03 Nov 2025 17:55:03
Ed001, how you feeling about tomorrow vs Real? Confident or a bit nervy?
I’m honestly not sure how to feel about this one. Real Madrid are in good form. They were good vs Barcelona and exploited their high line pretty well.
It’s a strange time to be a Liverpool fan right now. The Aston Villa win helped a bit, but IMO Villa were poor, and we didn’t exactly dominate. Long balls and throws have been haunting us this season, but fortunately Villa aren’t a side that could exploit that weakness. In fact, them playing out from the back basically played into our hands.
There were flashes, but I don’t know if that game showed a resurgence or just papered over some cracks (like Frankfurt away) .
One big worry is how we handle the press. Every time a team has gone man-for-man or pressed high this season, we’ve looked shaky. Under Alonso, Real have been pressing and counter-pressing really well. If they do that again at Anfield, I fear we might struggle to play out or keep shape.
I expect Slot to stick with the same XI as vs Villa, maybe Kirkez in for Robbo (fitness) . He’s clearly taking no risks with rotation. Given how reluctant he was to use subs (bar Wirtz) even when we were 2–0 up vs Villa, I can’t see many changes.
As pumped as I was during and after the Villa game, now that the dust’s settled, I think it might be a tough night. Even if we don’t win, I just want to see fight, control, and a proper performance. Don’t want Villa to be a one-off and us back to looking lost again.
Big night tomorrow, but confidence feels low. Hopefully we can shake off the ghosts and continue what might be a real resurgence.
YNWA!
{Ed001's Note - I am never confident mate. Fingers crossed though.}
03 Nov 2025 19:20:40
I thought our confidence showed second half, we were show boating on the ball and looked very comfortable.
03 Nov 2025 20:27:24
TRK, totally get you, mate.
Honestly, even I was baffled by Slot not making any subs. When we're losing, he throws in Cheisa, Rio, Gomez, everything but the kitchen sink
And now we're winning comfortably and he won’t even sub Gakpo (who was poor) or anyone for that matter, even in injury time, just to run down the clock. Strange!
Maybe, like you said, he didn’t want to take any risk whatsoever
Anyway, looking forward to tomorrow.
03 Nov 2025 20:33:14
I personally think that we are happier against teams like Real than we are against the likes of Brentford. I think it will be a good game and maybe end in a draw.
03 Nov 2025 22:26:00
Waiting for young Mr Bradley to re-introduce himself to Mbappe ?.
03 Nov 2025 22:53:34
I think we will give them a decent game, it will be tight but I think we will still lose 1-2 maybe.
03 Nov 2025 22:56:15
I can’t help feeling Madrid will have our number. We have been predictable all season, and although the win against Villa was a great result, it didn’t really feel like we had turned a corner.
03 Nov 2025 23:38:09
Madrid seemed to be much better coached under Alonso than they did under Ancellotti. So it will be a much tougher game this time around compared to last season. A win would be nice but a draw wouldn't be a bad result either.
A lot depends on Slot as well and how he sets the team up. If he's doing the horseshoe bs again, then it's show that he didn't learn anything from the past month or so.
04 Nov 2025 00:17:01
I’ll never bet against Liverpool, but I think we will play into there hands trying to slow it down and keep control. We’ve got to run them ragged, I’d have Robbo over kerkez experience needed here.
Maybe mix it up up top drop gakpo play Ekitike Wirtz and Mo let them 3 and szob run riot. I feel they will score, probably a couple got no confidence in the keeper.
04 Nov 2025 00:21:06
It's Madrid at anfield, we will turn up. I think wirtz and kerkez will probably start, I have a feeling slot was saving them for this game.
04 Nov 2025 00:24:19
I can see Slot sticking with the same starting XI for the next two matches heading into the international break.
Which kinda has me a little worried, cos I feel like with his personality, he would go completely the other way from tinkering and then just rely on 12-13 players again lol
But algoods, this is an important week and I think getting the machine back functioning is the priority.
04 Nov 2025 02:36:54
Last season Slot played the same 11 more or less for the first couple months of the season. Memory serves we didn't use a lot of subs either. I think he's going safe here and the same 11 from Saturday.
04 Nov 2025 07:10:13
2-1 liverpool
I came to this conclusion after work with a glass of Adelaide's finest red.
It could also be 3-1 so please go easy on me if its by 2 or 3
Can't wait as usual European night at Anfield always brilliant, so passionate so loud and a large part of why I love this club so much.
Enjoy all.