* **Onto our opponents... Manchester City – how tough will they be to beat?**
City have had a tough season but they've sort of come good of late, so I'm not expecting them to be rubbish.
I'm expecting a very difficult game in which we have to concentrate and be extremely disciplined the whole game and take our chances.
It will be interesting to see whether Haaland plays, and whether Guardiola sets up with an inverted left-back. I kinda hope he does both, because Marc, Max and Chris can look after the big lad, and Muñoz and Sarr can exploit the wing.
Oh no, I just got really excited again...
* **It’s our first final since 2016 – what are your memories of that one? Lots of people have said it’s a bit of a different feeling this year?**
I watched that at home with my Dad and it was a really difficult day. We played so well and I think deserved to win – and I think a refereeing mistake was partially at fault for that, which is always difficult to take. But Man United showed their quality in the end which is fair enough.
I guess it does feel different because we have such an exciting team who seem to have bonded really well and are in a great vein of form. They absolutely ooze aura and don't seem scared of anything – even [a chess tournament](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/club/making-it-look-eze-ebs-chess-heroics/).