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Liverpool 1:2 Manchester United

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    Liverpool will start as favourites for this one. I hope that LVG resists the urge to tinker and we can carry on like we were against Spurs though

    I do fear a Fellaini red card though!
     
    If they play anything like last night we should win it on Sunday.
    Swansey dominated the first half and were unlucky not to score a few, the second half was better from Liverpool but they have to thank Swansey for that who turned into shite, seemed a bit worn.
    Sturridge was terrible, Coutinho was doing next to nothing. Sterling was energetic on the right wing, he's the biggest worry in my opinion since we are quite short of speedy left-backs.
     
    I can't remember how many times 'pool have been playing shit football and then given a terrific performance against us. Truth is that recent form goes out the window so many times in matches like this and I don't think this one will be any different.

    I'm confident we can go over there and get results.
     
    Judging by the score predictions there's a lot of optimism for us getting a win! :wenger: It'll take one hell of a performance to pull that off imo, as good as the Spurs first-half, if not better.

    I'll gladly take a draw. Liverpool will come flying at us from the offset, putting us under pressure all over the pitch which we always struggle with. The way we're defending, plus our very ropey away form, plus our history of never turning up at Anfield, could make it a very rough afternoon :nervous:
     
    Niall said:
    Judging by the score predictions there's a lot of optimism for us getting a win! :wenger: It'll take one hell of a performance to pull that off imo, as good as the Spurs first-half, if not better.

    I'll gladly take a draw. Liverpool will come flying at us from the offset, putting us under pressure all over the pitch which we always struggle with. The way we're defending, plus our very ropey away form, plus our history of never turning up at Anfield, could make it a very rough afternoon :nervous:
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    If we take a professional approach ie. don't get sucked in to all that "atmosphere" crap at the beginning of their home games then I think we should prove to be too much for them to beat. Take the sting out of the game early on and go from there, the longer it's 0-0 the better. It'll be interesting to see how they approach the game more than us; I don't think for instance we are going to go "Gung Ho" from the offset, it'll be a far more laboured approach and can imagine we'll slow the game down and try and contain them. Question is, will Liverpool? Sprinting out of the blocks could have just as negative an impact as a positive one. Don't get caught cold early on I think should be the aim.
     
    Liverpool 0-4 Manchester United

    Mata '6, Rooney '45 (P), 69, Henderson '57 O.G.

    ;)
     
    I'd take a long drawn out boring 0-0, if that's what it takes to stay ahead of Liverpool.
     
    Looking forward to this one, thanks to our last performance, and the result we got earlier this season against Liverpool.

    I doubt we'll return to the 352 we saw in the reverse fixture, more of the same please.
     
    Sparky Rhiwabon said:
    Liverpool will start as favourites for this one. I hope that LVG resists the urge to tinker and we can carry on like we were against Spurs though

    I do fear a Fellaini red card though!
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    We could quite easily have been playing against a far weaker Liverpool team if the ref did not bottle it last night. I only watched the second half, so will give the benefit to the Liverpool players for the first half, but in the space of about 5 minutes, Moreno, Can and Henderson did a number of blatant fouls that got a deserved yellow. However, when they did the same thing again, within minutes, they did not get a second yellow. I am pretty sure that is why Moreno got taken off. He had lost his head. Reminds me of Mascherano at OT all those years ago.

    Pretty sure that Fellani and Skrtel will be in each others face. Could go either way for a red, but usually find ref's side with the home team. I wonder whether Atkinson will have the bottle to book the divers. We know both sides have a few, but last night it was pretty poor from a number of Liverpool players, Lallana and Sterling in particular. Then we have Young on our side who I still think goes down to easy.
     
    Niall said:
    Judging by the score predictions there's a lot of optimism for us getting a win! :wenger: It'll take one hell of a performance to pull that off imo, as good as the Spurs first-half, if not better.

    I'll gladly take a draw. Liverpool will come flying at us from the offset, putting us under pressure all over the pitch which we always struggle with. The way we're defending, plus our very ropey away form, plus our history of never turning up at Anfield, could make it a very rough afternoon :nervous:
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    You could say that Spurs underestimated United. They probably thought we have no creativity or speed and therefore set up the way they did. Let us hope Liverpool do the same.

    Having seen them play last night (second half), I do not go with the myth that Liverpool are anything special and a team on top of their game. They looked pretty clueless in the final third.

    Being at home, they are slight favourites, but I am fairly confident on this, as I was with Spurs.
     
    Probably a draw this one. Gotta sneaky feeling City could end up missing out on a CL spot. What a turn up. LOL
     
    I wont be surprised if we lose this one. They are playing well at the moment and its an away game for us.
     
    They are playing well and will be hard to beat. If we play to the level we did against Spurs we won't be beaten. LVG has beaten them twice so far, they will be up for it but so will we. Score draw on Sunday I think, with a red card. It's going to be a huge battle, a lot at stake this time around.
     
