UEFA Champions League 2021/2022

[Bluenine]

On the bright side, at least Villareal are celebrating...

 

[.h.]

on the end of the day, at least we will see how good we are vs a top 3 team in the world. And if we get eliminated, we can be focused on the league. Just no embarrassment and I am fine with it.

this.

realistically, its probably us out. ,but i hope we give a good showing of ourselves andd put on a good performance - better than the last time we played Liverpool.

Rivas-Burdisso at CB, lmao, with Pele coming in.

 

[Hikonyán]

Inter will get dominated in possession here, something Inter are not quite used as they like to be in control as well. Inzaghi will have to come up with something new here, cant use the same approach as in serie a. Its just difficult to see Inter playing counter attack against an EPL side considering how slow most of Inters players are.

A big issue will Liverpool's high pressing on Inters half when Inter have the ball though, this is something we have seen in the past that Italian teams really do not like, they get stressed and makes tons of mistakes. In serie a teams rarely press the ballholder much until the midfield line, but in the CL against class teams its different.

High probability of Inters players getting sent off in these matches, due to the high pressing when inter get the ball and high tempo when defending.

Either way, more surprising things have happened in football than Inter beating this Liverpool, but surely the odds are heavily against it.

But for Liverpool, Inter are the worst possible draw for them.

PSG? A.Madrid? I dont imagine Liverpool cared much about who they drew, as long as they avoided PSG tbh.

fucking bbilan gave a run for their money at Ainfield. We should not be afraid of them

Come on now, that scoreline was very flattering for Milan. Liverpool had like 3x more shots, 60+% possession and missed a penalty. If Milan had walked away with anything from that game it would have been robbery.

 

[ADRossi]

An error meant the original draw for the knockout phase, in which the Reds had been paired with FC Salzburg, was voided. The redraw later confirmed a return to San Siro for Liverpool, with the away leg set to take place in Italy before an Anfield return against the Serie A title holders. Read on to see what Klopp had to say in the minutes immediately after the draw when speaking exclusively to Liverpoolfc.com…

Jürgen, for the second time today, what’s your reaction to the draw?
I had to wait 54 years to play at the San Siro for the first time… and now it’ll be twice in three months, so that’s good news! All good. Of course, it is a tough draw, definitely. They are the league leaders in Italy; a good team in a good moment. We will see how things go until we meet in February.

They’re a team with several players who have plenty of Premier League experience…
Yes, obviously Sanchez and Dzeko we know well – and Lautaro Martinez is one of the most exciting strikers in the world, probably. Simone Inzaghi is there, his first year, last year they were champions, but it is the Liverpool way – it’s never easy, but still possible, so let’s give it a go. It’s a proper Champions League tie, so all good and I am absolutely looking forward to it.

Do you think it was the correct decision to redo the draw after the error in the initial one?
Definitely. I saw it live and I thought, ‘You cannot let it stand like this, there’s no chance.’ Definitely, they had to do it again.

Liverpool FC — "A proper Champions League tie" - Jürgen Klopp on Inter pairing

Jürgen Klopp admits he is relishing ‘a proper Champions League tie’ against Internazionale after Liverpool were pitted against them in the last 16 of the tournament.

www.liverpoolfc.com

 

[NimAraya]

Realistic is knowing that we've been utter shit against big teams and I don't see how it's any different against Liverpool who's been a complete powerhorse in CL. Their wingers will eat our wingers alive.

So get off your high horse and not all fans have to be over optimistic or delusional to call themselves fans.

Realistic is when you base your judgment on the actual matches and not just the results. There is nothing realistic about saying we'll get torn apart or eaten alive by the likes of Liverpool. Please tell me against which opponent we were the utter shit?!

Football is played 11 vs 11, not wingers vs wingers! Which part of making the opponents 10 times stronger and us 10 times worse exactly realistic?!

 

[Corrode]

Liverpool? BRING THE GAME ON!

every team we faced in Europe did not really give big differences last 10 years. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Dortmund, Tottenham, Schalke, Marseille, Wolfsburg, Sparta Prague, Hapoel Beer Sheva, Frankfurt, Sevilla, Gladbach are the team defeated us in Europe, not all of them have worth mentioning as a big profile squad/team, like HAPOEL BEER SHEVA?!

so why i should fear against Liverpool? BRING THE GAME ON!

 

[qb4ever_2k]

PSG? A.Madrid? I dont imagine Liverpool cared much about who they drew, as long as they avoided PSG tbh.

A lot of things can change by February, but at the moment I rate us above PSG and AM.

 

[Sawyer]

@Ed. You wanna go bro?

 

[Sawyer]

Realistic is knowing that we've been utter shit against big teams and I don't see how it's any different against Liverpool who's been a complete powerhorse in CL. Their wingers will eat our wingers alive.

So get off your high horse and not all fans have to be over optimistic or delusional to call themselves fans.

I apologise if you think I am on my high horse, I did not mean to upset you, I guess we just have different mindsets and that's totally fine as is your opinion, apologies brother.

 

[.h.]

Realistic is when you base your judgment on the actual matches and not just the results. There is nothing realistic about saying we'll get torn apart or eaten alive by the likes of Liverpool. Please tell me against which opponent we were the utter shit?!

