Liverpool vs Blackburn match thread.

Kess73

Babel time. On for Yossi.

Thanx 4 The Fish

aaronh007 wrote: »

Chimbonda should be off. Nasty again from Blackburn

Indeed, he should have walked. New favourite for a red. Babel on, good to see, hope he gets a couple

citytillidie

Dirty Blackburn

Mr Alan

how blackburn haven't had a couple of players sent off here is a joke.

ButcherOfNog

i think perhaps if a Blackburn player pulls a gun out, then they might just get sent off, might get away with that tho too

joe123

Bloody hell gerrard :mad:

~Rebel~

Gerrard's had a very quiet second half

Kess73

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Gerrard's had a very quiet second half

Good first half, not in the game at all in the second.

colly10

We've been poor in the second half, need to start getting on the ball again

mayordenis

retard stream swapped to the bayern match

Blackburn play a lot of long balls.

Causing us trouble today

Handsome Bob

Douchebags put a german game on while this match is still on! :eek: WTF!

whatawaster

honestly can't remember the last chance we created.
what Aquilani needs to do to get a game i don't know.

hope we hang on

Spiritoftheseventies

Good to be back folks. Wont be posting here much from now on. had a problem with my account. Good to see Torres back on the mark anyway.

Spiritoftheseventies

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

Good to be back folks. Wont be posting here much from now on. had a problem with my account. Good to see Torres back on the mark anyway.

eh?

Thanx 4 The Fish

5 minutes, this will be a long one.

Kess73

Torres made a huge difference today. Created so much space just by forcing the other team to put two on him. Such a boost to have our best player back.

Hope he stays fully fit until the end of the season.

Glico Man

What a world class save from Pep. Amazing

citytillidie

Where did that 5 mins come from

Kess73

WOW PEPE JUST WOW.

Thanx 4 The Fish

What an amazing save from pepe there. It was right in the bottom corner at full stretch.

joe123

My god reina....without him we would be ****ed

daithijjj

So hows the bayern match going lads? :D:D

Ngog on for torres. A late one for b'burn here will turn me back to da drink ....again.

Edit....pepe saves blushes.

whatawaster

Reina just saved our Bacon. genius
It's been a pathetic second half

Super-Rush

Unfcuking real. Wow Pepe

~Rebel~

Reina really is some fuckin keeper!

Kess73

joe123 wrote: »

My god reina....without him we would be ****ed

You are not wrong. With Torres missing so much time this season, it has been Pepe that has been the main man for keeping us in games all season.

joe123

I hope everyone of our players shakes Reinas hand at the end of that.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Well I will take that. Pep made the difference at the death.

Not sure why Benitez did not do a Bridge on SA. Allardyce being talked to by the police.

colly10

Everyone sitting back round our own box at anfield against blackburn, shocking mentality in the second half. Were were lucky to get all 3

Kess73

Happy with the three points. Pity the intensity and play of the first 60 minutes was not continued, but a win is a win, and it is one with a lot of positives, not least the return of our top gun in Torres.

citytillidie

Good 1st half poor in the 2nd

Super-Rush

How did it come to this? At home to Blackburn and hanging on for dear life. Have i missed something?

daithijjj

Il take it, was half expecting a poor second half after a night on a sapping pitch on thursday night. Alot of the lads just looked tired after 65 minutes.

Reina to the rescue at the end, superman.

noodler

Missed the save.

Look forward to it later. Kind of.

Holsten

Lucky to get all 3 against freakin Blackburn..... terrible.

No Aquilani again!!!!!

Ugh.

Mr Alan

good to see people moaning away.

Glad that's over

3 points in the bag.

City and Spurs play each other next week so we may go above 1 or both of them if we beat Wigan.

Sir Gallagher

Woah Pepe amazing again!! I really love that man, future Liverpool captain! Encouraging signs in the first half of some decent football returning but we kind of went off the boil in the second which could have cost us dear.

magma69

Liverpool of old in the first half. Liverpool of late in the second. We should have finished the game off with a third goal. Rafa is threading on thin ice if he expects us to sit so deep for so long and not concede. On another day Reina may not have saved that.

Still though, for 45 minutes we were fantastic. Great movement, passing and hunger in the team. Lots of creativity and that is something to be positive about. Next time we need to play like that for 70 minutes and have a two or three goal cushion. Frustrating second half but it is still an improvement and we got the three points.

ButcherOfNog

Good performance by Liverpool, but went off the boil in the second half after starting it brightly, possibly just tired after the UEFA cup game on Thursday I guess. First goal was one of the best we've scored all season, some lovely one touch passing and movement.

colly10

Mr Alan wrote: »

good to see people moaning away.

What do you expect, we will have to perform alot better than that to get fourth. City just bet chelsea, spurs seem to be hitting form. We were playing well in the first half and just started to invite pressure on ourselves. Blackburn are a fairly poor side and should have punished us with the chances they had

Blackburn's tackling was nothing short of a disgrace in that game. They deserved to have at least one man sent off if for no other reason but to punish the team.

Lucky at the end to hold on thanks to Renia. Would have been more comfortable with the Greek in there for all them long balls if he wasnt suspended. Great to have Fernando back too he is a pleasure to watch.

On another subject streams are an absolute joke, its painful that these games are not on sky/espn/setanta or that more pubs dont have the extra channels( or even one in Galway at least there is one in Cork with them).

Sir Gallagher

Getting a bit concerned about the Aqualani situation at this stage, why isn't he getting any game time it's ridiculous, feel sorry for the chap.

Sir Gallagher

Oh another positive from today was Masch at right full, much more effective than Carra there, I think he should start there until Glenjo is back.

noodler

Mr Alan wrote: »

good to see people moaning away.

Come off it.

Everyone back fit today as well? There weren't even any excuses.

Mr Alan

which is why we were great for the first 60mins, then tired toward the end. I'm not saying thats good, but its not too surprising tbh.

Melion

Im convinced some people on here wont be happy unless we get relegated so they can say they were right about Rafa all along.

Of course the team were going to be tired in the second half, they only got back from Romania on Friday morning after playing on that shíte pitch.

Mr Alan

Mr Alan wrote: »

which is why we were great for the first 60mins, then tired toward the end. I'm not saying thats good, but its not too surprising tbh.

The kicking we got from the blackburn players didn't help either, its hard to play football when thats going on.

The way this season has been going I'm happy with a win no matter how we get it.

noodler

Mr Alan wrote: »

which is why we were great for the first 60mins, then tired toward the end. I'm not saying thats good, but its not too surprising tbh.

Okay, well when you play well (thought great was an aexaggeration - better than the recent muck alright) I still expect us not to be penned into our own box for thr last 20 minutes of a game at home to Blackburn.

How tired should they (Blackburn) have been after chasing shadows for 60 minutes?

Theres always going to be a bit of holding on when there only a goal in it but that was excessive.