    If we play the same or very similar team to the one that beat Spurs, I got a good felling in my bones. :D
     
    Crumpsall Red said:
    Liverpool have been playing better away from home, although they were shit last night. Draws at home to Bolton and Blackburn recently.
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    That's like using the Cambridge 0-0 to judge United's away form. Those FA Cup games create odd results with the underdog defending for their lives, risking little and playing for a 0-0.

    Three most recent home games in the league - Spurs, City and Burnley. All wins.
     
    Ramshock said:
    Why? Di Maria isnt in form and Mata was superb yesterday.
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    I thought Mata did well but he wasn't superb individually like Carrick/Blind/Herrera. I expect we'll need to play on the counter vs Liverpool and Di Maria has pace, he also did well vs Arsenal being being sent off.
     
    Niall said:
    Judging by the score predictions there's a lot of optimism for us getting a win! :wenger: It'll take one hell of a performance to pull that off imo, as good as the Spurs first-half, if not better.

    I'll gladly take a draw. Liverpool will come flying at us from the offset, putting us under pressure all over the pitch which we always struggle with. The way we're defending, plus our very ropey away form, plus our history of never turning up at Anfield, could make it a very rough afternoon :nervous:
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    That seems to be the case with all matches :)
     
    Whatever we do we must not lose this one....Liverpool will hit a brick wall soon but we must not give them 3 points!
     
    Red Devil BB said:
    If we play the same or very similar team to the one that beat Spurs, I got a good felling in my bones. :D
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    If you play the same team as versus Spurs I will personally come and polish your shoes. Blind at left back with Sterling playing RWB. What could possibly go wrong? Make it happen LvG, I mean Louis Harsh. :D
     
    Same thing was said about Townsend and Walker beforehand against Spurs. Blind could well get caught out for pace but he's experienced in the position, an intelligent player and was really good on Sunday. I think Sterling actually looks a bit wasted and lost as a wingback or maybe he has other things on his mind at the moment, like getting a fat new contract.
     
    If you are basing some confidence by comparing Townsend to Sterling then Spurs have done us a bigger favour than even I could have imagined. This game isn't being played at Old Trafford and Liverpool are not going to play like dumb rabbits in a headlight like Spurs did.

    Sterling's mind is on a big fat contract. The better he plays the more money he can demand. Starting with the 'game intelligent and positionally aware' but incredibly, incredibly slow Blind.
     
    We'll see I just think you've underestimated Blind, he actually has more experience as a LB for Ajax then in midfield. I do hope Sterling is at wingback because as I said he's a bit wasted there.
     
    Your question should be why is one of the best young talents in Europe being pushed out wide? Are there actually good players in the position he would normally take up? If so, bugger me!

    Blind could be as 'intelligent' as you want him to be. I have seen an Arsenal midfielder almost walk past him and the only 'tackle' Blind could offer was sitting on his arse while extending a leg out yet still being 2 yards away. It took me a whole 5 minutes to stop laughing at the goal that resulted.

    None of your intelligence is any good if one opportunity arises for the ball to be kicked 5 yards ahead of you down the wing, and those sorts of opportunities will arise. They may not have against Spurs, but that was Spurs. At Old Trafford. You're (or Blind will be) facing Liverpool, at Anfield. The team that nearly won the league and are on that form again.
     
    I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but Fellaini may actually be key this game. Playing as a third CM and timing his runs when the ball is played directly at him - as a tactic, not the tactic - against Can and whoever the RWB is and we will have a lot of joy. Young and Rooney in as close proximity as possible in those scenarios, with the RW as stretched as possible.
     
    Dumbstar said:
    Your question should be why is one of the best young talents in Europe being pushed out wide? Are there actually good players in the position he would normally take up? If so, bugger me!
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    Sterling can be devastating with his pace and dribbling ability, probably only Hazard is harder to stop in the league. I'd much rather see him toiling away at right wingback then as a forward running at the heart of our defence. Hopefully your manager obliges.
     
    royboy16 said:
    Yeap,your only as good as your allowed play.
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    True but there's 2 sides to that. Were they rubbish because we made them look rubbish or were we good because they made us look good? We'll need to see similar performances and results over the next few games to know either way but we played better than we have all season and anyone who thinks that was all down to Spurs is being silly.

    I said it a while back: our players and manager are better than theirs. If we sort ourselves out and play to our potential, we'll get 4th (at least) and there's not much they can do.
     
    ------------------------De Gea--------------------
    ---Rafael---------Smalling---Jones-------Blind--
    -------------------------Carrick-------------------
    ----------------Herrera-----------Fellaini----------
    ------Di Maria-----------Rooney--------Young--------

    This is it, I think this game will decide who gets top 4. Obviously a lot can change in the remaining games too with Arsenal and City both within reach who could also miss out, but I'd rather not leave it to "other factor and results". We can take care of business and secure a good finish by beating these on Sunday.
     
    I hate watching this fixture at any time, my least favourite of the season.
    Especially when I am far from confident about our overall form coming in to it and sure that the scousers will be even more fired up than usual.
    I would be happy with a draw, that keeps us above them.

