UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[W Jr.]

Just because of the lose Liverpool recorded against Nottingham Forest does not mean that they’re been inconsistent this season. It’s okay to lose a match not losing consecutively is not what is acceptable by any club’s management. Liverpool only lost a match in the premier league, it doesn’t mean they’ll lose their match in the champions league as well even if they’re going to be playing against a more superior team than Nottingham Forest in the champions league. Both teams are good and the match is going to be hard to decide at this point. It is better to remain neutral on this type of matches because both team la even have enough experience in the champions league and they won’t take it easy on each other before we get to see who wins the match at the end of the day. I’m looking forward to this match, because of how entertaining I’m envisioning it to be.

I agree, of course that loss was a total mess and everyone in the club and outside the club knows it. I am sure that literally nobody put a bet on Nottingham Forest in that game. The chances that Liverpool would give away those three points were zero, but as you can see only because a club has a small name doesn't mean that they can't play any football at all. Opponents have to be taken seriously and you could see that. But usually an event like this happens once or at maximum twice in a season. It's not going to happen again I believe.

Whatever it is that happened in that game, just like the Liverpool fans, their players may have underestimated Nottingham Forest. Generally, the loss came to  Liverpool as a surprise. However, it's not meant to be the foundation of judgement for their game against Ac Milan, I presume the Liverpool team will buckle up and play a better football. I wouldn't want to predict the outcome of such a competitive game, but from the previous performance of both teams it'll appear to end as a draw.

Maybe one of the reasons for Liverpool's defeat is that they wanted to prepare for the Champions League match. The Champions League is more important and Nottingham was an opponent they did not see as strong. They must have thought that they could beat them in any way and underestimated them. But you shouldn't do that. You should take every opponent seriously, both in the league and in the Champions League. This defeat could even cost Liverpool the championship at the end of the year.

[Obim34]

Inter won Serie A last season with a whopping 19 points advantage over AC Milan and made it to the round of 16 in the Chamions League (unexpectedly losing to Atletico on penalties), but bookies don't give them much chances of winning:


Man City very rarely loses at home, so 1 point is probably the most that Inter can hope for.

Manchester City are stronger than Inter Milan but they are not too different in quality and competitiveness. Manchester City can lose this match and Inter Milan fans are given an amazing odds for their bets in this match. As fans of Inter Milan, they will have no issue to take the amazing given odds to support their team, watch the match either on television or on field while have opportunities to win big if Inter Milan get a good result at the end.

If you look at the quality, the English Premier League has a quality above the Italian League and I think it is very reasonable if the bookies give Man City a greater chance of winning because Inter Milan will play away in this match so it is not easy for them to beat Manchester City who are in their best form, although surprises are still possible but getting a draw might be a fair result for both of them who look equally strong.

I find it a little difficult to determine predictions when it comes to top clubs when they meet, especially since it is still early in the season so we don't know their full performance in this Champions League even though we can also analyze through domestic league matches.

I've noticed that bookies' odds do not disappoint my analysis anymore as the ones with a weak possibility of winning always have high odds and the ones with a high possibility of winning always have low odds. This should naturally tell anyone something and it's more reason why I agree with you here. Going by what we see in the English premier league, it is far better than the Italian league in comparison but we should not use that as the yardstick to judge but use the two clubs coming together to play to judge.

Owning to that, Man City is the champion of the EPL just like Inter Milan is the Champion of Serie A, but the quality of football the two play varies, Man City is "ferocious," and I don't see Inter Milan winning it but Man City scoring more than once. The present feat can be taken for granted even if I would want to avoid hyping the club, it's obvious.

Personally, I would hardly want to pick the game between Manchester City VS Inter in my selection, both teams are up to standard despite City having more initials to lead the game but I sense an intense game which the results might be highly unpredictable. Any option while placing a bet on this fixture, would be on a high note if the selection would be on a straight win choices because even the unexpected can happen with Inter winning at last. Merely, either Manchester City to win or a GG option on this game.

[knowngunman]

Maybe one of the reasons for Liverpool's defeat is that they wanted to prepare for the Champions League match. The Champions League is more important and Nottingham was an opponent they did not see as strong. They must have thought that they could beat them in any way and underestimated them. But you shouldn't do that. You should take every opponent seriously, both in the league and in the Champions League. This defeat could even cost Liverpool the championship at the end of the year.

