Man City Build Up

[Shaggy]

I mean, look at this. Amazing really. Remember under Brendan - and even Rafa a lot of the time - when we hardly ever got a result against the best teams in the league.

[memzey]

I think we are at risk of underestimating city here. We do have a good record against them but that in itself is not a good reason to think that we will "rip them apart" tomorrow. I'd be happy with a draw but wouldn't be surprised if either team wins.

[RedReet]

What was the defeat, City in the cup final?

[Chris]

As usual, like with our games v Everton, my biggest concern is the law of averages. We can't keep tonking them / not losing. We've got to lose one of these games sooner or later, it's just not realistic to keep winning them or getting good draws away.

In a purely footballing sense I'm confident, think we can go there and rip them apart tbh.

Yeah think it's 16 unbeaten v the good sides including cup games, that is utterly ****ing mental and totally not sustainable! But going to enjoy it while it lasts

[Daffy Duck]

I was just looking at the table to see how we could possibly go to first place with a win.
United go to Stoke, then home v Everton, away v Saints, then home v Palace before they come here. They're not dropping any points, are they? ****in unbelievable draw.

[Shaggy]

I think we are at risk of underestimating city here. We do have a good record against them but that in itself is not a good reason to think that we will "rip them apart" tomorrow. I'd be happy with a draw but wouldn't be surprised if either team wins.

Same. I'll be going for 2-2, and we could easily lose - they're a top side with loads of very good players. But they will come at us and so it's not hard to envisage us really tearing them apart either. I think our attack gives their defence more headaches than theirs give ours.

[Chris]

I was just looking at the table to see how we could possibly go to first place with a win.
United go to Stoke, then home v Everton, away v Saints, then home v Palace before they come here. They're not dropping any points, are they? ****in unbelievable draw.

They are probably a better version of Pep's Barca, they probably wont drop a point all season if we are honest.

[Daffy Duck]

I think we are at risk of underestimating city here. We do have a good record against them but that in itself is not a good reason to think that we will "rip them apart" tomorrow. I'd be happy with a draw but wouldn't be surprised if either team wins.

Don't think there's any risk of that from the players or the manager though I'm confident we'll be prepared and that we can thrash them, way more than Burnley next week.

[Daffy Duck]

They are probably a better version of Pep's Barca, they probably wont drop a point all season if we are honest.

That was my point

[dom9]

From the BBC

Coutinho out of Liverpool squad for City
Man City v Liverpool (Sat, 15:00 GMT)
The first bit of news from Klopp is that Philippe Coutinho will NOT feature against Manchester City this weekend.

Klopp on Coutinho: "We have to prepare him for the rest of the season and that is quite difficult with our fixtures and schedule. He agreed - he didn't want to just play 15 minutes.

Klopp on Oxlade-Chamberlain: "Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain can fit in a few positions. We want to have him on the pitch as often as possible. He is a very good football player which helps a lot. He fits really well in the squad.

[Bender]

From the BBC

Coutinho out of Liverpool squad for City
Man City v Liverpool (Sat, 15:00 GMT)
The first bit of news from Klopp is that Philippe Coutinho will NOT feature against Manchester City this weekend.

Klopp on Coutinho: "We have to prepare him for the rest of the season and that is quite difficult with our fixtures and schedule. He agreed - he didn't want to just play 15 minutes.

Klopp on Oxlade-Chamberlain: "Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain can fit in a few positions. We want to have him on the pitch as often as possible. He is a very good football player which helps a lot. He fits really well in the squad.

Champions League for Couthino then on Wednesday

[Fosterbloke]

Our first Champions League match is on Wednesday? ****ing hell life comes at you fast!

[Bender]

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[RedReet]

Not sure where I stand on this. It's good that Klopp is sending a stern message to Coutinho and the rest of the squad, but when I read 'He agreed - he didn't want to just play 15 minutes', I'm thinking, what if we need him for those 15 mins?

Anyway, means Ox should get a decent run out and Woodburn possibly get a cameo to build on his international form.

[Bender]

Our first Champions League match is on Wednesday? ****ing hell life comes at you fast!

This is Septembers Fixture List:
Manchester City A
Sevilla H
Burnley H
Leicester City A
Leicester City A
Spartak Moscow A