Ultimate Revenge By The Reds Againts Man City In League Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg

• The 3-0 impressive victory that the blues enjoyed over the reds eight days ago was overshadowed in the league cup semi-final 1st leg, on thursday, where the reds won 0-1 at the Etihad stadium with Steven Gerrard scoring the only goal of the game with an early penalty on the 12Th minute. It was Stevie's first full 90 minutes played on the field since he got injured back in the October last year, and didn't he just pull out an outstanding performance for the reds again. It is such a big lift for Kenny Dalglish and the reds as they welcome back the skipper to the squad and hoping for the best in him to be unleashed again in all the remaining games till the end of the season because it is very likely that there is already 2-3 teams competing for the fourth spot, so it is extremely crucial to have the skipper back in time to make an immediate impact. Teams that are competing would be Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal, so it is really going to be a close ending between the top teams as the points at the moment is super near and doesn't differ much though. Well, back to the Man City-Liverpool match, overall speaking, the game was really outstanding as Liverpool took control of the first half and Man City came out quite sustained in their fighting spirit in the second half and responded quite well but couldn't just find the finishing touch and failed to even score a goal. Liverpool started the game brightly, as they hope for a revenge and won an early penalty, when Man City's youngster, who had to to replace the suspended Vincent Kompany for his unlikely red-card for a fairly won tackle againt's Manchester United's Nani in the FA cup Fourth Round brought down Martin Skrtel in the edge of the penalty corner and referee Robert Webb gave a straight penalty without any hesitation, and unsurprisingly none of the Man City players denied that decision even the tackler himself, but it is understood that was a very harsh tackle by the youngster. Steven undoubtedly converted it right to the bottom left corner and Joe Hart almost made an outstanding stop but failed. Besides that penalty, Liverpool did had some decent chances and it was all on-target but with the on-form Joe Hart, the reds find it hard to get past him as he made a lot of terrific saves and on top of that, he might have given City the slightest of hopes in the second-leg at Anfield end of this month, but every team knows that Anfield is one place where you'll have to really be serious and not lack out, because it's Liverpool's homeground and they will nail the second-leg well to bed if City don't give a big fight till the end. Steven Gerrard then had a clash with Mancini, in the tunnel during half time, with Gerrard annoyed with Mancini's complaints about Johnson's two-footed challenge on Joleon Lescott, in which Gerrard thinks it's a clean tackle and he don't see anything wrong with that. Mancini denied and said, ''this was even worse that happened in the FA Cup fourth round, when Kompany tackled Nani'', so i really feel Johnson should have been sent off''. City, with this loss against Liverpool, already their fourth of the season, really are looking very shaky at the moment with some players away on National duties, like the Toure brother's and the current loss, is David Silva suffering an ankle injury and will be out for at least 3 weeks. So, it is going to be quite a tough season from now for City as tough ones againts the top teams awaits them. Liverpool will be at home againts Stoke City this weekend with Kenny Dalglish likely to field his strong squad as they look to close the gap with the teams ahead like, Chelsea and Arsenal. 

Kop Flop ? and the 8 match ban for Suarez..???..

