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Posted by Mihail Vladimirov on January 30th, 2012
By Mihail Vladimirov. Liverpool 2 Man City 2: Heading to Wembley Starting XIs Liverpool went with the same formation they have started every big game with this season – the 4-1-2-3. There were no surprises in the starting line up either, with the only question mark before the match about how the front three would [...]
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After Liverpool’s double cup triumphs over Man City and Man Utd in the League and FA Cups respectively, it’s now time to re-focus on matters in the Premier League as we travel to Molineux (19.45 kick off) to face Mick McCarthy’s Wolverhampton Wanderers side on Tuesday evening. Six points separate us from 4th placed Chelsea [...]
Fact: as captain, kiss the United badge to Liverpool fans at the Kop end, and you’ll be booed upon your return. … Like a lot of Liverpool fans, I’m sick of the moralising by holier-than-thou types about ‘our’ behaviour. The main evil of racism is that it brands everyone as the same, in an often derogatory manner.
Liverpool had a very good record against Bolton Wanderers, winning their previous ten meetings in the league. However, the Trotters broke their duck with a convincing win against the Reds. Motivational Issues A lot of people have questioned whether Liverpool were ‘up’ for this game, and it’s a fair criticism. It is here we should [...]
Before this match there had been just 11 goals scored in seven Premier League matches between Liverpool and Stoke. Added to Liverpool’s recent scoring problems, perhaps the lack of goals should not have been that unexpected. First half Tony Pulis did not cause any surprises with his starting eleven, but he did change from his usual [...]
By Paul Tomkins, January 3rd 2012. It’s that time of year. The queues are forming, and the doors have opened. The sales have started. At first glance, it seems that January is an underrated time for transfers. We are constantly told that it’s a tough time to do business; but while it’s true that the [...]
The opening As they had done in their previous meeting, both sides continued with similar tactics to the match they had just played. Manchester City started with their 4-4-2 with inverted wingers, while Dalglish stuck with 4-1-2-3 as he has done in almost all of the “big” matches. In the league meeting it was City [...]
After two successful domestic cup fixtures that have seen Liverpool progress to the 4th round of the FA Cup thanks to a 5-1 victory over Oldham, and secure a 1-0 semi-final first leg victory over Manchester City in the League Cup, focus for the Reds once again returns to matters in the Premier League and [...]
By football lawyer, Daniel Geey @FootballLaw. (Not that it should matter in terms of the veracity of the points he makes in terms of the glaring inconsistencies in the FA’s report, but it’s only fair to note upfront that Daniel is Liverpool fan). Further analysis of the media’s treatment of the case (and racism in [...]
Just over a week has passed since we lost 3-0 to Manchester City at Eastlands in the Premier League. A week is a long time in the world of football and since that result, Liverpool have progressed to the 4th round of the FA Cup – where we will face Manchester Utd at Anfield – [...]
All Spaniards are racist. And all Spanish-speaking South Americans are, too. Because every time they use their word for black, apparently they say “a negro”. Racists! (In case I need to explain, this relates to the fact that people cannot tell the difference between a word spelt the same, but meaning different things in different [...]
By Paul Tomkins. Luis Suarez is still being labelled a ‘racist’, and Liverpool FC are being castigated for supporting said ‘racist’. Never mind that the FA’s findings stated, quite clearly, that they felt that he was not a racist. And never mind that if those at the club truly believe their employee, colleague and friend [...]
Liverpool begin their FA Cup campaign with a home tie against League One outfit Oldham Athletic. A tie at Anfield at the third round stage of this competition is a relatively rare occurrence for the Reds. Over the last nine seasons, we’ve been drawn at home on just one occasion: in 2007 against Arsenal, who [...]
Manchester City had only won one of their last 13 league games against Liverpool, and Andy Carroll had scored four in three starts against the league leaders, but those promising omens were not borne out as Liverpool slid to their second heaviest defeat of the season at the Etihad. Before the first goal Neither side [...]
