Europa League quarter final first leg: Benfica v Liverppool

Oat23

The Muppet wrote: »

I'm watching on 5 they keep showing a very young pool fan in floods of tears, poor kid.

Think it was a benfica fan.

peabutler

evil_seed wrote: »

is it just me or is anyone else just thinking there's something fishy about the "officiating" tonight

Just you.

LuckyLloyd

They are such a cynical team. South American influenced is right.

Spiritoftheseventies

waste of a shot there from Gerrard.

opr

Mach been immense tonight and the only reason they are not walking through us. Lucas has been anonymous to the point I wondered if he was still on the pitch.

Opr

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nothing wrong with a bit of cynacilaty at the right times, it's obviously frustrating you lot anyway

5starpool

Ugh, 5 mins.

The Muppet

citytillidie wrote: »

Taking the bait Babel would not have been sent off if the ref had of got the 1st decision right and showed a red and not a yellow for the shocking tackle on Torres. Therefore Liverpool would have had 11 players and Benfica 10 you can't say that would have changed the game

what are you talking about bait, the guy is spot on with that post. No way was the tackle on Torress a red, it was no worse than insua's tackle for the pen and it didn't merit a red,

The ref is poor but consistant.

citytillidie

Fecking Benfica fans causing 5 Mins of Injury time throwing fireworks onto the pitch

LuckyLloyd

Des wrote: »

nothing wrong with a bit of cynacilaty at the right times, it's obviously frustrating you lot anyway

Don't disagree btw. Whatever it takes to win. That said, the ref has definitely not handled the game well from that perspective. They have been right to take advantage of that, and my have they.

Washington Irving

Yossi on for Stevie

SlickRic

Des wrote: »

nothing wrong with a bit of cynacilaty at the right times, it's obviously frustrating you lot anyway

to be honest, it's mainly that lad Luiz that's p*ssing me off.

he's got away with far too much.

the rest are just little clever digs, and just annoying.

Pro. F

Terrible reffing
Shocking fans (should be banned)
Appalling commentary from TV3

Kess73

Yossi is alive.

kingshankly

Thought the referee got both penalty decisions right tbh

Kess73

You just know that this has now set up a brilliant atmosphere at Anfield in the next game.

The Muppet

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Think it was a benfica fan.

was it? What's he got to be crying over?

Oat23

Lads, there's always games where the ref f**ks over your team. Ye are playing with 10 men away against benfica and have managed to get an away goal.

I'd be fairly happy tbh.

LuckyLloyd

The Muppet wrote: »

what are you talking about bait, the guy is spot on with that post. No way was the tackle on Torress a red, it was no worse than insua's tackle for the pen and it didn't merit a red,

The ref is poor but consistant.

lol, I know you are programmed not to see it, but the fact that Luiz is still on the pitch is hilariously unacceptable in terms of what is good or bad reffing.

Oat23

The Muppet wrote: »

was it? What's he got to be crying over?

I'm just guessing it was a benfica fan. You don't see many olive skinned Liverpudlians .

Hoki

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Lads, there's always games where the ref f**ks over your team. Ye are playing with 10 men away against benfica and have managed to get an away goal.

I'd be fairly happy tbh.

Im delighted with this result considering whats happened.

SlickRic

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Lads, there's always games where the ref f**ks over your team. Ye are playing with 10 men away against benfica and have managed to get an away goal.

I'd be fairly happy tbh.

and i will be happy with 2-1 if it stays this way.

doesn't mean i'm happy with our players being kicked off the park.

a word for Masch tonight...immense.

LuckyLloyd

Pro. F wrote: »

Terrible reffing
Shocking fans (should be banned)
Appalling commentary from TV3

Agree that they should be sanctioned after this game. But they've provided an edge for their team tonight, no question.

LuckyLloyd

Hoki wrote: »

Im delighted with this result considering whats happened.

YOU JINXED US

citytillidie

2-1 away from home is not bad considering how bad the ref has been. Will need 2 next week as i can see Benfica scoring

Mr Alan

kingshankly wrote: »

Thought the referee got both penalty decisions right tbh

he did.

however, the red card was wrong, as were the multiple fouls which resulted in nothing for either benefica centre half who were already on yellows. also didnt seem too bothered about the kick in the head which babel that should have resulted in a red card.

ref was abolutely awful.

mike65

Worst refeering performance since...well the last Swedish Chef cock up.

