Rory Fitzgerald

Jesus, had you asked me our 2 scorers yesterday I'd have said Bobby and Trent. For some reason I have a hard time recollecting Salah's goal which is mad. That Mane effort at the end was worrying in the way he steadied himself just before shooting. It just didnt feel natural what he did and the outcome was weak.

How many times have you gone to bed in a bad frame of mind and don’t get a good sleep - that’s the way I’m thinking about it.

Some amount of debate on TAA on Monday Night Football so Soical Media/Twitter will be flying of videos of Neville & Carragher with Trent tagged. I hope he has left his mobile phone back in Liverpool and isn't pouring over the videos the night before Real Madrid. Cant be in any way helpful to be consumed by hearing Neville's thoughts on Southgate priming him to be left at home for the Euros. He got a great boost after that assist vs Arsenal and now 24 hours before this key game, his mind could be flipped back to that debate.

No Hazard in the squad for tomorrow but Valverde could be on the bench.

It is sad, I saw a post from his daughter on Twitter asking people to stop speculating about the cause of his death as it was distressing Claude's very elderly father. Another thing for the family to contend with.

What a difference that 2nd half has made for the rest of the weekend !

Apologies for early post - laptop on verge of shutting down for updates and no idea how long it would take

A quick look at Real Madrid's form, their team, main players this season and recent formations. Form: In good form recently, been a while since their last defeat ! 2nd in La Liga, 3 pts behind Atletico. Won 9 of last 11 with 2 draws. Last defeat was 30th Jan at home to Levante Goals: Heavy reliance on Benzema with no obvious fall back option if he is not scoring Joint 2nd in La Liga with 51 goals in 29 games. Benzema has 18 but then its Casemiro with 5, Asensio 4, Valverde 3, Modric 3, Junior 3, Hazard 2, Vazquez 2, Varane 2, Ramos 2 Defence: Decent record but been shifting formations recently and Ramos is out along with Carvajal who is more defensive than Vazquez 3rd in La Liga with 23 conceded in 29 games Most Minutes: To given an idea of who have been the main players picked all season (some due to injury) but gives an insight into who Zidane trusts over the course of this season. Courtois (2,610), Varane (2,430), Casemiro (2,205), Benzema (2,204), Modric (2,151), Mendy (2,117), Kroos (1,960), Vazquez (1,808), Asensio (1,441), Vinicius Junior (1,401), Nacho Fernandes (1,393), Ramos (1,277), Valverde (940) Carvajal (855), Marcelo (696), Isco (614), Rodrygo (566) Hazard, (396) Injuries: Ramos will miss both games Carvajal likely to miss both legs, could be a bench option 2nd leg Hazard likely to miss both legs, could be a bench option for 2nd leg Valverde likely to miss 1st leg, could be an option for the 2nd leg Formation: Mostly a 4-3-3 team, but hard to 2nd guess what way they will go over the 2 games. Zidane could have 2 formations and 2 game plans for both legs. 4-3-3 for 19 games but only once in the last 4 games Last 4 games have seen them go with 3 at the back and a mix of either 2 upfront or attacking midfielders behind 1 attacker Some games have had 2 upfront with Vinicius Junior joining Benzema I have set out 3 teams/formations from the last 5 games. Atletico was 7th March, Atalanta 16th March and Eibar was the last game on 3rd March. My guess is that their team is based on; They have played 3 at the back more recently, though didnt at Atletico, even without Ramos Marcelo and Mendy can left and double up on Salah but gives them Marcelo as an attacking option. Can play front 2 Allows them to try tuck in with a back 3 when needed to bring Marcelo back Gives them a solid base to frustrate Liverpool for the away goal given our struggled to break teams down Equally, that logic cold apply for an away game to play 2 full backs in a 3-5-2 and instead go with 4-3-3 in the home game. Hard to predict. But I am guessing that Marcelo's experience and 2 attackers and Vazquez is naturally more attacking that they may not see 3-5-2 as defensive given the wingbacks are attacking in nature. Courtois Varane Fernandez Mendy Vazquez Modric Casemiro Kroos Marcelo Benzema V.Junior V

I've just flicked this on - heard a few soundbites at half time, sounds like a dreadfully boring game.

Ha ha ha ha

Chelsea vs West Brom - I'm not holding out much hope of course, but Chelsea hitting a rocky patch would be nice in terms of the league but also potential semi-final opponents in the CL. Tuchel could do with a bit of a set back and blip to his defensive record

I thought it was a brilliantly produced piece of work. It felt like there was about 10 hours of content that needed to be condensed into 90mins. It moved so fast and covered so much with a 360 degree look at his life from his wife, children, brother, players, opponents, employers, politicians ..... and yet for everything we are shown, he sadly could not recollect such things in his final year.

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