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ILD said:
Is it a bit risky resting Gerrard AND Sterling? Both are match winners on their day. Both need a rest for Tuesday but I'm on the fence here. The ideal scenario is play one or both, try have the game won on the hour mark and take them off. We don't look capable of having a game won on the hour mark though.
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It's sunderland at home though. Didn't Downing score against them?

If we can't score against them without Gerrard and Sterling we're fucked. Happy to bring them both on 2nd half but Sterling needs a rest more than Gerrard probably
 
Sunderland will be well motivated and energetic, we will need to match that right from the off. Our extra talent should prove key. I'm expecting a tight match. Hopefully there'll be a good atmosphere and the players can feed off that.
 
I saw a stat today that delighted me. Sunderland have not won at Anfield in their last 15 visits. Then I saw a stat that made me wary. They lost 8 and drew 7 of those 15 games.
 
Jack D Rips said:
I saw a stat today that delighted me. Sunderland have not won at Anfield in their last 15 visits. Then I saw a stat that made me wary. They lost 8 and drew 7 of those 15 games.
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That does not delight me
 
Of course Gerrard needs to be rested. This is exactly the right spot for Can to start in his place.
 
Jack D Rips said:
I saw a stat today that delighted me. Sunderland have not won at Anfield in their last 15 visits. Then I saw a stat that made me wary. They lost 8 and drew 7 of those 15 games.
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Many of those types of records have been broken these last few years.
 
SummerOnions said:
Defo rest Sterling and Gerrard

Mignolet
Manquillo Skrtel Toure Moreno
Henderson Allen
Markovic Can Coutinho
Lambert
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Why would you drop Lallana?

Lucas doesn't need rested either.

Allen & Coutinho in for Gerrard & Sterling - same starting eleven as Leicester.

Making too many changes each game is one of the reasons we got in to this mess. Replacing the entire bank of attacking midfielders with a group that haven't played together is asking for trouble.
 
StevieM said:
Why would you drop Lallana?

Lucas doesn't need rested either.

Allen & Coutinho in for Gerrard & Sterling - same starting eleven as Leicester.

Making too many changes each game is one of the reasons we got in to this mess. Replacing the entire bank of attacking midfielders with a group that haven't played together is asking for trouble.
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Yeah you're probably right. I feel like Rodgers is gonna play markovic though. Sunderland have one of the worst defences
 
Gary25 said:
Surprised so many have Sterling starting again, he was excellent in spells the other night but with Basel and United to come, I think he might be rested for this.
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Apparently he's getting a 'period of rest' in January.

Brendan Rodgers, the Liverpool manager, plans to rest Raheem Sterling in January in an effort to prevent the forward, who is three days short of his 20th birthday, from burning out.

Sterling has featured in all 14 of his club’s Barclays Premier League matches so far and his tally of 13 starts puts him more than halfway to the total he reached for the whole of last season.

Sterling attracted criticism in October when he apparently asked Roy Hodgson, the England manager, to let him sit out the Euro 2016 qualifier against Estonia, complaining of tiredness. The issue placed further strain on the relationship between Liverpool and England, who aired their differences after Daniel Sturridge suffered a thigh injury while on international duty in September. Sturridge subsequently suffered a calf injury and is now rehabilitating in California.

Including international and Champions League matches, Sterling has already made 26 appearances in a season that started 54 days after the last of his three World Cup matches. While Sterling has been a Liverpool mainstay during the first third of this campaign, Rodgers believes he will need a break in the new year, for the sake of his career.

“There will be a period [of rest], that was always in the plan,” Rodgers said. “Of course, there is the short term, but you have got to think in the longer term. He’s a kid coming off the back end of a long season. It takes a bit of time to get going again.”
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We are winning this, no doubt

Rest Gerrard for the Basle game which is a season definer for us. The games are flying thick and fast for the next month so we need to start mixing it up, we cant keep running Sterling and Henderson into the ground
 
Mignolet, Johnson, Moreno, Toure, Skrtel, Lucas, Henderson, Coutinho, Sterling, Lallana, Lambert

subs: Jones, Enrique, Lovren, Gerrard, Can, Allen, Markovic
 
Nah I like 4231. With two of them in front of the back four we should be okay. Let's the shackles off the front lot as well as they have to worry about the back four less.
 
It took Rodgers about a dozen games, but it seems the gloves are finally off regarding selection.
Back to good old - form based selection - Rodgers, very good to see.
 
Awesome line up, I've been saying all week I want to see Lallana, Coutinho and Sterling playing together, looks like I got my wish 🙂
 
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