Kuyt Back To Scoring Form! (Liverpool 3 – 2 Wigan Match Report PL)

A Kuyt Brace and A Riera First Goal Give Liverpool a Comeback Against a Strong Wigan

The game was an incredibly exciting one, although it made Liverpool fans around the world bite their nails throughout the 90 minutes of play, as Liverpool have started to make a habit of doing. Wigan played extremely well..and probably deserved a bit more from the game (as do all the teams Liverpool make their comebacks against…Man City, Middlesborough, etc.) Wigan took the lead through new signing Amr Zaki (Who looks like he can cause a heck of alot of problems) after a misunderstanding between Reina and Agger caused Zaki to get the goal. Then Agger, who probably felt bad for giving the first goal away, made up for his fault by dribbling the ball across the field, one-two ing with Riera, skipping past a defender, and passing to Kuyt, and the result was the equaliser. Zaki then caused more tension for Liverpool when he scored an AMAZING goal, right before half-time. Then came the time that some are saying changed the match. Valencia (winger) was booked twice, resulting in a send off. Then, near the end, at around the 80th minute, Liverpool’s Riera (who played pretty well) scored his first goal for his new club, and then the comeback was completed by Kuyt’s second goal, which was a dulled-down version of Zaki’s second goal. All Credit To Kuyt. The Wigan Boss Steve Bruce was disappointed because of the red card received by Valencia (He also got sent off playing for his country, Ecuador in the world cup qualifiers) for a challenge on Alonso (This is the third time in three matches that someone has gotten sent off for a challenge on Alonso). Match Reports Here, Here, Here, and Here (Wigan).

Liverpool Perform Brilliant Comeback Against City (Man City 2 – 3 Liverpool Match Report PL)

From 2-0 down to 2-3 win…surely this proves LFC’s intent to win the league!

Liverpool performed an awesome comeback (not like Istanbul, obviously) against new rich-boys Manchester City. Two goals conceded before half-time left Liverpool losing 2-0 at the break, but a brace from Torres and a late winner from Dirk Kuyt (first PL goal since November 2007) made sure Liverpool obtained maximum points from the fixture. All would have been well for Liverpool, but an injury to Star Defender Skrtel has soured at least a little bit of the joyous feeling after the great win. He is expected to be out for awhile (awhile = more than a month, but not sure yet, waiting for scan results). This means that finally Agger is given a chance (I am in NO WAY saying that i’m happy about the injury, but this is one positive we can take away from the situation) to shine. The Man City players and fans should be really disappointed about the result, as is Mark Hughes. They played very well in the first half, not giving Liverpool many chances, except for a couple of chances by Kuyt, one of which should have been a goal. Manchester City were reduced to ten men a short while after Torres’s first goal, and that seemed to have changed the game dramatically, after a tackle on Alonso by full-back Zabaleta. Watch Liverpool’s Goals Here, and all the goals Here. Match reports Here, Here, Here, and Here (Man City).

Gerrard to double tally, Riera returning to wealthy City, Keane on 1st Goal, Agger?, Rotation

Keane Celebrates

Gerrard Tally

The recent century-hitter Gerrard joined an elite of 16 when he scored a stunning free kick against PSV, and after the match, Benitez applauded him as the best in the world, and said that he could easily double his tally before the end of his career. I personally don’t think he can. Because he’s 28 now, in five years he’ll be 33. He probably won’t be able to score 20 goals a season for five seasons straight. Then again, it IS Gerrard, anything could happen.

Riera Returns

Riera may return to his former club when Liverpool go to the City of Manchester Stadium tomorrow. He played 19 times and scored once during his unsuccessful spell at City.

Keane’s First Goal

Keane got his first LFC goal against PSV and that will probably put some pressure off of him. His first goal came after 10 games. Watch the goal here. You can see Keane celebrating with his famous backflip and shooting thing that he does. Even though he got his first goal, people will probably be waiting for his 1st LEAGUE goal now. Hopefully, it will come soon and so will many more goals.

Agger?

Madrid was apparently very interested in Agger, putting him on the “top of the list” of January transfers, even thoguh both Rafa and Agger have denied such claims. Rafa has actually said that the same people who are reported as saying that they want Agger have faxed Benitez personally, saying that they don’t know what the reports are talking about.

