January 30, 2008 – 8:02 am
Paul Scholes will play an instrumental role for Manchester United as they aim to repeat their treble achievement of 1999. Out for three months following a knee operation, his return is good news as the final stretch of the race is what differentiates the champions from the pretenders.
After making a substitute appearance in last week […]
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January 27, 2008 – 6:37 pm
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. Liverpool flirted with elimination as they could not impose their authority and they left it late to defeat Havant & Waterlooville 5-2 in an astonishing […]
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January 24, 2008 – 5:38 pm
You will not catch Alex Ferguson dead in his tracks waxing lyrical about his great rival, Liverpool. Nevertheless, he is weighing in with his support of Liverpool’s beleaguered manager, Rafael Benitez. Chums they are not, but the shabby treatment which Benitez has suffered transcends club rivalries.
The bitter war between Benitez and the American owners Tom […]
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January 14, 2008 – 6:24 pm
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.
Against Middlesbrough, a team barely keeping afloat, Liverpool mustered their third consecutive draw, and […]
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January 8, 2008 – 7:55 am
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 - they have to earn their stripes. So far, the Big Four are in the clear, save for Liverpool who need to go through a […]
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December 31, 2007 – 8:54 pm
Manchester City and Liverpool ended a highly anticipated match (watched by a record crowd of 47,321) with a goalless draw at the City of Manchester Stadium on Sunday. The result maintained the status quo for the Big Four in the Premiere League. Liverpool are fourth and 10 points adrift of leaders Arsenal but they have […]
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December 12, 2007 – 7:24 pm
Chelsea clashed with Valencia in a meaningless Champions League match on Tuesday. The Blues, deprived of Didier Drogba who was out after a knee operation, had already qualified for the next round (courtesy of a 4-0 win against Rosenborg). Valencia, on the other hand, went through the motions and was a pale shadow of their […]
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December 11, 2007 – 12:35 am
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 had […]
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