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Benitez: Liverpool job not on the line tonight

24.11.09 | tribalfootball.com

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has rubbished claims his job is on the line tonight.

The Reds need victory over Debrecen to keep their Champions League hopes alive.

Liverpool expect to have Glen Johnson and Daniel Agger fit after calf and head injuries, with skipper Steven Gerrard leading from the front in only his second start in more than a month.

Gerrard is no stranger to miracles himself, having masterminded Liverpool recovery acts in Istanbul, Marseille and at home against Olympiacos.

Benitez said: "If anyone can do it, Gerrard can. But the whole team believe it is possible."

The Spaniard was in a confident mood for his pre-match press conference where once again he was asked that if Liverpool fail to qualify, will that be the end of his Liverpool career. He laughed and responded: "No, I don't think so."

Carragher: No disaster if Liverpool fail in Champions League

24.11.09 | tribalfootball.com

Jamie Carragher insists it would be "no disaster" if Liverpool failed to qualify for the Champions League knockouts.

Liverpool face Debrecen tonight in a must-win game.

"We are desperate to get through, but I don’t think you could call it a disaster if we don’t," Carragher said. "Because we have done so well in recent seasons, people outside the club tend to take it a bit for granted that Liverpool will get into the knockout stages.

"But it isn’t easy. Manchester United didn’t make it a few years ago and Barcelona have had a couple of setbacks this season. They aren’t sure of getting through, either, so it shows how well we have done in the past."

boleh menang ke liverpool..dah lama x menang ni

Budapest win too late for Liverpool

Liverpool FC supplied the win they needed as a minimum requirement in Budapest, but their evening ended in misery as victory for ACF Fiorentina against Olympique Lyonnais knocked the Merseyside club out of the UEFA Champions League at the first hurdle.

Acute disappointment
The five-time European champions were too strong for Debreceni VSC en route to recording their second Group E success, both against the Hungarian titleholders, but the UEFA Europa League Round of 32 now beckons after Fiorentina overcame Lyon 1-0 to advance with their French opponents. Liverpool's disappointment is sure to be acute, though the damage was done before tonight's contest, which could hardly have started better for Rafael Benítez's men when David Ngog struck the only goal of the game from point-blank range after four minutes.

Perfect start
Missing the injured Fernando Torres for this must-win occasion, Liverpool's travelling supporters were asked to put faith in lone forward Ngog. The 20-year-old Frenchman does not enjoy the rarefied reputation of his Spanish colleague, yet it was he who settled any early nerves, leaping to flick past Vukašin Poleksić after Jamie Carragher had headed back across goal following a short corner. It was the third time in three home matches that Debrecen had conceded inside the first six minutes and they almost fell further behind when Dirk Kuyt plunged in vain to meet a Steven Gerrard cross.

Ngog chances
The visitors' monopoly on possession should perhaps have sparked a second goal, as Ngog fired straight at Poleksić following some bustling work from Kuyt. Finally, with 33 minutes gone, András Herczeg's team had a glimpse of their own at the target, but the promising Gergely Rudolf nodded wide and normal service was resumed when Ngog forced Poleksić to save impressively with a curling effort.

Gerrard threat
The news from Florence must have been dispiriting to Liverpool ears at the interval, yet they quickly settled back into their pattern of domination after the restart. Tangible chances proved harder to come by, however, though fit-again defender Norbert Mészáros had to be quick to block a Gerrard attempt and Poleksić then saved low down from the Reds' captain after his colleagues had worked the ball around from the ensuing corner.

Conviction evaporating
Lucas was next to try his luck with a glancing header too fine to find the net from Kuyt's cross, before a foraging Daniel Agger run allowed Gerrard to let fly a defiant strike from distance that fizzed over. Debrecen were certainly faring no better, despite the introduction of the lively Adamo Coulibaly, but any conviction looked to be slowly seeping out of the Premier League outfit, with the knowledge that this comfortable display could ultimately count for nothing.