Liverpool defeat was more than just preparing for the champions league because their key players were on the pitch not on bench. So many errors from on play resulted to their defeat at Anfield. Salah as their key player in most cases was responsible for their greatness and downfall at the same time. They could have won that game if he wasn't selfish and stingy with passes.

On a two clear occasions, they will score if he had passed to his teammates instead of aiming for the goal. The couch too made his mistakes with substitution but I don't blame him too much since Liverpool lack squad depth. Salah, Trent and Szobo could have been subbed out but unfortunately there was no one to replace them. I forseen it from their first half performance hoping to see game change in the second half but nothing change. Let see what happens tomorrow when they face AC Milan.

[Republikcoin.com]

It's going to be a very hard match for Manchester City against inter Milan with Milan strong defending pattern and very strong in utilizing their attacking opportunity with thuran and lautaro Martinez up front.

Manchester City is still a fairly strong team this season and for the front line owned by Inter Milan, I think it is not a serious problem for Manchester City because Manchester City itself also has a very deadly front line this season so that the level of their fierce match could occur in their first match in the Champions League this season. Thuran and Lautaro Martinez are indeed good players, but they also need mature supplies from their colleagues in the midfield and also the back line, because if Inter Milan is unable to create the best passes for their front line players in the match against Manchester City, it is very possible that Inter Milan could lose in the match.

[xzone]

It's going to be a very hard match for Manchester City against inter Milan with Milan strong defending pattern and very strong in utilizing their attacking opportunity with thuran and lautaro Martinez up front.

Manchester City is still a fairly strong team this season and for the front line owned by Inter Milan, I think it is not a serious problem for Manchester City because Manchester City itself also has a very deadly front line this season so that the level of their fierce match could occur in their first match in the Champions League this season. Thuran and Lautaro Martinez are indeed good players, but they also need mature supplies from their colleagues in the midfield and also the back line, because if Inter Milan is unable to create the best passes for their front line players in the match against Manchester City, it is very possible that Inter Milan could lose in the match.

Manchester City started this year well, their Premier League performance is quite good. So far they have managed to progress without losing points. The team looks very fit and I think we can see this success in the Champions League matches as well. Inter were a little unlucky in their match yesterday, they were able to draw thanks to the goal they scored in the last minutes. If they play like this, Manchester City will win the match

[Solokan]

If you look at the quality, the English Premier League has a quality above the Italian League and I think it is very reasonable if the bookies give Man City a greater chance of winning because Inter Milan will play away in this match so it is not easy for them to beat Manchester City who are in their best form, although surprises are still possible but getting a draw might be a fair result for both of them who look equally strong.

I find it a little difficult to determine predictions when it comes to top clubs when they meet, especially since it is still early in the season so we don't know their full performance in this Champions League even though we can also analyze through domestic league matches.

Of course we won't know which English or Italian league is stronger this season, but to be honest, I personally also think the same as you, that is, I also predict that the English League will be above the quality of the Italian League this season and it is natural for bookies to predict that Manchester City will have the potential. great victory. and it seems like I personally also want to bet on Manchester City winning in that match.

Of course, there are only a few days left until we will see the match and of course it will be very exciting because Inter Milan is of course a strong team in the Italian League and it will certainly not be easy for Pep Guardiola's troops to beat Inter Milan. but it's possible that a draw will happen, but I predict that the result of the match will be that Manchester City will have a big potential to win because I see that Manchester City's current performance is better than Inter Milan.

It is true that predicting who will win and who will lose in the Champions League is certainly very difficult, especially because it is at the start of the season and what is certain is that the UCL is a gathering place for strong teams which will certainly make it difficult for us to predict. and it's definitely not as easy as when we predict in the Domestic League. but yes, sometimes I also always rely on my gut feeling. but yes, hopefully when we bet we win.

[Oluwa-btc]

The Champions League Competition Kicks Off In The Next Few Days. What are your predictions and thoughts for the above games. Whenever making predictions, do not forget to pay close attention to Injured and absent players from the squad.... These are the couple few I've got in mind;
Tough call between Atletico Madrid and Leipzig, game should end as a draw. Atalanta against Arsenal also would be interesting, we'll get to see Ademola Lookman, showcase what he's gott, he has been brilliant for them lately. I'm banking on gunners to either win or draw the game. Monaco might also be inna good form but Barcelona in the Champions League Competition? You don't even want to debate it. Hansi Flick would want to wrap things up immediately.
Paris winning again Girona
Both sides to score against themselves between Manchester City and Inter Milan. I won't be boggled.
Ac Milan should definitely get a win, I want to see Liverpool being hammered so hard by  Ac Milan. Already. Lol..

