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..and on that note…
Europa League draw in full
Group A: Lyon, Rangers, Sparta Prague, Brondby
Group B: Monaco, PSV Eindhoven, Real Sociedad, Sturm Graz
Group C: Napoli, Leicester City, Spartak Moscow, Legia Warsaw
Group D: Olympiakos, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbahce, Royal Antwerp
Group E: Lazio, Lokomotiv Moscow, Marseille, Galatasaray
Group F: Braga, Red Star Belgrade, Ludogorets, Midtjylland
Group G: Bayer Leverkusen, Celtic, Real Betis, Ferencvaros
Group H: Dinamo Zagreb, Genk, West Ham, Rapid Vienna
You'd back them to escape the group, especially with Ronaldo's obsession with his Champion's League goalscoring, but Villarreal and Atalanta aren't mugs.
Atalanta are quite a bi-polar side though. When they are on it they are an absolute delight to watch but they can concede plenty too - would remind you a bit of some of our earlier performances under Klopp, before we solidified a bit. They could beat Man United 4-0 and then lose the reverse fixture 5-0.
Liverpool v AC Milan - Wed Sep 15
Porto v Liverpool - Tues Sep 28
Atletico Madrid - Liverpool, Tues Oct 19
Liverpool v Atletico Madrid - Wed Nov 3
Liverpool v Porto - Wed Nov 24
AC Milan v Liverpool - Tues Dec 7
I'll take that. Assuming that Atletico will be our two toughest matches, we get two chances to collect points off the (relatively) easier opponents before facing them and two chances to rescue some points should we fluff our lines a bit.
Bit of a bastard group.
Open to KopOP but my hunch is Porto are improved over recent seasons.
Atletico are still a tough side less concerning in the groupstages imo and Milan look the toughest side from pot 4.
Squad -
Goalkeepers - Alisson, Adrian, Kelleher
Defenders - Van Dijk, Matip, Gomez, Konate, Phillips, Alexander-Arnold, Robertson, Tsimikas
Midfielders - Fabinho, Henderson, Thiago, Keita, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Elliott
Forwards - Salah, Mane, Firmino, Jota, Minamino, Origi
Decent selection that.
2 midfielders who are always out injured it seems and 2 forwards that Klopp doesn't seem to deploy bar no other option aside, I'd agree.
Still think most of our moanings were spot on, a grunt in midfield and a forward who can play wide who Klopp would use would have been very good additions.
Would like to see Elliot get a chance up top.
Would also like to see us play 4231
A-Team
Alisson
TAA Matip VVD Robbo
Hendo Fabinho
Fab4
^^Looks a mean side to me
B-Team
Kelleher/Adrian
Neco/Gomez Gomez/Phillips Konate Tsimi
Thiago Keita/Milner
Elliot Ox/Taki Jones
Div/Taki
Progression in the domestic cups should be a good measure of squad depth this year.
Totally agree CC - it’s a good side IF all remain fit and in form - but well short in crucial areas of not.
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