FM16 #8 (LFC)

First third of the season #8

I've had some mixed results in the friendly matches just like last season. 

The first match where there was something to play for was Euro Super Cup against the winners of Champions League - Juventus. Unfortunately we lost 3-2.

Let's get a recap of the first four matches in the Premier League.

We met Stoke, Burnley, Cardiff and Manchester City. I was playing without Rulli and Emre Can who was playing in the U23 OL.

Stoke 0 - 2 Liverpool (Kane, Ibe)

Liverpool 5 - 0 Burnley (Gomez, Grujic, Kane, Coutinho, Benteke)

Cardiff 0 - 3 Liverpool (Kane, Coutinho, Ibe)

Liverpool 2 - Man City (Kane, Henderson)

So as you can see we started out great in this season - not missing Sturridge as the striker. Kane has been incredible at this point scoring in every match. Ibe has claimed the AMR position as his own. Lallana has had, a hard time finding his level from last season. The same can be said about Firmino who's fighting with Silva about the AMC position.

Next couple of Premier League matches was against West Brom, Tottenham, Norwich, Newcastle and Leicester..

After a fantastic start I hoped for even more points in the coming matches.

West Brom 3 - 2 Liverpool (Kane, Kane)

Liverpool 1 -1 Tottenham (Kane)

Liverpool 2 - 0 Norwich (Kane, Firmino)

Newcastle 1 - 3 Liverpool (Benteke, Benteke, Ibe)

Liverpool 4 - 1 Leicester (Coutinho, Kane, Kane, Kane)

As you can see Kane's been fantastic! The only game he hasn't been scoring in was against Newcastle. But at this point Benteke was complaining about the lack of matches so I played him in front and used Kane as a shadow striker right behind him. 

We lost against West Brom. We just couldn't hold them away from our goal. Tottenham was a hard match in which we got a fair result. 

The last Premier League matches in this update was against Swansea, Sheff Wed, Man Utd, West Ham, Aston Villa and Arsenal.

Swansea 1 - 1 Liverpool (Silva)

Liverpool 3 -1 Sheff Wed (Kane, Kane, Matip)

Liverpool 2 - 1 Man Utd (Matip, Coutinho)

West Ham 1 - 1 Liverpool (Henderson)

Aston Villa 1 - 2 Liverpool (Henderson, Kane)

Liverpool 0 - 0 Arsenal

Champions League Group Stage

I've gotten myself a pretty easy group. I was facing Besiktas, Dortmund and Porto. Dortmund should be the biggest and greatest opponent even though Porto has done well.

Liverpool 0 - 0 Besiktas

Dortmund 1 - 1 Liverpool (Kane)

Porto 0 - 1 Liverpool (Ojo)

 Liverpool 3 - 2 Porto (Kane, Kane, Kane)

Besiktas 2 -1 Liverpool (Benteke)

Liverpool 1 - 0 Dortmund (Coutinho)

Therefore I won my group and was put up against AS Monaco in the 1st Knockout Round.

And now for a little wonder from Kane: