Premier League Player Ratings: Liverpool 2-2 Man City
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Originally posted by CannyOng:
No la.. Skertel score one la.. U see him so happy. He got the last touch,
Ya I know... because adebayor lousy defending... but skrtel also lousy defending let ade score back... haha...1-1 final score!!!!
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Na bei.... 2-1 to city liao....
money money gone liao!!!
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Wao Liao.. Man City lead but a nice goal. 2-1
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So fast 2-2
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Wah.... 2-2 liao.... money money money come back again!!!
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City can still afford to lose this as they still got a game in hand over Pool. And also this is an away game for them, so their is still room to make up... Pool on the other hand, cannot. Losing this will put them 4 points behind City and having played a match more as well...
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Originally posted by MaNyZeR:
Wah.... 2-2 liao.... money money money come back again!!!
Win yr money liao. Happy bo? Hahaha.. Congrat! -
FIFA World Player of the Year : Lucas
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5min to go in a supposedly "make-or-break" game with the score tied at 2-2 and what did the fabulous manager do? Brought on Fabio Aurelio for Benayoun.
I could almost see the invisible caption above Aqualani's head as he completes his warmup and makes his way back to the bench: "WTF is our boss thinking about?"
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Originally posted by Cristiano@Red_Devils.com:
5min to go in a supposedly "make-or-break" game with the score tied at 2-2 and what did the fabulous manager do? Brought on Fabio Aurelio for Benayoun.
I could almost see the invisible caption above Aqualani's head as he completes his warmup and makes his way back to the bench: "WTF is our boss thinking about?"
isnt benayoun a sub? the sub was sub again lol. I remembered in the 90s, liverpool jimmy case, a sub, came on as a sub, and was subtituted lol.
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Originally posted by youyayu:
FIFA World Player of the Year : Lucas
Lucas nearly scored the end but nearly is not good enough cos you need to score.
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
Lucas nearly scored the end but nearly is not good enough cos you need to score.
ha.. he is the best player in liverpool
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Originally posted by youyayu:
ha.. he is the best player in liverpool
yaya like real. might as well say he is the best player in EPL
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
isnt benayoun a sub? the sub was sub again lol. I remembered in the 90s, liverpool jimmy case, a sub, came on as a sub, and was subtituted lol.
The sub was substituted cos he wasn't fit enough to last more than 75 minutes.
Poor planning from Rafa again (time management).
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
yaya like real. might as well say he is the best player in EPL
he is fifa world player of the year lo... mai siao siao
ronaldo + kaka + messi = Lucas
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Premier League Player Ratings: Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City
Second-half flurry but top-four aspirants end up all square...
LIVERPOOL
Pepe Reina - 6 - Rarely called into action, but was safe as houses when he was. Left exposed again by his defence for City's goals.
Jamie Carragher - 7 - Booked early for a rash lunge on Bellamy but kept his head to produce a sound defensive performance at full-back.
Martin Skrtel - 8 - Handled Adebayor well, getting tight and refusing to let the Togolese striker turn. The Slovak then turned the contest with a close-range finish from Gerrard's free-kick.
Daniel Agger - N/A - Carried off inside the opening 10 minutes with a head injury.
Emiliano Insua - 7 - Coped well with Wright-Phillips, and grew in confidence. Perhaps a little slow to cover for Ireland's goal.
Lucas - 6 - Passed the ball reasonably well and competed as ever, booked harshly after a tangle with Tevez but the young Brazilian continues to improve.
Javier Mascherano - 7 - Set Liverpool's tempo with his closing down, and looks back to his best form.
Dirk Kuyt - 6 - Was too fond of the first-time pass in the first half especially, but put a solid shift in on the right.
Steven Gerrard - 7 - Visibly frustrated during a poor first half, but was always likely to produce a decisive moment, and his free-kick brought about Skrtel's goal. Faded as the game drew to a close.
Ryan Babel - 6 - Had started reasonably well but was forced off 18 minutes in with an ankle injury.
David Ngog - 6 - Looked full of confidence, his touch was fine and he held the ball up pretty well at times. Rarely a penalty box threat but a decent afternoon's work and he produced the assist for Benayoun's leveller.
SUBSTITUTES
Fabio Aurelio - N/A - Late arrival for a shattered Benayoun.
Yossi Benayoun - 7 - A surprise name among the substitutes, but was brought on early. Not at full tilt, though his composure and invention was as welcome as ever, and he popped up with a vital leveller at 2-2.
