Manchester United captain Ashley Young will not be joining Inter Milan next summer neither will he be signing a pre-contract agreement with other clubs having be given a one-year contract extension. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is a huge fan of the 34-year-old and feels his presence at the club will be useful to the younger players in the team. Although, the decision to keep him at the club haven't gone down well with fan who vented angrily on different social medias. Some of the tweet reads; "How the might have fallen.. " Another aggrieved post reads: "The more Man U fans want to escape the more the owners give them pain". Another reads: "This Ole and Co. are really taking us for granted. You can't be renewing Ashley's contract while there are real loopholes to cover.. it's getting out of hand". Sad ones goes this way: "Why, just why would you do that? He is part of the dead wood that they need clearing out "This ...
Jurgen Klopp will face Pep Guardiola at Anfield and will be backing on the club's phenomenal record at home. Liverpool are yet to loss a Premier League match at Anfield since Oct, 2017 and have now won 44 matches, scored an incredible 102 goals and conceded just 28 goals..
In fact, they haven't lost to Manchester City at Anfield since 2003 and at the moment don't look like a team will loss that easily.
How the game will be lost
Pep Guardiola will certainly want his team to score first knowing that a goal will unsettle Liverpool's already shaky defense. The combination of Dejan Lovren and Virgil van Dijk is not the strongest centre back pairing in the world its vulnerable and easy to break up.
Once a goal is scored, full backs like Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander Arnold will overlap creating opening in the defense for the likes of Sergio Aguero, Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterlign to attack.
This ploy will throw Liverpool off balance and set the tone for City to race two or three goals clear.
City's strength lies in their midfield and attack but not their defense, which is a mess..
Ederson is reportedly struggling to be fit for the clash while his replacement Claudio Bravo just reminds the Anfield faithful of Loris Karius.
Liverpool will crush Manchester City if they play the likes of Fernandinho and Rodri in the back line against them..
You don't play makeshift defensive midfielders against Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.. It won't just work... Those three scored 112 goals out of the 133 goals Liverpool managed to score last season. This season, they've scored 28 of the 34 goals Liverpool have scored..
Guardiola must start at least a recognised centre back in Nicholas Otamendi or John Stones against them or risk getting humiliated..
Liverpool's strength is their attack and defense while Manchester City is their attack and midfield.
How the game will be won
If Manchester City really want to beat Liverpool at Anfield then they must defend collectively as a team.. Raheem Sterlign, Sergio Aguero, Riyad Mahrez or whoever is in front must drop deep and defend when they lose the ball.
What Pep Guardiola must know now before its too late is that Liverpool fans see this game as a final and not another Premier League match.. The atmosphere will be scary and intimidating which will then resonant to how Liverpool players play.
Forget about the tactics and match day talk from Jurgen Klopp and his coaching staffs, when it comes to Anfield, it is the fans who spur the players to greatness.. They get into you and make you play your heart out.
Anfield- fans -players, that is how it works.....
City meanwhile must stick to their game plan, attack when its possible and utilize their danger man Raheem Sterling to score or create goals.. Andy Robertson will be tough to get by but a player of Sterling caliber won't be stopped that easily.
Prediction: Liverpool 4-3 Manchester City
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