last night against arsenal, a team that is fighting for this season's championship title and on their turf, trailing a goal at the very end, the lads showed true spirit and determination not to lose it. minutes after robin van persie got arsenal ahead through a penalty, dirk kuyt replied in the same manner.
same line-up as the game against man city was thrown onto the field by the gaffer only the fans was left wondering why the team can't perform like they did. a few reasons for that, arsenal is always strong when playing at home and they have a very good team. the most entertaining team by far. liverpool's form has never been great playing away from home this season, regardless who is playing they seemed to have "Dr jeckyll & Hyde" character. without the captain steven gerrard, two key defenders in agger and johnson somehow made it more difficult for them to perform consistently.
again kenny had to quickly re-shuffled his back-line due to injuries suffered by aurelio and carragher. came in soto and the new boy, 17 years old jack robinson. it's a nerve wrecking game for the lad, replacing aurelio and facing theo walcott on the left hand side. such a big task thrown by the manager to the young boy. like flanagan against city, robinson did superb in his debut.
flanagan, at the right hand side again had a solid game. same goes to jay spearing. winning the motm award, which he deserved he basically attacked every arsenal's player in possession of the ball. and he had support from lucas. liverpool's midfield were out-classed by arsenal but they just stuck to their task and keep on working hard for the team.
it's true, liverpool never really looked like scoring, but the thought of them losing never came in sight either. everybody played their role. i must say carroll might get some stick thrown by his critics, but i'd believe that he really got arsenal defenders worried.
with his big physique, he had at least 2 arsenal defenders glued to him all the time. with the possession they had, arsenal could easily win the game. they just can't throw every player in liverpool's half because of carroll's presence. i'm sure this is what kenny wants. and with suarez's trickery liverpool might somehow steal a goal.
the moment of truth clearly came after arsenal took the lead. they just keep on going and eventually lucas was fouled to earn a penalty for liverpool. earlier i just thought, well there goes again, losing an away game to arsenal. images of istanbul and fa cup final slowly creeps back into my mind.
up steps kuyt to score from 12 yards. and we are level ! that was just fantastic ! it was not a win but the players just keep on fighting until the final whistle. it has been a while, too long where the team has always to rely on gerrard or torres to carry them up. now we can see that the whole team is fighting. from pepe reina to carroll , none of them showed the manager and the fans that they want to lose. even if they do lose at the end, they want everyone to know that they fought hard.
bringing kenny back is the best decision anyone could have made. he has installed belief , togetherness to the players, the staffs, the club, the owners and mostly the fans.
man utd finally will be able to claim that they are the best team in england. but it wouldn't be long. they had to work hard for years to get to where they are right now. credit to sir alex ferguson and manchester united for doing so. they do deserve it.
but trust me, liverpool football club with king kenny will just be right back up there in no time. with the emergence of flanagan and robinson liverpool really have a bright future. lets us , the fans let go of the 18 titles that we had won. it won't go missing. it's the past and we should not dwell on it anymore. let's us together with king kenny carry the team for the future where that's the most appropriate time for us to celebrate another 18 titles !! YNWA !
2 comments:
Jujur aku cakap bile kite hilang carragher aku rase bdk2 muda dlm team especially Robinson ngan flanagan Akan hilang arah.....dierorg buktikan aku silap.....dah lama aku x tgk team kite melawan smp titisan peluh terakhir.....wpon penalty yg kite dpt tu soft penalty....tp semangat juang team skrg amat2 lah di banggakan......spearing buktikan dia boleh jd star satu hari nnt...ni plak aku dgr Newcastle nk spearing tukar ngan Enrique.....hopefully mgt x lepas dier..
Kalaupun liverpool lepaskan spearing ... diharapkan dapat pengganti yg lebih berkaliber ... tp aku yakin, di bawah kendalian king kenny .. lfc akan lebih mantap
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