Month: October 2009
CALAMATOUS DEFEAT AT FULHAM
Liverpool suffered a disastrous defeat to Roy Hodgson’s Fulham at Craven Cottage this afternoon. Without Skrtel and Agger due to a virus, Rafa chose to field an emergency line-up with Deggen and Kyrgiakos in defence and Voronin upfront alongside Torres. Liverpool started brightly attacking Fulham in waves. However, it was the Cottagers who took the […]
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LIVERPOOL TEAM AGAINST FULHAM
Andriy Voronin partners Fernando Torres in attack, While Degen and Kyrgiakos start in defence. Team: Reina, Insua, Degen, Carragher, Kyrgiakos, Kuyt, Benayoun, Mascherano, Lucas, Voronin, Torres.
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HOPING FOR A WIN AGAINST FULHAM
Liverpool face Roy Hodgson’s Fulham at Craven Cottage today needing all three points to push for a place at the top of the table. This will be no easy task as Fulham are very difficult to beat home or away. Liverpool will again have to do without Steven Gerrard, still suffering from a groin strain […]
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REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL, PARTS 1,2 AND 3
After Sunday’s great victory over Man Utd and a very good performance in the Carling Cup defeat to Arsenal on Wednesday, Rafa Benitez must be starting to believe that Liverpool have turned a corner this season and that his side are now prepared to fight again for the Premiership title. Lets face it, we played […]
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STEVEN GERRARD MAY NEED SURGERY
News tonight that Steven Gerrard may need surgery on his troublesome groin injury will be meet with dismay by Liverpool football club and its fans. Gerrard, after all, got injured playing for England against the Ukraine when England had already qualified for next year’s World Cup so what was he doing playing in that match […]
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ARSENAL KNOCK US OUT OF CARLING CUP
Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 at The Emirates to knock us out of The Carling Cup tonight. A goal by youngster Merida on 19mins was cancelled out by Emeliano Insua’s stunning volley on 26mins. This left the sides level on half-time in an open and lively encounter. Nicolas Bendtner scored a Torres-style goal on 50mins to […]
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ITS ARSENAL NEXT IN THE CARLING CUP
After the euphoria of Sunday’s win over Man Utd, Liverpool face a trip to London to face Arsenal’s youngsters at the Emirates in the 3rd round of the League Cup. This is a trophy that Liverpool have won seven times, a record. However, in the Champions League era, the competition is used by the top […]
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LUCAS FINALLY COMES OF AGE
Lucas Leiva had a great game against Man Utd on Sunday. I have been his biggest critic since he first joined Liverpool a couple of seasons ago. But I have to say he was very good yesterday in central midfield alongside Mascherano. He tackled like a man possessed, winning virtually every challenge he went into. […]
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RAFA’S REDS BEAT UNITED
Fantastic performance and a great result by Liverpool against Ferguson’s United. 2-0, 2-0, 2-0! Ah Yes! What a great result against our biggest rivals, we played like men possessed for 95mins and deservedly beat Manchester’s finest. We bossed the game from start to finish nullifying Utd for most of the game. Credit must go to […]
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MASCH WANTS OUT, TOP PLAYERS TO BE SOLD & RAFA GONE IN THE SUMMER
The News Of The World reports that Xavier Mascherano has turned down a new contract offer at Liverpool. I guess he wants to go to Barcelona in the Summer, let him go I say. Other rumours say that Rafa will be sacked if we fail to qualify for the Champion’s League for next season, a […]
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