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Backlash after Liverpool players wear T-shirts supporting Luis Suárez

• Squad and manager wore shirts to show support for Suárez • Critics say gesture conflicted with zero tolerance on racism Liverpool's manager Kenny Dalglish and his players have been criticised for reacting to Luis Suárez's eight-game ban by wearing T-shirts showing their support for the striker.

Liverpool: Maxi 53′
Blackburn: Adam (og) 45′

Liverpool drop points again at Anfield, failing convert their late surge into a winning goal against a stubborn Blackburn Rovers side. The return of Steven Gerrard and two late chances got our hopes up, but in the end it was the same frustrating story we've seen from Liverpool so many times in the past year.

We really should win.

Squillaci cost us two points last season in this fixture with an own goal in the 81st minute.

There are are must-win games because a team needs points late in the season or to progress in a tournament, and then there are these kind of games (of which Fulham at home was one).

Last time out George got 3 results right and one perfect score in last week's games and will be hoping for an improved performance this week.
Saturday 10th December 2011
Arsenal 2 v Everton 1
Bolton 0 v Aston Villa 1
Liverpool 2 v QPR 1
Man Utd 1 v Wolverhampton 0
Norwich 2 v Newcastle 2
Swansea 0 v Fulham 0
West Brom 3 v Wigan 1
Sunday 11th December 2011
Sunderland 1 v Blackburn 0
Stoke City 1 v Tottenham 1
Monday 12 December 2011
Chelsea 1 v Manchester City 1
Man City make the trip to London to take on Chelsea on Monday and bet365 have got a fantastic free bet offer to add to the excitement.

Former Leicester and Blackburn midfielder Robbie Savage is the latest in a long line of footballers and managers to name Liverpool star Steven Gerrard as one of the best players ever to grace the modern game.Speaking to The Mirror, Savage had nothing but good things to say about Liverpool's captain:"The best player I've ever played against is Steven Gerrard.

By Geoff Reid

Saturday
Blackburn Rovers vs West Brom from Ewood Park, Blackburn
Last weekend ended up being a real kick in the teeth for Blackburn and manager Steve Kean, who were winning 1-0 away at Sunderland up until the 84th minute when they conceded two late goals losing 2-1 in Martin O'Neill's debut at the Stadium of Light.

News in the Sunday Sun today that Newcastle are looking at bidding for Chris Samba of Blackburn Rovers. Chris Samba a Newcastle target in January Newcastle need to bring in a top class center-back in January to fill in for the injured Steven Taylor, but they surely will face big competition for Chris, who is a huge player at Blackburn, in more than once sense, since he [.

By Alan Duffy

Scott Dann having a ball in the medical centre

With so much talk and reporting of sprained ligaments and torn hamstrings, it's not easy to get football fans wincing at a highly-paid player's injury. However, Blackburn defender Scott Dann's predicament will have men wincing up and down the country.

Photo by Michael Janosz/ISIphotos.com

A day after locking up centerback Chad Marshall for the foreseeable future, the Columbus Crew may be on the verge of losing a key figure from its attack.

Winger Robbie Rogers is closing in on a deal with Leeds United, according to a report from England.

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It was billed as a match in which the losing manager would get fired, and if that is the case then it will be a much happier Christmas in the Coyle household this season than the Kean one as Bolton beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in a relegation six pointer.

The result means Blackburn replace Bolton at the foot of the Premier League, and Rovers will be bottom at Christmas with only one team avoiding relegation from that position.

I've been working on this sporadically for a few weeks. It's not finished, as Gerrard's career isn't finished, but I thought I'd open the floor for comments. Consider it an early Christmas (or late Hanukkah, very late Diwali or Ramadan, etc) gift.
All stats from the indispensable LFCHistory.

Why Chelsea may be a Bridge too far for Cahill

Gary Cahill is set to go to Chelsea in January. But I'm not sure if he will be able to cope at the highest level in the Champions League­­­­­­­­­ and at a top-four team. Just look at Yakubu's goal for Blackburn against Bolton the other night to see proof of that.

