Manchester United beat Portsmouth 2-0 tonight and lead the Premier League table with 4 points ahead of Liverpool with one game in hand, 6 games remaining.
Liverpool drew 4-4 with Arsenal at Anfield the night before and again, another goal at extra time to earn them another precious point. Liverpool is indeed truly blessed with so many extra time goals scored to win or draw last minute in my memory to bring them to where they are.
I'm interested to find out if take away the goals scored at extra time, where will Liverpool be on the table this season today (71 points). Finding as below (EPL only) and does not take into account extra time goals which does not affect the standing:
23.08.08 Liverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough - Mido (70), Pogatetz (og 85), Gerrard (94) -2
05.10.08 Man City 2-3 Liverpool - Kuyt (92) -2
07.02.08 Portsmouth 2-3 Liverpool - Torres (90) -2
04.04.09 Fulham 0-1 Liverpool - Benayoun (91) -2
21.04.09 Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal - Benayoun (93) -1
Minus 9 points that'll be 62 points and today they'll be on 4th place, same points with Arsenal, which is not as bad as I thought it might be.
How about Liverpool's late goals in UEFA Champions League 2008/2009?
27.08.08 Liverpool 1-0 Standard Liege (Qualifying 2nd Leg) - Kuyt (118)
04.11.08 Liverpool 1-1 Atletico Madrid (Group Stage) - Gerard (pen 94)
The fans should be glad that they made it to quarter final before the journey was ended by Chelsea.
Anyway I salute the team for its fighting spirit and perhaps that's the reason why the fans love it so much.
Thursday 23 April 2009
Saturday 11 April 2009
Road To Wembley
Went to watch England played Ukraine for the World Cup 2010 Qualifier on 31 March 2009. England is on a good run under manager Fabio Capello and hopefully will do well next year in South Africa.
It's amazing to be at Wembley, where all the major football matches I watched on TV since like two decades ago were played.
Inside the stadium the atmosphere was great.
England was dominating the game and Peter Crouch scored England's first goal.
Beckham wearing number 17 jersey came on the second half to replace the new number 7 Aaron Lennon. He was the man best remembered wearing the number 7 for both England and Manchester United. It's arguable that who's the best replacement right winger for England, either Aaron Lennon or Theo Walcott, both are lightning fast but maybe not yet have the 'touches' Beckham has.
I must say Beckham still delivers the ball brilliantly, especially at the set piece. And he's the different one, when he gets the ball you hope things will happen. The £40 ticket was well worth it watching him alone.
Andriv Shevchenko, the number 7 for Ukraine came on the second half as well. He's the only two players who I recognised in Ukraine squad, others than Andriv Voronin, the Liverpool striker who is now on loan with Hertha Berlin. The European footballer of the year 2004 was a different class and he had brought changes to the game and scored the equaliser.
Just when everyone thought the game will be ended up a 1-1 draw... Beckham on the set piece...
and John Terry sealed the winner with a header! Beckham is still relevant and should continue to play. My wishful thinking is Beckham to divorce with Victoria and return to Manchester United and end his career there.
It was a good game and I was one of the 87,548 fans there to witness England on the path to win the World Cup 2010 (another wishful thinking?).
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
