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FT: LIVERPOOL 2-1 LUDOGORETS

by RKW (U13169)

Date: Tuesday 16 September
Kick Off: 19:45
Venue: Anfield
Competition: Champions League
Broadcast: ITV 1

LIVERPOOL - 2
Balotelli (82)
Gerrard (pen, 90 +3)

LUDOGORETS - 1
Abalo Paulos (90 +1)

KEY ACTION
90 +3: LIVERPOOL 2-1 LODOGORETS - Gerrard (pen)
Captain Gerrard steps up in tense circumstances to coolly slot home the spot kick, sending Borjan the wrong way.

90 +2: LUDOGORETS BOOKING - Borjan
Goalkeeper Borjan brings down Manquillo in the area and the referee awards a penalty just moments after Ludogorets equalise, and the keeper gets a caution for his error.

90 +1: LIVERPOOL 1-1 LODOGORETS - Abalo Paulos
A through ball is latched upon by Abalo Paulos and he beats Mignolet to the ball before going round him and slotting the ball into an empty net.

82: LIVERPOOL 1-0 LODOGORETS - Balotelli
Moreno crosses from the left and Balotelli makes the most of a ball that breaks loose to him in the area by firing the ball into the far corner with the outside of his foot.

54: LUDOGORETS BOOKING - Minev
Borini tries playing a one-two on the touchline but Minev wipes him out after the ball had gone and gets a yellow card.

54: LUDOGORETS BOOKING - Paula Junior
Sterling against causes problems for Ludogorets as Paula Junior is the next to get a booking for bringing the England forward down.

5: LUDOGORETS BOOKING - A Aleksandrov
Sterling is brought down on the halfway line by A Aleksandrov who gets a caution.

TEAMS
LIVERPOOL: Mignolet, Manquillo, Moreno, Lovren, Sakho, Gerrard, Henderson, Coutinho, Sterling, Lallana, Balotelli. Subs: Jones, Enrique, Toure, Lucas, Suso, Borini, Lambert.

LUDOGORETS: Borjan, Aleksandrov, Minev, Moti, Paula Junior, Dyakov, Misidjan, Andrianantenaina, Nascimento da Costa, Aleksandrov, Bezjak. Subs: Gospodinov, Gomes Fonseca, Angulo, Abalo Paulos, Zlatinski, Cristaldo Farias, Younes.

PREVIEW
The Champions League returns to Anfield after a 5 year absence as Ludogorets Razgrad of Bulgaria are the visitors for the opening match of Group B.

The Reds will be looking to put Saturday's poor result and performance against Aston Villa behind them with victory on Tuesday.

Ludogorets are making their debut in the Champions League following defender Cosmin Moti's two penalty shootout saves against Steaua Bucharest.

Only Steven Gerrard was in the squad when Liverpool were beaten at home to Fiorentina 2-1 as a disappointing group showing ended in a third place finish behind the Italian side and Lyon.

The captain spoke of his anguish at watching Chelsea win the competition and rivals Manchester United reach the final during Liverpool's absence.

"There has almost been a jealousy and an envy that we weren't involved," said Gerrard.

FORM
LIVERPOOL
Saturday 13 September 2014
Premier League
Liverpool 0-1 Aston Villa

posted on 16/9/14

comment by terminator1 (U1863)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by LegendOsgood (U7946)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 1 minute ago
Yeah I agree it will be more difficult with games coming thick and fast. tonight was a bit of that, injury to studge, still a lack of understanding and cohesion between several new players.

Time and more games playing together will help as several new players.
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do you think you spent too much on fire power rather than addressing needs.

for example 75 for suarez, surely with type of money you could have brought in a class of a striker, i think i saw an article on your board saying you went for quantity rather than quality
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We had a thin squad last year, which was fine for last seasons needs. We needed a bigger squad this season.
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You got the same number of players registered this year as you did last

posted on 16/9/14

comment by terminator1 (U1863)
posted 4 minutes ago
Basically you're saying that a team can't have a dip in form when they have 7 days to prepare. Do you know what a ridiculous comment that is?
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NOOOOOOOO

what am saying is for a club that has any ambition to be in cl and has 7days to prepare should be challenging the top 4.

my bad for making sound like form cant affect this,

meaning this is why you has such a good seaon last year,

not saying you will not finish in top 4 gain but you will find it extremely difficult, as you will rest key players and this has cost ya already in the villa game.

certainly form can affect your season

posted on 16/9/14

comment by LegendOsgood (U7946)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by terminator1 (U1863)
posted 4 minutes ago
Basically you're saying that a team can't have a dip in form when they have 7 days to prepare. Do you know what a ridiculous comment that is?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
NOOOOOOOO

what am saying is for a club that has any ambition to be in cl and has 7days to prepare should be challenging the top 4.

my bad for making sound like form cant affect this,

meaning this is why you has such a good seaon last year,

not saying you will not finish in top 4 gain but you will find it extremely difficult, as you will rest key players and this has cost ya already in the villa game.

