PSG (A) Champions League 28/11/2018

[Guest]

Liverpool will give Sadio Mane until as late in the day as possible after a report claimed the player was in serious jeopardy of missing their vital Champions League showdown against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.

 

The Reds are due to board a flight to Paris on Tuesday lunchtime ahead of Wednesday’s vital match at the Parc des Princes, which will have a big say on both sides’ hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the competition.

 

But Jurgen Klopp’s side may have to do so without Mane, who is reported to be feeling unwell and, at this stage, not considered well enough to feature, according to the London Evening Standard.

 

Mane, who has scored seven goals in 17 games this season, will be given until late Tuesday morning to prove his fitness, otherwise Klopp will be forced to leave one of his star men back at home.

 

Defeat in Serbia against Red Star Belgrade means Klopp’s side have lost their position of strength at the top of Group C and need one victory against either of their toughest opponents to make progress.

 

Failure to beat PSG in Paris would set up a tense must-win finale which could also entail needing a win by two clear goals to redress their head-to-head record against the Serie A side.

 

Speaking on Sunday evening, Mane, who last week committed to a huge new Liverpool contract, has listed the obvious three players his side must be wary of if they’re to inflict a rare home defeat on the Ligue 1 giants.

 

“It’s an important game [against PSG]. Neymar, Mbappe, Cavani… even defensively, they are really impressive,” Mane told Telefoot.

 

“Kylian Mbappe is an excellent player, he has progressed so fast. This is good for the French national team. He gave you the World Cup this summer. It’s so good for you.”

 

However, Mane is confident they can get the job done in France and achieve what no other side has done at the Parc des Princes this season.

 

In fact, PSG only lost once at home last season – in their final match of the season to Rennes – when the title had already been wrapped up.

 

“Our team ethic is fantastic,” Mane added. “Everything we do, we do it together That’s why we are very strong.

 

“It will not be easy against Paris, but with Liverpool, everything is possible.”

[aRdja]

Mane out Keita in, if that’s the case.

[Bjornebye]

52 minutes ago, aRdja said:

Mane out Keita in, if that’s the case.

And the Shaq on the left? 

[Lee909]

Would make sense though I think Fabinho could be a option in this. He knows the league. Though I fully expect a Gini, milner, Henderson midfield

[3 Stacks]

They are absolutely breezing through the league so upping the intensity will catch them off guard even if they expect it. That's the major key to the game.

 

And it's harder to do this these days because refs don't allow it as much and I don't particularly like the tactic, but we need to rough up Neymar and Mbappe. Just foul them cynically as much as possible because both of them have bad tempers. 

 

Besides that, they'll play a 3-4-3, probably with Kehrer as one of the CB's who is inexperienced and can be got at. Like last time, left wingback is the other defensive weakness with either Bernat or Di Maria. 

 

It will be a little different than the first game because they will have Verratti back and that will make them better with the ball, but the catch with him is that he's pretty easy to frustrate and get in trouble. 

 

If we're clinical and play with the right intensity, we'll get a result. PSG have a great performance in them, but they're still a soft touch in Europe a lot of the time.   

 

 

[Lee909]

Problem with fouling them to get at them is the bookings and theatrics. Last thing we need is to go down to 10

[VladimirIlyich]

For me our biggest strength is that our manager is miles better than theirs. How Tuchel got that job if they want European success is beyond me. He had a decent spell at Mainz and a reasonable start at Dortmund but he's getting jobs way above his ability level,in my opinion. The PSG job domestically is like Rodgers at Celtic,should win every week.

[Lee909]

Tuchel looks like the perfect casting for a Hollywood serial killer/cannibal 

[Don Balon]

Klopp knows that a win here would be a statement win and would put to bed the shit we saw in Red Star.

 

Cavani is the danger, in much the same way that lump was the danger for Red Star.  He'll try and keep Van Dijk occupied himself and make space for Neymar and Mbappe.

 

I'd like to see Keita have a big game.

[Bjornebye]

45 minutes ago, Don Balon said:

Klopp knows that a win here would be a statement win and would put to bed the shit we saw in Red Star.

 

Cavani is the danger, in much the same way that lump was the danger for Red Star.  He'll try and keep Van Dijk occupied himself and make space for Neymar and Mbappe.

 

I'd like to see Keita have a big game.

Cavani was shit at Anfield. I don't rate him at all. Mbappe however.... 

[amli]

paul joyce@_pauljoyce

Sadio Mane will train with Liverpool after illness and set to travel for PSG game

[joe_fishfish]

A point in this wouldn't be a bad result at all.

[moof]

Any result here would be a positive. If we need a win at Anfield to go through, I’d fancy us against anyone. 

[Aventus]

I hope we get beat. 

 

Then I hope we have a famous Anfield night against Napoli where we score 2 goals in the last 5 minutes to send us through. 

[Strontium]

Hoping for the best but fearing the worst. Our European form away from Anfield has been a complete disaster - four defeats on the trot I think? - so a big improvement is needed.

[Anubis]

Nothing wrong with him. We’re just fucking with Tuchel’s ugly little head.

[El Rojo]

PSG and Manchester City can both go back to their pre-moneydoping obscurity. Hopefully we’ll knock both out of our tournament. 

[Kevin D]

On 11/27/2018 at 8:42 AM, Lee909 said:

Tuchel looks like the perfect casting for a Hollywood serial killer/cannibal 

 

Big bang theory looking bastard.

[Dave D]

I need to get a grip.

 

I just checked the weather forecast for Paris....

 

Anyone else as weird as me? 

 

[aRdja]

Hendo and Fabinho to start for me, mainly to help out our fullbacks against their wide forwards and their wingbacks. I’d also start Keita, as in theory he’d offer the most going forward. So yeah i’d ‘flip the triangle’ for this game.

[ZonkoVille77]

We're fuckin shite.

[Bjornebye]

10 minutes ago, Dave D said:

I need to get a grip.

 

I just checked the weather forecast for Paris....

 

Anyone else as weird as me? 

 

I did earlier only because I saw a tweet from Robbie Or who has just arrived saying the weather is shite. 

[Stickman]

 

[El Rojo]

3 minutes ago, Stickman said:

 

Haha! What a fantastic man.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

45 minutes ago, aRdja said:

 So yeah i’d ‘flip the triangle’ for this game.

I flipped Tony's Ma's triangle.