16 Mar 2018 12:20:21
Why are people so scared of City for?

We've already beaten them once and they only beat us because the ref bottled sending off Otamendi after he nailed Salah and Mane in the first 20, and then sent off Mane for an offence that has never before or after been a red card.

They've already lost this season to Shaktar, Basel, Wigan and of course, us. They struggled against Wolves, Bristol City, Everton and Crystal Palace.

This isn't a team who have swatted everyone aside like flies. They can't handle being pressured and they Don't like it when teams run at them. Every single player in their back 4 and keeper has a mistake in them, and their defensive midfielder is a red card liability.

Yes, they are favourites. De Bruyne and Silva are the best midfield double act I've seen since Iniesta and Xavi were in their prime at Barcelona. But Salah and Firmino are the best strike partnership I've ever seen in my lifetime. So we have every chance of pulling it off!

I hope Pep and his lads do take their foot off the gas in the league and start resting players. It is very hard to just turn it back on when you need to and if they get complacent at all, we have the ability to make them look ridiculous over two legs. I fully get that they have the ability to do that to us though. It's a 50/ 50 shot at the end of the day between two very good sides. I read the other day that since the defeat against Spurs at Wembley, City have taken 53 points and We've taken 47. So over the last 20 or so games, We're not as far off them as everyone thinks.

You lads have got to believe! We have European pedigree and they just Don't. It is in our blood to succeed in this tournament. It will mean so much to the likes of Silva, Kompany and Aguero and Man City in general, because it is all they are missing in their cabinets at home. Hopefully that desperation sees them come unstuck! BELIEVE!


1.) 16 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018 12:28:59
Couldnt agree more Mk! Awesome post. We are Liverpool football club, we can beat anyone. We are 5 times European champions they should be afraid of us! Be agressive and run like mad and we will have our chances. think this will be epic 2 matches just like the 2 legs against chelsea and arsenal in the past! And whole world will be our fans in this one :)


2.) 16 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018 12:39:09
MK I am with you on this one. We tend to perform at our best when we are the underdogs! Bring it on! From an English perspective we will have a team in the semi's not only that it will be one of the best (most entertaining) 2 teams in the land right now. One of us should win it! Let's hope it is us!


3.) 16 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018 12:45:22
I'm sorry but I stopped reading that MK after the outrageous sentence they only beat us because the ref bottled sending off a player. Considering we are the self proclaimed best fans in the world we don't half hide behind excuses when we lose. City hammered us on the day and then at home we outplayed them and scored some world class goals. Nothing more nothing less. We will be saying we haven't won a premier league title next because the refs have a vendetta against us.


4.) 16 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018 13:02:51
Agreed MK, very well said. People are talking like we're already out of the CL, that is nonsense! If I was a City fan right now I think I'd be more worried then what I am as a Liverpool fan. I think we can do it. Hard game, yes, impossible? no. We've done it before we can do it again, we'll be well up for this and I can't wait for iy. No matter what the outcome may be, we've done incredibly well to get to this stage.


5.) 16 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018 13:26:33
Spot on, MK. Why should we be scared vs a team who have only managed 6 measly wins vs LFC in all comps (all at the Etihad) since the oil cash arrived in 2009? Vs the top 6, LFC has the best record against City and they have not won a game at Anfield since 2003 and that is having spent over 1bn (yeah, billion with a B) on players. Under Klopp. we have 1 loss in 7 games vs City. Klopp has scored get this 4 goals twice and 3 goals once vs City. No other manager has that record so again, why should I be afraid of a team that we actually "own"?

Trust me, it is them that are scared of us cos they know what we can do to them. We are the ONLY reason they will NOT be undefeated this season and we are the team that put 4 past them this season and shut them down to having one shot on target in 84 minutes. Yeah, WE DID THAT! "There is nothing to fear but fear itself" - Roosveldt.


6.) 16 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018 13:29:23
Never been a red card? Take them red tinted glasses off mate he nearly took the blokes head off.


7.) 16 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018 14:30:11
Maybe that was badly worded Jayden. I should have said "they only beat us so comfortably because of the red card decisions". If Otamendi had been correctly sent off and Mane had received a yellow card or a warning like every other high boot challenge this season has been punished with, then maybe they might still have won. It wouldn't have ended 5-0 though!

JordDodz. Valencia went in deliberately high and studs up on Mane less than a week ago. Nothing. Zlatan had a goal disallowed last season for a high studs up challenge on the keeper. Nothing. Otamendi kicked Kane in the head. Nothing. Ritchie nearly took someones head off. Yellow card. Diaby technically killed John Terry for nearly 10 minutes by volleying his face! Where were their red cards? Remember De Jong on Alonso in the international game? Studs up to the chest. Nothing.

Was it a red card? I think it should be but based on recent times, it was the wrong decision. All I want is consistency.


8.) 16 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018 15:00:16
I lied first time round Mk I did actually read the rest of your comment but had to word it to make my point. Everything you say about decisions since are correct and no one has been sent off since. I think the damage Mane caused is what swayed it and if it was on our keeper we would have cried blue murder. However I am certainly looking forward to two exciting games against city. And this is going to be 2 great games of football for the neutral.


9.) 16 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018 15:52:30
I think you are correct Jayden that the ref was swayed by the damage caused, but it is a weak decision to see blood and panic. If punishments were proportional to the injury caused, Gary Cahill should be banned for life for ending Mason's career! Rondon would be banned for a year for destroying McCarthy's leg. You have to judge the incident and not the injury. Mane made a legitimate attempt to go for the ball and although it was potentially dangerous, so is every single tackle/ challenge. Hell, Rondon broke a leg taking a shot!

Whether it was the right decision or not isn't really relevant. My point is that based on other decisions, Mane was unlucky and the ref only showed red because of the injury and not because he thought it was a red card offence.

Like you, I'm really looking forward to this. I can't wait!


10.) 16 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018 16:48:46
Agree totally Mk and Mane's red card could have gone either way. City hammered us that day with 5 very good goals. If mane was on the pitch then it's highly likely we could have scored a few. But for me he woundnt have stopped our midfield being dominated like it did or Mignolet and our defence conceding 5 like they did. After all 2-3 weeks later Spurs did the same to us with 11 v 11.


11.) 16 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018 17:12:12
I wouldn’t say they hammered us we were the better team by far before Mane’s red card.


12.) 16 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018 17:49:39
5-0 is hammered sorry. And at 0-0 how were we the better team by far.


13.) 17 Mar 2018
17 Mar 2018 12:43:26
City are a level above us, it's reality. I'd have preferred Barcelona or Madrid.
City are the best side side in Europe right now. Barcelona are a regressing side in a poor overall league with their forwards carrying them as is Madrid.
We'll see how it pans out. They could be two great matches but we also could get obliterated. We definitely need Henderson to be fit. Forget about competing in midfield with can and Milner.