Sevilla (A) - Tues Nov 21. European Cup, Group E, game 5. 7.45pm

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Big f***ing game this.

 

Expect Moscow to dispense with Maribor, so that would leave it very tight at the top (unless we win, then we're on easy street)

 

 

Matip ruled out

[The_Adder]

Big f***ing game this.

 

Expect Moscow to dispense with Maribor, so that would leave it very tight at the top (unless we win, then we're on easy street)

 

 

 

Matip ruled out

Reckon its gonna be a mad one, 7 goal thriller

[Molby]

I’m here

(Well not here, stopping over at our Spanish bolt hole)

£440k is here though as he’s here every day

 

Any other lads on the way ?

 

Ticket situation is building up to become another UEFA fiasco btw

 

So f*** off UEFA

 

and f*** off FSG

[Jarg Armani]

Heading over in the morning via Malaga G

[Molby]

Heading over in the morning via Malaga G

Malaga eh?

You intrepid fox, you

[épieur]

biggest game since... the last time we played sevilla away from home.

Edited November 21, 2017 by Kid Klopp

[McBain]

Pretty relaxed about this. All the pressure is on them. We'll counter the hell out of them

[Mick_G]

On train from Madrid to Seville now, happy days If anyone fancies meeting up later let me know.

[jonnyc]

Anyone came across any tickets, either end? If so would really appreciate it.

Anyone came across any tickets, either end? If so would really appreciate it.

[Stanley Leisure]

Jealous of you guyz, i’ve never done a european away and this one’s a cracker.

[Case]

Brain going here, so this is one for Macca or similar maths geniuses.

 

Am I right in thinking that points-wise, not the emotional impact of football, but pure points, that it doesn't matter a damn whether we draw or lose tonight in terms of what it would mean for the last game?

 

In other words, if we didn't win tonight, we'd still just need one point v Spartak.

 

Is that right?

 

If so, why not play ALL the attacking ladz.

[McBain]

Win, we guarantee we're top with a draw v spartak.

 

Draw, we only need a draw v spartak as long as its not 2-2 or higher

 

Lose, we need to beat spartak

 

All on the assumption spartak beat maribor

 

That's how I see it. Anyone got owt different?

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

The Echo did a thing after our last game on the perms

 

lose tonight & Moscow win & we're both on 8pts. A draw at Anfield and it's head to head - 0-0 we go through on away goals, 1-1 it's down to GD, 2-2 or higher we go out.

 

Not losing tonight is vital - the group would probably look like this if we draw - 

 

LFC - 9

Spartak - 8

Sevilla - 8

Maribor - 1

Edited November 21, 2017 by Sir Tokyo Sexwale

[Ripley]

Anybody know which channel showing it in Spain?

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

yeah good point - in Madrid now on way to Barca, so will need to find it later to cause a revolution in

[Case]

The Echo did a thing after our last game on the perms

 

lose tonight & Moscow win & we're both on 8pts. A draw at Anfield and it's head to head - 0-0 we go through on away goals, 1-1 it's down to GD, 2-2 or higher we go out.

 

Not losing tonight is vital - the group would probably look like this if we draw - 

 

LFC - 9

Spartak - 8

Sevilla - 8

Maribor - 1

 

Right.  So our away goals v Maribor are worth bugger all other than the three points.

 

Got it.

 

Ta.

[Flasher]

Meanwhile, Dirk Kuyt has been at Anfield today. What a great day already.

[charlie clown]

On BT Sport 2 apparently.

[Will]

Down Memory Lane

           

YNWA looks back at our only previous meetings with the Spanish side, as we prepare to visit Los Rojiblancos on Tuesday in the UEFA Champions League group stage.

           

Basel despair

Daniel Sturridge gave us a half-time lead in the UEFA Europa League Final in Basel in May 2016, but we collapsed after the break to lose 3-1 with Jorge Moreno bagging a brace to add to a Kévin Gameiro strike. Midfielder Joe Allen, centre-forward Christian Benteke and centre-half Kolo Touré all played their last reds games. We had been denied a clear-cut penalty in the first half as the Spanish side went on to claim the trophy for the third consecutive season.