LuckyLloyd

Great battling from the lads. Oh Torres...:(

Definitely saw enough to convince me we can get through at Anfield.

citytillidie

The Muppet wrote: »

was it? What's he got to be crying over?

Being told to stop throwing his fireworks on the pitch by the stadium annoucer

RasTa

evil_seed wrote: »

is it just me or is anyone else just thinking there's something fishy about the "officiating" tonight

What do you mean?

mike65

Pity Torres shanked his shot, but 1-2 is not a lost cause. Agger needs to keep his trap shut. I'd say that tannoy announcment told the crowd to behave.

Mr Alan

pretty happy with the final result tbh, considering we were 10 men for the majority of the game.

second leg should be a cracker.

5starpool

Relieved with 2-1 after all that. Babel deserves a shoe up the hole. Literally.

mayordenis

RasTa wrote: »

What do you mean?

I would say he's referring to the deplorable refereeing which looks like it was paid for.

Yakult

Terrible game. (imo, lucky not to lose by more but Benfica couldnt finish)

Got off to a great start and really no comment beyond that other thank you Insua and babel.

Kess73

We will beat them at Anfield and go through to the semi.

The Muppet

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

lol, I know you are programmed not to see it, but the fact that Luiz is still on the pitch is hilariously unacceptable in terms of what is good or bad reffing.

I saw it, it wasn't a red, just like insua's wasn't a red either.

spockety

citytillidie wrote: »

2-1 away from home is not bad considering how bad the ref has been. Will need 2 next week as i can see Benfica scoring

if they score we will need three.

NukaCola

Think we'll beat them at Anfield.

Ref was poor but Babel being stupid, poor performance by Insua ( including a silly foul for the peno) and Carragher sliding in with his hand up cost us more IMO.

mike65

Mr Alan wrote: »

second leg should be a cracker.

Lets not mention crackers. I'd say Benfica will be playing a game behind closed doors at some point.

Mr Alan

The Muppet wrote: »

I saw it, it wasn't a red, just like insua's wasn't a red either.

pretty sure he meant for the other multiple fouls he commited after receiving a yellow

bohsman

mayordenis wrote: »

I would say he's referring to the deplorable refereeing which looks like it was paid for.

Even the Liverpool commentator couldn't argue with the 3 big decisions.

evil_seed

that was much tougher than i was expecting. i thought benfica were gonna be sh1t3. they should be forced to playt behind closed doors for the antics of their supporters. great to get an away goal. we'll turn them over in anfield. 2-1 away in europe with 10 men against 16 is a good result for the 1st leg

Mr Alan

spockety wrote: »

if they score we will need three.

or 2 to go to extra time.

Dcully

Very lively game.
Benfica are a top side, better imo than some left in the CL,some really top class players.
They should have beaten us by more tbh but we`are still in with a shout.
Babel was so stupid,Insua and Agger not much better with their defending.
Both Benfica central defenders lucky to not see red imo, they were kicking Torres all night.
We could do worse than look to Benfica to buy some new players ,if we had the money ofcourse

Overall i think we were on the lucky side tonight but we worked so hard in the second half to atleast make Benfica not as dominat as they were first half.

opr

Jasus Rafa must be giving Lucas interview lessons!

Opr

The Muppet

You'll have to attack them at Anfield, they looked good in defence to me and the sort of team that could punish you with a quick counter attack, think you'll have your work cut out to go through.

mayordenis

bohsman wrote: »

Even the Liverpool commentator couldn't argue with the 3 big decisions.

There were alot more than those decisions that went against us,

but yes of course the commentator must be right, congrats on being able to form your own opinion.

LuckyLloyd

The Muppet wrote: »

I saw it, it wasn't a red, just like insua's wasn't a red either.

lol, I knew I needed to spell it out for you.

Luiz, dude who got booked early in the game, continued to commit obvious cynical fouls over and over and over. Meaning he should have been sent off for a second yellow card. Got it? Good.

anplaya

The Muppet wrote: »

was it? What's he got to be crying over?

bawling when they were losing one nil, celebrating when they were winning 2-1.hardly gonna be a liverpool fan eh.:rolleyes:common sense boy.