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PLAYER RATINGS V WEST HAM

Liverpool huffed and puffed but failed to break-down a defensive West Ham United side at Anfield today. Playing all the football, Brendan Rodger’s side had a goal by Sturridge ruled out for offside and a nailed-on penalty on Steven Gerrard denied by the referee. In the end, Liverpool had to settle for a 0-0 draw. […]

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PLAYER RATINGS V WIGAN

We are doing well lately, big wins against Swansea, Zenith and now a 4-0 thrashing of Wigan away leave us in seventh in the Premier League table in early March, hopeful signs and a positive attitude all round. Player Ratings v Wigan: Reina: 9/10 Pulled of a number of great saves at crucial times. Johnson: […]

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LIVERPOOL PLAYER RATINGS V CITY

What a game at the Etihad, Liverpool came from 1-0 down to go 2-1 ahead only to concede an Aguero goal from a Reina mistake to end the game 2-2. Player Ratings: Pepe Reina: 6/10: Was solid until he left his area allowing Aguero to score. Jose Enrique: 8/10 Tackled well throughout the game, didn’t […]

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WHO SHOULD REPLACE ENRIQUE?

With the unfortunate hamstring injury suffered by Jose Enrique in Liverpool’s win against QPR, we are left with a gap needing to be filled at left-back in the coming weeks. Stuart Downing has played there with mixed results, understandable as he is an attacking winger or so they say! Glen Johnson has been one of […]

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LIVERPOOL GOALS AND PLAYER-RATINGS V STOKE

Well thats another poor perfomance by Liverpool. Yes, Stoke are a tough to beat but we handed them victory with mistakes by Martin Skrtel and Daniel Agger at the back. But a poor performance by Liverpool’s midfield in covering for the back-four largely contributed to our downfall at the Brittania Stadium. Player-Ratings below: Pepe Reina: […]

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GOALS FROM LIVERPOOL’S THRASHING OF FULHAM

Liverpool returned to winning ways with an emphatic 4-0 win against Fulham at Anfield. Goals from Martin Skrtel and Steven Gerrard in the first-half were followed up by Stuart Downing’s first ever League goal for Liverpool and Luis Suarez scored his eleventh Premier League goal this season in injury-time. The win moves Liverpool back into […]

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POSSIBLE LIVERPOOL SIDE TO BEAT SOUTHAMPTON

Liverpool v Southampton With Liverpool’s eight match unbeaten run in the Premier League coming to an end at White Heart Lane mid-week, it is time for Brendan Rodgers to give his team a bit of a shakeup. That’s why I have put Lucas Leiva back in the midfield following a very long injury lay-off. The […]

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HOW MUCH MORE PROOF DO YOU NEED FSG?

GET THE WOOL OUT JOHN, BUY SOME FORWARDS After tonight’s defeat to Tottenham 2-1, Liverpool’s owners FSG must surely, finally realise that they have to invest again in the club. Brendan Rodgers is doing a manful job of putting out a team every three days or so, in pursuit of  success. However, he is under the […]

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YESIL AND ASSAIDI MAY START V ANZHI ON THURSDAY

Europa League Liverpool v Anzhi Liverpool have a demanding game to play in the Europa League on Thursday night against FC Anzhi of the Russian League. Well-respected Coach, Gus Hiddink is in charge of the team who have already beaten Spartak Moscow this Season. It will be no pushover for Brendan Rodger’s Liverpool who also […]

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