[MusaMohamed]

Manchester City started this year well, their Premier League performance is quite good. So far they have managed to progress without losing points. The team looks very fit and I think we can see this success in the Champions League matches as well. Inter were a little unlucky in their match yesterday, they were able to draw thanks to the goal they scored in the last minutes. If they play like this, Manchester City will win the match

As a team, Manchester City are playing very good and with an individual beast mode of their main striker, Haaland, Manchester City are creating massive fear in Premier League, that they will be able to destroy the league in one more season. A summer without participation in Euro 2024 seems to be helpful for Haaland to recharge energy and upgrade himself.

Arsenal and Arteta already shown their strength, ambition but at the same time their weakness in several early matches of Premier League 2024 - 2025 season. So far, with performances of Manchester City and Arsenal, it's fair to say Manchester City are still above Arsenal in quality, stability and competitiveness in this season. Arsenal and Arteta actually have a mountain to climb, to beat Manchester City and take the crown from this beast competitor.

[Weawant]

Most comments and discussions on this thread in recent times has been channelled at the UCLA kick off fixtures which is between city and inter Milan but I want to look at other fixtures they will take place almost immediately after the kickoff fixtures between city and inter.

I would love we make some discussion and get contributions from others in this respect,  from my perspective I will look at the Arsenal and Atlanta fixture, I mean the Europa winners having to take on the premier league runner up from last season. It's looking like a game that should be of high anticipation because two brilliant team are involved, another to briefly talk about would be between feyenoord and Leverkusen because these two are another sets of champions just like the later, Leverkusen had their domestic league title and feyenoord was a runner up so interesting games ahead here, what are your taughts mates?.

[Felicity_Tide]

The Champions League Competition Kicks Off In The Next Few Days. What are your predictions and thoughts for the above games. Whenever making predictions, do not forget to pay close attention to Injured and absent players from the squad.... These are the couple few I've got in mind;
Tough call between Atletico Madrid and Leipzig, game should end as a draw. Atalanta against Arsenal also would be interesting, we'll get to see Ademola Lookman, showcase what he's gott, he has been brilliant for them lately. I'm banking on gunners to either win or draw the game. Monaco might also be inna good form but Barcelona in the Champions League Competition? You don't even want to debate it. Hansi Flick would want to wrap things up immediately.
Paris winning again Girona
Both sides to score against themselves between Manchester City and Inter Milan. I won't be boggled.
Ac Milan should definitely get a win, I want to see Liverpool being hammered so hard by  Ac Milan. Already. Lol..

Thank you for posting the image. I just made the screenshot from the UCL X page, and I was about posting it until I saw yours.

The UCl games are not longer in few days, but tomorrow. Even though the competition is starting soon, I still stand with the fact that these teams are too much, and it won't be an easy task for the players or teams with limited players. Just imagine having a UCl game on Thursday, alongside the Europa league. Well, there is no going back, so let's just focus on the games.

AC Milan Vs Liverpool is going to be an interesting fixture to watch. I think it will be quite difficult for Liverpool to grab all 3 points, so i will bet a draw. Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Sporting CP, Celtic, Benfica, Barcelona, will definitely get all 3 points. While games that might end in a draw are Psg vs Girona, Feyenoord Vs Leverkusen, Club Brugge Vs Dormund.

As for the City vs Inter, Young boys Vs Villa, and Atalanta Vs Arsenal. I prefer not to say anything, because the result can go either ways. Looking forward to the Liverpool, City and Arsenal's game most especially.

And I heard Dani Olmo got injured in yesterday's game. Could someone please clarify the extent of his injury?

[AirtelBuzz]

The Champions League Competition Kicks Off In The Next Few Days. What are your predictions and thoughts for the above games. Whenever making predictions, do not forget to pay close attention to Injured and absent players from the squad.... These are the couple few I've got in mind;
Tough call between Atletico Madrid and Leipzig, game should end as a draw. Atalanta against Arsenal also would be interesting, we'll get to see Ademola Lookman, showcase what he's gott, he has been brilliant for them lately. I'm banking on gunners to either win or draw the game. Monaco might also be inna good form but Barcelona in the Champions League Competition? You don't even want to debate it. Hansi Flick would want to wrap things up immediately.
Paris winning again Girona
Both sides to score against themselves between Manchester City and Inter Milan. I won't be boggled.
Ac Milan should definitely get a win, I want to see Liverpool being hammered so hard by  Ac Milan. Already. Lol..

