Cardiff v Liverpool: Premier League – live!

21 April 2019 02:50
Updates on a vital game at the top and bottom, kick-off 4pm UKTitle race, top four, promotion and relegation – what’s still at stake?Any thoughts? Feel free to email Rob Smyth 3.41pm BST “When it comes to stopping Liverpool, Cardiff have one advantage over Barcelona: no one expects them to play open and attacking football against the world’s deadliest attacking trio just because they’re playing at home (though Warnock being a maverick they still might),” says Phil Podolsky. “As a Barca fan and widely respected tactical mastermind, I would play a double pivot of Busquets and Vidal behind Rakitic & Arthur to be on the safe side. But then Vidal is a chaotic presence and Liverpool thrive on chaos. The quandaries a modern tactician is faced with, I tell ya.” That tie is going to be immense. I do fancy Liverpool, especially with the second leg at home. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Valverde played a diamond midfield, like he did at Betis a few weeks ago, with Vidal on the left. 3.26pm BST The early game has finished Everton 4-0 Manchester United, and the scoreline flatters United. You can read all about it here. Related: Manchester United thrashed by Everton as Richarlison kickstarts rout 3.18pm BST Pre-match business Related: Cardiff v Liverpool: match preview Related: Jürgen Klopp says Liverpool want to play – ‘If we are tired, we don’t feel it’ Related: Sterling and Van Dijk head PFA Player of the Year award shortlist Related: Title race, top four, promotion and relegation – what's still at stake? 3.18pm BST Still to come departmentThese are the remaining fixtures for each side after today. Cardiff have a decent chance of staying up, I think, although Fulham away looks a much tougher game than it did three weeks ago. 3.03pm BST Cardiff City (4-1-4-1) Etheridge; Peltier, Morrison, Manga, Bennett; Gunnarsson; Hoilett, Camarasa, Ralls, Mendez-Laing; Niasse.Substitutes: Smithies, Bacuna, Cunningham, Murphy, De Cordova-Reid, Harris, Zohore.Liverpool (4-3-3) Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Wijnaldum, Keita; Salah, Firmino, Mane.Substitutes: Mignolet, Gomez, Fabinho, Milner, Sturridge, Shaqiri, Origi. 12.13pm BST This season’s Premier League doesn’t have a title race so much as a a blinking contest. Manchester City have won their last 10 league matches, Liverpool their last five. City last blinked on 29 January, Liverpool on 3 March. The likelihood is that whoever blinks first - if anyone blinks at all - will not win the title.Pound for pound, this is probably the most relentless Premier League title race since 2001-02. All Liverpool can do is win at Cardiff today and then cheer on their beloved Manchester United against City on Wednesday night. That still seems the game in which City are most likely to drop points - although if United play as they have at Everton this afternoon, City might become the first Premier League team to score 100 goals in a single game. Continue readingreadfullarticle

Source: TheGuardian