It's back to Anfield for Liverpool as they host Blackburn in the penultimate match of 2011. Home victories have been hard to come by for Kenny Dalglish's squad, with only three wins in their eight matches at Anfield. There's no better opposition for remedying that problem than tomorrow's, though, as they'll face a Rovers side that's winless in eight away fixtures and stapled to the bottom of the Premier League table.

The Carling Cup quarterfinals were full of entertainment and although four teams saw their chances of going to Wembley brought to an end, the remaining four shall offer plenty more in the semis.

For now, here is a look at five lessons learned, in no particular order, from the quarterfinals:

1.

As always, here is our collection of the best transfer rumors we found.

Lukas Podolski is being linked with Arsenalas help to keep Robin van Persie around after this season.

Eduardo Vargas' agent has added Arsenal and Liverpool to the names of clubs interestedin the Universidad de Chile winger.

Liverpool's official website has posted a disappointing update on the status of midfielder Lucas Leiva, revealing that the Brazilian will miss the remainder of the season due to knee problems.

Lucas played 70 minutes of the Reds' 2-0 win away to Chelsea in one of Tuesday's three Carling Cup quarterfinals before being replaced by summer signing Charlie Adam.

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Kenny Dalglish is one of Liverpool's most successful managers, and is one of only three managers to win the league with two different teams. Liverpool fans would almost certainly argue that the King is a World Class manager, but former Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers midfielder Robbie Savage is not so sure.

Scheming for support and ticket sales is one of sport's greatest traditions. Most of them take a more traditional route, such as standard marketing. None of those methods likely involve bringing Akon to Blackburn.

But give those chicken men some credit, because they tried to try. And clearly failed.

Ewoodstock Blackburn Rovers' owners aimed to take the stung out of their supporters' anger by hosting a free R&B concert for them at the start of the season. Fans were already angry at the performance of owners Venky's and manager Steve Kean before their appalling start to the current campaign. Now The Guardian has seen [.

Ewoodstock Blackburn Rovers' owners aimed to take the stung out of their supporters' anger by hosting a free R&B concert for them at the start of the season. Fans were already angry at the performance of owners Venky's and manager Steve Kean before their appalling start to the current campaign. Now The Guardian has seen [.

Hard to believe, but roughly one third of this year's Premier League season has been played already, and some clubs are starting to look over their shoulder with a nagging worry. They're looking at their current squad and manager, and they wonder: is it enough? Will we make it?
Sunderland's Steve Bruce is this year's first managerial sacking, surely brought on by a lack of results, but also a niggling fear of not surviving in the Premiership.

Leroy Lita had the chance to cover himself with glory against Villa last week. After superbly turning the Villa defender, he dragged his shot just wide of the post. That sums up Swansea's problem in their first Premiership season. This lack of a cutting edge may eventually drag the Swans back into a relegation dogfight.

Manchester City remain five points clear at the top of the Premier League, while the three big London clubs; Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, all got important wins.

Man City have a massive Champions League match against Bayern Munich this coming week, and they warmed up for that encounter with a 5-1 thrashing of Norwich City.

Five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend | Alan Gardner, Gregg Roughley and Penny Woods

Yakubu may be Steve Kean's saviour; clear goalscoring opportunities lack clarity; Stoke carry flame at home and abroad Feed the Yak and Rovers may stay up There were boos at Ewood Park again on Saturday during Blackburn's 4-2 win against Swansea .

By Alan Duffy

Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Swansea City Premier League 3rd December 2011

At Ewood Park on Saturday, Blackburn fed the Yak 'til he almost burst, but he indeed score a goal, four to be exact. The 29-year-old (that's what he claims anyway, but I've a sneaking suspicion that 'Nigerian years' are closer to 'dog years' than anything else) has rediscovered his best goal-poaching form again, leading Rovers to a much needed three points against Swansea.

