Saturday, 29 September 2007

Saturday Review

wooohooo!! torrres back in starting XI. but finnan on bench.

The Liverpool team in full is: Reina, Aurelio, Arbeloa, Hyypia, Carragher, Mascherano, Gerrard, Pennant, Riise, Kuyt, Torres. Subs: Itandje, Finnan, Sissoko, Benayoun, Voronin.

ee. i see michael brown!! the one who fouled xabi (is it xabi?) on the last matchday last season!!

wah. at last. liverpool finally win! benayoun had scored his 1st league goal!! torres had so many chances. but couldnt convert them.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=219349&cc=4716

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7008203.stm


match breakdown:
14:00 GMT : Match Starts
1 min : Kuyt and Torres get the game underway and Torres is fouled immediately midway inside their half

1 min : Michael Brown pushes Dirk off the ball

2 mins : Gerrard hits the free-kick...it's low but Kirkland handles well

3 mins : Wigan corner in front of the Liverpool fans...it's a full house here at the JJB

3 mins : Hyypia heads clear
4 mins : Marcus Bent takes it past Sami but his shot is well wide
5 mins : Amid all the talk of hat-tricks this week it's easy to forget there's another man who could get an impressive hat-trick today - Titus Bramble. He's bagged OGs against us for Newcastle and Ipswich - can he become the first man to bag three Liverpool goals for three different clubs? (lol.)
8 mins : Liverpool free kick on the left

9 mins : Nice interception from Sami but the visitors are struggling to get out of their own half at the minute
10 mins : Good defensive work from JP

11 mins : Rafa is off his feet

13 mins : Of course this fixture is no stranger to hat-tricks. Steve Staunton got one the first time Liverpool played Wigan in 1989. He was wearing the number 9 shirt in the absence of injured Ian Rush

13 mins : Javier careless in midfield but gets it back

13 mins : Great move - all because of a great run inside from JP. Reds corner

13 mins : Cleared

18 mins : Lovely dipping cross by Torres by Pennant's volley is deflected for a corner

18 mins : It's hit to Aurelio on the edge of the box - his volley lacks power

20 mins : Bit dull, this

20 mins : Skoko hits one but you have to do better than that if you're going to beat Pep
21 mins : We need to get JP in the game - he could kill Kilbane down the right
22 mins : A big shout out to Foster Gillett watching from the directors' box here at the JJB

23 mins : He's got shades on but the weather's starting to turn here in Wigan (hahaha. weather looks fine)

23 mins : Another corner...Gerrard to take

24 mins : That was a stone wall pen - Hyypia clattered into by Titus.

25 mins : Pennant crosses from Dirk...he nods it to Torres but the Spaniard can't get much on his effort

26 mins : I've got Hunter one side of me and the BBC Asian Network the other - it's like GBH of the ears (??)

27 mins : Torres goes down on the edge of the box but it's no foul
28 mins : Wigan get a free-kick down our left

28 mins : Torres heads clear

29 mins : Koumas takes a corner for the home side but it's cleared. Koumas used to be a trainee at Anfield you know. (ee)

30 mins : Torres one on one - Kirky saves but the ball's rolling towards goal...wide
31 mins : Torres in acres - totally unmarked - but his overhead kick is wide

33 mins : JP tries one...it's curling...not enough though

35 mins : Reds starting to dominate
36 mins : JP crosses but Boyce clears before Torres can get there and it's a Reds corner
36 mins : Aurelio takes but it doesn't make it past the first man - Kevin Kilbane, who's making his 250th Premier League appearance today. Well done Kevin (EEE. which club is he supporting. haha)
37 mins : Torres fed through down the right but his cross balloons over the box

38 mins : Nice trickery from JP in his own half

39 mins : And then he's fouled by Koumas right near the corner flag. Promising, this

39 mins : Gerrard takes but it's cleared. Come on Reds

40 mins : Rafa's mad at Clattenburg after Wigan get a free-kick midway inside our half

41 mins : Gerrard heads it away. It's a bit scrappy at the moment

42 mins : That would have been a Wigan pen had Aghahowa not been offside - Carra's feet were very high

43 mins : Aurelio down the left wing but his cross is poor

43 mins : Ghost ground (??)
43 mins : Spot on Steve...
45 mins : First Booking: Javier Mascherano: Clattenburg hands out his 20th yellow card of the campaign (..)
14:47 GMT : Half Time Reached

15:03 GMT : Second Half Begins

46 mins : Wigan get the second half underway. Let's hope it's better than the first

47 mins : Today's attendance is 24,311
47 mins : Early pressure from Reds culminating in Aurelio firing one across the face of goal - no one's there though
49 mins : Riise goes down holding his head but he's hard, he'll be up in a man

49 mins : I mean he'll be up in a min (er. wth)
50 mins : Bent gets the ball in the back of the net but the Reds are saved by a late flag. Today's matchday programme ran with the headline HEAVEN BENT. Now, I don't know about that, but he certainly got himself in a dangerous position there
52 mins : Rafa is calling Yossi over

53 mins : Corner to us...taken quickly by Pennant to Aurelio...oh, the Brazilian makes a mess of the cross

55 mins : Good save from Reina
55 mins : Chance for Fabio...scuffs his shot

55 mins : How the hell did that stay out. Torres had a go, Gerrard followed up, then it went to Kuyt but his shot was blocked well. Still hasn't scored in the league this season, has he? (kuyt doesnt look like a striker this season.)

