Fingers crossed Matip and Henderson are back.
maureen will park the bus again and play counter attack so we got to be solid at the back and put our chances away.
If Hendo can make it, which I hope he can, then I’d play him as the #6, put Gini at RCM (though he didn’t protect our right side well enough against United tonight) and Thiago at LCM.
Was going to put something on the United post-match thread but it is not a happy place to be. However, I was quite encouraged by a few things yesterday. We were creating (and scoring) chances. The defending let us down but we know that we are threadbare at the back. I am hoping Matip will be fit for the next game.
Has anything been said about Hendo’s absence? The fact that nothing has been said makes me worry that it is Covid. Hopefully, there will be an update later this week.
Key with this game will be the full backs. Matip-Fabinho will do us. If it’s one of the younger lads I’d go with Philips over Williams. I don’t think either of them are ideal for this but Philips does have that extra bit of experience.
Henderson is key, Protect the right side, drive the lads forward, and also be chatting to the ref to point out all the things when Spuds do the Jose TM time wasting and dark arts.
Jose will love getting one over Klopp. He’ll be working on our weaknesses all week, drilling it into the players. Obviously will target our right side. Matip needs to be back to partner Fab. Alison needs to shake off the last match and be ready.
Jose will be looking for all soft fouls in our half so can swing it in to Harry Kane and co. Expect a lot of direct balls, along with runners from midfield in support.
The front three should be Mane, Bobby and Salah. Let’s smash them 0-2.