Liverpool vs Crystal Palace preview

The 'Mighty Reds' will host Crystal Palace at the famous Anfield Road on Saturday afternoon. Liverpool are currently placed second on the premier league table with 13 points and a +4 goal difference.

Luis Suarez scored a brace in his first premier league match of the season last weekend. The Uruguayan international played very well by pairing with Daniel Sturridge upfront.

Crystal Palace are not finding it easy after their promotion to the EPL.

Lucas Leiva has been suspended for today's match. The Brazilian picked up a fifth yellow card in their last win over Sunderland.

Sakho could replace him in the starting line up while Martin Kelly might play the right back position.

Prediction: Liverpool 5-1 Crystal Palace

Arsenal vs Liverpool preview

The English premier league continues tonight in England. Arsenal will host Liverpool at the Emirates stadium in the star match of the day. The 'Gunners' are ahead of their hosts by just three points. Arsenal were tied on 34 points with the Reds before their 5-1 thrashing of West Ham United last week.

Theo Walcott is Arsenal's leading top scorer with 16 goals this season.

The visitors
Pepe Reina could miss the trip to London due to injury. The Spaniard was sorely missed when Liverpool crashed out of the FA cup. Brad Jones could start between the sticks.
Jose Enrique would be subjected to a late fitness test before the match.

Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge are expected to lead the attacking line of the visitors.

The first leg of this fixture ended in a 2-0 win for Arsene Wenger's men. That fixture was played when the 'Reds' were having a poor run.

Oliver Giroud,Oxlade Chamberlain and Walcott should be kept under close watch by the visitors.

Kick Off: 19:45 GMT
Venue: Emirates stadium
Date: 30th Jan. 2013

Our prediction: Arsenal 2-3 Liverpool

Scintillating Liverpool scores again

Liverpool recorded a scintillating victory over Norwich City at Anfield. The Reds needed to bounce back from their 2-1 loss to Manchester United in order to continue their upward movement on the league table.

Brad Jones replaced injured Pepe Reina between the sticks while Jordan Henderson replaced Joe Allen in the starting eleven.

The Englishman justified his inclusion in the squad when he put Liverpool 1-0 with a 20-yard strike.

Luis Suarez scored his 20th goal of the season after Sturridge deceived Norwich defenders by allowing a sublime pass to evade him. The Uruguayan followed up the ball and put his team 2-0 up after 36 minutes.

Second Half
After the break, Liverpool continued to dominate the game and they were rewarded with a third goal by Daniel Sturridge. Suarez's effort across the goal was tapped in by Daniel Sturridge.

He is the first Liverpool player to score in each of his first three games for the club since 1974.

Steven Gerrard reminded the fans of his trademark shots. The England captain rifled an unstoppable shot from 30 yards to give his side a 4-0 lead.

Raheem Sterling's effort completed the rout. The youngster's shot went in off a Norwich player to make it 5-0 for Brendan Rodgers' men.

Liverpool is now seventh on the league table.

Sweet Suarez Sweeps Sunderland Aside

Luis Suarez continued his goal scoring spree. The Uruguayan bagged a brace in Liverpool's 3-0 win over Sunderland. Liverpool made two changes to the side that defeated QPR at Loftus Road.

Jordan Henderson replaced Joe Allen while Andre Wisdom played as a left back. Jose Enrique missed the fixture due to injury. Stewart Downing played in the midfield.

Sunderland's Titus Bramble didn't replace John O'Shea who missed the game due to injury.

The match started with a very high tempo. The Reds bossed the midfield and kept the possession of the ball as they exchanged an array of passes.

Simon Mignolet was called into action in the opening five minutes of the game.

Raheem Sterling pounced unto a pass from Suarez and lobbed the ball over on-rushing Sunderland keeper in the 19th minute.

The Black Cats had an opportunity to equalise within a minute, but they failed to do so.

Luis Suarez punished Carlos Cuelar in the penalty box. The ex-Ajax shrugged him off the ball before firing a shot into the back of the net after 26 minutes.

Liverpool enjoyed a larger share of the possession throughout the first half.

Second Half
Sunderland made an early change after the restart. Sessegnon was withdrawn for Fraizer.
Brendan Rodgers' men started making some sweet moves in the opposition's half.