56 mins : Substitution: Yossi Benayoun for Fabio Aurelio:
57 mins : Wigan corner

57 mins : It come to Melchiot but his header hits the roof of the net

58 mins : Lovely run from the skipper...cuts it inside to Kuyt on the edge of the box...first touch could have been better...hits one anyway but it's blocked

59 mins : The gaffer looks frustrated

60 mins : Really good defending from Carra

60 mins : That was messier than one of John Barnes' shirts and the Reds are very lucky not to be a goal down (defence was quite shaky)

62 mins : Benayoun running down the left...takes it past one...the ball's got away from him

63 mins : This has got 0-0 written all over it

63 mins : Kuyt in space on the edge of the box but his throughball is quite a bit away from Gerrard

64 mins : Clever play by Gerrard to find Riise down the left but his cross is weak

65 mins : Stevie's gonna have a go here...30 yards out...just wide

66 mins : Schamer strolls past a couple of Liverpool players but thankfully the move comes to nothing
69 mins : Fast break forward by SG...two options: Yossi and Torres...he chooses Torres but the ball is snapped up by Kirky

70 mins : Koumas does well to beat Arbeloa down our right but his cross is just too long

71 mins : Gerrard drills the ball across goal TWICE but Wigan are defending really well

72 mins : Superb tackle from the captain
73 mins : Benayoun swings one in from the right but Kuyt leaves it for reasons unknown

75 mins : Is Sami playing on the left wing? (er. never see)

75 mins : Javier does brilliantly to win the ball in the middle

76 mins : GOAL! Yossi Benayoun: YOU LITTLE BELTER. (at last. left with kuyt)

79 mins : Disgraceful scenes at the JJB as fighting erupts in the home end. There's suggestions a stray Liverpool fan may have been in there (they've got arrested in the end)

80 mins : It's difficult to keep an eye on the match when there's so much activity in the stands but things are starting to calm down now and Liverpool seem to be on the back foot. (eee. they've disturb the field)

81 mins : Torres is through...should score...lingers too long and Bramble intercepts (it would be nice if torres score this)

82 mins : Substitution: Andriy Voronin for Jermaine Pennant:

82 mins : Substitution: Ryan Taylor for Paul Scharner:

83 mins : Dangerous free-kick on the edge of our box after a foul from Javier

83 mins : Koumas curls it over the wall and the crossbar

85 mins : I think I've lost that fiver on another Torres hat-trick... (??)

87 mins : The home faithful are up in arms about something but I was distracted by the Chelsea latest. Nil all against Fulham with Drogba sent off and Terry off with a head injury (omg!! what had happened? terry must be fit for england match!)

88 mins : First Booking: Mario Melchiot:
90 mins : Substitution: Momo Sissoko for Fernando Torres:

90 mins : Low ball in from Bent and Ryan Taylor taps it narrowly wide

90 mins : Momo's up front!

90 mins : Hearts in mouths for the travelling Kop as Aghahowa misses a sitter

15:51 GMT : Match Over
http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/match/last_match/match_report/index.htm

conclusion: my commentator's gone. he doesnt sound like the funny one.

lobster said portsmouth won 7-3 reading. no er. the final result is 7-4.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=219345&cc=4716


oh man. chelsea draw fulham 0-0. poor lads.
http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1123486,00.html


wth. drogba sent off when he was captain. and john terry is injured quite seriously.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7020122.stm


Chelsea substitution Alex for Terry. Drogba takes the armband.
http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1123504,00.html


oh. good news and bad news.
the good news is: van persie scored!



but bad news is: arsenal won west ham 0-1 and tops the table again. eee.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=219348&cc=4716

eee. man city won newcastle 3-1. this is bad.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=221342&cc=4716


sianz. sunderland lost 1-2 blackburn.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=219346&cc=4716


lol. the last 2 of the table drew each other. good news for mikel. derby 1-1 bolton.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=219346&cc=4716


yippy. owen is recovering fast.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=467941&cc=4716
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/7009480.stm


oh. the special one is still being miss.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=467836&cc=4716

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7017657.stm


good news for those meeting ac now. dida is injured.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=467969&cc=4716


ee. sianz. only received 16 points today for bpl. nvm. i believe i have a super strong squad. la liga shot up to 111 after adding 47 coz 2 matchdays in a week.

eee. kaylong. manu winning 0-1. ee. ronaldo scored. van der sar injured. wth.

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