Predicted Lineup
That was my exact lineup as well! That's a team that can score a lot of goals when you really look at the quality of the attacking players.
Predicted Lineup
Home game. Important to rotate the squad for the Liverpool game, but at the same time, I think we should try to guarantee a win and make it 6 points out of 6. It's important to secure the 1st place ASAP, in order to fully rotate the squad with absolutely no risk.
I assume one of Xhaka, Jesus or Ode will always start barring a freak injury situation. (On leadership group alone)
And considering fitness its probably going to be Xhaka most of the time. I agree about not playing more than 45 minutes though (depending on game state. We need to be first in the group otherwise its like 2 more games which is worse).
I think we start this and hope it is enough to win. Big advantage in resting players for Liverpool. Sub at half or 70 min as needed.Xhaka starts for leadership. Our midfield 3 would most likely be him, Lokonga and Viera. Front 3 could be Nelson, Nketiah and Marquinos. That's a good enough squad with a defense of Gabriel, Holding, Tomiyasu and Tierney. I'm starting to see some depth in the squad here. Good stuff.
Knowing Arteta I bet Martinelli or Saka starts.That was my exact lineup as well! That's a team that can score a lot of goals when you really look at the quality of the attacking players.
IneligibleCan the 15 yo kid play this match? So we can see if Arteta was serious about what he said or just politics.
Cederic just coming back from an jnjury, so I guess Tomi as RB and one of White/Gabriel in CB. But yeah I guess this might what we see. Propably Nelson for Marquinhos. Although I would want to see both starting. If we are not winning at HT bring in 2 of Martinelli/Saka/Jesus.Martinelli-Nketiah-Marquinhos
Xhaka-Vieira
Sambi
Tierney-Tomiyasu-Holding-Cedric
Turner
Understand people saying we shouldn't underestimate Bodo but we likely forced to play 9 from B team today because of fixtures we got. We saw against Zurich we were very comfertable with our B team just need to be ruthless
I hope Zinchenko being out is just to fool Liverpool. We do have Tierney and Tomiyasu who can play there, Cedric too.
I assume they meant apart from the long-term injuries.It’s not a full squad. No El Neny no ESR.
I assume they meant apart from the long-term injuries.