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| Steven Gerrard Looks On Dejectedly after Losing to Man United |
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| Luis Suarez Makes Peace With Patrice Evra |
It was a weekend filled with two thrilling and mind-blowing Barclays Premier Matches as we saw Liverpool square up with the on fire Red Devils, Manchester United and on the other hand, Manchester City squaring off with Arsenal. the early lunctime kick off at Anfield highlighted a controversy row between Luis suarez and Patrice Evra as the racial issue among those two had to be put aside and ordered to make peace by shaking each other's hands before the match kicked off. A moment of silence was in place as to mark the hillsborough incident as a sign of respect. Liverpool, who have had a bad start to the season, failing to win their first 4 games, and only drawing two and losing the remaining three games. it happens to be the worst start ever of the club to the premier league season. stakes were high in this match as Liverpool kept their expectations high of coming out of the game with an impressive victory but things turn out to be sour at the Anfield ground as they unfortunately lost the game, 1-2. The Reds were impressive as they held strongly towards the possession but after losing Jonjo Shelvey through a red card that should never have been given, the Reds lost the momentum of the game. Liverpool started the second half brightly and they proved to be great fighters eventhough playing with 10-men as they broke the deadlock through a well taken goal by their one and only captain, Steven Gerrard. It was like looking at the old Stevie G, full of power, full of determination and he proves to still be the best Midfielder in the World. It was a great goal as he was so much under pressure inside the box surrounding with tons of Man United players looming around the box, but still he manages to pull out a superb volley right to the bottom left corner. Unfortunately, Liverpool's lead only lasted like 5 minutes as Rafael curled in an absolute beauty to the top right hand corner giving Reina no chance at all to reach out and save the shot. It was a typical brazillian born player goal, as it was a magnificent goal by the youngster. Manchester United kept pressing on the accelerator as they attacking looking for the winner with the wounded Liverpool looking handicapped with only 10-men on the field. 10 minutes left to play, and with Valencia running throught the right flanks, he broke through the defence easily leaving Johnson only to stop him, in which it led to a penalty which never have been awarded. Johnson barely even touched Valencia but the angle proved to be against referee, Howard Webb, and he awarded it without clear insight look of the foul committed. Robin Van Persie steps up and scores from the spotkick, almost allowing Reina to make an outstanding stop as he went the right way as well, but the power of the shot was just enough to hit the back of the net with Reina only to put his fingertips. Turned out to be another dissapointing day for the Reds as they failed to deliver Brendan Rogers his first victory in the Premier League. If any player were to be truly dissapointed in the Liverpool jersey, it will definitely be Steven Gerrard. The Liverpool skipper worked his ass off like an animal trying to get the win against Man United but seemingly failed again. I suppose it's been a trend that the camera's would always do a ''close up'' zoom at Steven Gerrard whenever Liverpool loses the match as to show how dejected the Liverpool skipper is. LOL. Regardless win or lose, camera's are still zoomed at him. Long Live Stevie G!!!... The next big clash was between the Eastlands and the Gunners. Arsenal started the game well as they were looking more like a team posing the deeper threat to score the first goal. With the likes of Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud, Arteta and Gervinho, it looks like a rejuvenated Arsenal team. Since losing RVP and Alex Song to Man United and Barcelona respectively, many predicted hell awaits Arsenal as they lack striking force and poor midfield power. Arsene Wenger proved the critics wrong as he made a several impressive signings in the transfer window, with the likes of Podolski, Giroud and Cazorla coming in the squad and have settled down well with the flow of the English game which is impressive. Arsenal played impressively in the first half, silencing the likes of Aguero, Silva, Toure at the other end but surrendered the lead to Man City in the 39th minute with a well headed goal by the England Centre-back Joleon Lescott. Second half started and both teams were even in possession as both teams created decent chances but the finishing were quite poor. Gervinho could have levelled things up for Arsenal a several times, but failing to deliver with poor finishing. On the 82nd minute, Koschiely levelled the score for the gunners with a well taken volley inside the penalty box. That goal came after a clearance error by Lescott which eventually fell to Koschiely to slot it at the back of the net as he drilled it past Joe Hart. Gervinho then had another chance begging for him to win for Arsenal right at the end but once again, the finishing was absolutely poor by the player. Vincent Kompany at the other could have won it for the home side with an absolute thunderous volley only to see his shot well saved by the Arsenal reserve keeper. Aguero could have sealed it for City when koschiely made a total blunder when his clearance only fell to Aguero, which just went past the keeper with a whisker wide. Overall, it's been a thrilling weekend !!!....
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Koschiely Celebrates after scoring the equaliser. right (Cazorla)
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