This competition of UEFA Champions League is going to start from tomorrow. The four teams that are going to face each other on the first day will take the field to face each other. Italian club Juventus will play against Dutch club PSB of Eindhoven while English club Aston Villa will play against Swedish Club Young Boys. After a long time, Juventus will face PSB Eindhoven. Juventus are a young squad under Motta even they have made some exciting new recruits. Juventus' performance in the last two matches has not been favorable as they have drawn against Empoli. Both have equal chances in this match. After a few years English club Aston Villa will play in the Champions League. They last qualified for the Champions League in 1992.

After a long time Aston Villa are going to face Young Boys. Both teams have been performing well in recent times, with Swedish club Young Boys beating Vevey-sports team by four to two goals in their last match. On the other hand, Aston Villa won the last match of the English Premier League against Everton with a score of 3-2. After a long time Aston Villa who got the opportunity of the Champions League, may want to paint their first match with a win.

[Jody.Drummer]

Most comments and discussions on this thread in recent times has been channelled at the UCLA kick off fixtures which is between city and inter Milan but I want to look at other fixtures they will take place almost immediately after the kickoff fixtures between city and inter.

I would love we make some discussion and get contributions from others in this respect,  from my perspective I will look at the Arsenal and Atlanta fixture, I mean the Europa winners having to take on the premier league runner up from last season. It's looking like a game that should be of high anticipation because two brilliant team are involved, another to briefly talk about would be between feyenoord and Leverkusen because these two are another sets of champions just like the later, Leverkusen had their domestic league title and feyenoord was a runner up so interesting games ahead here, what are your taughts mates?.

In the domestic league, both have played 4 matches, Arsenal achieved good results by winning 3 times and drawing 1 time, while Atalanta from the 4 matches they played they were only able to win 2 times and the other 2 had to end in defeat, this is a not too good result felt by Atalanta and makes some people doubt them. Their chances of getting points in the match are still quite open, but to be honest personally with the not good enough start they showed in Serie A, it makes my confidence in them decrease. However, Atalanta has an advantage in this match, they will act as the host, that should be a motivation for them to at least get a draw, but I'm sure they will target victory.

[letteredhub]

Maybe one of the reasons for Liverpool's defeat is that they wanted to prepare for the Champions League match. The Champions League is more important and Nottingham was an opponent they did not see as strong. They must have thought that they could beat them in any way and underestimated them. But you shouldn't do that. You should take every opponent seriously, both in the league and in the Champions League. This defeat could even cost Liverpool the championship at the end of the year.

That is not an acceptable excuse for their lost during the weekend because they had  their key players in that game and wanted to win but just that they had a hard luck and Nottingham forest were stubborn enough to defend their early goal to the end. The Champions League is mostly prioritize by managers when it has gotten to the round of 16 and not just in an opening group stage match that they have to risk their domestic league games at an early stage.  I think Slot should be able to manage in preparing his team to withstanding both competition's as klopp has done when he was with the Reds.

[Marvelockg]

Just because of the lose Liverpool recorded against Nottingham Forest does not mean that they’re been inconsistent this season. It’s okay to lose a match not losing consecutively is not what is acceptable by any club’s management. Liverpool only lost a match in the premier league, it doesn’t mean they’ll lose their match in the champions league as well even if they’re going to be playing against a more superior team than Nottingham Forest in the champions league. Both teams are good and the match is going to be hard to decide at this point. It is better to remain neutral on this type of matches because both team la even have enough experience in the champions league and they won’t take it easy on each other before we get to see who wins the match at the end of the day. I’m looking forward to this match, because of how entertaining I’m envisioning it to be.

I agree, of course that loss was a total mess and everyone in the club and outside the club knows it. I am sure that literally nobody put a bet on Nottingham Forest in that game. The chances that Liverpool would give away those three points were zero, but as you can see only because a club has a small name doesn't mean that they can't play any football at all. Opponents have to be taken seriously and you could see that. But usually an event like this happens once or at maximum twice in a season. It's not going to happen again I believe.

