Liverpool v Manchester United

451, Berbatov on the bench.

/facepalm

Gonna be a long game, this one.

United:

Van der Sar; O'Shea, Brown, Smalling, Evra; Nani, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs; Rooney.

Liverpool:

Reina; Johnson, Skrtel, Carragher, Aurelio; Lucas, Gerrard, Meireles; Kuyt, Suarez, Maxi.


Why facepalm?

This is how we play away from home in big fixtures? Are you really surprised?
 
Not looking like Rio on the coach looking at the players walking into changing room, although Valencia there
 
Hmm considering we were overran in midfield against a weak scouse side last year I can see SAFs thinking by playing the 5. Especially with the experience of Scholes and Giggs in there.
 
I'm not happy, but I'll accept this decision with humility in case it bites me in the ass.

I'd love to be surprised. I wonder if our formation was influenced by Arsenal dropping points. Probably not, but you never know. I just think that Berbatov should be starting as he's the league top scorer...and we played so well in a 442 against Chelsea whereas we've been awful pretty much every time we've gone 451 this season.
 
No Rio :(

Interesting to note that SAF still never fails to turn to his sentinels, Giggs and Scholes, for these matches - and I bet Neville would have been picked too if he hadn't retired.

There's no substitute to experience in these games.
 
Why facepalm?

This is how we play away from home in big fixtures? Are you really surprised?

It does supprise me that we have dropped our best striker this season for every big game, but kept giving Rooney games even though his form has been hit and miss.
 
Why facepalm?

This is how we play away from home in big fixtures? Are you really surprised?

I'm not surprised but I had hoped we'd go 442 like against Chelsea. That was a big fixture and our best away performance all season. Chelsea are better than Liverpool, so why more defensive now?
 
I'd love to be surprised. I wonder if our formation was influenced by Arsenal dropping points. Probably not, but you never know. I just think that Berbatov should be starting as he's the league top scorer...and we played so well in a 442 against Chelsea whereas we've been awful pretty much every time we've gone 451 this season.

Yeah - 4-4-2 against a Liverpool midfield with Lucas, Gerrard and Meirelles - can I just ask what you think would happen then ?
 
I reckon we'll do them but I'm absolutely shitting it now, fecking hate the build up to playing these twats
 
I'm not surprised but I had hoped we'd go 442 like against Chelsea. That was a big fixture and our best away performance all season. Chelsea are better than Liverpool, so why more defensive now?

Because we lost.
 
Ben Hibbs
Correction #mufc: Van der Sar; Rafael Brown Smalling Evra; Nani Carrick Scholes Giggs; Rooney, Berbatov
 
Has the bench been named?

Kuszczak, Rafael, Fabio, Evans?, Gibson, Hernandez, Berbatov