Liverpool used to embody everything I aspired to be. When I first watched Michael Owen in my early years, I wanted to be like him. Young, talented, successful, and with never-ending potential. I wanted to make things happen. When I then recognized Steven Gerrard’s importance in the Liverpool team, I found the idea of being [...]
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Wigan 3/24/2012: That’s It For Now
Posted: March 25, 2012 in Liverpool, Premier League match reportsTags: 2012, liverpool, match report, premier league, wigan
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QPR 3/21/2012: Speechless
Posted: March 22, 2012 in Liverpool, Premier League match reportsTags: 2012, liverpool, match report, premier league, qpr
Everton 03/13/2012: That’s More Like It
Posted: March 14, 2012 in Liverpool, Premier League match reportsTags: 2012, everton, liverpool, match report, merseyside derby, premier league
Finally, three points to show for a dominant performance. And what a performance. Liverpool barnstormed to a Steven Gerrard-sized destruction of Everton in the Merseyside derby last night. The skipper’s hattrick marked an emphatic return to winning ways, and in some style. Every single player on the pitch – even Stewart Downing, who played much [...]
Arsenal 3/3/2012: Over and Out
Posted: March 4, 2012 in Liverpool, Premier League match reportsTags: 2012, arsenal, liverpool, match report, premier league
Same old Anfield, just without a point. Once again, Liverpool won in all the statistical battles but came out inferior in the most important one of all. Perhaps, with two posts hit, a penalty missed and a few fine stops from Arsenal’s Wojciech Szczesny, Liverpool were unlucky to win. But with a total goal tally [...]
Tottenham 02/07/2012: The Non-Event
Posted: February 9, 2012 in Liverpool, Premier League match reportsTags: 2012, liverpool, match report, premier league, tottenham
It was the key moment that kept replaying on the post-program highlights reel as the credits rolled on Hong Kong’s TV coverage. It was the highlight that, a few days from the match, still triggers fond memories. It was the unforgettable minute that saw a dedicated Twitter account set up and a chant devised just [...]
Wolves 01/31/2012: In Which He Came Of Age
Posted: February 1, 2012 in Liverpool, Premier League match reportsTags: 2012, liverpool, match report, premier league, wolves
After an uninspiring start to life back at Anfield, Kenny Dalglish oversaw a 3-1 win against Wolves that got the ball rolling. Raul Meireles hit a peach of a volley, and Fernando Torres scored his first under a former striking legend. Things were certainly on the up. Then Torres put in his transfer request. And [...]
Stoke 01/14/2012: Out of Ideas
Posted: January 15, 2012 in Liverpool, Premier League match reportsTags: liverpool, match report, premier league, stoke
A mere few days ago, Liverpool traveled to the Etihad Stadium and came away with a battling 1-0 away win to take into the second leg of the Carling Cup semifinal. A dominant first 15 minutes, a crisply dispatched penalty from Steven Gerrard, a subsequent 75 minutes of resolute defending. Now, providing that Kenny Dalglish’s [...]
ManCity 01/04/2012: New Year, Same Problems
Posted: January 4, 2012 in Liverpool, Premier League match reportsTags: liverpool, manchester city, match report, premier league
To those who thought Liverpool’s relatively clinical performance against Newcastle in the last game of 2011 would be a sign of Liverpool finally approaching the end of a long, dark, profligate tunnel: yup, another false dawn. I’m beginning to lose count of the number of false dawns we Liverpool fans have experienced this season. Sure, [...]
QPR 12/10/2011: A Fine Line
Posted: December 12, 2011 in Liverpool, Premier League match reportsTags: liverpool, match report, premier league, qpr
If you’ve been a regular follower of this blog, you might have noticed that I didn’t write any post-match reactions to the draw against Swansea and the defeat at Fulham. In my last post, I wrote that Liverpool’s real tests lie in December. We failed our first at Craven Cottage, and we passed this one [...]
ManCity 11/27/2011: Two Sides to the Coin
Posted: November 28, 2011 in Liverpool, Premier League match reportsTags: liverpool, manchester city, match report, premier league
There are two ways to look at Liverpool’s 1-1 home draw with Manchester City on Sunday. The first: We outplayed City and deserved the three points. Which is impressive in its own right. Who would’ve thought that, but for a few nervy moments in the Liverpool backline, the man of the match would go to [...]
