Andy's Sunday tips - Liverpool will deliver
Birmingham made a name for themselves last season by winning low-scoring matches against all-comers with their own brand of organised, disciplined and resilient football. They've started this season well too, winning their one home match and picking up two draws on the road.
Alex McLeish will be fuming at the way that they gave away a two-goal lead against ten-man Bolton as these mistakes add up and at the end of the season these dropped points could make a huge difference in terms of securing (or not) European football, or at the very least the amount of prize money awarded.
I'm still not quite sure what I make of this Liverpool side but it's normal that they haven't reached top gear yet under a new manager with new ideas. A few new faces have also arrived at the club over the summer and they of course will take time to settle but the likes of Milan Jovanovic and Raul Meireles are fine international players who will certainly add a lot to this squad of players.
Perhaps more importantly though, that dynamic duo of Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres are fit and playing good football and that could well end up being the difference between these two sides. It won't be easy for Roy Hodgson's men, it never is at St Andrew's, but I think they'll win this one.
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Published: 11 Sep 2010
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