Europa League quarter final first leg: Benfica v Liverppool

LuckyLloyd

Archimedes wrote: »

I'll never forget the night United played there and got eliminated from the CL. As soon as I heard the crowd before kick-off, I knew we were in for an awful night. So intimidating.

Remember that game. We experienced the same thing later that year in the second round. Just a rabid set of fans.

CR 7

Great tackle on Babel.:rolleyes: Ref looking straight at it, what is he thinking of?

Peyton Manning

What a finish! Take a bow son.

quarryman

F**kin starfish cheater.

Tusky

wow! Classy goal!

MementoMori

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

"Yeah, and Homer beat their brains out!!"


They have looked good all year, are on course to win their league. Benfica were a complete shambles last season, and they look to have turned the club around. They will impact upon the CL next year imo.

Dont get the Simpsons reference.

Benfica's game in Europe this season

Benfica 2 - 0 Bate
Benfica 5 - 0 Everton
Benfica 2 - 1 AEK
Benfica 4 - 0 Hertha
Benfica 1 - 1 Marseilles

Everton were in disarry when they visited and Hertha are bottom of the Bundesliga and look certainties to be relegated.
AEK are no great shakes and neither are BATE.
Marseilles are a decent side and the tie was very close


KUNG-FU Tastic ......Seriously ref:eek:

LuckyLloyd

WHAT A SICK FINISH!!!!!!

SlickRic

DANI!

what a flick!!

That_Guy

Agger scores. Well worked.

Spiritoftheseventies

trademark Agger goal. Classic

whatawaster

Agger is not a poor defender. He's been our best defender this year, though it's not saying much

And he just scored.

MementoMori

DAGGER with the skillzzzzzz:D:D:D

Jazzy

woop! there it is

Glico Man

quarryman wrote: »

F**kin starfish cheater.

Eh, he was fouled

MementoMori

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Johson: not close defensively
Agger: poor center back defensively
Insua: a downgrade from Aurellio

Overall: a back four much disimproved at attacking the ball from set pieces

:p:p

Cheers for that.

SlickRic

quarryman wrote: »

F**kin starfish cheater.

with that particular one...

starfish?

yes.

cheater?

you're having a f*cking laugh on that one mate

LuckyLloyd

MementoMori wrote: »

Dont get the Simpsons reference.

Benfica's game in Europe this season

Benfica 2 - 0 Bate
Benfica 5 - 0 Everton
Benfica 2 - 1 AEK
Benfica 4 - 0 Hertha
Benfica 1 - 1 Marseilles

Everton were in disarry when they visited and Hertha are bottom of the Bundesliga and look certainties to be relegated.
AEK are no great shakes and neither are BATE.
Marseilles are a decent side and the tie was very close


KUNG-FU Tastic ......Seriously ref:eek:

From when Homer romped home in the 'design a model powerplant' children's competition. i.e. their opposition has been limited, but they've dealt with them more than capably. Their away performances at Everton and Marseille were pretty money.

That_Guy

What a chance.

LuckyLloyd

Cardozo should have buried that. Agger handily beat there. He's such a ****ing liability at the back.

Peyton Manning

That_Guy

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

trademark Agger goal. Classic

Really? :rolleyes:

quarryman

aaronh007 wrote: »

Eh, he was fouled

He absolutely launched himself into the box to win a penalty. Cue pleading look to Ref while sprawled on the ground.

Kess73

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Cardozo should have buried that. Agger handily beat there. He's such a ****ing liability at the back.

Agger a liability at the back? Not a chance.

SlickRic

quarryman wrote: »

He absolutely launched himself into the box to win a penalty. Cue pleading look to Ref while sprawled on the ground.

seriously, give the f*ck up.

MonkeyTennis

disimproved? ok :eek:

That_Guy

quarryman wrote: »

He absolutely launched himself into the box to win a penalty. Cue pleading look to Ref while sprawled on the ground.

No contact was made with the ball at all. Foul. End of.

daithijjj

quarryman wrote: »

He absolutely launched himself into the box to win a penalty. Cue pleading look to Ref while sprawled on the ground.

Change the record quarryman, same sh1t in every liverpool match thread with you.

LuckyLloyd

Kess73 wrote: »

Agger a liability at the back? Not a chance.

Yup. I know Liverpool fans have an aversion to this reality.

Glico Man

quarryman wrote: »

He absolutely launched himself into the box to win a penalty. Cue pleading look to Ref while sprawled on the ground.

Have you heard of physics? The word momentum comes into my mind...Running full at speed + getting tackled = falling forwards

LuckyLloyd

Johnson's final ball was poor there after a good little move with Kuyt.

SlickRic

the diggler has started really well tonight.

yom 1

Great finish from Agger. Pool need to keep going as they started though

ilovelamp2000

quarryman wrote: »

He absolutely launched himself into the box to win a penalty. Cue pleading look to Ref while sprawled on the ground.

If he was wearing a United shirt he would have gotten a penalty

Spiritoftheseventies

according to pronunciation website kuyt is pronounced Kout not Koyt as Trev insists on calling him.

LuckyLloyd

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

according to pronunciation website kuyt is pronounced Kout not Koyt as Trev insists on calling him.

Meh, it's a tricky name to get right to be fair.

LuckyLloyd

Maybe Cardozo will have one of those nights. That would be awesome.

Peyton Manning

Rosco1982 wrote: »

If he was wearing a United shirt he would have gotten a penalty

Please dont turn this into a United vs Liverpool thread. The last one was awful - I should know, I created it

ilovelamp2000

our fullbacks need to wakeup

yom 1

That was awful "defending" from Insua.....

MementoMori

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

From when Homer romped home in the 'design a model powerplant' children's competition. i.e. their opposition has been limited, but they've dealt with them more than capably. Their away performances at Everton and Marseille were pretty money.

Remember it now. Would agree they're a very good side but they have played some pretty soft opposition as well to get to tonight. Tv3 seem to be arguing that they have been hammering a vast array of the cream of Europe.

Cardoza looking lively
Di Maria giving Johnson something to think about

Kess73

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Yup. I know Liverpool fans have an aversion to this reality.

Your reality maybe.

SlickRic

Stevie's back lads.

we've reached April, and he's returned it seems.

LuckyLloyd

Babel: always looking to cut back on his right and shoot. Must be a very easy player to do your homework for with a bit of video review.

Gerrard has started really, really well imo.

quarryman

daithijjj wrote: »

Change the record quarryman, same sh1t in every liverpool match thread with you.

Actually I'm even annoying myself at this stage! Ok I'll zip it.

In fairness the goal has made the game pretty interesting, pity Benfica's final ball is so poor at the moment.

LuckyLloyd

Kess73 wrote: »

Your reality maybe.

lol, whatever man. I like his skills on the ball like every other fan, but it doesn't earn him a free pass on defending. He's easily the worst long term starter we've had at the position apart from Traore this decade.

breadmonkey

Any links to Agger's goal?

daithijjj

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Babel: always looking to cut back on his right and shoot. Must be a very easy player to do your homework for with a bit of video review.

Gerrard has started really, really well imo.

Where have you been for 3 years?......people have calling for him to get a chance on the right side for ages. (and he has done well there in the handfull of chances he has got)

That_Guy

Benfica should be level, if not winning at this stage. Two great chances and they didn't take either of them.

Hoki

That Di Maria fella sure can run with the ball at his feet , great looking player in the twenty mins iv seen of him , wouldnt mind seeing him on our left flank.

whatawaster

i have no idea why Babel doesn't play on the right. We won't lose anything from Kuyt if he's on the left.