Whatever it is that happened in that game, just like the Liverpool fans, their players may have underestimated Nottingham Forest. Generally, the loss came to  Liverpool as a surprise. However, it's not meant to be the foundation of judgement for their game against Ac Milan, I presume the Liverpool team will buckle up and play a better football. I wouldn't want to predict the outcome of such a competitive game, but from the previous performance of both teams it'll appear to end as a draw.

Maybe one of the reasons for Liverpool's defeat is that they wanted to prepare for the Champions League match. The Champions League is more important and Nottingham was an opponent they did not see as strong. They must have thought that they could beat them in any way and underestimated them. But you shouldn't do that. You should take every opponent seriously, both in the league and in the Champions League. This defeat could even cost Liverpool the championship at the end of the year.

this is actually far from the reality that happened. How will Liverpool that are almost top on the table want to give a point away against Nottingham that's a much easier opponent to beat when they are still eying the top of the table? They didn't play as though it was just a simple match they didn't care on it outcome. With 14 shots and 5 shot on target against Nottingham 5 shots and 3 shot on target, if all things works as it ought to be, Liverpool would have comfortablly wok the game straight up without any form of argument. They were even better in terms of possession and in almost all ramification. It was not just there day and they just got unlucky to give all three point away. With regards the coming champion league games against Milan,  even though they have better chances of getting the victory coupled with clear winning records the have in their past encounter, thier last performance will still affect them in the tomorrow game. After they lost thier last game, going into this first champions league game will certainly involve serious energy and zeal to winning Milan by all means known possible.

[salad daging]

Here my favorite The UEFA Champion League matches matchday 1 of 8

• Real Madrid vs Stuttgart
• Milan vs Liverpool
• Manchester City vs Inter Milan
• Atletico Madrid vs Leipzig
• Juventus vs PSV

The bolded is the favorite team, maybe the scenario will be different but I see a team that is favored a lot.

There are so many favorite matches that there is no mention.
PSG vs Girona
Atalanta vs Arsenal
Feyenoord vs Leverkusen
Monaco vs Barcelona

So far I haven't chosen which teams to enter in the parlay bet, I need a little analysis in their h2h matches to help increase the odds a little.

[Altryist]

Personally, I would hardly want to pick the game between Manchester City VS Inter in my selection, both teams are up to standard despite City having more initials to lead the game but I sense an intense game which the results might be highly unpredictable. Any option while placing a bet on this fixture, would be on a high note if the selection would be on a straight win choices because even the unexpected can happen with Inter winning at last. Merely, either Manchester City to win or a GG option on this game.

It seems to me that City is a clear favorite in this match and 1.57 for a home match is quite a high odds. It can be said that Inter saved their strength for the match with City and therefore could not beat Monza, but they also could not win in the match with Genoa. That is, away matches for Inter are not as successful as home games. Therefore, I think that Inzaghi will try not to lose in this match and will focus on the game in defense, and Guardiola will control the game and I think he will achieve victory.

[bering]

The Champions League Competition Kicks Off In The Next Few Days. What are your predictions and thoughts for the above games. Whenever making predictions, do not forget to pay close attention to Injured and absent players from the squad.... These are the couple few I've got in mind;
Tough call between Atletico Madrid and Leipzig, game should end as a draw. Atalanta against Arsenal also would be interesting, we'll get to see Ademola Lookman, showcase what he's gott, he has been brilliant for them lately. I'm banking on gunners to either win or draw the game. Monaco might also be inna good form but Barcelona in the Champions League Competition? You don't even want to debate it. Hansi Flick would want to wrap things up immediately.
Paris winning again Girona
Both sides to score against themselves between Manchester City and Inter Milan. I won't be boggled.
Ac Milan should definitely get a win, I want to see Liverpool being hammered so hard by  Ac Milan. Already. Lol..

I was interested want to see the match result between Atalanta vs Arsenal because if i am not mistaken this is their first met in this competition and Atalanta as Europa League champion has starting this season with slow start because in Serie A Atalanta has several times to lost even against weak team just like Torino they also unable to win and the opposite from Arsenal because in Premier League Arsenal performance is really impressive because until week 4 Arsenal still unbeated

But Arsenal condition is not good because to facing this match they have to losing some player and one of them is their captain Martin Ødegaard besides that Arsenal away matches records in Champion league also very poor because in the last 5 matches they were failed to win and beating Atalanta at their home is not easy for Arsenal because Atalanta at home is quite strong even last season they only lost once so although on the paper Arsenal is the favourite but this is hard match for them

[beerlover]

PSV team has been in excellent form in the Eredivise league this season as well. PSV won all 5 matches. And in 5 matches PSV managed to score 20 goals, conceding only 3 goals. I know Eridivise league is not very competitive. The other teams here are also not that strong. Still, winning every match by a big margin was no easy task.