Sotiris Kyrgiakos - 7 - Early replacement for Agger, and slotted in well. Covered superbly, won his aerial battles and produced his best performance in a Liverpool shirt, though the nature of both City's goals will frustrate.
MANCHESTER CITY
Shay Given - 7 - One stunning save early on to deny Skrtel, but was not overly exerted afterwards. Helpless with either goal.
Pablo Zabaleta - 6 - Dallied a couple of times in possession but covered his centre-backs well, though it was his foul which led to the free-kick from which Liverpool opened the scoring.
Kolo Toure - 7 - Hampered by a thigh strain, but was competitive as ever and almost created a goal for Barry with a fine cross. Withdrawn at half-time.
Joleon Lescott - 7 - Headed everything that came his way, and was rarely second best.
Wayne Bridge - 6 - Inconsistent from one minute to the next, covered well but wasted the ball a few times and was targeted by Liverpool down their right-hand side.
Nigel De Jong - 7 - City's standout performer in the first half, their version of Mascherano mopped up everything and added composure to their play.
Gareth Barry - 6 - A performance of minimum fuss from the former Reds target, who lasted an hour before being sacrificed for Tevez.
Shaun Wright-Phillips - 7 - Wasteful at times, but he created Ireland's goal and looked lively in the second half especially.
Stephen Ireland - 7 - Saw plenty of the ball, and rarely wasted it, except for one poor ball at the end of a good break early in the second half. Took his only shooting chance clinically.
Craig Bellamy - 6 - Always lively, though Carragher dealt with him fairly well. Provided the assist for Adebayor's leveller.
Emmanuel Adebayor - 7 - Frustrating afternoon, the ball didn't stick when it went up to him, and it was he who lost Skrtel for the goal. Made amends after 68 minutes with a confident header from Bellamy's corner, and grew in confidence afterwards.
SUBSTITUTES
Carlos Tevez - 7 - Given half an hour to change the game, he managed to do so with his selflessness and awareness.
Nedum Onuoha - 6 - Half-time replacement for Toure, the youngster did well although was not stretched by Liverpool.
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Manchester City manager Mark Hughes: We were better than Liverpool
Citizens relinquish 2-1 lead
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has revealed his disappointment in his team drawing with Liverpool at Anfield.
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has revealed his disappointment in his team drawing with Liverpool at Anfield.
The Citizens had led through a Stephen Ireland goal after Emmanuel Adebayor had leveled Martin Skrtel's opener.
However, Youssi Benayoun was allowed to quickly reply with a close-range tap in and Hughes was left to wonder what could have been as he watched his side relinquish a lead once again.
"We're disappointed because I think we were the better team today,'' he told Sky Sports.
"We showed great character to come from a goal down.
"We were in a winning position and that's the frustration for us at the moment, allowing those winning situations to go away from us. That's the disappointing thing. Really, Liverpool had not caused us too many problems.'' -
city defence is like leaking water. if they want to finish top 4, they better do something with their defence. looks like city is looking for a top notch defender in either Jan or end of season.
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city still didnt travel well, like last season. the difference between this season and last season was that, last season they lost regularly travelling away, while this season, although they didnt get beaten, at least they got a point, not easy to beat them even though they cant win it either. so many draws, how to finish top 4 leh.
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Originally posted by Poignant:
Premier League Player Ratings: Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City
Second-half flurry but top-four aspirants end up all square...
LIVERPOOL
Martin Skrtel - 8 - Handled Adebayor well, getting tight and refusing to let the Togolese striker turn. The Slovak then turned the contest with a close-range finish from Gerrard's free-kick.
Don't agree, he shall get 8 points for that. He was responsible to mark the Togo man but failed miserable and let him have a free header. -
Originally posted by CannyOng:
Don't agree, he shall get 8 points for that. He was responsible to mark the Togo man but failed miserable and let him have a free header.rating not i give one leh
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Originally posted by MaNyZeR:
Wah.... 2-2 liao.... money money money come back again!!!
how much have u won dude? -
Originally posted by Poignant:
rating not i give one leh
I know la.. Stupid goal.com -
liv suay sia.duno recently why like that. im sure if agger were still on,it wouldnt be like this.furthermore,babel was performing quite well until he got injured..
game plan was screwed up by injuries again.
the greek defender did his job in defending,but that was not enough.he couldnt give the attacking edge that agger has over most center-backs.
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u should ask rafa why they dun have players manning the goalpost defending a corner, left and right goalpost? is that zonal marking system or what?