with the lot at Carragher's place, the addresses are listed here,https://www.lfcreds.com/reds/index.php/topic,25171.0.html.

Appreciate the link. May wind up just having some friends over to watch.

Appreciate the link. May wind up just having some friends over to watch.

 

Fair enough,thought you were a tourist!

Hope we smash the cockney cu*ts everywhere if only to give the freaks on ArsenalFamTV a F***ing meltdown.

This will be interesting, I would think if our attacking trio is on point we will bag a couple goals as Arsenal defending has been poor and looks like still have fitness issues going into the weekend. This will be a good test for our defending to see how far they have come because Arsenal do have quality up top. We have good success over the past few years and a win would be great for momentum and show we are serious about fighting for title.

As far as line-up I would like to see return of Gomez/VvD partnership and I can see Milner coming back in the middle with Gini/Fabinho.

-------------------Alisson------------------
TAA--------Gomez--------VvD------Robbo
-------Milner------Fabinho----Gini---------
---Salah-----------Firmino---------Mane--

Nooo first time at the bar haha. Isn't it the go-to pub in New York?

Only been to NY once myself so wouldn't know but I did go to Carragher's for a game and it was decent!

Defensive and attacking line ups are no brainers, so the midfield is crucial. Klopp has two flavours to choose from:

A) Shootout: Shaq Fab Gini.

B) Conservative: Milner Fab Gini.

I'd go with A. We can win any shootout with any team and Arsenal is more vulnerable on defense than we are plus our attackers are better than Arsenals. We win this and honestly we have to the way City is marching.

I don't think Arse are as good as their recent form suggests.  They have played a few of the lessor teams to get where they are.  Having said that, their attack is functioning better than ours, but i think we can get at them and come away with 3 points
YNWA

hope can you say their attack is functioning better if they mostly faced lesser teams?
Personally I think Arsenal are doing well, but we're doing better.

This will be interesting, I would think if our attacking trio is on point we will bag a couple goals as Arsenal defending has been poor and looks like still have fitness issues going into the weekend. This will be a good test for our defending to see how far they have come because Arsenal do have quality up top. We have good success over the past few years and a win would be great for momentum and show we are serious about fighting for title.

As far as line-up I would like to see return of Gomez/VvD partnership and I can see Milner coming back in the middle with Gini/Fabinho.

-------------------Alisson------------------
TAA--------Gomez--------VvD------Robbo
-------Milner------Fabinho----Gini---------
---Salah-----------Firmino---------Mane--

I'd go with that line up, good mix of experience and quality.

NB: Team no longer available

Shaqiri to enter at 65mins and spank their asses.

NB: Team no longer available

Shaqiri to enter at 65mins and spank their asses.

Where did you get that team selection idea from 

Where did you get that team selection idea from 

to be fair, it picks itself

Hoping to hit up 11th Street Bar here in NY for the game as a first timer. Would be a great match to pop the cherry.

I’ll meet you there.  I’ll be the guy in the grey Gerrard shirt.

to be fair, it picks itself

Gomez could move to right back with Lovren at centre. Henderson could come in and Shaqiri is definitely pushing for a start.