Same side as Monday night with Yossi in for Maxi .... 3-1 think Rafa will bring in kuyt for Maxi .. Reina Johnson ..Carra ..Agger ..Insua .....Masch Aquilani Babel ....Gerrard .....Yossi Torres
Gerrard's due a goal or two hopefully they come in this one with Torres continuing on from where he left off last night.
LIVERPOOL midfielder Alberto Aquilani missed training at Melwood today after suffering from a stomach upset. The Italian turned in arguably his finest performance in a Red shirt to date when scoring his first goal for the club in Monday's 4-1 Premier League win over Portsmouth but was unable to take part in this morning's preparations ahead of the Europa League Round of 16 second leg against Lille. The club are hopeful that Aquilani will be available for Thursday night's clash ar Anfield, where the Reds must overcome a one-goal deficit to progress to the last eight of the competition. the echo
If we play 80% as well as we did the other night, Lille will not stand a hope in hell. Im going for a repeat performance spurred on a by a louder Anfield this time. Have a feeling Lucas may start ahead of Mash in this game. 3-0 on the night, thank you! Reina Johnson ... Carra ... Agger ... Insua Maxi/Babel ... Mash/Lucas ... Aquilani ... Babel/Yossi ....Gerrard Torres....
could be a good european night this thurs rolling of the back of monday night and into the man u game.When the crowd gets going on these nights it realy lifts the team and send them to old trafford knowing we are 100% behind them and Rafa!!! come on you MIGHTY REDS come on YOU REDS!!
Just did a little bit of checking on the Uefa website. Mascherano disciplinary record from the CL games still carries over so if he is booked he would be out of the next game. (BTW I believe that there will be more games.)
From the official Alberto Aquilani is doubtful for Thursday night's Europa League clash with Lille, manager Rafael Benitez confirmed today. Related Links The Italian international - who netted his first goal for the Reds in a man of the match display against Portsmouth earlier in the week - missed training at Melwood on Wednesday. "He has a virus and is struggling with his fitness," said Benitez at Melwood earlier today. "We have to take care of him and decide tomorrow. It will be a late decision." Thats him definitely out then
hopefully the crowd get behind the team from the start if we attack them with a fast tempo from the start they wont be able to handle us I'll say 3-0
The simple solution is to drop Stevie back alongside Mash. Babel & Maxi on the wings, with Yossi playing in the hole. Another option is to play both Kuyt & Torres up top together, we need to win, so let them worry about us, they'll be shitting themselves after watching the Monday night match.
If Liverpool play this match in a tempo only played in the PL we will beat these lot easily. Lille are a good French side but should be no match for a Liverpool team on form. I just hope we get at them early and pinch an early goal. If we play the slow, deliberate European style we may find ourselves at 0-0 after 70mins and that's when the problems set in. We don't want a nervous last 10mins and to go out on an away goal. I to would like to see Benayoun replace Kuyt as he offers more in attack than Kuyt. This will leave Kuyt fresh after a 2 week break and ready to come back in against Man U where his defensive qualities and workload will be needed.
Need to have another totaly attack minded game. Go out on full steam looking for that early goal and keep at them. There is no good reason to go back to two defensive midfielders and no go reason why we cant beat this lot.
This game is there for us if we go into it in the right frame of mind.Monday night has helped confidence levels surely.Progression to the next stage and a good solid performance against in truth an average Lille side will set us up nicely for our showdown with the mancs.Next 2 games are huge in relation to our chances of a silver lining on what has been a cloudy season.
Just seen this posted elsewhere .... ??? Reina. Insua. Carra. Agger. Johnson. Lucas. Gerrard. Babel. Kuyt. Benayoun. Torres. Been told that.
If Aqua is out tonight & Maxi is cup tied the Riera on the left & Babel on the right with Stevie dropping back & Yossi playing in the hole. I still dont see any point in Lucas playing when we need to go attack lille from the off. With Riera doing himself no favours in the media today it will more than likely be Kuyt on the right or behind Nando & either Babel or Yossi out wide.