Raheem Sterling received a stylish pass from Suarez in the 49th minute, but the 18 year old youngster missed an absolute sitter.

Four minutes later, Suarez made it 3-0 for Liverpool. Steven Gerrard's long thrust was followed up by 'el-Pistolero'. He smashed the ball into the middle of the net to ensure the home fans started the new year with a bang.

The Reds have moved up to 8th on the log standings and their next EPL match will be played at the Old Trafford on January 13th.

Daniel Sturridge is expected to make his debut in Liverpool's FA cup tie this weekend.
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Liverpool's unbeaten run quashed by Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur has ended Liverpool's eight match unbeaten run in the English premier league. The 5th place team defeated the Reds by 2-1 at the White Hart Lane.

The match was played on Wednesday night at a fully packed stadium. Brendan Rodgers and Andreas Villas Boas were formally under Jose Mourinho in 2004.

Aaron Lennon scored the first goal in the 7th minute of action. Gareth Bale made a dazzling run down the left wing before setting up the England international.

In the 16th minute, Bale scored a spectacular free kick that beat Pepe Reina. The Spanish goal keeper was rooted to the same spot.

Prior to the encounter, Liverpool had refused to lose any of their last eight games, but the selection of Stewart Downing and Henderson backfired. The duo of Jonjo Shelvey and Suso would have done better.

Philip Dowd failed to award two clear penalties to Liverpool. Steven Gerrard was pushed down in the penalty box, while Suarez was tripped in the same area later in the second half.
Liverpool's best effort was a goal bound attempt that was cleared off the line by Kyle Walker.

In the second half,Gareth Bale scored an own goal, but that was not enough to guarantee the reigning League cup champions a draw.

Liverpool V Chelsea preview

The final of this year's English FA Cup will be played at the Wembley Stadium on Saturday between Liverpool and Chelsea. The Reds are seven time winners of this competition while the Blues have triumphed six times. Their last victory was in 2010 under the tutelage of Carlo Ancelotti who is currently in charge of Paris Saint Germain of France. This will be the third meeting between these two clubs in this outgoing season. The previous two games were played at the Stamford Bridge and Liverpool emerged victorious. The League match was won by two goals to nil while the Carling Cup tie ended 2-1 in favour of the Anfield club. Liverpool defeated Chelsea on their way to winning their last FA Cup title in 2006.
The two teams rested their top players in their last Premier League fixtures. Liverpool lost their first ever match against Fulham at Anfield. The Reds were unbeaten against Fulham at Anfield, but that record was shattered when Martin Skrtel scored an own goal on Tuesday night. Chelsea is on the verge of missing out of next season's UEFA Champions League. The Blues were beaten at the Stamford Bridge by Newcastle United on Wednesday night. The defeat means Chelsea's fate no more lies in their hands as they are now four points adrift of Spurs and Newcastle in the race for a top four finish. A win from either of these two teams in their remaining two matches will condemn Chelsea to Europa League next term. Liverpool have already booked their place in that competition after they defeated Cardiff City in February's League Cup final.
Gary Cahill and David Luiz are the major injury concerns of Roberto Di Matteo. On the other hand, Liverpool doesn't have any fresh injury concerns apart from Lucas Leiva and Charlie Adam that have been on the sidelines for a while.

Venue: Wembley Stadium
Date: 5th May,2012
Time: 16:15 GMT

Steven Gerrard became the first man to score a hat trick in the Mersey side derby at the Anfield Road for the first time in 77 years. Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez were on the starting line up for Liverpool as the Reds defeated Everton by three goals to nil on Tuesday night. Gerrard marked his 400th Premier League game in style. Martin Kelly's shot was parried away by Tim Howard, but Gerrard lobbed the ball over the American International goalkeeper and other retracting defenders to put Liverpool ahead after 34 minutes. In the second half, the Reds captain increased his goal tally by taking off the toes of Luis Suarez before firing a shot into the roof of the net in the 50th minute.


His hat trick was completed in the final minute of injury time when Suarez crossed the ball for him to tap into the net. Liverpool have now two points behind sixth placed Newcastle United and they will face Stoke City in the quarter final of the FA Cup next Sunday. David Moyes has never won a match at Anfield since he took over as the manager of the team a decade ago. 