Rafa to quit Rotating?

Anyways, next game is against Man City tomorrow. Here are some stats on the teams.

Gerrard The Centurion!, Keane the First! and Kuyt Too (Liverpool 3 – 1 PSV Eindhoven Match Report CL)

Liverpool 3 – 1 PSV Eindhoven

The game was awesome! Liverpool dominated in every way possible. They scored in the 4th minute thanks to Dirk Kuyt (even though it could have been Torres, but the goalkeeper superbly saved his shot). Then came Robbie Keane’s goal (Torres cross) which was followed by his trademark celebration. And lastly, Steven Gerrard shot a free kick to get his 100th goal for the club he’s been at since his childhood. Match Reports Here, Here, and Here. The 1 goal from PSV almost came outta nowhere as Danny Koeverman scored a few minutes after Gerrard’s one, although it didn’t really change the atmosphere at all. The goal was pretty good though. After the first goal, I thought it was gonna be a goalfest, but Liverpool slowed down after that, and even more after the second goal, playing comfortably, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Torres Earns Liv’ 208th Derby Victory (Everton 0 – 2 Liverpool Match Report PL)

Everton vs Liverpool Match Report

Glory for Liverpool as they beat their Merseyside neighbours Everton in their own backyard (Goodison Park), courtesy of two great Torres goals. Rafa had a lot to think about, with Pennant and Agger showing pretty good performances midweek against Crewe, but in the end, he played a similar team, although Pennant did come near the end of the match. Before the match, Stevie G was hoping to get his landmark 100th goal at Goodison, but it just didn’t happen. No worries, Liverpool still beat their rivals. Liverpool pretty much dominated the game, Everton getting only a few good chances at goal, while Liverpool had many, including 2 goals which were disallowed. The first half was pretty feisty, although producing no goals. The second half could have had many more goals than it did, and Torres could have gotten a hat-trick, but he has to be satisfied with to great goals. Watch the goals here. As always, there’s lots of drama in this derby fixture, and this time was no exception. Near the end of the match, Tim Cahill of Everton got red-carded for a challenge on Alonso (which was a bit unfair…but you won’t see me complaining). All-in-All, Rafa must be really happy with the performance, and this sould take a little bi of the gloom off of last week’s disappointment against Stoke. Match Reports Here and Here (Everton’s Point of View) and Liverpool’s point of view, here :

Fernando Torres fired home an explosive double as Liverpool stormed to the top of the table after running riot in the 208th Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.

The Spanish hot-shot blew the Toffees away with two goals in four second-half minutes to clinch a 2-0 win for Rafael Benitez’s side and ensure the Reds equalled their best start to a Premier League campaign since the 96-97 campaign when they took 14 points from their opening six matches.

Torres Celebrates Brace

In other news, Liverpool are to face Robbie Keane’s former club Tottenham in the Carling Cup, sometime in the 2nd week of November. And the next match coming up is a Champions League qualifier against PSV Eindhoven.

Liv’ 2 – 1 Crewe (Match Report Carling), Hyypia Dream, Degen and Pennant

Liverpool vs Crewe Alexandra Match Report

Couldn’t watch the match because they don’t show it where I live, but made sure to check the result as soon as it was over. Was sorta disappointed to see 2-1 (but then i guessed that Rafa played a team 1 notch below full power). The first thought that came to mind when seeing 2-1 was…another ugly win!?!? But upon reading some match reports, I saw that Liv’ deserved to win and didn’t play uglily, it’s just that they couldn’t score as much as they should have (Like the Stoke Game). Scorers were Agger, and Lucas (who gave Liverpool the win). I was pleased that Agger played (and scored), because I think he should be given more games. Goals Here and Here (Liv’ Goals). Anyways, here are match reports and manager’s views (Rafa and Holland). A blow for Liverpool was that Degen got injured (again?). Hyypia was a integral part of Liverpool’s defence, and has expressed his views on wanting to remain that way until they reach the Carling Cup Finals in Wembley (<– Also Pennant News), that’s his dream, to play there.