certainly form can affect your season
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Markovic was the only player not to play from the Villa game (suspended). No players were rested, just injured or suspended.

posted on 16/9/14

comment by LegendOsgood (U7946)
posted 40 seconds ago
comment by terminator1 (U1863)
posted 4 minutes ago
Basically you're saying that a team can't have a dip in form when they have 7 days to prepare. Do you know what a ridiculous comment that is?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
NOOOOOOOO

what am saying is for a club that has any ambition to be in cl and has 7days to prepare should be challenging the top 4.

my bad for making sound like form cant affect this,

meaning this is why you has such a good seaon last year,

not saying you will not finish in top 4 gain but you will find it extremely difficult, as you will rest key players and this has cost ya already in the villa game.

certainly form can affect your season
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Thank you. That's all I was saying

I believe we're just struggling for form at the moment. It's more to do with fitting players into the squad than playing CL football. Surely it's too early to blame CL football for anything???? Sterling would of been on the subs bench against Villa regardless of tonights game. Don't forget he's only 19 and BR still needs to manage his appearances.

posted on 16/9/14

comment by Say My Name (U18558)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by terminator1 (U1863)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by LegendOsgood (U7946)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 1 minute ago
Yeah I agree it will be more difficult with games coming thick and fast. tonight was a bit of that, injury to studge, still a lack of understanding and cohesion between several new players.

Time and more games playing together will help as several new players.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

do you think you spent too much on fire power rather than addressing needs.

for example 75 for suarez, surely with type of money you could have brought in a class of a striker, i think i saw an article on your board saying you went for quantity rather than quality
----------------------------------------------------------------------
We had a thin squad last year, which was fine for last seasons needs. We needed a bigger squad this season.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You got the same number of players registered this year as you did last
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear god, you're an imbecile Of course we have the same number of players registered, that's a fixed number for every team.

The players on the bench shows how thin a squad is. We clearly have much better options off the bench than last season.....

posted on 16/9/14

comment by terminator1 (U1863)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by Say My Name (U18558)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by terminator1 (U1863)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by LegendOsgood (U7946)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 1 minute ago
Yeah I agree it will be more difficult with games coming thick and fast. tonight was a bit of that, injury to studge, still a lack of understanding and cohesion between several new players.

Time and more games playing together will help as several new players.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

do you think you spent too much on fire power rather than addressing needs.

for example 75 for suarez, surely with type of money you could have brought in a class of a striker, i think i saw an article on your board saying you went for quantity rather than quality
----------------------------------------------------------------------
We had a thin squad last year, which was fine for last seasons needs. We needed a bigger squad this season.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You got the same number of players registered this year as you did last
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear god, you're an imbecileOf course we have the same number of players registered, that's a fixed number for every team.

The players on the bench shows how thin a squad is. We clearly have much better options off the bench than last season.....
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You said bigger. Back track boy

posted on 16/9/14

comment by Say My Name (U18558)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by terminator1 (U1863)
posted 5 minutes ago
Basically you're saying that a team can't have a dip in form when they have 7 days to prepare. Do you know what a ridiculous comment that is?
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I can't believe you are still denying the obvious.
Of course having a full week to prepare makes a big difference. Players have time to recover from little niggles, rest more,practice with their team mates more.
Only a complete dil would not accept that.
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I can't believe you are still denying the obvious.
Of course having a full week to prepare makes a big difference. Players have time to recover from little niggles, rest more,practice with their team mates more.
Only a complete dil would not accept that.


this is what i am trying to put across, but there seem to be some sort of lost translation with this

posted on 17/9/14

comment by Say My Name (U18558)
posted 6 hours, 15 minutes ago
comment by terminator1 (U1863)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by Say My Name (U18558)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by terminator1 (U1863)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by LegendOsgood (U7946)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 1 minute ago
Yeah I agree it will be more difficult with games coming thick and fast. tonight was a bit of that, injury to studge, still a lack of understanding and cohesion between several new players.

Time and more games playing together will help as several new players.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

do you think you spent too much on fire power rather than addressing needs.

for example 75 for suarez, surely with type of money you could have brought in a class of a striker, i think i saw an article on your board saying you went for quantity rather than quality
----------------------------------------------------------------------
We had a thin squad last year, which was fine for last seasons needs. We needed a bigger squad this season.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You got the same number of players registered this year as you did last
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear god, you're an imbecileOf course we have the same number of players registered, that's a fixed number for every team.

The players on the bench shows how thin a squad is. We clearly have much better options off the bench than last season.....
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You said bigger. Back track boy
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Oh shut up, you extremely dull wum. I've explained my point and you now know what I meant.

Fècking kids

posted on 17/9/14

comment by If anyone can, Emre Can... (U3979)
posted 9 hours, 5 minutes ago
Get Balotelli off!!!
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posted on 17/9/14

comment by There'sOnlyOneReds
(U1721)
posted 2 hours, 4 minutes ago
comment by If anyone can, Emre
Can... (U3979)
posted 9 hours, 5 minutes ago
Get Balotelli off!!!
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