I saw the first 10 minutes today and was confident of a 2-0 defeat with a couple of early chances created by us due to their terrible defence. Having heard the final score I assume Liverpool were abysmal?
Have a strange fancy that we will get a result here. They are winning but playing poorly and that isn't sustainable. We will need Benteke at his absolute best to have a chance but this is the kind of game that he should be well up for with the transfer window around the corner.Some of their defending has been criminal of late, Liverpool today had a load of chances and Southampton and Arsenal should have beaten them comfortably. Lambert will be forced to play with three centre backs with all the midfielders out. I'd look at--------------Guzan-----Okore, Vlaar, ClarkLowton, Sanchez, Cissokho--------Bacuna, Delph------------Grealish------------BentekeSubs - Gabby, Weimann, Nzogbia...not sure who is left. Poor old Chris Herd of course
Put your house on a 2-0 away win.
Just keep the glory hunting southern tourists off the pitch and that will be a bonus.
Last season was a good time to play them too. We conceded 7 goals and even let Tom Cleverly score.Sadly, the usual for me with Lambert saying "I thought we were excellent" afterwards.