Month: August 2009
ITS A LONG WAIT TIL BURNLEY
Saturday 12th of September. We have to wait until then until Liverpool play their next game in the Premier League. Yes its the dreaded International break again. A time when teams all over Europe and beyond compete in their groups to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa next summer. While I love watching […]
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COMEBACK KINGS DOWN TEN-MAN BOLTON
Liverpool twice came from behind to defeat plucky Bolton at the Reebok by three goals to two today. Despite conceding two goals to Kevin Nolan from a corner and Tamir Cohen, son of former Red Avi, from a free kick, Liverpool with goals by great signing Glen Johnson and an out of touch Fernando Torres […]
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KYRGIAKOS DEBUT AGAINST BOLTON
Sotirios Kyrgiakos makes his League debut for Liverpool this afternoon at the Reebok stadium against Bolton Wanderers. Signed from AEK Athens for £1.5 million, the defensive hard man will be looking to shore up a Liverpool defence which has leaked too many goals early on in the season. Albert Riera comes back into the side […]
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LIVERPOOL GET LYON & FIORENTINA IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Liverpool as top seeds in Group E of the Champions League have drawn: French League runner-up Lyon, Italy’s Fiorentina and new boys Hungary’s Debreceni. First impressions are that its not a bad group all in all, Kenny Dalgleish is there watching for Liverpool FC. Matches start next month, lets hope for more European glory this […]
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WHY ALL THE DOOM & GLOOM?
God, You would think we had just been relegated the way the media and some around Liverpool have reacted to last night’s strange defeat to Aston Villa. We caused our own downfall last evening thanks to errors by Lucas and Steve Gerrard. But we had 21 shots with 11 on target compared to Villa’s 6 […]
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LIVERPOOL LOSE AT HOME TO VILLA
Liverpool surprisingly lost 3-1 to Aston Villa at Anfield to end a run of 31 matches unbeaten at home and leaving them with two defeats out of three so far this season. Things started to go wrong when Lucas headed into his own goal after 30 minutes and they were made worse on half-time when […]
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KYRGIAKOS A GOOD SIGNING BY RAFA
Ah! The critics already. Kyrgiatos is a clever signing by Rafa, he is ideal cover for Skertel and Agger both out injured, he is defensively sound and weighs in with a few goals from corners and frees so I am told. A great signing by Rafa.
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KYRGIAKOS DONS THE RED SHIRT AT ANFIELD
Greek defender Sortios Kyrgiakos was paraded in front of the media today having completed his signing at Melwood in a two-year deal with Liverpool who have a third year option on the player. With the Reds very short on cover in defence, his arrival will give Rafael Benitez a welcome option at the back. With […]
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TIME TO BE OPTIMISTIC AT LIVERPOOL
Well after losing to Spurs, which I predicted reluctantly, we bounced back in style to hammer Stoke on Wednesday night. We face struggling Aston Villa at Anfield on Monday evening who have lost their opening two matches off the season. Even though they have lost Barry to Man City and Martin Laurson has retired they […]
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LIVERPOOL LOOK TO BOUNCE BACK AGAINST BOLTON
Liverpool will want to get back to winning ways tomorrow afternoon against Bolton away. With two defeats already this season, we will be looking to put in the kind of performance that saw us put four past…Stoke! Benitez singled out Steven Gerrard for mention today saying he had been below par to date, keep that […]
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