GOAL – Red Devil’s advocate: Trying to name 1,000 Premier League players better than Beckham

The former Tottenham & Marseille man does not believe the retiring icon ranks among the top footballers to have played in England in the last 20 years. So we try to name them all!

A news article on 2013-05-18 06:26:00 from: Goal

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LIVER BIRD – Penultimate Match Of The Season At Fulham

Skrtel could be back for Sunday’s clash…Image: skysports.com After a rather dire Merseyside derby last weekend Liverpool will be looking to put in a good performance in their clash with Fulham on Sunday. As the penultimate game it’s clear that the Reds have underachieved this season and that’s mainly down to their inconsistency With Gerrard and Agger both missing on Sunday too it will prove a difficult task to secure a win against Fulham at the cottage. Injuries for Liverpool are still pretty much the same with the two lads mentioned above also missing out and obviously Luis Suarez isn’t available. For Fulham they have had some good news with Riether and Petric back from injury, they are without Steve Sidwell who is serving a ban. Fulham are currently 12th in the league on 40 points whilst Liverpool are in 7th on 55 chasing after Everton’s almost unassailable 60 points. The last time the two sides met was in December last year. A confident win for Liverpool saw them collect 4 goals via 4 different scorers; Martin Skrtel, Steven Gerrard, Stewart Downing and Luis Suarez. Interestingly due to the missing Daniel Agger, Martin Skrtel should be given his chance back in the starting line up on Sunday and what better way to prove he’s not lost it than bagging a goal as well? Liverpool’s last visit to Craven Cottage wasn’t as pleasant though as the Reds lost the game 1-0 and saw youngster Jay Spearing sent off. Stat Sandwich The Reds have only lost one of their last ten league games. Fulham haven’t won a game this season where the opposition has scored first. Liverpool have had more shots per game than any side in the top 5 leagues in Europe. I don’t really know what to expect from this fixture to be honest but it would be nice for Daniel Sturridge to find the back of the net after being rather disappointing in the Merseyside Derby. If I was going to pop a quid on the game I’d probably go for a 2-0 Liverpool win. Enjoy the match folks! Like “The Liver Bird” on Facebook – www.facebook.com/TheLiverBirdsBlog

A news article on 2013-05-11 16:26:00 from: The Liver Bird

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SKY – Carragher joins Sky Sports

Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher will join the Sky Sports punditry team for the 2013/14 season.

A news article on 2013-04-29 17:37:00 from: Sky Sports

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SKY – Sturridge wants regular starts

Daniel Sturridge has emphasised the importance of playing regular football after scoring twice in Liverpool’s 6-0 thrashing of Newcastle United in the absence of Luis Suarez.

A news article on 2013-04-27 19:53:00 from: Sky Sports

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SKY – Rodgers eyes Dortmund model

Brendan Rodgers believes Borussia Dortmund are the blueprint to follow if Liverpool want to become the best in Europe again.

A news article on 2013-04-13 11:43:00 from: Sky Sports

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GOAL – Former England goalkeeper James set for Iceland switch

The 42-year-old is set to join up with former Portsmouth team-mate Hermann Hreidarsson in Scandinavia after his latest stint in the English game ended last month

A news article on 2013-04-02 20:53:00 from: Goal

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GOAL – Henderson hails Coutinho after Liverpool victory over Aston Villa

The January signing provided a superb pass from which the midfielder was able to draw the Reds level before Steven Gerrard sealed the points from the penalty spot

A news article on 2013-04-01 09:54:00 from: Goal

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GUARDIAN – Liverpool and Steve Gerrard underline Aston Villa’s untimely collapse

This has been a season of setbacks for Aston Villa yet in the context of their fight to stay in the Premier League this could prove the most severe. Dumped into the relegation zone following Wigan’s win against Norwich on Saturday, the hosts looked set to haul themselves back into safety following Christian Benteke’s first-half goal only to collapse in alarming fashion after the interval with two goals conceded in what felt like a blink of an eye.

It has been a all too familiar turn of events for this raw and reckless young Villa side and it was no surprise to see the young centre-back Nathan Baker at fault for the goal which ultimately sealed Liverpool’s victory here, the defender hacking down Luis Suárez in the area on 59 minutes and giving the referee, Lee Mason, no option but to award the Brendan Rodgers’ side a penalty that Steven Gerrard duly converted.

A little over 10 minutes earlier Jordan Henderson had put Liverpool back on level terms as Villa’s defence parted to allow the midfielder to collect Phillpe Coutinho’s quick through pass. Paul Lambert’s side has not kept a clean sheet since 8 December and if they continue to defend as they did here than they may not do again until they are playing in the Championship next season.

Coming into this match on the back of two successive victories it was no surprise to see Lambert make just one change to his side, and that forced on the Scot with Joe Bennett replacing the injured Ciaran Clark. Liverpool’s line-up, meanwhile, featured four changes to that which started in the 3-1 defeat to Southampton two weeks ago with Pepe Reina, Jamie Carragher, Lucas Leiva and Henderson back to the fore. Perhaps scared by their abject showing at St Mary’s the visitors started cautious.

That appeared a dangerous ploy against a side in confident mood and with much to play for and so it proved as the hosts passed the ball crisply and quickly and immediately looked as if they could take the lead here.

Indeed Villa could have been ahead after just four minutes had either Benteke or Gabriel Agbonlahor connected with Bennett’s teasing cross. Agbonblahor did then connect with a cross from Matt Lowton 12 minutes later only to see his shot well saved by Reina. Liverpool eventually made their presence felt and not surprisingly it was Luis Suarez who caused Villa the most danger.

The first half proved a frustrating period for the Uruguayan, however, as he saw Brad Guzan save two of his attempts at goal while another was badly wasted by the player. And the visitors were made to pay for their lack of a cutting age on 31 minutes when Benteke struck, drilling a shot past Reina from the edge of the area following Agbonlahor’s deft assist.

It was the Belgian’s seventh goal in eight league games. The hosts deserved their half-time lead and so it was a shock to see them blow it within two minutes of the restart, with Henderson afforded time and space to place a side-footed shot past Guzan. Glen Johnson then clipped the post as Liverpool took advantage of Villa’s increasingly edgy display and the men in black were ahead just before the hour through Gerrard.

The Liverpool captain maintained that lead with an excellent clearing header six minutes later after Benteke was allowed to head Westwood’s corner at goal and the visitors eventually saw the game out to record a fourth victory in five matches. Their afternoon could have ended bleakly, however, had Henderson suffered seriouis injury following a reckless knee-high tackle from Westwood.


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A news article on 2013-03-31 14:58:00 from: The Guardian

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GOAL – Liverpool boss Rodgers: Henderson has been excellent

The manager believes that despite the young midfielder’s absence from recent starting line-ups, he can still offer much to his team when called upon and is improving tactically

A news article on 2013-03-26 18:58:00 from: Goal

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SKY – Rest ‘has done Sterling good’

Raheem Sterling has been revitalised by his recent rest at Liverpool, according to one of his England U21 coaches.

A news article on 2013-03-23 15:49:00 from: Sky Sports

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