{"id":704,"date":"2009-12-13T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2009\/12\/13\/a-game-of-two-halves\/"},"modified":"2017-02-09T14:34:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T14:34:47","slug":"a-game-of-two-halves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2009\/12\/a-game-of-two-halves\/","title":{"rendered":"A GAME OF TWO HALVES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool lost tamely to Arsenal at home today.<br \/>\nHaving put in a superb first-half performance to go in 1-0, thanks to a Dirk Kuyt goal, Liverpool conceded a calamitous own goal by Glen Johnson and shortly afterwards Johnson was beaten to the ball by that fella Arshavin who fired Arsenal into a 2-1 lead.<br \/>\nIt was a lead they never looked like losing as Rafa&#8217;s team never reached the heights of the first-half.<br \/>\nTorres was not sharp and wasn&#8217;t match fit.<br \/>\nBenitez at least brought on Aquilani but he took off Mascherano who had been playing really well for the Reds.<br \/>\nInstead of a titanic finish we had a lame and insipid end as Liverpool, short on confidence, meekly bowed out, losers of a pivotal match in the season.<br \/>\nNice to see Xabi Alonso in the crowd, could have done with him on the pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool lost tamely to Arsenal at home today. 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