Don’t cry, Robinho…just suck that thumb

By: Nadia | October 5th, 2008

Liverpool showed glimpses of their resilient form, last seen during the 2006 FA cup finals against West Ham, when they came back from a 2-goal deficit, to beat Manchester City 2-3, both teams ending the game with 10-man.

Oasis’s favourite football team got off to a good start when they went ahead with a goal from Stephen Ireland ,as Alvaro Arbeloa failed to clear the ball around the penalty area. Javier Garrido’s curling free-kick to the top left-hand corner, gives the home team a 2 goal lead, 4 minutes from the half-time interval.

Perhaps complacency got the better of the men in Blue, as they allowed Fernando Torres to tap in a cross from Arbeloa, which coincidentally marks Liverpool’s 1000th goal since their inception to the Premier League in 1992. He then followed up with a header in the 73rd minute from a Stevie G’s left-wing corner, to tie him with Wigan’s Amr Zaki and Portsmouth’s Jermaine Defoe, as the league’s joint top scorers.

Of course, the match did not lack its share of drama, when referee Peter Walton, decided to show the red to Pablo Zabaleta for his two-footed lunge at scapegoat Xabi Alonso (remember Tim Cahill and Nemanja Vidic?)

Dirk Kuyt missed a couple of good chances during the first half, but managed to redeem himself when he scored the match winner on the 90th minute. I guess this is why Rafa hardly substitutes Kuyt…it’s for emergencies like this apparently, but I still don’t get it.

Bad news for Martin Skrtel fans: Seems like the vogue-faced central defender picked up an injury on his right knee, when he fell awkwardly trying to clear the ball from Chad Evans. He will be undergoing a scan soon. Guess, it’s time for Daniel Agger to step up to the plate.

Hopefully this away win gives LFC and fans belief, that we are serious title contenders in the Premier League. It has been a long time coming, and with a performance like this one at (middle) Eastlands, we will definitely give Chelski or anyone else a run for their money.

My MOTM: “Fernando Torres, Liverpool’s number 9…na na na na na na na na na na na”

Current table standing:
[1] Chelski *yawn
[2] Liverpool *weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
[3] Hull *whuutt….damn gatecrashers

Next game: Wigan Athletics at Anfield on 18th Oct. [Man, I hate international breaks]

In other LFC news: Gotta wait longer for the new stadium

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Category: EPL, Fernando Torres, Fixtures, LFC, Liverpool, Post Match Reaction, Premiership

Tags: 1000th goal, Alvaro Arbeloa, Daniel Agger, Dirk Kuyt can score, EPL, Fernando Torres, Fixtures, Javier Garrido, LFC, Liverpool, Liverpool FC, Manchester City, Martin Škrtel, Pablo Zabaleta, Post Match Reaction, Premiership, Rafa Benitez, Robinho is probably weeping at the dressing room now, Stephen " 22 y/o father of 3" Ireland, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso

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• JC |  October 5th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

  
  
  

  Good win, have to disagree with the “last seen during the 2006 FA Cup comment” though. Three times this year we’ve been down 1-0 only to win each fixture, first with Boro, then with ManU, then at Marseille in the CL, not to mention scoreless until the 84th at Sunderland. This team has relied on resilience to be tied on points at the top of the table. And how is Xabi a scapegoat?

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• Jen |  October 5th, 2008 at 2:17 pm

  
  
  

  what’s up with everyone trying to take out xabi alonso? he’s suffered 3 fouls that led to red card and we’ve just finished the 8th week.

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• JC |  October 5th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

  
  
  

  Ah nevermind, got it, the two previous reds he drew

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• Rakesh Karun |  October 5th, 2008 at 5:27 pm

  
  
  

  A huge difference from the previous season,in the past we would have gone to draw this or lose it.

  It should have been 4 2 atleast (Kuyt early chance)

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• steven. |  October 5th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

  
  
  

  NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA!

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• dp |  October 5th, 2008 at 7:15 pm

  
  
  

  Also, it’s really interesting to see how Rafa is using Xabi this season…he’s almost playing as an old-school sweeper because he’s dropping back with the center backs while the fullbacks come forward over the halfway line (it’s finally happened!) and Gerrard/Mascherano/Lucas venture forward. He’s the primary outlet out the back and sprays the ball around; in today’s game, he even ended up as a center back when Skrtel went off. With Mascherano back, it should be interesting to see if this still holds. ynwa

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• kai |  October 5th, 2008 at 8:11 pm

  
  
  

  Great stuff! And poor Xabi. Hope he doesn’t get seriously injured with all these mofos lunging at him…
  It’s good that Kuyt bagged the winner. We need other players to step up and make a difference when it comes to the crunch. We cannot keep looking to Captain Fantastic or El Nino to pull our arses out of the fire everytime!

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• Nadia |  October 5th, 2008 at 10:28 pm

  
  
  

  JC, you’ve got a point. Our past matches were from comebacks, but mostly from a goal deficit, which I feel, a team like LFC, shouldn’t have any difficulty either equalizing or clinching a winner. It’s different this time round, cuz we were down by 2 goals as early as first half, and not only did we fight back to even out the scoreline, but we attack till the very end…sorta like Arsenal, but more awesome…just my 2-cents on this

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• derek |  October 6th, 2008 at 9:38 am

  
  
  

  Let’s not bag Hull too much. Any team standing between us and Arsenal & ManUre is a good thing. The more the better! As long as we don’t stumble to them.

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