Saturday, October 18, 2008

Done it Again

This was the fifth time Liverpool came back and won the game this season (four in BPL and one in Champions League). This shows how passionate they are for the title. Liverpool conceded a goal which was a gift to Zaki from the mistakes from Agger and Reina (I would not call it only Agger's mistake because Reina also made a mistake while playing the ball to Agger when Carragher was free on the far side) . However, Agger made a quick remedy for his mistake by moving with the ball from one side of the field to the other with a superb run and creating the chance that was converted by Kuyt. At the end of the first half, Zaki again scored with an outstanding bycycle volley.
The game changed in the second half as Antonio Valencia (Wigan Athletic) was shown the yellow card twice and sent off for two challenges that deserved bookings. This brought about a turn in the game and it was very best utilized by Rafa Benitez. Benitez substituted two full backs Dossena and Arbeloa and sent El Zhar and Benayoun into the field. As the pressure was not going to increase on the defense, Rafa took this opportunity to attack and score and it took no time to equalise when El Zhar created the best chance of the game which was tactfully left by Gerrard for Riera to strike which went into the back of the net. Liverpool were not ready to settle on sharing points and kept their attack at the highest level. They kept on putting the pressure and finally Kuyt scored again to become the savior.
Liverpool have kept the title race very much alive however, the 5-0 win over Middlesbrough has extended the Chelsea's goal difference lead. It might take these two teams to face each other to bring any difference on the point.

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