           

Anfield disappointment

We were held to a 2-2 draw in our first meeting in the group in September, despite dominating the game. We fell behind after five minutes to a Wissam Ben Yedder goal before Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah put us ahead at the break as we reached 200 home goals in Europe’s premier competition. Firmino missed a penalty before half-time, as it hit the post and bounced to safety. Joaquín Correa levelled for the visitors, with Joe Gomez sent off late on for two bookable offences.

[Will]

Double Agents

           

In advance of our second meeting in the Champions League group stage, YNWA looks at the careers of some of those who have represented both Sevilla and the reds over the years.

           

Current double agent

Left-back Alberto Moreno joined the reds for £12m from his hometown club Sevilla in August 2014, netting three times in 125 reds games to date. He had struck three times in 62 outings for Sevilla since making his first-team debut in June 2011, helping them to clinch the UEFA Europa League in 2014.

           

Also at the back

Right-back Antonio Barragán signed from Sevilla for £240,000 in July 2005, although he had yet to play a first-team game. He moved on to Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña for €1m in August 2006, after just one senior reds appearance as we won 3-1 at CSKA Sofia in the first leg of our Champions League Third Qualifying Round tie in August 2005.

           

Seville-born centre-half Daniel Sánchez Ayala signed from his hometown club for £160,000 in September 2007, having rejected a professional contract with Sevilla, making his senior debut as substitute in our 2-1 League defeat at Tottenham Hotspur in August 2009, and his first start as we thumped Stoke City 4-0 at Anfield three days later. He played five reds games in total before being sold to Norwich City for £850,000 in August 2011 after loan spells at Hull City and Derby County.

           

Recently heading forward

Luis Alberto signed from Sevilla for £6.8m in June 2013, for whom he had only played nine first-team games, although he had spent the previous campaign on loan with Barcelona B. He only played twelve times in his first season, with only two of these appearances being from the start, as he struggled to break through to the first team. He spent two seasons on loan back in Spain, before joining S.S. Lazio for €4m in August 2016.

           

Forward Iago Aspas signed from Real Club Celta de Vigo for £7.7m in June 2013, notching just once in fifteen senior outings. He returned to his former club for €5m in June 2015, having spent the previous season on loan at Sevilla, for whom he struck ten times in 26 outings.

           

Other double agents

Danish midfielder Christian Poulsen was signed by Roy Hodgson for £4.5m from Juventus in August 2010 and played 21 reds games without scoring, moving on to French side Évian Thonon Gaillard a year later. He had joined Sevilla in the summer of 2006 after his contract with Schalke 04 had expired, helping them to claim the UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Cup, Spanish Cup and Supercopa before moving on to Juventus in July 2008 for €9.75m.

           

Antonio Gómez Pérez joined the reds from Albacete Balompié in June 2009 to work with the reserves under John McMahon, but left for Real Valladolid a year later. He made fourteen League appearances for Sevilla in 1996/97 on loan from Real Madrid.

[RP]

yeah good point - in Madrid now on way to Barca, so will need to find it later to cause a revolution in

 

 

True Macca style.

[lfc003]

I'd like to see

 

------------------ Karius ----------------

Gomez - Lovren - Klavan - Moreno

----------- Hendo ---- Can ------------

Salah --------- Coutinho -------- Ox

------------ Bobby Firmino ---------

 

Subs: Ming, TAA, Milner, Gini, Lallana, Mane, Studge

[Smith]

Would be surprised if we don’t start with Salah, Mane, Bobby and Coutinho.

[LicK]

Same as Saturday except Karius in for Mignolet and Gomez in for TAA.

Pretty ambitious away to Sevilla but then we're never likely to park a bus...

Edited November 21, 2017 by LicK

[Bootle Buck]

Liverpool: Karius; Gomez, Lovren, Klavan, Moreno; Henderson, Wijnaldum, Coutinho; Salah, Mane, Firmino

Substitutes: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Milner, Can, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sturridge, Solanke