EPL - Blackburn 0 - 0 Liverpool

• zocoss

  4 Dec 09, 09:59

  Sam Allardyce back for Liverpool test as Blackburn boss makes heart surgery recovery

   

  

  Fit and well: Allardyce will watch Blackburn from the stands against Liverpool

   

   

   

  Saturday, 5 December 2009      

   

  Channel 27:  "Live"

   

   

  Blackburn - Liverpool  - 11:00 pm

   

   

   

  Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce says he is 'fit and well' after undergoing heart surgery last week.

  The 55-year-old had an angioplasty - an operation to widen a coronary artery - on Friday.

  Allardyce has left assistant Neil McDonald in charge of first-team affairs for past three weeks but hopes to be back at Ewood Park to watch Saturday's Barclays Premier League game against Liverpool from the stands.

  'I feel good,' he said. 'Lots of people have contacted me, I have been overwhelmed with the amount of well-wishers.

  'I'd like to thank them now, publicly, because it's been almost impossible for me to get back to every single person that has been a well-wisher.

  'I am fit and well now and I really appreciate their concern.

  'At the moment I feel really good.'

  Allardyce admits he will have to modify his lifestyle in future to maintain his health.

  He added: 'I'll look after myself a bit more than I did before, keep my cholesterol down, keep going for regular testing and do more exercise if and when possible.'

   

• zocoss

  4 Dec 09, 22:37

  Fernando Torres still out for Liverpool despite return to training

  • Striker not ready to play against Blackburn
  • Benítez may use Spaniard against Fiorentina

  

  Fernando Torres has not played for Liverpool since 4 November. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

   

   

  Fernando Torres has been left out of Liverpool's squad to face Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park tomorrow. The Spain striker has not played since 4 November after suffering from a hernia and while he returned to full training this week, was not passed fit by Liverpool's medical staff.

  The news will come as a blow to Liverpool's manager Rafael Benítez, whose side currently sit a disappointing fifth in the Premier League.

  "He has been training with the team – not full training sessions but part of them," said Benítez, who has not ruled out giving the player match practice in next Wednesday's Champions League dead rubber against Fiorentina.

  "He's doing well but he will not be ready for this game. He could be ready for Fiorentina. He was doing some exercises with the team and with the football but it's too soon. Maybe next week it will be easier."

• xingg

  5 Dec 09, 22:40

  i thought he was placed on the bench again??

  i was referring to torres

• zocoss

  6 Dec 09, 01:26

  

   

   

  Blackburn 0 - 0 Liverpool

   

   

  BLACKBURN failed to mark Sam Allardyce's return with a victory but their spirited display was enough to give the boss a major boost.

  Big Sam watched from the stands for the first time since undergoing heart surgery.

  And his Rovers side frustrated Liverpool on another disappointing afternoon for Rafa Benitez's men.

  David Ngog spurned a golden chance to hand the Reds three points after 71 minutes but anything more than a share of the spoils for the visitors would have been unfair on Blackburn.

  Glen Johnson danced through the home defence before squaring the ball back across goal.

  Ngog looked certain to score but the striker somehow managed to direct his effort against the bar.

   

• Poignant

  6 Dec 09, 02:04

  woah,

  the same thing, liverpool played like !@#$%^&*

• sand king

  6 Dec 09, 09:01

  Great job by Blackburn!

• zocoss

  6 Dec 09, 11:31

  David Ngog missed from inside the small box... lol

  But I must say he looks like he is improving...

• Redster

  6 Dec 09, 11:53

  eeeyer that was a shit performance man. the pool fans who travelled there must feel cheated out of their money

• SomebodyInSG

  6 Dec 09, 19:46

  Originally posted by zocoss:

  David Ngog missed from inside the small box... lol

  But I must say he looks like he is improving...

  He has to be, he's getting more undeserved chances than most other premiership players.

• the Bear

  6 Dec 09, 19:48

  Originally posted by zocoss:

  David Ngog missed from inside the small box... lol

  But I must say he looks like he is improving...

  must be improving.. can't deteriorate any more  

• Ashianamarley

  6 Dec 09, 22:07

  Liverpool completed the double over Rovers last season, winning this fixture 3-1 before handing out a 4-0 hiding at Anfield.

• Ythakisoka09

  6 Dec 09, 22:30

  Blackburn Rovers play host to Liverpool in the English Premier League on Saturday and the visitors are on odds chance with the bookies.Rovers home form appears solid with only Manchester City winning at Ewood Park in the league. They have won four home games although they have only faced Man City and Aston Villa of the sides at the right end of table.