Part 2
Liverpool.com: Forget El Clasico…
Joel Rabinowitz writes: “Sunday's clash between Liverpool and Manchester City is rightly being billed as a seismic event in the evolution of this season's Premier League title race, between two sides who have raised the bar beyond anything English football has seen before.
“In terms of traditional rivalries between historic institutions, Liverpool and Manchester United remains the most intense in the Premier League, while on a global scale Barcelona vs Real Madrid is of a similar calibre in its symbolic significance.
“But the dramatic demise of United since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement and the relative lulls both the Spanish giants find themselves in – especially compared to the greatest sides of years gone by – means that these rivalries are founded more on tradition than they are on actual sporting quality of the very highest level right now.
“That may change again in the future, of course, but since the start of last season at least, Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola's sides have been playing the best football on the planet. Here's why it's the biggest game in football today.”
That’s all for today – more weekend build-up tomorrow…
Not great if Ederson is out for the weekend. Bloody awful run of luck with injuries, though fair play to Walker keeping a clean sheet! Can anyone remember us having an outfield player in nets before? I seem to remember Tommy Hutch doing it and heading away balls in the box rather than catching them! But that was a loooooong time ago, when with 1 sub it wasn't that unusual.
Niall Quinn scored a goal and saved a penalty for us once I seem to remember
Ederson will play. Cheap trick.
Niall Quinn stepped up to the plate after Tony Coton had been disgracefully sent off against Villa(?) at Maine Road.
He'd scored for us in the first half and saved the resulting pen after Coton's dismissal.
As we've got no history, the above is probably a figment of my imagination.
The more pressing issue is the bald-one was not able to get to a comfortable lead early against a fairly mundane side and so be able to rest key players.
That plus one less day to rest and prep for Sunday.
Oh, and only a win being of value to Man C. Going to play into Liverpool's broadly attacking style of play.
Less than ideal.
It's hardly the first time we've had the odds stacked against us.
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posted on 7/11/19
Part 2
Liverpool.com: Forget El Clasico…
Joel Rabinowitz writes: “Sunday's clash between Liverpool and Manchester City is rightly being billed as a seismic event in the evolution of this season's Premier League title race, between two sides who have raised the bar beyond anything English football has seen before.
“In terms of traditional rivalries between historic institutions, Liverpool and Manchester United remains the most intense in the Premier League, while on a global scale Barcelona vs Real Madrid is of a similar calibre in its symbolic significance.
“But the dramatic demise of United since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement and the relative lulls both the Spanish giants find themselves in – especially compared to the greatest sides of years gone by – means that these rivalries are founded more on tradition than they are on actual sporting quality of the very highest level right now.
“That may change again in the future, of course, but since the start of last season at least, Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola's sides have been playing the best football on the planet. Here's why it's the biggest game in football today.”
That’s all for today – more weekend build-up tomorrow…
posted on 7/11/19
Not great if Ederson is out for the weekend. Bloody awful run of luck with injuries, though fair play to Walker keeping a clean sheet! Can anyone remember us having an outfield player in nets before? I seem to remember Tommy Hutch doing it and heading away balls in the box rather than catching them! But that was a loooooong time ago, when with 1 sub it wasn't that unusual.
posted on 7/11/19
Niall Quinn scored a goal and saved a penalty for us once I seem to remember
posted on 7/11/19
Ederson will play. Cheap trick.
posted on 7/11/19
Niall Quinn stepped up to the plate after Tony Coton had been disgracefully sent off against Villa(?) at Maine Road.
He'd scored for us in the first half and saved the resulting pen after Coton's dismissal.
As we've got no history, the above is probably a figment of my imagination.
posted on 7/11/19
Nigel Gleghorn?
posted on 7/11/19
The more pressing issue is the bald-one was not able to get to a comfortable lead early against a fairly mundane side and so be able to rest key players.
That plus one less day to rest and prep for Sunday.
Oh, and only a win being of value to Man C. Going to play into Liverpool's broadly attacking style of play.
Less than ideal.
posted on 7/11/19
It's hardly the first time we've had the odds stacked against us.
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