3pm, live in the US on espn2
Sorry this is late, but I wanted to wait given the injuries and the game being on Monday. Posting on Friday morning like usual would have meant even more baseless speculation over who's available.
Last 4 head-to-head:
2-2 (a) 04.26.08
0-0 (h) 09. Click to continue reading...

First Star: Clint Dempsey got the third of Fulham's three goals in their 3-1 win over Liverpool. Bobby Zamora had Fulham up in the 24th-minute, but Fernando Torres answered back three minutes from halftime. In the second, Erik Nevland put Fulham back up in the 73rd-minute. Liverpool went down a man in the 79th when Philipp Degen was sent off, and ended up with nine after Jamie Carragher followed with an 82nd-minute red card. Click to continue reading...

This week included two gigantic matches in world football, the North London Derby, Arsenal against Tottenham, and Ajax against Feyenoord. Pellegrini is a bit safer at Madrid, and Benitez is moving up the spots in the sack race. While Inter escape to the top of Serie A, seven points above second place Juventus, Portsmouth start getting the three points needed to start moving up the Premiership table. Click to continue reading...

Sorry its late this time. The Starting lineup from Liverpool's shocking game against Fulham. Reina, Insua, Degen, Carragher, Kyrgiakos, Kuyt, Benayoun, Mascherano, Lucas, Voronin, Torres. Subs: Gulacsi, Babel, Spearing, Plessis, Dossena, Eccleston, Ayala. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has defended substituting striker Fernando Torres in their 3-1 defeat by Fulham.
Torres has been nursing a groin injury and was taken off with the scores at 1-1 ahead of the crucial Champions League game at Lyon on Wednesday.
"It is a big risk if you keep a player playing if he has this problem so we wanted to protect Torres as we knew it could be worse for him," said Benitez. Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benítez is facing renewed speculation over his future at Liverpool after his nine-man side collapsed to a humiliating sixth defeat in seven games. The 3-1 loss at Fulham, during which defenders Philipp Degen and Jamie Carragher were both sent off, was their fifth league defeat of the season. Click to continue reading...

We are twins, lookalikes. But between us, there is a difference of heaven and earth. I'm the most celebrated defender at my club, while he's a young upstart. I'm the most uninspiring captain English football has ever seen, while he's yet to captain any side higher than a reserve side in the Swiss Third Division.

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Rafael Benitez will appeal against both red cards after nine-man Liverpool slumped to a humiliating 3-1 defeat at Craven Cottage.
Swiss defender Philipp Degen and captain Jamie Carragher were sent off for second-half fouls as Liverpool's Premier League hopes disintegrated, falling to their fifth league loss of the season. Click to continue reading...

Beleagured Benitez still has no solutions.Liverpool down to nine men were a shambles.Degen was sent off for a reckless lunge on Dempsey.Carragher brought down Zamora and also received a red card.Fulham ended the day with a 3 - 1 victory- the consolation goal for Liverpool coming from Torres.Next up is the crucial CL qualifier against Lyon and it's not looking good.

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Liverpool lost 3-1 at Craven Cottage to Fulham today as Carragher and Degen were both sent off. Rafa went for a 442 with Voronin joining Torres upfront; while inexperienced was a word to describe the bench of Gulacsi, Dossena, Ayala, Spearing, Plessis, Eccleston and Babel. Liverpool dominated the opening play, but went a goal behind when Zamora [. Click to continue reading...

Little to say after what promises to be one of the most surreal thirty minutes in recent memory.

Chronologically:

-Torres off, Ryan Babel on. Apparently uninjured. Maybe with the midweek Champions League fixture in mind...but after that first half stunner, tough pill to swallow.

-Goal Fulham.

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Andriy Voronin partners Fernando Torres in attack, While Degen and Kyrgiakos start in defence.
Team:
Reina, Insua, Degen, Carragher, Kyrgiakos, Kuyt, Benayoun, Mascherano, Lucas, Voronin, Torres. Click to continue reading...