Final games
They even began ceding opportunities in the closing minutes as both Coulibaly and Rudolf tested Pepe Reina, the duo seeking to post Debrecen's first point of the section. They will have one last chance away to Lyon on 6 December, when Liverpool will aim to exit the competition on a high at home against Fiorentina.

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goner ni? Liv kire x layak dah ke UCL?

apens7 wrote:goner ni? Liv kire x layak dah ke UCL?

benitez mcm mana? nk kene fired kee?

ucl liv ni ada harapan ke? tgal 1 game je lagi... jumpe foreigntina lak tu...
secara matematik tambahan tingkatan 4, liv ada harapan lagi.. tp tipis giler la....
kene ayamkan foreigntina cam spurs ayamkan wigan 9-1 ... ekekeke
maknanya jaringan kene besor...

dan lagi satu, mengharap lyon kalah besar dengan debrechen.... sesuatu yang mustahilllll...

so, cam nak say 'bye2' je kat UCL.. hehehehe

apapun korang doa2kan la debrechen bleh dapat 3 mata pertama dlm grup korang ni.. huhuhu

lagu ni aku petik dari mymanutd.com... jgn mara aaaaaa.. ekekeke

[size=x-large]Sampaikan Salam PADAN MUKA ku Padanya[/size]

Sampaikanlah salam PADAN MUKAku padanya
Walaupun ku menang namun ku terkeluar
Kerana badiku tiada akhirnya
Walaupun Benitik telah menghancurkannya

Sampaikanlah salam PADAN MUKAku padanya
Walaupun EPL hebat almariku masih kosong
Kerana ketiakku mewangi dan harum
Walau tercampak ke Euro Cup

( korus nyanyian Benitik)
Andaiku tiada, andaiku pejam mata
Biarku abadi, angan yang setia ini
Biarpun EPL jauh, sambutlah salamku
Kerana aku masih mencarimu
Tidak pernah aku memenangi dirimu

Olahan dari Lagu Allycat - Sampaikanlah salam
[size=xx-small]Tiada unsur2 ingin mencari untung hanya berlawak[/size]

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statement last tak tahan tu... ada wristbands nak kasi jeles org len.. hahahaha...

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nak beli satulah... hehe

Adik Steven Gerrard terbabit berniaga dadah




LONDON: Adik bintang bola sepak England, Steven Gerrard semalam ditahan kerana disyaki terbabit dengan dadah.

Paul Gerrard ditahan selepas polis menyerbu kediamannya, sehari selepas bintang bola sepak berkenaan menyambut ulang tahun kelahirannya yang ke-32.

Polis dilapor menemui sejumlah ganja dan wang dalam serbuan itu.
Paul ditangkap atas dakwaan memiliki dadah berkenaan dengan niat untuk menjualnya.
Dia disoalsiasat selama beberapa jam sebelum dibebaskan dengan ikat jamin. - AP

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tua dah gerrard... bila nak dakap BPL ning..? huhuhu

Icelandic Midfielder Set to Join

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Sixteen year old midfielder Kristjan Gauti Emilsson is to join Liverpool in the first weeks of December, according to the Icelandic website fotbolti.net. The attacking midfielder who is already six feet four, currently plays for Icelandic champions FH Hafnarfjordur - he has already made his senior debut for them - had a trial at Melwood during which he impressed enough for Liverpool to make an offer. Last August there had been some rumours that Manchester United might be making a move for him whilst a host of clubs including Dutch giants Ajax were thought to be monitoring his progress.

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The player himself hadn't been thinking of moving from Iceland just yet but couldn't turn down a club like Liverpool. "My plan was to remain at home for another year, but then this offer came I could not refuse it. There are excelent conditions there and I think I will be able to become a great footballer at the club."

"Kristjan is very promising player and very mature for his age," the Hafnarfjordur coach Heimir Gudjonsson said recently. "I took him with the team last winter and it is not often that you see sixteen-year boy who is as good as him."

"I believe that he will stand out. He gets good help from their parents and now gets three years to prove himself. I'm certain that he can meet all the demands of playing for Liverpool."