***official city v liverpool match thread***

[Ted Hughes]

I thought if anyone was likely to get a result at the Etihad it would have been Arsenal, Liverpool don't scare me.

Home cooking aside....a match is a match and while I'm not "scurred" I think anytime you are playing a side with probably the best striker in the world then you should expect that anything can happen. I don't believe this will be an arsenal like tonking. Hope I'm wrong of course and we smash them 5-2 or something.

Awful defence v the world's most in form striker. Logic suggests he must score at least one, but of course football doesn't always follow logic.

Either way, logic also suggests we should score as many v these as we do v anyone else.

[Original Dub]

Oh shite just found out its on bt sport
Will be looking for a river

Splash out the £1 and you have bt package for the month.

[saulman]

Oh shite just found out its on bt sport
Will be looking for a river

Splash out the £1 and you have bt package for the month.

How does that work? It's around £10 per month, isn't it? ....plus signing up fee.

[Original Dub]

How does that work? It's around £10 per month, isn't it? ....plus signing up fee.

They're doing a special with the package for xmas. Maybe it's only over here but I doubt it.

Call them

[AG7]

Ian Cheesman just confirmed on Twitter that Demichelis is the injury who has just been seen limping into the stadium ...

This is a blessing in disguise IF Lescott takes his place ... BUT we have seen in the past that Pelligrini has preferred Garcia there at CB ahead of Lescott ... IF that is to happen today then god help us ... No Aguero up front, Dzonkey leading that end and Garcia holding the back end ... I'll be shitting myself here for 90 mins if that is the starting XI ...

Can't wait for the team sheets to come out now ... should be another 7 mins.

[Tony P]

@MCFC: TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Lescott, Kompany (C), Kolarov, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure, Nasri, Silva, Negredo, Navas #cityvliverpool #mcfc

[Tony P]

Zaba daba dooodaaaaaah!!!!!

[nottsblue]

Zabbadabba doo

[AG7]

@MCFC: TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Lescott, Kompany (C), Kolarov, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure, Nasri, Silva, Negredo, Navas #cityvliverpool #mcfc

This is fucking brilliant ... no Demi, no Garcia, no Dzonkey ... pace of Navas on the right, Zaba back, so no Clichy ... 5 man midfield and Beast leading ... this is just perfect for today, can't wait now ... bring the fuckers now, they'll take 7 in today!

[Nigels Tackle]

ooooooooh pablo zabaleta!

[bigblue]

Our best back line imo. Good to see lescott and great to see zabba.

Nasei probably playing off neggers with five in the middle.... COME ON CITY!!!!

[AG7]

@LFC: Confirmed #LFC team news v @MCFC: Mignolet, Cissokho, Skrtel, Sakho, Johnson, Lucas, Allen, Henderson, Sterling, Coutinho, Suarez.

[AG7]

@MCFC: SUBS NEWS: Pantilimon, Clichy, Boyata, Garcia, Milner, Dzeko, Nastasic #cityvliverpool #mcfc

Nasti makes the bench as well ...

[sheblue]

@MCFC: TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Lescott, Kompany (C), Kolarov, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure, Nasri, Silva, Negredo, Navas #cityvliverpool #mcfc

This is fucking brilliant ... no Demi, no Garcia, no Dzonkey ... pace of Navas on the right, Zaba back, so no Clichy ... 5 man midfield and Beast leading ... this is just perfect for today, can't wait now ... bring the fuckers now, they'll take 7 in today!

Great to see it. But hope zabba is ok this soon.

[avoidconfusion]

Dunno why but I got a bad feeling about this.

[AG7]

Dunno why but I got a bad feeling about this.

Typical City ...

[Tony P]

Haha. Scouse mate just sent me this text: "Youse scared of us. 4 5 1 at home. Champions my arse. "

[twosips]

Delighted with that team. The exact line up i would have chosen.

[bigblue]

@LFC: Confirmed #LFC team news v @MCFC: Mignolet, Cissokho, Skrtel, Sakho, Johnson, Lucas, Allen, Henderson, Sterling, Coutinho, Suarez.

Navas should eat johnsons lunch all day and big day for fernand. excited is an understatement!

[AG7]

Haha. Scouse mate just sent me this text: "Youse scared of us. 4 5 1 at home. Champions my arse. "

Reply to him that doesn't he know this'll most probably play out as 4-2-4 ... so start counting the goals ...