11am, live in the US on Setanta
Last 4 head-to-head:
1-0 Liverpool (a) 04.04.09
0-0 (h) 11.22.08
2-0 Liverpool (a) 04.19.08
2-0 Liverpool (h) 11.10.07
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 1-2 Arsenal (a); 2-0 United (h); 1-2 Lyon (h)
Fulham: 2-2 City (a); 1-1 Roma (h); 2-0 Hull (h)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Torres 9; Benayoun, Gerrard, Kuyt 3; Babel, Johnson, Ngog 2
Fulham: Duff, Murphy, Zamora 2; Dempsey, Gera, Kamara, Konchesky 1
Referee: Lee Mason
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Degen Carragher Agger Insua
Lucas Mascherano
Kuyt Benayoun Aurelio
Torres
Still can't get around those injury concerns. Click to continue reading...

Goals from Fran Merida and Nicklas Bendtner saw Arsenal edge past Liverpool in an entertaining encounter in the Carling Cup.
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Arsene Wenger was reluctant to let Fran Merida go out on loan and the Spanish youngster repaid his manager's confidence by turning out a magical performance against Liverpool.

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Tonights Liverpool team to face Arsenal in the Carling Cup at the Emirates Stadium: Liverpool: Cavalieri, Degen, Insua, Skrtel, Kyrgiakos, Plessis, Spearing, Babel, Kuyt, Voronin, Ngog. Subs: Reina, Aquilani, Benayoun, Darby, Dossena, Eccleston, Ayala. Arsenal: Fabianski, Gilbert, Senderos, Silvestre, Gibbs, Eastmond, Bendtner, Nasri, Ramsey, Merida, Eduardo. Click to continue reading...

3:45pm. As with the last round, it looks like it's only available on ESPN360.com, even though United at Barnsley is on Setanta today. So, most of us will be stuck with streams. Check the usual places; my first stop will be MyP2P.eu.
Last 4 head-to-head:
4-4 (h) 04.21.09
1-1 (a) 12. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez has named his team to face Man Utd at Anfield today, with Stevie Gerrard not even making the bench! The team in full is : Reina, Johnson, Insua, Carragher, Agger, Mascherano, Lucas, Aurelio, Benayoun, Kuyt, Torres. Subs: Cavalieri, Voronin, Babel, Ngog, Spearing, Degen, Skrtel. Click to continue reading...

Todays Liverpool team to face Manchester United at Anfield! Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Insua, Carragher, Agger, Mascherano, Lucas, Aurelio, Benayoun, Kuyt, Torres. Subs: Cavalieri, Voronin, Babel, Ngog, Spearing, Degen, Skrtel. Click to continue reading...

Just when it looked like Philipp Degen might actually be injury free for once, something else has (inevitably) popped up to derail his progress. As a result, it seems that the Swiss defender may be back on the sidelines. Again.
Degen started the recent reserve game against Manchester City, but played just 45 minutes before having to be replaced because he was ‘feeling ill'
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Tonights Liverpool team to face Leeds United: Cavalieri, Degen, Carragher, Kyrgiakos, Dossena, Aurelio, Spearing, Mascherano, Riera, Babel, Ngog. Subs: Reina, Gerrard, Torres, Skrtel, Voronin, Plessis, Johnson. Click to continue reading...

Well I have got one out of two starting line ups up to now so lets see if I'm correct this time. Early news suggests the team will be as follows Cavalieri, Degen, Carra, Kyrgiakos, Dossena, Riera, Aurelio, Spearing, Mascherano, Babel and Ngog. Gerrard and Torres warm the bench. Rafa is obviously not underestimating the task and has eight [. Click to continue reading...

Reina, Johnson, Insua, Carragher, Skrtel, Mascherano, Lucas, Benayoun, Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres. Subs: Cavalieri, Riera, Aurelio, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Degen, Dossena. Click to continue reading...

