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redshade » Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:37 am wrote:If we get a couple of goals and a clean sheet i think its done.

I hope we have a ferocious start and get couple of quick goals.

What part of Fantasy Island do you live in son?     

Serie A leading scorers this season:

RANK PLAYER CLUB GOALS
1 Ciro Immobile Lazio 29
2 Mauro Icardi Internazionale 26
3 Paulo Dybala Juventus 21
4 Fabio Quagliarella Sampdoria 18
5 Dries Mertens Napoli 17
6 Gonzalo Higuaín Juventus 15
7 Edin Dzeko AS Roma 14
8 Luis Alberto Lazio 11
        Ivan Perisic Internazionale 11
        Duván Zapata Sampdoria 11
        Iago Falqué Torino 11
12 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Lazio 10
        Giovanni Simeone Fiorentina 10
        Josip Ilicic Atalanta 10
        Kevin Lasagna Udinese 10
16 Leonardo Pavoletti Cagliari 9
        José Callejón Napoli 9
        Roberto Inglese Chievo Verona 9
        Andrea Belotti Torino 9
20 Sami Khedira Juventus 8
        Mirco Antenucci SPAL 8
        Bryan Cristante Atalanta 8
        Jordan Veretout Fiorentina 8

If VVD can contain Dzeko then 'it would be a good start'.  No other Romas player has even scored 8 this season.

EPL leading scorers:
RANK PLAYER CLUB GOALS
1 Mohamed Salah Liverpool 31
2 Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 26
3 Sergio Agüero Manchester City 21
4 Raheem Sterling Manchester City 18
5 Jamie Vardy Leicester City 17
6 Romelu Lukaku Manchester United 16
7 Roberto Firmino Liverpool 15
8 Alexandre Lacazette Arsenal 13
9 Son Heung-Min Tottenham Hotspur 12
        Eden Hazard Chelsea 12
        Glenn Murray Brighton & Hove Albion 12
12 Álvaro Morata Chelsea 11
        Gabriel Jesus Manchester City 11
14 Christian Eriksen Tottenham Hotspur 10
        Luka Milivojevic Crystal Palace 10
        Riyad Mahrez Leicester City 10
        Marko Arnautovic West Ham United 10
    Sadio Mané Liverpool 10
        Wayne Rooney Everton 10
20 David Silva Manchester City 9
        Chris Wood Burnley 9
        Leroy Sané Manchester City 9
        Ashley Barnes Burnley 9
        Anthony Martial Manchester United 9
        Alexis Sánchez Manchester United 9
26 Javier Hernández West Ham United 8
        Jesse Lingard Manchester United 8
        Dele Alli Tottenham Hotspur 8
        Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City 8

I'm more worried about Roma than the other semi finalists just because of the way they play and the fact Salah used to play for them and left on good terms, I see him having a quite game. We have to keep it tight and this will be a good test on how we have evolved as the season went on against these defensive teams. I would have preferred us not to be favorites but we have also improved at that as the season has gone on, Klopp has improved the winning mentality throughout the team so this again will be a good test of how we play as favorites. After what they did to Barcelona, Roma will not surprise us so we will probably keep it tight as well.

I expect a tight 1-0 win, anything extra will be a bonus.

Reg » Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:01 am wrote:

redshade » Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:37 am wrote:If we get a couple of goals and a clean sheet i think its done.

I hope we have a ferocious start and get couple of quick goals.

What part of Fantasy Island do you live in son?     

Mate just saying a lead of 2-0 for me should see us through.

What I'm trying to say is the damage will be done similar vs City.

We will definitely score at Roma so a clean sheet and couple of goals will see us through imo.

Reg » Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:08 am wrote:Serie A leading scorers this season:

RANK PLAYER CLUB GOALS
1 Ciro Immobile Lazio 29
2 Mauro Icardi Internazionale 26
3 Paulo Dybala Juventus 21
4 Fabio Quagliarella Sampdoria 18
5 Dries Mertens Napoli 17
6 Gonzalo Higuaín Juventus 15
7 Edin Dzeko AS Roma 14
8 Luis Alberto Lazio 11
        Ivan Perisic Internazionale 11
        Duván Zapata Sampdoria 11
        Iago Falqué Torino 11
12 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Lazio 10
        Giovanni Simeone Fiorentina 10
        Josip Ilicic Atalanta 10
        Kevin Lasagna Udinese 10
16 Leonardo Pavoletti Cagliari 9
        José Callejón Napoli 9
        Roberto Inglese Chievo Verona 9
        Andrea Belotti Torino 9
20 Sami Khedira Juventus 8
        Mirco Antenucci SPAL 8
        Bryan Cristante Atalanta 8
        Jordan Veretout Fiorentina 8

If VVD can contain Dzeko then 'it would be a good start'.  No other Romas player has even scored 8 this season.

There's only Dzeko in that list that can score goals, and he's 31. The rest can't score to save their lives. So  Defensively, we don't have much to fear.

I think Roma should be more concerned about our attack, than vice versa. As long as we don't make any silly mistakes, we should be OK. Getting past their defence will be key tonight, as it is likely to be tight.

In the most recent encounter with Roma, during the 2001-02 Champions League second group stages, a Jari Litmanen penalty and a glancing header from Emile Heskey helped the Reds secure a 2-0 victory at Anfield.

Here we go boys and girls.. Matchday, the big semi-final showdown. Can we hold our nerve and progress to the final!?

Let's come out blazing and blow these Roma boys away

Kop singing.. "Go back to Italy, Go back to Italy, Go back to Italy, Go back to Italy"

This will be a very different game to Porto and Man City. Stylistically they are different and won’t be gifting us space to counter. They’re actually a very experienced team with a couple of wily old midfield players. On top of that they have a game winning goalkeeper and a high quality striker. Always thought Dzeko was an excellent player are far more than just a number 9. I think he’ll try to get at Lovren tonight.

Roma have been pretty poor away in Europe but strong at home. They’ve yet to concede a goal at home and have put three past Chelsea and Barcelona. The atmosphere over at their place will be just as intimidating for us as it will be for them at Anfield. They're not a plastic club like Man City. So a strong result is needed tonight.

This tie could be experience and knowhow VS energy and pace.

Pretty sad situation when we have so few posts/posters on the day of the biggest game for the last 13 years.... WTF...

I just hope Salah has a great game against his former club- we really need him to be on fire over the 2 legs especially on home turf.

Getting a quick start and dominating possession will be key. As already mentioned we should be able to run the legs off this Roma side.

Reg » Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:44 am wrote:Italy's finest:

A red card for you Reg 

Yeah I think our best shot is to run the legs off them but in order for that to happen they will have to come out and play which I doubt they will. After the Barca result they will be very confident that they can overturn a few goal deficit at home so will just look to sit deep and pump it long.

I can't see this being like Porto or Man City where we went through with a comfortable score line. I think whoever goes through will do so by a goal or two over the 2 legs.

Memory lane...

Liverpool vs AS Roma - 1984 - Penalty Shootout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSESauE2LP4

LFC quiz to help pass the time:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/qu ... /liverpool

Away games in the Champions League this season, we have played well and scored goals, in the group phase where we won 0-7 versus Maribor, to the away legs in the knockout phase versus Porto and Man City.

Whatever the result tonight, I'm  confident we can go to the Stadio Olympico and score goals there.

Physically demanding wise, this will be nowhere near a test as the Man City tie. I just can't see it.

I'm confident   

Ex players usually have an off game against their former clubs. Im hoping that does not happen with Salah today.

Not long to go can't  bloody wait.

How/where are you guys going to watch it?