The tackle that started the comeback

The team needed a lift after results of recent weeks. A 1-0 win is great but coming back from 2 goals down to win it, is surely going to give the team the boost that we so desperately need. A game of two halves is the old cliche but certainly applies in this scenario.

If any game of football lived up to the old cliche 'it's a game of two halves' then this was it. We were poor in the first half and so much better in the second. I have to also add that finally we had something go our way for once, although we haven't been great of late, we also haven't had any luck both in terms of refereeing decisions and in term of the rub of the green in other departments.

So then, this is what heartache feels like. This is what it means to have the figurative broken heart. I have decided I don't like this feeling, at all. And I want it to go away.

Needlessto say, many hard-core Arsenal fans like myself are in agony at this moment in time. The team that we love so desperately appears to be dead.

There's likely little to emerge in terms of highlights from yesterday's match on the Liverpool end of things, the only action worth recounting in any way is the play of Craig Bellamy, who was involved in nearly everything positive that Liverpool did, with Daniel Agger the only other squad member worth mentioning for a few forward runs and a thirty-yard bullet that clipped the top of the bar.

Yes, you can count on me

Yesterday's round of matches was good wasn't it. Yes, not entirely. Paul Scholes scored in his "comeback" but we all know what happened in the first game of his comeback and how he contributed to City scoring their goal. So no, he doesn't quite do a "Henry". An Emmanuel Frimpong led Wolverhampton Wanderers claimed point at Tottenham and it's dropped points for them (Spers, not Wolves).

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You know we had to go with this.
Preston Zimmerman opened a can of worms. Pandora's box. He let the cat out of the bag. Choose your overused cliche, but American soccer took a look at the elephant in the room yesterday.
The former U-20 National Team member set Twitter abuzz yesterday (and doubled his follower count) with comments about U.

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Day seven of the SPL advent. A trip to the frozen north to see how Inverness are coping this SPL season.
I find Terry Butcher something of an engima. In the past I've - not altogether seriously but not completely in jest - derided him as a bit of an incompetent.
The sort of chap that the Scottish managerial merry-go-round should really jettison for the greater good of the game.

In the run up to Christmas the Scottish Football Blog is taking a daily look at the season so far for the 12 SPL clubs.
And what they might hope to find in their stockings.
Alphabetically at least Aberdeen are number one.
Woe seems to hang over Pittodrie like a particularly clingy North Sea haar at the moment.

Everybody who comments, be it in print or on the radio or on television, makes mistakes. It doesn't matter who you are or how much you know or just what the subject is: Sooner or later you will slip up. And so I don't want to seem to be going after some poor talking head, some exceptionally easy target, just for the sake of it.

The news of Gary Speed's death today is as surprising as it is sad, with a true gentleman and Premier League great suddenly gone without a hint of a warning.

It is perhaps a bit of a cliche to say he was one of the last you would expect this of, but it really fits right now; never in his distinguished career has Speed been known for anything other than being a model professional, and it is alarming that there has, presumably, always been something lurking under the surface that he never felt comfortable sharing with anyone.

James Milner says Manchester City will be looking to make up for their last performance at Liverpool, when they travel to Anfield on Sunday.
The Etihad Stadium team was walloped 3-0 in front of the Kop last season, and Milner says Roberto Mancini's side want to put it right this time.
It will be no easy task, however, as Kenny Dalglish's team are now joint with City and Newcastle in having the meanest defensive record in the league.

I must say I always enjoy it when a German club comes to town. They invariably bring loads of fans, make lots of noise and have a cracking time. Marseille and Arsenal might still be in the driving seats in this group, but Dortmund's win on Matchday 4* means they are very much back in it, and if that fact hasn't been drummed into the team throughout this week in training then I'm a goalscoring Dutchman.

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I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel nervous about tomorrow's game. The prospect of facing Brisbane Roar at a time when they're absolutely dominating the competition is daunting especially when you consider our own form. But I'm also feeling excited and somewhat optimistic. As the cliche goes, anything can happen in football and we'll all

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Each week the languagecaster team will explain a football phrase or cliche for learners of English who love the sport. On this week's show we feature the word talisman.

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Each week the languagecaster team will explain a football phrase or cliche for learners of English who love the sport. On this week's show we feature the phrase To lay down a marker.

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Does your team need to shore up its defence? This week's English for football phrase from languagecaster - to shore up

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Your Friday Free Kick comes in a bit differently today. Rather than discuss current events in the league or happenings on national scale, today we'll take a slightly different rout.
This week has seen some sad moments that have us casting our eyes downward in both sadness and remembrance.

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For the second straight year, it's July and the Houston Dynamo's season is on the brink of collapse. After a disastrous 3-0 ass kicking at the hands of Chivas USA last night, Houston now sit on the outside if the playoff picture with two games ahead that very well could decide the fate of the season.

Abby WambachThe United States women's national soccer team gagged away the World Cup final yesterday. They choked. They didn't have enough fitness or form to finish off Japan.
Japan was a worthy winner--and not because of an earthquake, tsunami or radiation disasters. They wanted it more at the end.

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Apologies as this is a day late, because you really should have seen it straight away. Yossi Benayoun has had a torrid time with injury since he joined Chelsea last summer, and if he keeps scoring goals like these then we might here the old cliche of "it's like having a new signing". Playing Wycombe [.

Apologies as this is a day late, because you really should have seen it straight away. Yossi Benayoun has had a torrid time with injury since he joined Chelsea last summer, and if he keeps scoring goals like these then we might here the old cliche of "it's like having a new signing". Playing Wycombe [.

Derby Cliche. Rivalry Cliche. Another derby cliche. Historical rivalry cliche. Changing American soccer cliche. Awakening MLS cliche.

There, now that all the off-field stuff is taken care of let's focus a bit on the players and tactics that will determine victory, which is a large element of why we love this game.

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The Philadelphia Union didn't exactly set off fireworks with their display on Saturday night (sorry, couldn't resist using that cliche), but tonight will feature plenty.

We at the Brotherly Game wish you a happy and a healthy Fourth of July. Please be careful in whatever you choose to do, especially if it involves fireworks or other potentially harmful activities.