You should be up for it at least. I think it will be a good game because it's rare for us not to play to win and you guys need to win. A draw does us a lot more good than it does you, but we don't often play for a draw. We're playing a lot better now than we were when we went to Anfield though, our season hadn't started then. It could go either way but Benitez has a habit of playing not to lose in the league far too muchand it has cost you dearly points wise. You've been getting too many draws and playing like you do in thoes games against us when were in form will lose you the game imo. It will depend on how Benitez organises the tactics on the day, if you attack us you have more of a chance than if you try to simply stop us scoring.
People go on about our defesive record we have this season, it is good but at the same time we're one of the side that teams park the bus against the most. Yes we have a world class defence and yes Ferdinand and Vidic are among the best in the world, but teams certainly arn't going to score against us if they keep everyone behind the ball. The fact we keep scoring against teams that do that should at least tell them that they have noting to lose. Look at Hull when they played us, Derby, Newcastle had a go. We beat Derby two out of three times and we beat Newcastle and Hull, but they all caused a scare and yet none are big threats in teamrs of having great squads and competing for trophies and honours. Yes if teams open up against us they are leaving holes we can exploit, but we're exlpoiting holes anyway, we're beating teams anyway and with that in mind there best chance of causing an upset is to try and beat us at our own game.
Premier league football is part skill and majority mental. If you can rush the opposition, if you canclose them down, give them no time on the ball and push them back it doesn't matter if you don't have the skill on the ball. If you press them more than they're pressing you it doesn't matter if it's Derby v United, Burnley v Arsenal or whoever, you're giving youself the best chance you can.
Look at Liverpool tonight,now really I do think Liverpool are a better team than Real Madrid right now, but the principals were there. Liverpool closed down, they pushed Real back and they didn't give Real players any time on the ball. Time and again you see smaller teams doing this to Pemier League clubs and not all the time, but sometimes you see it paying off. So why can't Premier league teams do it. That baffles me sometimes.
But anyway, I think Inter will be out of sorts tomorrow. Before the last leg the players and Jose were all talking about being hyped up for it and having the belief that theycan win and what happened. They were lucky we ddin't score. I can't see them turning it on tomorrow. I can see the possibility of an upset, but not by being outplayed.
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