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Liverpool beat Portsmouth 4-1 at Anfield, with Torres scoring twice and Alberto Aquilani getting his first goal for Liverpool.
Steven Gerrard’s ‘v’-antics appears to be a bigger story than last night’s humbling loss to Wigan. And why not? I mean, it’s not like Liverpool lost a match to a club that defeated a ‘big four’ side for only the second time in their history. Oh, right. That should probably rate as the bigger story…
Whilst Gerrard continues to get heat for his two-fingered salute, Liverpool continue to give the same gesture to the supporters, showing zero urgency in what could be the most embarrassing loss this season next to the 2-0 away defeat to Pompey earlier in the year.
Quite honestly, the thought of this club joining the ranks of the top four once again seemed a bit premature given the up-and-down season they’ve endured. Just when you thought Rafa had things going in the right direction, the club turned a complete 180 and reverted to their old ways, playing with little heart and passion.
Liverpool beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at Anfield, with Fernando Torres and Stevie Gerrard getting the goals for Rafa’s side.
Liverpool drew 0-0 with Wolves this evening, failing to close the gap on Spurs in 4th place who beat Fulham 2-0.
Liverpool beat Wigan 2-1 at Anfield with David N’Gog and Fernando Torres getting the goals.
When Arsenal came to Anfield last season, no one could have predicted the outcome of the game which finished 4-4 with Arshavin scoring all 4 of Arsenal’s goals. Watch the highlights from last season’s epic encouter here!
25th October, 2009. If that date doesn’t mean anything to you, then you obviously don’t follow Liverpool as closely as I thought. That date of course marks Liverpool’s 2-0 league victory over Manchester United. Since that glorious afternoon, Liverpool have gone through a house of horrors, falling or drawing in three consecutive league matches.
Whilst that run of form may be common for most mid-table clubs, it’s quite obvious that it was just not good enough for a club as big as Liverpool. Amidst the despair of falling out of the Champions League and losing our grasp on top four football in the league, it became bitterly clear that the depth of the squad was exposing Rafa’s squad at the worst time.
Sunday’s derby encounter with Everton provided the club with quite possibly their best chance to make up ground on the competition, after Arsenal, Aston Villa and Tottenham failed to record three points over the weekend. And for the first time in a while, Liverpool managed to get a couple of bounces to go their way.
Jamie Redknapp is the latest former player to come out and criticise Rafa Benitez by claiming the manager manipulates Liverpool fans. Redknapp should get himself to his local GP; as it seems he has a case of verbal Diarrhoea.
If ever there was a photo to sum up the way this season has gone for Liverpool, it would most certainly be the one inserted in this article: a photo of David Ngog diving through the air with the greatest of ease in a moment that I now consider to be comedy gold.
I’m through getting frustrated with the quality of football I’ve seen on the pitch; I’ve become numb to the numerous names on the physio list; and I’ve grown tired of discussing Rafa’s tactics and player selections. There are something things you just can’t control in this game, and one of them just happens to be luck.
Monday’s home draw to Birmingham City (a match we honestly should have won going away) proved once again why this hasn’t been our season. Birmingham had 3 shots on goal and scored twice. That’s a 66% goal conversion rate. They also had 33 percent of the possession.
Liverpool? 14 shots and 67 percent of the possession. They managed to score one bloody goal and get another off a shameful penalty. If you thought the beach ball incident was a joke, the stats from Monday night’s match may be just as bad.
While Wednesday’s heartbreaking draw against Lyon didn’t seal Liverpool’s place in the Europa League — it did put our chances on life support. Aside from needing to defeat Debrecen, Liverpool will also need some help from Lyon to keep the potential miracle alive.
But what if Lyon and Fiorentina draw? Well that could still allow Liverpool a very small sliver of hope to advance. How so? Well, our friends over at Soccerlens have the complete breakdown for the Champions League, plus predictions on who’ll be advancing to the round of 16.
It’s one of the best pieces of analysis that I’ve seen on the tournament at this juncture. Take time to give it a read if you’ve got a moment.
