Liverpool vs. Chelsea (1st Leg)

Malice

Chelsea

IrishMike wrote: »

Maybe so but when was the last time anyone beat Chelsea at home?

Records are like plates, they're made to be broken!

mike65 wrote: »

Will all those know nothing nothing about Liverpool FC please leave this thread now!

Mike.

Well said.

event

Chelsea

i reckon its a win for pool, but i think it'll be 2-1

Nunu

Reina

Arbeloa Carragher Skrtel Aurelio

Kuyt Gerrard Alonso Mascherano Babel

Torres



Cech

Ferreira Carvalho Terry A.Cole

Malouda Lampard Makalele Ballack J.Cole

Drogba

Nunu

Makaleles 8th semi-final tonight!:eek:

mike65

Chelsea (Chelsea fans)

Babel vs Ferreria.

Mike.

kerash

Chelsea

W00t! ders Bill and Co. now, this better be good! (liverpool ftw);)

growler

there should be a Liverpool : chelsea fans option on this !

Can't say i'm feeling very optimistic about the first leg, although I think the chelsea players may try to outwit our manager and win the game with a last minute Terry header / Ballack free kick.

zAbbo

Chelsea (Chelsea fans)

Nice specs Souey!

Tusky

ntlbell wrote: »

Yeah, but what about Liverpool?

Who were they "lethal" against on the counter so far?

West ham? derby or someone?

Liverpool have scored more than Arsenal, Chelsea & Manchester Utd this season. Thank you, come again.

zAbbo

Chelsea (Chelsea fans)

Here we go, zonal marking again.

PHB

Liverpool (Liverpool fans)

Lads, let's get it out of the way to begin with.
Zonal marking is **** against big teams!
Rafa is going to lose today because he rotated the defence again, jesus christ like!!
The ref made biased decisions towards Liverpool.
I can't believe Lampards shot deflected in!

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I think tonights game will be decided by the respective performances of the full backs and wingers. In the middle of the pitch, there is little between the teams.

Joe Cole vs. Arbeloa
Malouda vs. Aureilo
Kuyt vs. Cole
Babel vs. Ferreria

Chelsea imo win three of those battles, so I can see them having the better of it.

Great move by Rafa not to play Hyypia imo, Srektle gives them that extra bit of pace. How he deals with Drogba is the question though.

zAbbo

Chelsea (Chelsea fans)

You've got to admit, the RTE guys are great entertainment

Zapp Brannigan

I think he shoulda used Hyppia, Skrtl seems pretty dodgy in the air and Drogba will be dealing with alot of high balls.

event

Chelsea

zAbbo wrote: »

You've got to admit, the RTE guys are great entertainment

course they are

its why every week pool fans will post about them not having a clue, yet watch them every week

mike65

Chelsea (Chelsea fans)

Jimmy Arnfield is not dead, he was very ill and I like his punditry on fivelive!

As for Bill, Garcias goal was a good one! If you tell a lie enough times some people will belive it.

Mike.

Pepe LeFrits

mike65 wrote: »

As for Bill, Garcias goal was a good one! If you tell a lie enough times some people will belive it.

Was that the lie?

mike65

Chelsea (Chelsea fans)

Well it was implied, in 'the Kop influences the referee' crap. If that was true then Liverpool would win every game.

RTE should cut the pre-match stuff when there is only one game to cover.

Mike.

Xavi6

Liverpool (Liverpool fans)

Morning folks! These 2.45am kick offs on a work night are never good for the soul!

OPENROAD

Draw

Hope Chelsea get a good win tonight.

Pepe LeFrits

mike65 wrote: »

Well it was implied, in 'the Kop influences the referee' crap. If that was true then Liverpool would win every game.

Mike.

I was actually referring to you saying the goal was a good one.

Anyway. I think I'll watch the first 10-15 mins of this and if it starts to shape up the way I expect it to, I'll be off to watch some Dexter.

Zapp Brannigan

Dunphy: Take Torres and Gerrard out and not one LFC player would make the Chelsea team.

Surely Mascherano would? Perfect replacement for the ageing Makalele.

mike65

Chelsea (Chelsea fans)

Xavi6

If Citeh were playing I'd understand your endevour!

I wonder how fit and sharp Lampard will be, its hardly ideal for him.

