Good start but even Van Persie couldn't have guess the final outcome

I'm beginning to think that I curse the players. Since I've been effusively praising a certain player or a certain combination, there's bound to be something that went wrong with them in the said match. The Diaby-Song combo did not work well tonight.

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London derby time. Lineups are in:

Arsenal: Starters: Mannone, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Fabregas, Song, Diaby, Eboue, van Persie, Arshavin. Bench: Almunia, Eduardo, Nasri, Ramsey, Silvestre, Gibbs, Bendtner.

West Ham: Starters: Green, Spector, Tomkins, Upson, Ilunga, Behrami, Parker, Noble, Collison, Cole, Franco.

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Fernando Torres scored twice as Liverpool held off a brave fightback from West Ham to earn a deserved 3-2 victory in a five-goal thriller at Upton Park.
Torres put the Reds in front in the 19th minute with a fine solo goal but debutant Alessandro Diamanti levelled from the penalty spot. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool travel to Upton Park today to face a Hammers side that has 4 points from 4 games, losing away to Wigan their last time out. Last time the Reds visited the Boleyn Ground they cruised to a 3-0 win, with Gerrard netting twice and Ryan Babel finishing the scoring off late.

This time out could be different Liverpool are a club desperately in need of finding consistent form, and the performance against Debrecen on Wednesday was less than encouraging.

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Liverpool travel to West Ham on Saturday evening aiming to keep pace with the leading pack.
The Reds have won their last two Premier League games to steady the ship after losing two of their first three encounters.
West Ham have not won since the opening day of the season and they will be keen to secure their first home success of the campaign. Click to continue reading...

Midfielders
Valon Behrami : Appearances - 27, Goals - 2, Bookings - 5

When I heard that we had signed Valon Behrami I just shrugged in that uber cool, but still quite attractive, way that I do. "So what?" I wondered. And for the first few games my insouciance seemed reasonable as Behrami ran around a lot but failed to have any tangible impression on anything. Click to continue reading...

12:30pm, live in the US on FSC
Last 4 head-to-head:
0-0 (h) 12.01.08
4-0 Liverpool (h) 03.05.08
0-1 West Ham (a) 01.30.08
2-1 Liverpool (a) 01.30.07
Last 3 matches:
Liverpool: 3-0 Newcastle (h); 3-1 Hull (a); 4-4 Arsenal (h)
West Ham: 1-0 Stoke (a); 0-1 Chelsea (h); 1-1 Villa (a)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Gerrard, Torres 13; Kuyt 11; Benayoun 7; Alonso 4; Riera 3; Aurelio, Babel, Ngog 2; Agger, Arbeloa, Carragher, Dossena, Hyypia, Lucas 1
West Ham: Cole 9; Di Michele 4; Collison, Noble, Tristan 3; Ashton 2; Behrami, Davenport, Mullins, Neill, Parker, Stanislas, Tomkins 1
Referee: Alan Wiley
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Arbeloa Carragher Agger Aurelio
Lucas Mascherano
Kuyt Gerrard Benayoun
Torres
Tomorrow comes too soon for Alonso. Click to continue reading...

Following the win against Cyprus, Hitzfeld has unveiled the list of gladiators who will hopefully secure the 6 points we want! Goalkeepers: BENAGLIO/Wolfsburg COLTORTI/Santander (The third keeper needs to be announced) Defenders: DJOUROU/Arsenal EGGIMANN/Hannovre GRICHTING/Auxerre LICHTSTEINER/Lazio MAGNIN/Stuttgart NEF/Udinese SENDEROS/Arsenal SPYCHER/Frankfurt VON BERGEN/Hertha Midfielders and Forwards: BARNETTA/Leverkusen BEHRAMI/West Ham GELSON/Man. Click to continue reading...

Alan Curbishley is tipping new signing Valon Behrami to take the Premier League by storm. The versatile right-back is the Hammers' manager's only major summer acquisition after signing the Swiss international from Lazio last month. And Curbishley is confident the 23-year-old has all the necessary qualities to excel in the intense arena of England's Premier League. Click to continue reading...

New £5million signing Valon Behrami is expected to make his West Ham debut in tonight's pre-season friendly at League One Peterborough United. The versatile 23-year-old Swiss international, who arrived from Italian giants Lazio last week, is set to be joined in the Hammers line-up by striker Craig Bellamy and England defender Matthew Upson. Click to continue reading...