Liverpool resisted a brave and committed display from Cardiff City in the Carling Cup Final on
Sunday afternoon.
The Reds were taken all the way to extra-time and penalties against Malky Mackay's Championship
side, but they saw it through in the end to win their 8th League Cup, a record, in dramatic
fashion.
After Liverpool's demolition of Brighton in the FA Cup at Anfield on Sunday, all eyes are now
firmly fixed on Wembley Stadium and the Carling Cup Final against Cardiff City next weekend.
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TicketsBoth teams will feel they have a realistic chance of claiming the Trophy having done it the hard
way in the qualifying rounds.
Ahead of this evening's 5th round tie between Liverpool and Brighton & Hove Albion at Anfield, Gus
Puyet was in resilient form ahead of the FA Cup tie:
"I will do everything I can to win a football match, whatever you can imagine."
Brighton lie two points of the play-off places and are undefeated in ten games to date.
This furore over Luis Suarez Suarez 'non-handshake' with that Evra fella has gone out of control
and is totally out of proportion for what has occurred.
True, Suarez is guilty of going back on his promise to shake that man Evra's hand and he did make a
mistake there after previously promising to Liverpool that he would do so.
King Kenny got his team selection and tactics wrong on Saturday afternoon against Man Utd.
He oped for a cautious, defensive line-up with Luis Suarez up-front as Kuyt lined up on the right
wing and youngsters Spearing and Henderson were in midfield, bizarrely at the expence of Charlie
Adam.
So its almost upon us, the biggest derby in the Premier League.
Man Utd v Liverpool FC at Old Trafford today at 12:45pm, live on Sky Sports to a watching and
waiting audience of millions arounds the World.
With Utd chasing for their 20th League Title and Liverpool aiming for The Champions League, its all
to play for in this lunch-time kick-off.
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I was amazed earlier today (wed) when the jury at Southwark Crown Court found Harry Rednapp
innocent of avoiding tax payments in an off-shore account in Monaco.
The Spurs Supremo had been under investigation for five years by the Inland Revenue concerning his
HBSC account in Monaco's tax haven.
I HATE HIMLiverpool face Man Utd at Old Trafford on Saturday lunch-time in what
may look like a daunting task, to earn points away at the Manchester venue.
On paper, it seems a difficult job to get anything from the game, but I believe Liverpool are in
the right frame of mind to gain at least a point, if not all three against Ferguson's creaking
side.
I HATE HIMLiverpool face Man Utd at Old Trafford on Saturday lunch-time in what
may look like a daunting task, to earn points away at the Manchester venue.
On paper, it seems a difficult job to get anything from the game, but I believe Liverpool are in
the right frame of mind to gain at least a point, if not all three against Ferguson's creaking
side.
After another frustrating draw at Anfield, this time against Spurs, Liverpool had to settle for a
scoreless draw with the Londoners.
Despite taking the game to 3rd placed Tottenham, Liverpool failed to break down a stubborn defence
in which Dawson, King and Parker at times excelled at repelling everything Liverpool threw at them.
With the return of Luis Suarez to the Liverpool on Monday night, having served his mammoth ban from
football, reports are that Manager Kenny Dalglish will opt to unleash the talismatic Uraguyan
striker from the bench.
Monday night's game from Anfield will see Liverpool pit their wits against 3rd-placed Spurs who are
something like 12 points ahead of Liverpool in the Premier League.
With Liverpool facing Harry Rednapp's Spurs next Monday night,
statistics over the years show that Liverpool have the edge over Tottenham in the Primiership down
the years as shown in the graph below.
However, in the last three games between the two sides its Spurs who are on top with a thumping 4-0
beating of Liverpool, preceded
by a 2-0 defeat at Anfield last May.