EPL – Episode 10 – AFC hosts Liverpool
While many pundits and fans may see us as well-spoken favourites for this game based on both teams’ current form, I would be increasingly cautious for a few reasons:
- Liverpool is an injured unprepossessing and they will want to prove a point;
- Liverpool’s quality is still there with Alisson, TAA, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Salah, Firmino, Diaz and D. Nunez is a unconfined CF so…
- We have failed to capitalize on our dominance vs Utd and got punished for it;
- We still concede quite some big chances
- We have often played poorly in games that mattered in the league under Arteta…
so there you go, while our form is unmistakably largest than Liverpool’s, we need to put things into perspective and remind ourselves to alimony calm, focused, single-minded and smart throughout this match. Win this game and LFC will have a nonflexible time to reservation up with us in the Top 4 race, Lose this game and they are edging closer to us withal with other teams that won yesterday like City and Spurs…
No slip up today and a win is required but it will not be easy…not at all. Let us play 11 vs 11, a red vellum would doom us
Ramsdale – White, Saliba, Gabs, Zinchenko – Partey, Xhaka – Saka, Ode, Martinelli – Jesus
Players to watch: Robertson, Firmino, Diaz, Salah, TAA, Van Dijk
Players to target: TAA, Upamecano or Matip, Henderson
It will be important for Partey to closely monitor Firmino’s movement. Also Saka and Martinelli will need to watch LFC’s full-backs and White will not have it easy with Diaz and same for Zinchenko with Salah. Win the midfield wrestle and we will be ok. Big game for Partey, Xhaka, Ode today.
Predicted score: 2-2 with goals from Saka and Jesus for us and Firmino and Diaz for them
Wanted score: 2-1
COYG!