    Maybe Falcao will cheer me up and 'do a Forlan'...but I won't hold my breath........
     
    Dumbstar said:
    Your question should be why is one of the best young talents in Europe being pushed out wide? Are there actually good players in the position he would normally take up? If so, bugger me!

    Blind could be as 'intelligent' as you want him to be. I have seen an Arsenal midfielder almost walk past him and the only 'tackle' Blind could offer was sitting on his arse while extending a leg out yet still being 2 yards away. It took me a whole 5 minutes to stop laughing at the goal that resulted.

    None of your intelligence is any good if one opportunity arises for the ball to be kicked 5 yards ahead of you down the wing, and those sorts of opportunities will arise. They may not have against Spurs, but that was Spurs. At Old Trafford. You're (or Blind will be) facing Liverpool, at Anfield. The team that nearly won the league and are on that form again.
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    The team that nearly won the league? Is it a new title or feature or something? I'd rather call it a team who did not win the league for almost 30 seasons, and bottled it when mattered most last season. You can also describe it as a team that was knocked out of Europe by Besiktas. To all the United fans: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls - we will win our 21st league title before scousers win their 19th. So the gap in trophies will only grow in the foreseeable future.
     
    Dumbstar said:
    Your question should be why is one of the best young talents in Europe being pushed out wide? Are there actually good players in the position he would normally take up? If so, bugger me!

    Blind could be as 'intelligent' as you want him to be. I have seen an Arsenal midfielder almost walk past him and the only 'tackle' Blind could offer was sitting on his arse while extending a leg out yet still being 2 yards away. It took me a whole 5 minutes to stop laughing at the goal that resulted.

    None of your intelligence is any good if one opportunity arises for the ball to be kicked 5 yards ahead of you down the wing, and those sorts of opportunities will arise. They may not have against Spurs, but that was Spurs. At Old Trafford. You're (or Blind will be) facing Liverpool, at Anfield. The team that nearly won the league and are on that form again.
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    For once I totally agree with you.Think United fans are in a bit of a high mood after Spurs result.Hopefully our (United) players won't lose their caution.
     
    This is the one fixture where it doesn't really matter about form, because both teams will give it everything. Liverpool are both brilliant and terrible at different stages in every game, whilst we have had plenty of false dawns like Tottenham.

    We have been fairly solid and being away from home LVG will undoubtedly set us up defensively. I don't think either side will get many chances, and neither of us exactly have prolific strikers at the moment to be certain of finishing them. I just hope for Rooney up top.
     
    Dumbstar said:
    Your question should be why is one of the best young talents in Europe being pushed out wide? Are there actually good players in the position he would normally take up? If so, bugger me!

    Blind could be as 'intelligent' as you want him to be. I have seen an Arsenal midfielder almost walk past him and the only 'tackle' Blind could offer was sitting on his arse while extending a leg out yet still being 2 yards away. It took me a whole 5 minutes to stop laughing at the goal that resulted.

    None of your intelligence is any good if one opportunity arises for the ball to be kicked 5 yards ahead of you down the wing, and those sorts of opportunities will arise. They may not have against Spurs, but that was Spurs. At Old Trafford. You're (or Blind will be) facing Liverpool, at Anfield. The team that nearly won the league and are on that form again.
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    Liverpool are struggling to score anywhere near the amount they did last season. Their last few goals have contained 2 worldies from outside the box by Coutinho and a jammy rick o' shea against Swansea. If United score there is a decent chance we get a result.
     
    I don't agree with people saying that Spurs was shite because they didn't turn up for the game. Football is a game with two teams and the reason why Spurs look shite is because United actually come up with a game plan to make them look shite. United press high up forcing them to play high balls which Kane wasn't able to receive any possession.

    Due to the fact that we made Spurs play in their own half, they couldn't performed.

    Now, if United were to made Liverpool play in their own half, who will be up front holding the ball for them? Sturridge and Sterling? Don't get me wrong, both of them have pace in their game and it will be a threat to our defenders but that doesn't mean anything if Swansea were able to contain them.

    Some were saying Blind does not have pace against Sterling but what I could recall in the World Cup, Blind was able to contain Sanchez during Holland vs Chile. Blind will not be a walk over for attacking threats. Townsend don't turn shite overnight.
     
    We outplayed Spurs that what made them shit. Can't stand Liverpool fans saying Spurs were shit and made the game easy for us, we will be hungry again to win at Anfield and when we beat them of course that will be because they are shit;) we will see. This game will very much decide who will be in top 4 this season.
     
    minoo-utd said:
    We outplayed Spurs that what made them shit. Can't stand Liverpool fans saying Spurs were shit and made the game easy for us, we will be hungry again to win at Anfield and when we beat them of course that will be because they are shit;) we will see. This game will very much decide who will be in top 4 this season.
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    Works both ways. Plenty of times on here United fans have been rationalising a Liverpool win by blaming poor opponents.
     
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