LIVERPOOL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF BEATING UNITED ON SATURDAY

 I HATE HIM

Liverpool face Man Utd at Old Trafford on Saturday lunch-time in what may look like a daunting task, to earn points away at the Manchester venue.

On paper, it seems a difficult job to get anything from the game, but I believe Liverpool are in the right frame of mind to gain at least a point, if not all three against Ferguson's creaking side.

Yes, they are second behind Man City and are 15 points ahead of us in the Premier League but recent results between the teams have shown that we are well capable of beating them on our day (see graph).

They held us to a draw last October while we beat them last week 2-1 with goal from Danny Agger & Dirk Kuyt to dump them out of the FA Cup.

Despite being second in the table, Utd are vulnerable as showed by their concession of three goals to Chelsea on Sunday, with their defence struggling to cope with the loss of Vedic at centre-back, putting the likes of Smalling and Evans in their defence, they are always likely to conceed goals.

Also, the fact that Ferguson had to coax Scholes out of retirement to shore up midfield added to 38 year old Giggs playing on shows how close their team is to implosion.

Liverpool, with the attacking ethos, energy and drive have found a winning way past Man Utd already this Season.
Expect more of the same on Saturday, expect a hostile reception for Suarez aswell.


   Last five head-to-head fixtures:

DATE	HOME TEAM	SCORE	AWAY TEAM	COMPETITION
19 SEPT 2010	MAN UTD	3-2	LIVERPOOL	LEAGUE
9 JAN 2011	MAN UTD	1-0	LIVERPOOL	FA CUP
6 MAR 2011	LIVERPOOL	3-1	MAN UTD	LEAGUE
15 0CT 2011	LIVERPOOL	1-1	MAN UTD	LEAGUE
28 JAN 2012	LIVERPOOL	2-1	MAN UTD	FA CUP

DALGLISH DENOUNCES SUAREZ BAN AGAIN: VIDEO

After another frustrating draw at Anfield, this time against Spurs, Liverpool had to settle for a scoreless draw with the Londoners.

Despite taking the game to 3rd placed Tottenham, Liverpool failed to break down a stubborn defence in which Dawson, King and  Parker at times excelled at repelling everything Liverpool threw at them.

Clearly playing for a point, Spurs minus Harry Rednapp, who was stranded in London poor chap, early in the contest realised that Liverpool were up for this game.

They decided to play deep and hope to catch Liverpool on the break.

They did once with 'simulator' Gareth Bale having a prodded shot saved by Reina.

Liverpool had shots of their own by Spearing, Kelly, Carroll and Kuyt plus a late header by the returning Luis Suarez into the grateful arms of Brad Friedel.

But Liverpool had to settle for a point which leaves them rooted in 7th place in the Premier League.

After the game Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish was quizzed about the return of Luis Suarez following his eight-match ban:

"Fantastic for us to get Suarez back - he should never have been out in the first place," Dalglish told Sky Sports. "It would have been totally unfair to start him, having not played since Boxing Day. As much as we admire and love him, we've also got to manage him."

Well said Kenny, lets hope your comments are not jumped on by the Holier than thou brigade, Suarez was harshly treated by the Evra incident and it is great to have the talented striker back playing for Liverpool again.





Should be an interesting game against Utd at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon with Evra and Suarez likely to be on the same pitch again, expect sparks to fly.

POSSIBLE LIVERPOOL TEAM V SPURS

With the return of Luis Suarez to the Liverpool on Monday night, having served his mammoth ban from football, reports are that Manager Kenny Dalglish will opt to unleash the talismatic Uraguyan striker from the bench.

Monday night's game from Anfield will see Liverpool pit their wits against 3rd-placed Spurs who are 13 points ahead of Liverpool in the Premier League.

Indeed, Liverpool were given a harsh footballing lesson by Tottenham in the encounter last September when we had Charlie Adam sent off after half an hour following a Luka Modric goal, once Martin Skrtel got sent of that day aswell, we went down to a 4-0 defeat at White Hart Lane.

There is every hope that Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool side will provide a much stiffer test for Harry 'Bung' Rednapp's side and I firmly believe Liverpool have the momentum to do just that on Monday night.

After dumping the two Manchester clubs out of the FA Cup & the Carling Cup plus the 3-0 victory against Wolves, I think that the way Liverpool play, they have enough about them to beat Spurs on Monday night to move into 5th and fight for the Champions League places

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LIVERPOOL V TOTTENHAM RESULTS ALL-TIME & NOW

With Liverpool facing Harry Rednapp's Spurs next Monday night,
statistics over the years show that Liverpool have the edge over Tottenham in the Primiership down the years as shown in the graph below.

However, in the last three games between the two sides its Spurs who are on top with a thumping 4-0 beating of Liverpool, preceded
by a 2-0 defeat at Anfield last May.

Prior to that, Liverpool defeated Rednapp's side 2-0 in January 2010 while we were beaten again in September of that year 2-1.

So, there is very little to choose between the teams in terms of results nowadays, let us hope for a victory against Harry Rednapp's tax-dodgers on Monday night.






       LIVERPOOL V SPURS

RESULTS	LEAGUE	FA CUP	CARLING CUP	TOTALS
LIVERPOOL	43	20	9	72
SPURS	6	34	6	46

BELLAMY MOVES AHEAD OF SUAREZ IN LIVERPOOL GOAL-SCORING CHARTS

Folowing Liverpool's great 3-0 win at Molineaux in which Andy Carroll, Craig Bellamy & Dirk Kuyt all scored, Bellamy has emerged as Liverpool's top scorer so far, this Season with a total of 9 goals in all competitions compared to the controversially suspended Luis Suarez's 8 thus far.

Can't wait to see the two of them play together in a Red shirt. 

PLAYER	PREMIER LEAGUE	CARLING CUP	FA CUP	TOTALS
BELLAMY	6	2	1	9
SUAREZ	5	3	0	8