He’ll play again this season at some point
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Expected Matip to be rested here makes sense.
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I dunno. Don’t think Rafa is that mobile these days, and Everton personified in one player? A whiny, dirty underachiever with a giant chip on his shoulder?
Should be fun 
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Benfica has seven players on a Yellow, Atletico would be proud. 
Wonder how many eyes we’ll have on Nunez tonight.
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Don’t know much about Benfica either. I watched about 10 minutes of one Ajax match, and Ajax scored. Looking at the table, they’ve scored 70, only one less than top Porto. They have given up 28, which is 9 more than Porto, and 11 more than 2nd place Sporting.
Just looking at those stats, it would seem they are more open, and inclined to have a go. I’d expect them to hunker in a bit more, which may throw them off, not being used to playing that way. If they do play more open and aggressive, I could see something like a 0-3, 1-4 thrashing. COYR!
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Apparently this guy (Bruno Lage - Wolves), has given his old club Benfica all the insider know how on us…!
No Hendo in the starting line up is asking for trouble.
I love Hendo, but we’ve got to start moving beyond him. Keita, Fab and Thiago should be more than enough to put these to bed.
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To be fair to Klopp, hendo has been shite for a while now, and has taken to shouting at his team mates for his own fuck-ups. He could do with the rest, I think.
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The thing is when Hendo plays everyone else plays better. He’s our captain and as it stands we haven’t a replacement for him imo.
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Think this is the most in form midfield we have at the moment. Maybe Hendo comes on for the last 30, his piss warmed up a bit, and puts in a smashing shift that he carries on to Sunday.
like the lineup and bench
What like, the information they could garner watching a tape.
Nice stadium this.
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Smash them redmen.
Shit. I’m looking at this Benfica lineup and they’re no mugs! Pretty solid up the middle of the pitch.
Over/under 25’ for Otamendi yellow.
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