Despite Sheff Utd playing some very good counter attacking football against Man City they were ultimately brushed aside. Liverpool will have to be wary of this, especially because Liverpool's fullbacks like to push up very high, and often have to race back, and catch up with play. Admittedly it does help that they are incredibly fast full backs.
I don't see Liverpool keeping a clean sheet, but I do see them winning convincingly. I think we'll see Mane, and Firmino on the scoresheet, and it'll end up 4-1.
Liverpool vs Sheff Utd
Mane to score at any time (this is often a winner)
Score prediction is 4-0 LFC.
Even when the front free haven't got their shooting boots on they often score. I took my father to watch Liverpool back last year against Leicester City where we won 2-1. Although, we went down 1-0 just before half time through Vardy. He's been a Liverpool fan all his life, and as it goes that rubbed off onto me from a young age. Well, comparing last year to this year is incredible. Even back in the Rogers day where they came 2nd I always felt we were going to concede, and throw the game in the last 10 minutes. We often fell apart like school kids. This year their composure, and determination to win games is second to none, and its got to the point that if we are struggling I still expect them to find the win anyway. I remember telling my father that Klopp would change Liverpool, and he hadn't heard of him at the time. Now he thinks hes one of the best managers to ever come into football so not as he got the players believing in themselves, hes got the fans who never even heard of him before to love him, and feel a confidence they haven't felt since the 90s.
Great story to read, thank you for sharing.
Your father is right, Klopp is one of the best managers ever but he needs to keep up the successes otherwise he might not be able to cement that view all round.
Well there are many
new fans that were born after those great Liverpool teams that were built and rebuilt during the Shankly years in the 60s through to mid 70's with Paisley and to the 80's with Fagan and Dalglish where they absolutely dominated English football and regularly dominated European football for such a long time. Now a whole new generation of Liverpool fans and general football supporters are seeing history being when they had never seen or lived through great periods of football history but only heard of them such as:
- the Manchester United back to back EPL and FA Cup double wins in the early 90's, their treble sucess in 1999 and their glory years under Ferguson
- the Arsenal historic invincible team of 2003–04 which won the EPL by 11 points with a 26 wins and 12 draws record and went a total of 49 consecutive EPL games unbeaten under Wenger
- the historic Liverpool sides of the late great Bob Paisley between 1974–83 where they won back to back European Cups in the late 70's and one in early 80's
- the great Brian Clough and his unlikely but super successful European Cup triumphs with Nottingham Forest in the late 70's
- the way English football teams (Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa) won all 6 European Cups between them during 1976/77 season to 1981/1982 season
There are so many more things to add but the point was Liverpool fans are finally getting the sort of football from the Klopp Liverpool teams that was being played regularly when greats such as Dalglish, Souness, Keegan and Rush were playing when managed by Fagan, Paisley and Shankly. Their 30 year wait to win the EPL just might be coming to an end thanks to Klopp and the players he has working hard for him.
