LIVERPOOL-------ARSENAL
VENUE: ANFIELD
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Liverpool (from): Dudek, Finnan, Hyypia, Agger, Carragher, Warnock, Traore, Riise, Gerrard, Alonso, Sissoko, Hamann, Kewell, Crouch, Cisse, Fowler, Morientes, Carson, Kromkamp.
Arsenal (from): Lehmann, Flamini, Senderos, Djourou, Toure, Eboue, Larsson, Fabregas, Gilberto, Diaby, Hleb, Henry, Adebayor, Almunia, Ljungberg, Pires, Gilbert.
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LIVERPOOL TEAM (PROBABLE)
4-2-3-1
------------------Dudek--------------------
Finnan--Carraghe--Hyypia/Agger--Riise
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-------------Didi/Momo-------Xabi----------
Gerrard--------Morientes--------Kewell--
---------------Cisse/Fowler---------------
or
4-4-2
------------------Dudek---------------
Finnan--Carragher--Hyypia/Agger--Riise
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-------------Xabi--------Momo/ Didi------
Gerrard-------------------------------Kewell
---------Folwer/ Cisse----Moro-----------
Liverpool have recently dropping stupid points with good performances and lack of goals, the rot needs to be stopped on a permanent basis, the folloning week of fixtures can really shape our season, so we need to buil momentum and continuing winning. Playing at home we need to be tough and take the iniative from the start, play high tempo and deadly infront of goal, step forward Robbie Fowler 
roud:, he has returned and now is needed now more than ever. We need to cut out mistakes and build up on a winning run again, as we are entering a tough glut of fixtures which can swing our season. We also need to keep close in our battle for 2nd place. The final pass and finishing needs to be worked on as well as the creative part of our game, no doubt Rafa will have spotted it and will work on this, hopefully it pays dividends on the pitch :hopefull:
roud:, he has returned and now is needed now more than ever. We need to cut out mistakes and build up on a winning run again, as we are entering a tough glut of fixtures which can swing our season. We also need to keep close in our battle for 2nd place. The final pass and finishing needs to be worked on as well as the creative part of our game, no doubt Rafa will have spotted it and will work on this, hopefully it pays dividends on the pitch :hopefull:- Rafa has stated now that he has a fully fit-esque squad for a sustained period in his Anfield tenure, though Bolo is out for the season, hard luck as he was finding form. Garcia will be missed, his goal prsence and movement is really important for a Liverpool team who has strikers who contribute very little at this current moment :frownani:
- Gerrard I feel will play out wide right with Didi and Xabi in the middle and two players who make the foundation solid and give the creative sparkand control the game. Also Kewell may play left midfield roaming with Morientes in the central deep role and all 3 exchanging positions from time to time, with Kewell possibly as left winger he now seems to be finding his fitness and form. :thumbsup:
- The strikers are unpredicatable as always :depress:, Morientes has lost his feet and seems to become less effective game by game. When Crouch plays we focus on long balls :yuck: and the game goes by Moro, who is less effective as he cannot link play. Cisse is the unpredictable one, he can do some awesome things then miss a one on one sitter, but his pace and his enthusiasm and the fact he's the most dangerous striker suggest he should play. Fowler is our hope for goals, though his fitness isn't the best and Rafa has stated he sees Fowler as an impact player off the bench and not as a starter.
- The importance of a win are high, considering the league is starting to take a rigid shape and we want to keep in touch and now use one of our our game in hand, we had momentum and I'd love for us to sustain that again. We are third and if we win can closer to second:thumbsup: this would atleast show we're competing again.
- A key part of us winning this match will be the defence, we have fifteen clean sheets in EPL a greater tally than what we had in EPL all last season, we should try and build upon that though we've started to make mistakes, if we cut out the defensive mistakes we can build on that as a foundation and go for the win.
- We havent had a 5 game+ winning run in EPL for a long time prior to this season:eekani::frownani: I can't remember when we went on a major winning run last (2003?), but hopefully this can be a foundation and we can win and build momentum and go up the league.
- We can win this match, though we have to be intense from the start, get dirty when need be, cut out the defensive mistakes and take our chances whilst also maintaining ball retention and creating chances throughout, then we can win, though this is a statement of the obvious.
COME ON REDMEN!!!!!
YNWA
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:tongue:COME ON REDMEN!!!!
YNWA
