The return leg match thread of the Liverpool vs Augsberg Europa League Cup tie

OwaynOTT

Now that the tuesday and wednesday warm up games are out of the way, the European matches that matter can kick off tomorrow.

First up, if you disregard any other Europa League tie that could be taking place before this game (which there could be because there's like at least 107 teams in this round), is the rerun of the Augsberg versus Liverpool game but now it's the Liverpool versus Augsberg match.

Sturridge was in fine fettle today, denied the existence of God in an interview, alongside his manager Jurgen Klopp.
Klopp agreed with his star striker, 'There is only one true god and that is Crom. Crom is harsh and unforgiven. He does not answer prayers and revels in blood and thunder. It is he, who I have fashioned my heavy metal football after. Crom favours tenacity and endeavour in his followers, even it pushes their frail bodies to failure and that's the kind of football I want to see at Anfield or by Crom, there will be reckoning.'


This round 32 match is on at 6pm tomorrow and if you insist on not streaming it, it's on BT Europe and possibly other channels.



Hold your screen up to a mirror to view that image correctly.

5starpool

Should be a full strength team. It'd be nice to have a comfortable win for Liverpool, but unlikely to happen as it rarely has lately.

OwaynOTT

5starpool wrote: »

Should be a full strength team. It'd be nice to have a comfortable win for Liverpool, but unlikely to happen as it rarely has lately.

hope it's a full strength team myself. With Sturridge, firminio and Origi up front. Maybe have Coutihno a bit further back with Can and Lucas. Might be a bit light in the middle but that team, with all due respect Augsburg, should be good enough to win.
Don't necessarily care if it's comfortable or not. Wouldn't mind a bit of a helter skelter game. 4-2 is my preferred score.

Harry Palmr

I fear the same middle trio but hope that Lucas will come in for Henderson or that we see a diamond and Couts on the flank of the jewel with two up.

suffering golfer

5starpool wrote: »

Should be a full strength team. It'd be nice to have a comfortable win for Liverpool, but unlikely to happen as it rarely has lately.

Do you really think it will be, given the Cup Final on Sunday, will you not be resting players for it?

Gringo180

Augsburg? Sounds like a Formula 1 track.

klose

Hope we don't see the can-hendo-milner midfield of doom again

5starpool

suffering golfer wrote: »

Do you really think it will be, given the Cup Final on Sunday, will you not be resting players for it?

I think it is pretty likely to be near full strength. I'll be disappointed if it is not. There was no game last weekend so no reason not to really. It is the best chance of CL football next season at this point, although it's still an outside shot of course.

LuckyLloyd

This is an important game. Sunday is an important game. We need to get used to winning multiple important games in the space of a week.

OwaynOTT

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

This is an important game. Sunday is an important game. We need to get used to winning multiple important games in the space of a week.

Exactly. Of course they played a lot of games over December and Jan and even Feb but if we don't win this we won't have very many important games, apart from Sunday, until August and I don't want that.

Turtyturd

Gringo180 wrote: »

Augsburg? Sounds like a Formula 1 track.

You had 36 hours, surely you could've come up with something better.

Oranage2

I held my phone to the mirror and the crests and spelling wasn't the right way round.

Turtyturd

Mirrors over there work counter-counter clockwise.

OwaynOTT

Oranage2 wrote: »

I held my phone to the mirror and the crests and spelling wasn't the right way round.

Yiu need to reverse the mirror and stand in front of it.

Oranage2

Turtyturd wrote: »

Mirrors over there work counter-counter clockwise.

Digital?

OwaynOTT

Wait, your in China right? You may reverse that reverse and or stand upside down or something.

MonkeyTennis

[funfact] Mozarts dad, Leopold also a famous musician and Rudolf Diesel are from Augsburg [funfact]

Turtyturd

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

[funfact] Mozarts dad, Leopold also a famous musician and Rudolf Diesel are from Augsburg [funfact]

The formula one track?

Buford T. Justice XIX

Augsburg with a good few injury worries.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fc-opponents-augsburg-hit-10943184

Cartman78

This is freeview on Setanta by the way so my clapped out laptop will get a break tonight

recylingbin

FUNFACT

In 1949, Augsburg considered changing their name to Der Anfield Rapiers in homage to John Barnes.

MonkeyTennis

eh ok.. its like that eh?

FUNFACT The Augsberg ice hockey team are called The Augsberg Icebergs and their mascot is a worried sea captain

MonkeyTennis

Lucas starts at centre back

Harry Palmr

Confirmed #LFC team v @FCAugsburg: Mignolet, Clyne, Lucas, Sakho, Moreno, Can, Henderson, Milner, Firmino, Coutinho, Sturridge

Confirmed #LFC subs v @FCAugsburg: Ward, Toure, Benteke, Origi, Smith, Teixeira, Chirivella

Tonights game is the 350th match in European competition which is naturally a record tally by an English side.

Francie Barrett

Looks like we are taking this seriously.

klose

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Looks like we are taking this seriously.

Rightfully too.

Turtyturd

Looking forward to the Milner falling over drinking game.

marklazarcovic

or the henderson misplaced pass game

SuperTortoise

That midfield trio need a big game tonight.
Is Kolo carrying a knock or something?

quarryman

"Harry wrote:

Tonights game is the 350th match in European competition which is naturally a record tally by an English side.

What is their win ratio, out of interest?

Turtyturd

marklazarcovic wrote: »

or the henderson misplaced pass game

Drink is doubled if it's a cross field ball.

jungleman

Sickened that Ward hasn't been given a start yet. Has to be better than Mignolet?

Harry Palmr

quarryman wrote: »

What is their win ratio, out of interest?

No I'm not adding them all up!

---

GAMES--WIN---DRAW--LOSE
Champions League

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104

---

53

---

27

---

24

---

50.96%
Europa League

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43

---

22

---

13

---

8

---

51.16%
European Cup

---

77

---

49

---

12

---

16

---

63.64%
European Cup Winners---29

---

16

---

5

---

8

---

55.17%
European Fairs Cup

---

22

---

12

---

4

---

6

---

54.55%
UEFA Cup

---

73

---

40

---

19

---

14

---

54.79%
European Super Cup

---

7

---

4

---

1

---

2

---

57.14%

marklazarcovic

Turtyturd wrote: »

Drink is doubled if it's a cross field ball.

neck the bottle if he scores

marklazarcovic

good atmosphere to be fair

Osmosis Jones

Lucas just needs to keep it simple with his passes.

kingshankly

First Lucas gives it away
Then gets sucked in to make a challenge leaving half the pitch behind him
If it was an under 10 you would take him off😂

Osmosis Jones

Pushed by his own man haha

Turtyturd

Looked harsh.

googled eyes

Milner!!!!!!!!

marklazarcovic

excellent pen by milner,soft award

Osmosis Jones

Great penalty

citytillidie

Damn the Liverpool Twitter account is ahead of BT sport channel lol never a pen

Turtyturd

At least he can take a good peno.

Osmosis Jones

It's soft but there's no reason for him to throw his hand up like that, definite penalty.

Harry Palmr

Dunno why anyone would moan, clearly a needless handball.

No extra time now

kingshankly

Excellent penalty
Right in the corner
Lucky penalty decision to be fair

NukaCola

Awh.....no Extra time now?

Turtyturd

Great distribution.

NukaCola

Moreno still turning his back on crosses....

Osmosis Jones

Mignolet had no idea where that was landing, could've been a nightmare.