Last nights win over Unirea has come at a price it now seems with Martin Skrtel suffering a suspected broken toe. Skrtel picked up the injury in the 66th minute and Benitez is not too confident that the news from the doctors will be good, “I think Martin Skrtel maybe has a broken toe and [...]
On paper this is a game we should win easily enough but as we all know football is not played out on paper is it? We thought that we would put Unirea to the sword in the first game and we never did and so one could argue that Unirea are more than capable of [...]
Fans on the whole are not stupid, they know the difference between a class player and a journeyman player, they also know the difference between a player that tries and a player that fails to play to his true ability. A player that fails to play to his true ability is the one player that [...]
According to the boss Benitez the draw yesterday against Man City was a fair result, a game we could have won and a game we could have lost. Speaking about the game Benitez said “It was difficult. We were working very hard, we had control. I thought we could win, we could lose. Very close. [...]
Rafa Benitez is content with a one goal lead over Rumanian outfit Unirea and even though we should have won by more, the fact is we did win and did not concede a goal either. It was just one of those frustrating matches really, we never set the world alight and found it difficult to [...]
Below is a list of the best 5 previews of tonights game, well maybe not the best but certainly the most respected website previews. Just click on the links and a new window will pop up with the preview ESPN BBC SKYSPORTS Uefa.com Goal.com
Javier Mascherano has been credited with helping Emiliano Insua settle at Anfield by none other than Insua himself. In a wide ranging interview with Fifa.com Insua has made it clear how much he respects Mascherano and listens to what he says “In the first year I couldn’t speak much English so to be with Javier [...]
Kenwyne Jones to Liverpool is one of those persistent rumours that simply will not go away and no matter the comments made by the player himself or anyone associated with the rumours the press are completely convinced that Jones will be a Red next season. Today The Sun (Yes I know, a rag) blasted the [...]
Underdogs in Europe are always dangerous the further you get in to a competition and Unirea will be no exception. In fact Unirea are stronger than what some make them out to be having already beaten both Rangers and Seville this season and holding Stuttgart to a draw. But even though Unirea are considered underdogs [...]
New signing Maxi Rodriguez has taken almost no time at all to become settled at Liverpool and has been speaking about how much he is enjoying life at Anfield. “It’s going fantastic so far and I couldn’t have hoped for better,” he told Liverpoolfc.tv. “It’s so different to daily life in Madrid, but I think [...]
Steven Gerrard has let anyone that cares to listen how seriously he is taking the Europa League and in fact has gone on to warn anyone that is considering betting against them, not to do so. “It’s very dangerous to bet against Liverpool, especially when our backs are to the wall,” Gerrard told UEFA.com. “This [...]
Word is that Glen Johnson will return for us in approximately two weeks time and given time to get his match fitness up to standard we should have the young England International back at full throttle within 4 weeks. Fernando Torres is making good headway and we expect him to be back also within 4 [...]
Looks like Yossi Benayoun is progressing nicely and is on target to be sooner rather than later. In fact Yossi could be back as early as the Man City game but as Rafa has said they need to take it carefully with him. “Yossi was training with the team,” Benitez told the club’s official website. [...]
Seems that not everyone has it in for Rafa Benitez and even though he stemmed the flow of bad results and got us back climbing the table he still came in for more criticism after the loss against Arsenal. Most of it as usual was unfair and undeserved but that never stops the press does [...]
