#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:10:13 GMT
(The Guardian) So Liverpool play their familiar first-choice XI. United, meanwhile, play both Brandon Williams and Luke Shaw, presumably as some kind of Alexander-Arnold neutralising double-left-back combo.
It’s looking like another bad weekend for the Liverpool-chasers: Manchester City having drawn yesterday, Leicester are currently 2-1 down at Burnley, with nine minutes (plus stoppages) remaining. ( Update: Burnley have indeed beaten Leicester by two goals to one goal.)
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:11:23 GMT
(The Guardian) Here are the highlights of Solskjaer’s pre-match interview with Sky: He got a couple of knocks again and jolts when he came on against Wolverhampton. He’s aggravated his back, he’s had some trouble before, and of course we’re going to give him time to recover and rest before we put him back on the pitch. He’s always recovered quickly before, so let’s hope he does that again. I wouldn’t expect him to be back in the next few weeks. I think we’ve got a way that ... we have to come to a difficult place, to play against a very good team, and we have to try to maximise the players we’ve got. I think we’ve got a chance to give them some trouble with the way we’re playing.
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:12:07 GMT
(The Guardian) Roy Keane, part of Sky’s team, is already angry. “I can’t say what he said off-air,” says Graeme Souness. Here’s what Keane said on air: When I see people like Shaw coming back into the team ... the nearer we’re getting to kick-off the more worried I’m getting actually. I think I was fine about two hours ago. Do you know what, I look at the players, I look at them getting warmed up, and I see their silly hats. Do you know what, it’s as if their mindset is let’s not be beaten. That negative talk already. I’m worried, I have to say.
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:26:07 GMT
(The Guardian) Matt Dony is worried. Nay, terrified: “Having spent so many of my formative years watching United hoovering up trophies and swaggering to titles, they’ve got me in a kind of Stockholm Syndrome situation,” he writes. “On the one hand, the way they’ve fallen apart in the post-Fergie years is obviously enormously entertaining. But on the other hand, it just seems somehow wrong and unsettling to see them playing listless, goes-nowhere football, and flirting with mid-table mediocrity. They still have some lovely players to watch, but my word they also have some average ones. And yet, I’m terrified about this game. They’re still ‘United’. Liverpool’s run has to end sometime; I have no problem with that. But please, not against United. They still bang on about ending The Invincibles’ run. Having little else to cheer about these days, I simply can’t imagine how many ties we’ll have to hear about today should they win.” ...Mr Dony, sir......is that understood?
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:27:26 GMT
(The Guardian) Here’s a snippet from Jurgen Klopp: Our fans know that we take each game 100% serious. So we can’t be even more serious today. It’s all good. In the last game [in October] I didn’t see us there in the first half. Here today we can be a completely different animal, and that’s what we have to show. And then, it’s a football game against a strong opponent and we want to win the game.
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:29:58 GMT
The teams are heading out onto the pitch; once more, the Leviathans of England - connected by the East Lancashire Road - meet again on the pitch, 90 minutes ahead that could determine the fates of both sides. For Liverpool, another chance to tighten their grip on what is increasingly becoming a title-winning campaign; for United, a chance to potentially throw a banana peel or two into the works.... We shall know in 90 minutes. Time....for some football. liverpool scarf-1 liverpool scarf-1
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:32:04 GMT
....and we are underway from the L4!
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:33:19 GMT
(The Guardian) 1 min: United are indeed fielding a back four. Alisson scuffs a pass to Robertson, which goes straight out of play for a United throw-in.
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:33:47 GMT
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:34:45 GMT
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:35:52 GMT
(The Guardian) 4 mins: United have started encouragingly. They win a free-kick on the right, which Pereira crosses in and Van Dijk cuts out.
“Please Roy, what would you do in Ole’s place?” wonders Mary Waltz. “Your top scorer is out. Your two best midfielders, McTominay and Pogba, can’t or won’t play. Your facing the best team in the UK and Europe on their home turf where they have not lost for 51 fixtures. You parked the bus at Old Trafford and earned a tie. the best result against Liverpool this season.what other choice does Ole have?” Yeah, but hats.
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:36:37 GMT
(The Guardian) 5 mins: Matip sends James scurrying into space on the right, but his low centre is cut out by Van Dijk before it can reach Martial. That looked a decent chance, but the cross was not great.
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:37:26 GMT
(The Guardian) 6 mins: Liverpool attack, but they too hit a poor pass, which forces Mane out wide. He lays back to Robertson, whose cross deflects behind for a corner.
7 mins: The corner isn’t up to much, and as Liverpool try to recycle the ball Alexander-Arnold shanks a left-footed crossfield pass out of play.
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:39:48 GMT
|
|
#1979e6
MatchDay Commentator
3
0
1
939
Webster
20,257
May 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
May 2018
webster
|
Post by Webster on Jan 19, 2020 16:40:24 GMT
(The Guardian) 8 mins: Wijnaldum heads a bouncing ball, which Matic tries to beat him to with a boot. The Serbian doesn’t get anything on the ball and not much on the player either, but Wijnaldum makes the most of it and the referee gets a card out.
|
|