The surprise inclusion of some of the regular players in the CL game did raise a few eyebrows, but we have come out of it unscathed except for Tsimikas injury. Period. We can leave the CL behind us now till Feb and focus on the league with Liverpool facing the three London clubs in 7 days starting Fulham on Sunday.
Fulham were very poor at the start of the season, but did defeat Leicester couple of games back. Our away form in PL on the other hand has been poor lately, with draws against Everton, City and Brighton in the previous three away games. The other two games were Chelsea and Aston villa, leaving us with just one away win in PL this season. Expect us to start putting some away wins on the board and Fulham would be a good start.
Ideally Klopp might not go full strength in all of the three games, and we may see some rotation in this one. Going by who played against Midtyjlland, there is possibility of Salah and Trent not starting this one and us going with the best possible XI against Spurs mid-week.
Possible Line up: Kelleher – Neco, Matip, Fabinho, Robertson – Gini, Hendo, Curtis - Jota, Bobby, Mane.
Depending on how the game goes, we might see Keita in action and even Salah (if he doesn’t start) if we aren’t in a comfortable position towards the latter part of the game. I do hope it doesn’t come to that though.
3 points, and a few goals please. Our GD is now +9, compared to Spurs +14. That 7-2 (-5 goal) hammering is old news.
We play Spurs on the following Wednesday, so expect to see a couple rested. I’d like to see Phillips in for one of Fab or Matip to save legs for Weds. Salah probably on the bench too given he played 90 last night.
Gini, Robbo, Hendo, Mane, Jota, Jones all to start I suspect. Don’t expect Klopp to rest too many. Momentum and rhythm gained from back to back big score wins in the PL running into Weds night will be important.
Expect to see something like - Kelleher, Neco, Phillips, Fab (or Matip), Robbo, Hendo, Gini, Jones, Jota, Mane, Firmino.
Hopefully have the game tied up early, and get more minutes for sharpness in for Naby, Trent etc etc
On the general subject of discombobulation, why did I think Fulham had been relegated last season? They were promoted having won their play-off. Must be confusing it with the season before.
Anyway, what do I know about the Cottagers other than it is to do with some activity in public bogs?
Kelleher, Trent, Phillips, Fabinho, Robertson, Gini, Henderson, Jones, Mane, Firmino, Jota.
Give Joel a rest before we play the north London pretenders.