It is true that Juventus is a strong team. However, this season we are not seeing a better performance from Juventus. In particular, the performance of Juventus' attacking players has been as poor as last season. But the defense of this team is very strong. However, if the attacking players do not perform well, it may not be possible for Juventus to defeat PSV.

To be fair there are few teams that are usually good, so when one of them does this well that is a good thing. PSV definitely managed to do something amazing and we could see this as something that is changing a lot and we can't really consider this as easy thing to do. We are dealing with PSV doing fine and other teams are doing and because of that we should consider this to be doing something quite awesome and because of that I think it should be quite important to deal with what we are dealing with.

PSV will probably end up with something great and we should consider this to be something that is actually worth something and everyone should be considering this as normal and could do fine as well. I would consider that this could be something that could be something that could change a lot. We should consider that Eredevise could provide a few good teams time to time, remember a few years ago when Ajax went as far as semi finals, these could be something similar if they do fine.

[len01]

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In my opinion PSV will win this game, they are a team that has been performing well in the last 4 years and even in European competitions they are also improving, last season they managed to draw against Arsenal and Dortmund and beat Sevilla in European Champions League games. And as you said, Juventus continue to be an inconsistent team, and their biggest strength is in defense, but PSV's biggest strength is in attack with 5 games they have scored 20 goals and they are also strong in defense. I see some football analysis pages saying that Juventus will win. The bookmakers are also placing Juventus as favorites, but I think PSV is better prepared to win the game.

I also thought that PSV could beat Juventus with the current PSV squad being so strong. However, I also have to consider that Juventus also has very good experience in the past but it will all depend on the current coach.
I have a little conclusion that in this match it is a little difficult to determine who will win the match. But I probably will not bet on the victory of one of the teams but will bet on the total score of both teams.
My prediction is that both teams will not score big and maybe BTTS will also be the best choice.

[Frankolala]

Just because of the lose Liverpool recorded against Nottingham Forest does not mean that they’re been inconsistent this season. It’s okay to lose a match not losing consecutively is not what is acceptable by any club’s management. Liverpool only lost a match in the premier league, it doesn’t mean they’ll lose their match in the champions league as well even if they’re going to be playing against a more superior team than Nottingham Forest in the champions league. Both teams are good and the match is going to be hard to decide at this point. It is better to remain neutral on this type of matches because both team la even have enough experience in the champions league and they won’t take it easy on each other before we get to see who wins the match at the end of the day. I’m looking forward to this match, because of how entertaining I’m envisioning it to be.

I agree, of course that loss was a total mess and everyone in the club and outside the club knows it. I am sure that literally nobody put a bet on Nottingham Forest in that game. The chances that Liverpool would give away those three points were zero, but as you can see only because a club has a small name doesn't mean that they can't play any football at all. Opponents have to be taken seriously and you could see that. But usually an event like this happens once or at maximum twice in a season. It's not going to happen again I believe.

Whatever it is that happened in that game, just like the Liverpool fans, their players may have underestimated Nottingham Forest. Generally, the loss came to  Liverpool as a surprise. However, it's not meant to be the foundation of judgement for their game against Ac Milan, I presume the Liverpool team will buckle up and play a better football. I wouldn't want to predict the outcome of such a competitive game, but from the previous performance of both teams it'll appear to end as a draw.

Maybe one of the reasons for Liverpool's defeat is that they wanted to prepare for the Champions League match. The Champions League is more important and Nottingham was an opponent they did not see as strong. They must have thought that they could beat them in any way and underestimated them. But you shouldn't do that. You should take every opponent seriously, both in the league and in the Champions League. This defeat could even cost Liverpool the championship at the end of the year.

You are making a very good point and I have also thought of it. It is better that they give up the match to Nottingham and win Milan than playing to win Nottingham and the players will play in fatigue against Milan which might end up to their defeat.

As a good coach there are some match that you need not to worry about because losing it will not affect the club compare to losing a very important match. Any coach that does not understand this and want to make sure that his team wins all their matches might end up being defeated in an important match.