Mike.

Xavi6

Liverpool (Liverpool fans)

Well tonight is for the love of the football, tomorrow will be about praying United lose!

Xavi6

Liverpool (Liverpool fans)

Gary Bloom - "Turn up the volume cause this is football's equivalent of viagra". WTF?!

LuckyCharms

Chelsea

Tusky wrote: »

Liverpool have scored more than Arsenal, Chelsea & Manchester Utd this season. Thank you, come again.

Since they have only won once in the nine games they played against the other big four, im guessing those goals came against derby probably?

Guy:Incognito

LuckyCharms wrote: »

Since they have only won once in the nine games they played against the other big four, im guessing those goals came against derby probably?

Yes , of course. In 2 games against Derby we've scored over 100 goals. :rolleyes:

Sherifu

Chelsea (Chelsea fans)

Almost unlocked... sweet pass

LuckyCharms

Chelsea

If you have watched some of the games derby played this season, you would realise it was quite possible

Xavi6

Liverpool (Liverpool fans)

Great ball from Lampard there. Shoulda done much better.

Xavi6

Liverpool (Liverpool fans)

Shoulda scored.......

Guy:Incognito

Torres should have scored there.

Should hat shot earlier.

LuckyCharms

Chelsea

Woulda put my house on torres scoring that, if i owned one that is.

That was a penalty on Drogba.... clumsy tackle and Carragher got nowhere near the ball. And Ray houghton said it wasnt so none of this anti-Liverpool RTE nonsense!!


EDIT: I see it was outside the box but it was a clear foul and Carragher was the last man...otherwise Drogbas was in...

Sherifu

Chelsea (Chelsea fans)

Damn it Torres.

Carra got the slightest touch on the ball.

Guy:Incognito

Deleted User wrote: »

That was a penalty on Drogba.... clumsy tackle and Carragher got nowhere near the ball. And Ray houghton said it wasnt so none of this anti-Liverpool RTE nonsense!!

Yes, peno. Just one problem, it was outside.

Doesnt matter where he lands, the foul was outside.

Xavi6

Liverpool (Liverpool fans)

Well the initial foul was outside the box so twas only a free

Okay hadnt noticed. Was a foul though. Ill accept that though, but for Ray houghton to say it wasnt a foul is laughable.

Xavi6

Liverpool (Liverpool fans)

1-0. Shocking defending

Sherifu

Chelsea (Chelsea fans)

\o/ GET IN

Jazzy

Chelsea

id be chunk to kuyts sloth

Atlas_IRL

yes

the dream liverpool- united final is still on!

K-9

Kuyt, what a player!

quarryman

Liverpool (Liverpool fans)

poor decision. babel was most definately offside AND interfering with play.

A lucky break for liverpool.

mike65

Chelsea (Chelsea fans)

I was going to comment on how well Chelsea had parked thier bus!

Mike.

Guy:Incognito

quarryman wrote: »

poor decision. babel was most definately offside AND interfering with play.

A lucky break for liverpool.

How was he interfering?

That same thing happens all the time with the current rules.

Villain

Was the ball stationery when the quick free kick for the goal was taken?? I don't think so

smemon

Draw

Chelsea to come out storming second half and win 2-1

Gooing a goal down is the best possible motivator for an away side in the knockout rounds.

mike65

Chelsea (Chelsea fans)

Oh it starts! Babel stopped dead and was therefore passive.

The story of that half was Chelsea started brighter, kept thier shape and closed down well, but as the clock ticked on they ceeded more space to Liverpool in the middle and a few chances started falling to them. Had they bus been parked furthur up the field then I reckon 0-0 it would still be.

Mike.

Tusky

quarryman wrote: »

poor decision. babel was most definately offside AND interfering with play.

A lucky break for liverpool.

By slowly walking away from the goal and making no attempt to go for the ball ?

Three words describe that half. ALONSO IS BACK. He has looked sharper than he has all season.

The goal says everything you need to know about Kuyt. Terrible technique on the initial cross, runs back and wins the ball, gets on the end of the scuffed shot and scores a goal. He is the hardest working player in football today.

Guy:Incognito

Villain wrote: »

Was the ball stationery when the quick free kick for the goal was taken?? I don't think so

Did we even see the free being taken?