By Alan Duffy

Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Swansea City Premier League 3rd December 2011

At Ewood Park on Saturday, Blackburn fed the Yak 'til he almost burst, but he indeed score a goal, four to be exact. The 29-year-old (that's what he claims anyway, but I've a sneaking suspicion that 'Nigerian years' are closer to 'dog years' than anything else) has rediscovered his best goal-poaching form again, leading Rovers to a much needed three points against Swansea.

Mock the Weekend: Yakubu is the new Robin van Persie (who is the new Cesc Fabregas)

The Nigerian continued his fine form by netting a mighty four goals for Blackburn on Saturday, while Manchester City continued to coast their way to the title

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Blackburn Rovers fans jeered and booed Steve Kean On Saturday despite a 4-2 victory over Premier League new boys Swansea City.

Apart from demonstrating their displeasure during a win, the most unusual thing was that they also greeted a a goal celebration with boos. Four goal hero Yakubu ran over to his manager to hug him after scoring for Rovers and the fans showed their disquiet at this.

Blackburn Rovers fans jeered and booed Steve Kean On Saturday despite a 4-2 victory over Premier League new boys Swansea City.

Apart from demonstrating their displeasure during a win, the most unusual thing was that they also greeted a a goal celebration with boos. Four goal hero Yakubu ran over to his manager to hug him after scoring for Rovers and the fans showed their disquiet at this.

Gareth Bale was among several players to make a personal tribute to Gary Speed this weekend. Image: Jamie McDonald/Getty Images Europe.

There were substantial scorelines, touching tributes and what must have amounted to an entire deck of cards across the European leagues this weekend.

Why waste time pontificating?

Martin Jol claims that Jay Spearing's challenge on Moussa Dembele could have broken the Fulham star's ankle.
The Liverpool midfielder was sent off for the second-half tackle, which won the ball but caught the Belgian's leg strongly when he followed through.
Speaking in his post-match press conference, Jol said: "I will be honest.

CPC: Click, Protest, Complain Premier League strugglers Blackburn Rovers have obviously decided there's not enough people on Steve Kean's back on Ewood Park matchdays at present. Rovers have launched a Google Adwords advertising campaign offering cut-price tickets for the forthcoming matches against Swansea, West Brom and Bolton.

CPC: Click, Protest, Complain Premier League strugglers Blackburn Rovers have obviously decided there's not enough people on Steve Kean's back on Ewood Park matchdays at present. Rovers have launched a Google Adwords advertising campaign offering cut-price tickets for the forthcoming matches against Swansea, West Brom and Bolton.

United will play City away in the FA Cup 3rd Round on Sunday, January 8th with a 1pm kick off.

United
December 31st – Blackburn (h)
January 4th – Newcastle (a)
January 8th – City (a) FA Cup
January 14th – Bolton (h)

City
January 1st – Sunderland (a)
January 3rd – Liverpool (h) League Cup
January 8th – United (h) FA Cup
January 11th – Liverpool (a) League Cup
January 16th – Wigan (a)

"United Will Face City On.

Since we last spoke, I've completed a degree, got married and switched continents.
The Season ticket has been swapped for 10am kick-offs at Lucky Bar DC. Thankfully, some of the best Gooners in the world reside over here in the States.
Forgive me for not posting.
But, really, the reason my posting slowed up over the last few years is that, for at least the last two seasons, I found it difficult to say anything original about Arsenal.

Former Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers midfielder Robbie Savage has blasted Luis Suarez for getting caught on camera making a gesture to Fulham fans, but he has also defended the Liverpool striker over the 'crazy' charge handed down by the FA. In his weekly column, Savage was his usual blunt self: "The FA charge against Luis Suarez for raising a finger to Fulham supporters is crazy.

A plethora of former Tottenham players suited up in a Stoke City uniform and fully played their part in ending the Spurs' 11-game unbeaten run with an impressive 2-1 win at the Brittania Stadium.

Matthew Etherington, who was a Spurs player between 2000 and 2003, scored twice in the first half, with his opening strike being assisted by Peter Crouch, who just left White Hart Lane this summer.