Good second half in Brizzle enough for City to win the “prize” of Anfield
So… Liverpool (a) it is, for better or worse.
To be honest, to scoff at a trip to Anfield is not a great look, as I was reminded yesterday.
First, there’s the revenue raised by a full house in one of England’s biggest stadiums, which for a perpetually skint club will be a significant coffer boost, and there’s also the Anfield factor itself which, whether I wish to accept it or not, is definitely a thing.
Given the parlous state of our club right now, trips to the so-called elite of the English game are far from guaranteed in the short to medium term, so we are not really in a position to get too sniffy when the opportunity presents itself.
So Anfield it is. Next Sunday (28th). In the full glare of the live ITV cameras. Possibly our first brush with the dulcet tones of Sam Matterface.
Hmm.
But, hopefully, the fear felt by many (most") City fans will not be shared by David Wagner and his players. Instead, it would be nice to think they will embrace the opportunity in the same way Bristol Rovers fearlessly embraced the opportunity to cause an upset against us.
We’ll see.
Credit where it’s due though, because at halftime last night, after City had spent 45 minutes stinking out the Memorial Ground, progress to the fourth round looked a million miles away.
It was clear from his starting XI and bench that the prospect of a reunion with his old mucker Jurgen Klopp had whetted Wagner’s appetite for the...
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