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Recent loss of points against lesser teams prove that clinching the Premier League title is still a distant dream for Liverpool. After a stirring comeback against Napoli and vanquishing Premier League leader Chelsea, the Reds felt ready to take on the world but bravado is no answer to structural problems.
Everton manager David Moyes has earned a reputation for leaving it late to steer the ship back on course (not unlike Manchester United), but the abysmal start to this season’s Premier League, with potentially disastrous consequences to the club’s fortune, has piled on doubts if David Moyes is the right man to propel the club to greater heights.
Liverpool are now back to fifth in the Premier League table and just two points behind fourth place Arsenal. This bodes well for their customary late Premier League charge.
Who would have thought Michael Owen will be training at Old Trafford? The debate on his suitability rages on, at times emotionally charged with disbelief, vitriol and ridicule.
Liverpool are on a hot streak as they entered the crucial Christmas period but will they win the Premier League title? It could boils down to outcome of Steven Gerrard's assault case.
If recent Premier League results are anything to go by, long-deprived Liverpool fans could finally celebrate their first Premier League title since 1990.
The moment of truth will be out soon for the Special One. Even if Avram Grant wins nothing, he has already gone one up over his predecessor, Jose Mourinho, by getting the better of Liverpool.
Liverpool were given a taste of their own medicine as they ended the Champions League semi-final first leg with a vexing 1-1 draw against Chelsea due to an own goal by John Arne Riise.
The petty bickering between Hicks and Gillett, both owning 50-50 share in Liverpool, is a timebomb. Both are businessmen, but their styles are as different as chalk and cheese.
It is hardly a surprise that Liverpool had another enthralling European night with a 4-2 victory over Arsenal. For the third time in four seasons, the Reds reached the Champions League semi-finals.
Rafael Benitez dismissed claims that Liverpool will be scared of facing Arsenal, insisting his squad have earned the right to be respected on the European stage.
After his side won 1-0 at Inter Milan to reach the quarter-finals, Rafael Benitez said, "For us the Champions League is a bit easier because we can be concentrated in two games."
The night belongs to Fernando Torres alone. His hat-trick emphasizes his evolving skills as a poacher: sense of awareness, accuracy, pace and power.
Middlesbrough chairman, Steve Gibson, has an interesting take on FA officials. He called them "amateurs and silly little men" after they increased Jeremie Aliadiere's ban.
Will the real Rafael Benitez stand up? The paradox of Liverpool's fortunes have reached astounding proportions, so much that obituaries and tributes are written almost simultaneously.
On paper, this is the easiest of all the FA Cup Fourth Round matches but how the hearts of Liverpool fans' flutter as the semi-professional side took the lead twice.
You will not catch Alex Ferguson dead in his tracks waxing lyrical about Liverpool. Nevertheless, he is weighing in with his support of Liverpool's beleaguered manager, Rafael Benitez.
Liverpool's title ambitions are waning. Mathematically, the battle to claim their first league championship in more than 17 years is far from over but you can sense the despondence when good, old Benitez decided not to pump up their hopes any more.
The FA Cup Third Round is over. Premier League clubs were reminded that playing in their lucrative league doesn't give them a divine right to qualify in the FA Cup.
Manchester City and Liverpool ended a highly anticipated match with a goalless draw at the City of Manchester Stadium on Sunday. The result maintained the status quo for the Big Four in the Premier League.
To say the least, Rafael Benitez was a huge letdown in the defeat to Reading. Fortunately, Arsenal’s inept performance against Middlesbrough (boy, was that a mighty fall for the juggernaut), has given him space to maneuver. Bill Shankly, arguably Liverpool’s most successful manager, will have turned in his grave if he knew his beloved Reds [...]
Liverpool's title challenge is back on track after an easy 3-0 victory at Newcastle. There were happy faces all round as they extended their unbeaten run but Newcastle have slumped deeper into a crisis
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