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I disagree. If you recall when Rodgers was around (sorry to bring it all back in case you've just come out of rehab) many of us used to comment about the need to play 2 strikers sometimes, let alone one.

And on Thursday, as soon as I saw the team I was disappointed and even annoyed that we weren't playing a recognised striker. If you watched the game on BT Sport you will have also heard McManaman pretty much pleading to get Sturridge on.

Yes, Moreno should've squared it... but he didn't. If he had, we may well have got away with it and Klopp may have been declared a genuius.

But football is about entertainment too. Having a recognised class striker in the team is one of the joys of the game. The anticipation of what may happen at any time is a big part of the enjoyment. We at LFC have been lucky with Keegan, Dalglish, Rush, Fowler, Owen, Suarez, Torres etc. And we all know what Sturridge can do.

Yeah agree, klopp can't be immune from criticism, he went negative and now we have it all to do. Klopp says we are going to throw everything at them next week but thats only because we threw nothing at them this week.

Yep, we have to win by 2 clear goals. Twice the task we achieved against Dortmund. it can be done of course, but we can't expect miracles every time.

they play very narrow and very defensively..wingers and benteke and sturrigde up top i would go..

ben would have to work his tits off mario style, pity origi isn't fit, firmino in behind them if that was the case? we could go narrow too. depends how much confidence klopp has in liverpool's passing

yeah teke won't do the movement thing klopp wants but i still rate him as a in the box goalscorer, we don't have many options either..milner supplying the crosses,,i think we would smash em.

-----------------teke--danny-----------------------

coutinho-----allen---lucas---------------milner..


klopp won't go that way tho, not in million years

its going to be danny up top with cout-firm-lallanna and lucas milner

I don't think we'll do any smashing with any side, it's more of a case of slowly slowly catch a monkey this match for me.

if you play teke so high with studge it makes it harder for coutinho and milner to get the space to cross. you're right though, there is no other way we are going to win this match/tie other than through hard work, so whatever klopp chooses, the fans will get behind the players if they try their hardest

I didn't see the game so haven't commented until now but I agree with KP. From what I can gather, we went there not to lose which only looks like a mistake because of a last kick of the game goal. Klopp can't be immune from criticism but this is hardly the end of the world. The second leg will be a bit more difficult now but not insurmountable especially as we're at home.

I disagree. going there simply not to lose is, in my opinion, generally a negativity that I don't like to see but also a mistake when in European games. There should be a better balance between trying to avoid a loss and trying to score a goal.

2-1 is a far better result than losing 1-0; and 1-1 is better than 0-0. This says to me that it's worth giving ourselves the best chance of getting an away goal.

I see what you're saying but European teams do it all the time. Had it ended 0-0 we wouldn't even be talking like this. It only really looks like a mistake because the last kick of the game was a goal for them.

As I say, it's by no means insurmountable so I'm not down beat about our chances at all. These lot are no mugs and an away goal would've been great but we just have to get it done at home now.