Great to see Havertz again 

Liverpool without Allison 

Lukaku banished- definitely the right move. Havertz, it’s all on you son! 

3 hours ago, Dean said:

5-0 Chelsea. Pulisic hat trick 

I live in Denver Colorado where weed is very legal and even I'm not that high to think that 1. we will win today 2. Pulisic will even get one and 3. We keep a clean sheet. 

A couple of U23s - Hall and Vale - on the bench ... with Kepa, Jorginho, Saul, Barkley, Sarr, CHO and Ziyech

Good team in the circumstances.

Sticking with the 3-4-2-1 by the look of it as well. I'd have been tempted to play 4-3-3 myself, with Jorginho alongside Kante and Kovacic in midfield.

Que @Argo ragging at CP starting and CHO now lol.

 

Pool are:

 

Liverpool team news

Starting XI: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Henderson, Fabinho, Milner, Salah, Jota, Mane.

Subs: Adrian, Marcelo, Keita, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Beck, Williams, Morton.

Appears Matip is the third down with covid.

Lewis Hall is on the bench. Maybe he will replace Alonso during the game.

1 minute ago, Sexyfootball said:

A couple of U23s - Hall and Vale - on the bench ... with Kepa, Jorginho, Saul, Barkley, Sarr, CHO and Ziyech

Good team in the circumstances.

Sticking with the 3-4-2-1 by the look of it as well. I'd have been tempted to play 4-3-3 myself, with Jorginho alongside Kante and Kovacic in midfield.

Yeah Werner not fit enough for the bench even. No options to change the game so if the starting 11 don't do it the subs will do F all.

Even if we do get a pen who takes it? No James, Mount and Havertz are poor at them. So who? Alonso?

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Que @Argo ragging at CP starting and CHO now lol.

 

Pool are:

 

Liverpool team news

Starting XI: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Henderson, Fabinho, Milner, Salah, Jota, Mane.

Subs: Adrian, Marcelo, Keita, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Beck, Williams, Morton.

Appears Matip is the third down with covid.

I expected it given Tuchel's comments on how he wasn't expecting to give him so many minutes.

2 minutes ago, TheGermanOne said:

Lewis Hall is on the bench. Maybe he will replace Alonso during the game.

He is a central midfielder right?

Strong team considering the circumstances. Shouldn’t be any excuses post match regarding injuries/covid, Liverpool are missing a few too. 

3 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

A couple of U23s - Hall and Vale - on the bench ... with Kepa, Jorginho, Saul, Barkley, Sarr, CHO and Ziyech

Good team in the circumstances.

Sticking with the 3-4-2-1 by the look of it as well. I'd have been tempted to play 4-3-3 myself, with Jorginho alongside Kante and Kovacic in midfield.

You have to applaud him for sticking with his formation even when he is thin on defenders. Just hope Thiago doesn’t pull up, because he might have to bring on Sarr.

 

4 minutes ago, PBlundell said:

I live in Denver Colorado where weed is very legal and even I'm not that high to think that 1. we will win today 2. Pulisic will even get one and 3. We keep a clean sheet. 

Weed is nice but they say it can limit one’s sense of humour somewhat 

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

He is a central midfielder right?

A LB I think

Just now, Dean said:

Weed is nice but they say it can limit one’s sense of humour somewhat 

True!

Pulisic hat trick call still alive 

1 minute ago, ducavis said:

You have to applaud him for sticking with his formation even when he is thin on defenders. Just hope Thiago doesn’t pull up, because he might have to bring on Sarr.

 

I’m worried about Thiago too, think they’re taking a risk with his injury. 

The only defender on the bench is Sarr, so hopefully our back line can get through the game unscathed today !

I hope Pulisic is starting on the left, as I think he'll do better against TAA than Mount - plus CP is usually crap on the right :-) 

2 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

He is a central midfielder right?

Yes. but he can play left wingback or left fullback as well according to my german database 😉

4 minutes ago, Argo said:

I expected it given Tuchel's comments on how he wasn't expecting to give him so many minutes.

Ah come on it has been a miserable football week come on mate we need the entertainment lol.

Are liverpool objectively less impaired than we are?

1 minute ago, Munkworth said:

I’m worried about Thiago too, think they’re taking a risk with his injury. 

If Silva goes down Trev moves to the middle, Dave drops back in the back 3 and CHO comes on at wingback imo.

5 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

He is a central midfielder right?

 

He is denoted as a midfielder, but is left footed, so Tuchel might have him in mind as an emergency left back ?

1 hour ago, Dean said:

Are liverpool objectively less impaired than we are?

7 or 8 (Trevoh debatable) of this lineup will still be starting if/when everyone is fit.

It's a very good lineup under the circumstances, no excuses.

16 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Exactly. Dropping Rom makes it must win for TT and him alone.

We don’t know yet if this is a club decision and not just Tuchel.