Luck seems to desert the team as early as the 12th minute as Spearing had to be replaced
by Jonjo Shelvey due to an ankle injury suffered from a tackle made by Nigel Reo-Coker.
is believed to have been made by the gaffer. No disrespect to Cole but the lack of football
and too many injuries this season had prevented him to shine in his assumed final game for the reds.
Cole will be among the candidates that will leave Anfield next season.
A few absentees, among them Glenn Johnson and Andy Carroll. Both were reported to suffer from injuries.
All of this adds up to the reasons on why Liverpool can't win against Villa.
Even a win couldn't help Liverpool's position when Pavlyuchenko scored Spurs's second goal to confirm
them into Europa League next season.
With Liverpool finishing 6th in the table, this means they won't have any continental football next
season. The last time Liverpool were in a similar position it was 12 years ago.
Dalglish were sorry for the players as they worked hard to get to where they are on the final day. From 12th
position in December and finishing as high as 6th was enough for the King to pay some tribute to them. They even
flirted to be in contention for the Europa qualifying slot at some point only to be denied by Spurs who beat them
at Anfield.
Nevertheless, the King was happy with the players commitments, attitude and spirit since he took over the
helm back in January. They failed to get into Europe not because they lost to Villa but when they started the
season as bad as they did finishing 6th should be good enough.
Even the pundits were saying, going back to the day when the world was shooked by the news that King Kenny is back
as Liverpool's manager, finishing 6th in the league would be the 'logical' target for everyone who is associated
to the club. Be it the owner, staffs, players and fans alike and King Kenny had just done that. Liverpool football
club finished 6th.
As a fan, yes I am devastated that we didn't manage to finish as high as we can, or we are not in Europe
next season or when Manchester United has finally topple us from our place by becoming the champion for the 19th
time this season.
But I will not dwell on that anymore. As many as bad memories I had this season, I believe that we as the fans
had and will have better memories to come. Kenny Dalglish is back as our manager. The owners seems to be very
serious with their 'project' to turn Liverpool back as England's best football team. We have promising youngsters
in Flanagan,Lucas, Shelvey and Robinson. We've also captured Luis Suarez, new sensation for Liverpool FC. We are
yet to know who will be signed next season but I'm sure it's going to be a pretty busy and interesting summer
for us as fans.
Can't wait for next season to come. YNWA !!
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