Preview: Sunderland vs Liverpool

Sunderland will welcome newly crowned League Cup Champions,Liverpool to the Stadium of Light without two of their key players. Benin International, Stephane Sessegnon and Lee Cattermole were given three and four match bans respectively for their indiscipline in against Newcastle United last weekend. The match between these two sides will be played on Saturday afternoon. David Vaughan and Craig Gordon will be available for selection after their recent recovery from injury. Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson and Daniel Agger are all doubtful ahead of this fixture. The first leg that was played on the opening day of the season ended 1-1 with Luis Suarez missing the first of eight penalties the Reds have lost in all competitions this season. Suarez eventually scored the only goal of the opening 45 minutes of that game. Liverpool have manged to get 5 points from their last six matches while Sunderland have garnered 10 points by playing the same number of games.
Martin Kelly is expected to replace Glen Johnson on the starting line up, while veteran defender, Jamie Carragher should hold the centre back role along with Matin Skrtel. Craig Bellamy is expected to start as Kenny Dalglish will be expected to make some changes in the midfield in the absence of their team captain.

Chat Soccer's prediction: Sunderland 1-2 Liverpool

England Captaincy!

As England prepare for their first match after the departure of former Italian manager, Fabio Capello, Chat Soccer looks at the captaincy issue that was made glamorous under David Beckham.

Chelsea captain,John Terry was stripped of his captain band for the second time in his National team career under Fabio Capello for alleged racist abuse that was levelled against him by Anthony Ferdinand of Queens Park Rangers in a match that was played late last year.

 While Liverpool's Luis Suarez was given an eight match ban by the English Football Association, Terry's case was put forward for hearing at the court in July 2012, some weeks after UEFA Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Poland.

 The first time the Chelsea skipper was stripped of his captaincy title was when he had an infidelity issue that involved the former girl friend of Wayne Bridge, a former Chelsea player that moved was playing for Manchester City as at that time.
 The Italian tactician, Fabio Capello resigned from his England job after the FA's decision to strip John Terry of his captaincy without seeking his consent as the team manger.
England under 21 manager, Stuart Pearce is to lead the Three Lions out at the Wembley Stadium against 2010 FIFA World Cup runners-up, Netherlands in an International friendly that will be played on February 29th,2012.
Several names have been touted as the new replacement for John Terry's role as the captain of the 1966 World Champions. Liverpool's Steven Gerrard recently expressed his desire to get the position for the first time in two years. The Liverpool captain was England's skipper at South Africa 2010. Gareth Barry and Rio Ferdinand are other notable mentions, though the latter has denied been interested in the position.

Whether Gerrard or Barry gets the post, the fact is that the Three Lions need to put their house in order ahead of the European Football showpiece in Ukraine and Poland later this summer.

LIVERPOOL ARE THE NEW CARLING CUP CHAMPIONS.

Gerrard lifts the League Cup trophy.

Liverpool FC defeated Cardiff City 3-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw. The match ended 1-1 at full time before the two sides scored a goal each during the extra time. Mason put the Welsh side ahead after just 18 minutes on the clock to send the travelling Cardiff fans in to wild jubilation. Martin Skrtel equalized for the Reds after 59 minutes. The goal came off a corner kick that was taken by Stewart Downing.

 Substitute,Dirk Kuyt appeared to have grabbed a 108th minute winner for the Merseyside club, but with 2 minutes to play, Ben Turner turned the game around with a goal for Cardiff City.
 Steven Gerrard missed the first penalty kick of the match and Charlie Adam followed in a similar fashion. Two Cardiff players missed their penalties before Glen Johnson made it 3-2.
 Incidentally, Anthony Gerrard, a cousin of the Liverpool captain missed the fianl penalty kick and that was enough for Kenny Dalglish to win his first Carling Cup trophy with the club and Liverpool's first title since their 2006 FA Cup win over West Ham United. Meanwhile, that match was also won by penalties.

Liverpool have now won their last three titles on penalties.
They are: 1. 2005 Champions League 2. 2006 FA Cup 3. 2012 League Cup
This is the 8th League Cup title for Liverpool.