Suarez has been recalled to the starting lineup in what promises to be a heated encounter
against Manchester United.
Liverpool: Reina, Enrique, Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Spearing, Gerrard, Henderson, Downing, Kuyt,
Suarez.
Subs: Doni, Carragher, Bellamy, Carroll, Adam, Shelvey, Kelly.
As I predicted earlier today, Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has left Luis Suarez on the bench
for tonight's game with Spurs at Anfield. Jose Enrique is injured, which probably means Glen
Johnson will play at left-back.Full Team: Reina; Kelly, Skrtel, Agger, Johnson, Spearing, Adam,
Gerrard, Kuyt, Bellamy, Carroll.
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.
Suarez has been recalled to the starting lineup in what promises to be a heated encounter
against Manchester United.
Liverpool: Reina, Enrique, Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Spearing, Gerrard, Henderson, Downing, Kuyt,
Suarez.
Subs: Doni, Carragher, Bellamy, Carroll, Adam, Shelvey, Kelly.
Briefly, I thought I'd revisit a graphic from almost exactly a year ago.
At this point last season, Liverpool had used 22 different starting defenses through 40 matches. No
back-line had started more than five matches together. Six weeks into his reign, in the wake of
Hodgson's havoc, Dalglish was experimenting with every possible defensive combination, hands tied
by injuries and a lack of fullbacks, including notable three-at-the-back wins over Chelsea and
Stoke.
Official starting Lineup for Liverpool:
Reina, Enrique, Agger, Skrtel, Johnson, Henderson, Gerrard, Adam, Downing, Suarez and Carroll
It was intense, it was dramatic, and at times it was downright ugly. But Liverpool won the
Carling Cup. Here are five things we learned.
Martin Skrtel is one of the best defenders in the League
Liverpool have the second best defense in the league behind Manchester City and a big part of
that is the presence of Martin Skrtel.
When Joe Mason slotted Cardiff's first goal of the night through Pepe Reina's legs, putting the
underdog Championship side up 1-0, it may have in fact been the worst goal conceded by Liverpool
this season. Past contenders for worst of the year have come when a series of individual mistakes
over a fairly short period of time have conspired to hand an opponent a goal, and as bad as the
markers given up against the likes of Stoke and Norwich may have seemed at the time, as with most
any side will concede they came from a series of minor mistakes that slowly added up to the ball
hitting the back of the net.