 
well, it's been pretty much of a 50% 50% season so far for Liverpool, never really threatening the current top team in the top of the table, but nevertheless, they ended the year on a high with an impressive 3-1 win over Newcastle United at Anfield. well, talking about the current Kop Flop as branded almost by everyone including some Liverpool fans as well, that includes me as well, positively talking, i don't think he deserves to be branded as ''Kop Flop'' at first because he is giving his very best for the club and is indeed working all out to get on the scoresheet as often as he can, but bad luck just keeps knocking on his head everytime he get's the chance. Probably , just like the old saying, he needs time to adapt himself well into the Red's playing style and their flow of game. It will of course undoubtedly be different when he was playing for Newcastle United, because Liverpool playing style is way more faster and they play lot's of long ball passing which shouldnt be an excuse at all for Carroll because, he's tall and he can jump well too. With Steven Gerrard back from Injury now, then Carroll should be happy as he will have an extra force, i would say an outstanding provider of the ball and this would help ease the pressure on Carroll if he starts banging in the goals for Liverpool. Stewart Downing, also one of the expensive summer signing for the Reds, haven't scored his first goal yet, and his work rate and the effort he puts in all the game is speechless, absolutely top-draw since he was signed from Aston Villa. He has been providing all the crosses for Carroll so far, and also the tireless Jose Enrique, but it's just the clinical and the final touch that is terribly missing. Like i said earlier, Gerrard is back and this will definitely be a huge boost to Kenny's Soldiers. It has indeed been a devastating year so far for Steven Gerrard as he's been an injury prone lately, and hopefully he's back at his best now and to provide the magnificent service he always provides for Liverpool in all occasions. One similar situation that is being faced by another player is, Fernando Torres who signed for Chelsea last January for a record 50Million Euro. He has only scored 4 goals so far for Chelsea and how more dissapointing and frustrating that can get for Andrea's Villa Boas. His situation at Chelsea has just got bad to worst lately, as he is seated in the bench in almost all the games lately by AVB after seeing that he can't score in games and adding things worst, his place in the Spain National squad is also hanging on the thread as Vicente Del Bosque has said that ''he's not at his at late, and not scoring like he used to,and there are so many other class players waiting to get their call-up for the Spain Squad, so he will (torres) will be axed from the squad if he doesn't perform for Chelsea''. That statement by Del Bosque was strict and straight to the point.

Suarez Evra Squaring Up

Suarez, Evra and Ref 

here comes the best part of all. Luis Suarez's 8 match ban which could cost Liverpool their top four finish in the table or even a possible chance of giving a fight for the title. As we all know, Luis Suarez was involved in a square up with Manchester United Ace, Patrice Evra, their current captain in a match at Anfield last October where it was said that Suarez used some inappropriate words towards Evra describing his ethnicity. This has become more of like a ''textbook racial profiling'' as The  
English FA has handed Suarez 8 match ban for his reactions towards Evra during that match. Suarez also claimed that Evra happen to have used the word ''South American'' at certain point of the conversation between the two superstar players, but the FA never took that into consideration at all because as according to the English FA, ''South American'' is not as bad or harsh i would say compared to ''Negrito'' which means small black guy. Suarez was extremely upset with this decision and had no possible chance of escaping this case but to just accept and bare the consequences which is considered very heavy for Kenny Dalglish and his Crew as he won't be playing for 8 consecutive matches, including some crucial matches, With Manchester City in the League Cup Semis and others as well. He started his spell at Liverpool outstandingly and has been performing well for the reds since he was signed for Ajax during the summer last year. 8 match banned will simply cost liverpool alot unless Carroll steps up to the expectations and his best form by starting to give the goals for Liverpool and also not to forget the, powerhouse Craig Bellamy. Bellamy has also been playing well for the Reds since his free transfer from Cardiff City, and he will likely be the possible replacement for Luis Suarez and also be a feeder for Andy Carroll upfront. Kenny Dalglish will now play more of like a 4-3-3 formation with Gerrard, linking with Bellamy just behind Andy Carroll. Downing, Henderson or Dirk Kuyt will fill in the flanks on the right and left wing, with Charlie Adam the first choice central Midfield for now, with Lucas out of injury and also a good choice on the bench, Jay Spearing. Everything will move well once Suarez is back from suspension and yes, i almost forgot, Suarez's 8 match ban is also inclusive of the reaction he gave towards the Fulham fans when the two teams clashed at Craven Cottage last December. He rudely flashed the middle finger and that was done on purpose and also out of frustration because he felt that he was clearly onside, when he put the ball behind the net with a stunner and unfortunately ruled offside by the linesman. Any sportsman would obviously be furious over the decision and he made the remarks he wanted to do, which is in a way, is very wrong but that is Suarez.you can't help it.. He's just very expressive most of the time as you can see, not matter off or on field. Long Live the Reds..!!! YNWA..