Football is played 11 vs 11, not wingers vs wingers! Which part of making the opponents 10 times stronger and us 10 times worse exactly realistic?!

the thing is, how often do we play against a team with incredible wingers like Salah/Mane/etc? If its Darmian and Perisic, while their work rates will help, I think they'll get torn apart by the pace and sheer intensity of those guys. The counter to that is you keep the CBs more defensive when we're in possession, and they maybe play slightly wider to counter the isnide winger threat, but then that gives Liverpool the chance for late midfielders to make a real impact and we'll be more reliant on De Vrij.

 

[Fitzy]

An error meant the original draw for the knockout phase, in which the Reds had been paired with FC Salzburg, was voided. The redraw later confirmed a return to San Siro for Liverpool, with the away leg set to take place in Italy before an Anfield return against the Serie A title holders. Read on to see what Klopp had to say in the minutes immediately after the draw when speaking exclusively to Liverpoolfc.com…

Jürgen, for the second time today, what’s your reaction to the draw?
I had to wait 54 years to play at the San Siro for the first time… and now it’ll be twice in three months, so that’s good news! All good. Of course, it is a tough draw, definitely. They are the league leaders in Italy; a good team in a good moment. We will see how things go until we meet in February.

They’re a team with several players who have plenty of Premier League experience…
Yes, obviously Sanchez and Dzeko we know well – and Lautaro Martinez is one of the most exciting strikers in the world, probably. Simone Inzaghi is there, his first year, last year they were champions, but it is the Liverpool way – it’s never easy, but still possible, so let’s give it a go. It’s a proper Champions League tie, so all good and I am absolutely looking forward to it.

Do you think it was the correct decision to redo the draw after the error in the initial one?
Definitely. I saw it live and I thought, ‘You cannot let it stand like this, there’s no chance.’ Definitely, they had to do it again.

Liverpool FC — "A proper Champions League tie" - Jürgen Klopp on Inter pairing

Jürgen Klopp admits he is relishing ‘a proper Champions League tie’ against Internazionale after Liverpool were pitted against them in the last 16 of the tournament.

www.liverpoolfc.com

I love Klopp's interviews. Always comes across as a good bloke.

 

[brakbrak]

I apologise if you think I am on my high horse, I did not mean to upset you, I guess we just have different mindsets and that's totally fine as is your opinion, apologies brother.

No apology needed, that's what forum is all about.

 

[cloudq]

man, even if we fluke the first leg at san siro

i feel as if we'd only get bulldozed at anfield

 

[sdvroot]

Inter - Ajax

Inter - Liverpool

 

[Suraj]

ok so guys our schedule LMAO

 

[Fitzy]

Inter will get dominated in possession here, something Inter are not quite used as they like to be in control as well. Inzaghi will have to come up with something new here, cant use the same approach as in serie a. Its just difficult to see Inter playing counter attack against an EPL side considering how slow most of Inters players are.

A big issue will Liverpool's high pressing on Inters half when Inter have the ball though, this is something we have seen in the past that Italian teams really do not like, they get stressed and makes tons of mistakes. In serie a teams rarely press the ballholder much until the midfield line, but in the CL against class teams its different.

High probability of Inters players getting sent off in these matches, due to the high pressing when inter get the ball and high tempo when defending.

Either way, more surprising things have happened in football than Inter beating this Liverpool, but surely the odds are heavily against it.

PSG? A.Madrid? I dont imagine Liverpool cared much about who they drew, as long as they avoided PSG tbh.


Come on now, that scoreline was very flattering for Milan. Liverpool had like 3x more shots, 60+% possession and missed a penalty. If Milan had walked away with anything from that game it would have been robbery.

I'm actually looking forward to seeing how effective each team's press works in this game, as I think our hunt when we lose the ball has improved a lot. I'm not expecting to win for technical reasons rather than tactical ones.

Btw, we should remember that we should've put 4 past Milan before we clocked off with 10 to go.

 

[NimAraya]

the thing is, how often do we play against a team with incredible wingers like Salah/Mane/etc? If its Darmian and Perisic, while their work rates will help, I think they'll get torn apart by the pace and sheer intensity of those guys. The counter to that is you keep the CBs more defensive when we're in possession, and they maybe play slightly wider to counter the isnide winger threat, but then that gives Liverpool the chance for late midfielders to make a real impact and we'll be more reliant on De Vrij.

Football is a team game. Darmian and Perisic alone are not going to face and stop Salah and Mane. Did Vinicious do anything significant against us in two legs? It's our whole approach which could expose us or help us against any team. Not our winger vs their winger or our LCB vs Salah.

We have improved alot in the defending part of our game compare to the start of season, so I am not going to panic about how their wingers going to tear us apart, or turn Salah and Mane into the prime Messi and Ronaldo and call it being realistic!

 

[Il Drago]

ok so guys our schedule LMAO

It's actually a lot better if you check it from the start of January.

06/01 INTER-BOLOGNA
09/01 INTER - LAZIO
12/01 INTER - JUVE / Italian Supercup
16/01 ATALANTA - INTER
23/01 INTER - VENEZIA
06/02 INTER - MILAN
13/02 NAPOLI - INTER
15/02 INTER - LIVERPOOL

No pressure.

 

[Alex de Large]

U need to hv this poision vaccine to travel to UK, no? i would love to go otherwise..

 

[Fitzy]

Great storyline for the English papers for pool to eliminate both Milan teams from the competition

Also for the narrative Serie A is a farmers league.

And forget about Tottenham's loss to Dinamo in the process.