Kop flop Philipp Degen has been dumped from Liverpool's Champions League campaign.
The injury-prone right-back is not in the provisional 28-man squad submitted to UEFA in midweek.
The Swiss international has so far, in his 157-minute first-team career, cost the Reds £15,000 per minute. Click to continue reading...

There's no real surprises here, but it's interesting to note that Kelly got the nod over Degen for the group stages. Aside from that, it's business as usual and there's just 10 days left before we start our campaign.
Goalkeepers - Reina, Cavalieri, Martin
Defenders - Johnson, Agger, Insua, Carragher, Skrtel, Aurelio, Kyrgiakos, Darby, Kelly, Dossena
Midfielders - Aquilani, Gerrard, Mascherano, Lucas, Riera, Benayoun, Babel, Spearing, Plessis
Forwards - Torres, Kuyt, Voronin, NGog, Amoo, Eccleston Click to continue reading...

Where would Tottenham Hotspur's second XI finish in the Premier League? You be the judge. I've got: Cudicini - Naughton (or Hutton), Dawson, Woodgate, Bale - Bentley, Jenas, Bostock, Kranjcar - Pavlyuchenko, Crouch.

Is that better than Liverpool's second XI: Diego - Degen, Agger, Kyrgiakos, Fabio Aurelio - Lucas, Plessis - Benayoun, Voronin, Babel - N'Gog?

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Watch Liverpool's young players in action in their first reserve game of the season.
Liverpool lost the game but 19 year old striker Nathan Eccleston scored two great goals.
Eccleston - Goal 1
Eccleston - Goal 2
Liverpool Team : Jacob, Degen, Darby, Ayala, Kyrgiakos (Kelly 46 mins), Spearing, Pacheco, Eccleston, Ngog, Plessis (Palsson 79 mins), Bruna (Amoo 85 mins). Click to continue reading...

Over the last year, Rafael Benitez has wasted a huge chunk of the club's money on transfers that, for whatever reason, just didn't work out. With news that Liverpool have reportedly accepted a £4.3m bid from Napoli for left-back Andrea Dossena, this money-wasting trend seems set to continue.
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With Philipp Degen continuing to challenge Istvan Kozma and Sean Dundee for the dubious honour of being Liverpool's worst ever foreign signing the position of back-up to Glen Johnson is certainly up for grabs.
The one player who has staked the most impressive claim for this understudy's role is teenage defender Martin Kelly who has been one of the Reds stand out performers during pre-season. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool Lineup: Cavalieri, Johnson, Dossena, Kelly, San Jose, Babel, Kuyt, Spearing, Lucas, Ngog, Voronin. Subs: Gulacsi, Plessis, Ayala, Degen, Gerrard, Torres, Riera, Benayoun, Mascherano, Insua, Carragher. Click to continue reading...

There's only one thing worse than playing in a 3-0 defeat – not playing in it. So it's not the result against Espanyol that should give anyone cause for concern ahead of the new season – it's the fact that Jamie Carragher might not have one of his main defensive partners alongside him to take on Tottenham's strikeforce a week on Sunday. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool continued their preseason tour with a trip to Barcelona to take on La Liga side Espanyol. The match was in front of a sold out crowd and felt more like a Champions League atmosphere rather than a friendly. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Espanyol beats Liverpool 3-0 Video Highlights

Espanyol grabbed the first half lead with some inspired play behind a strong home crowd.

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Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Insua, San Jose, Carragher, Lucas, Mascherano, Gerrard, Benayoun, Kuyt, Torres. Subs: Cavalieri, Plessis, Degen, Voronin, Riera, Alonso, Kelly, Babel, Ngog, Spearing, Dossena. Click to continue reading...

£3.5 million for Arvalro Arbeloa? That's all? Seriously?

I mean, I know that's probably what his services are worth but that's not the issue. When Real Madrid have their checkbook out and are licking the tip of their bottomless ballpoint pen there is no call to stop at £3.5 million.

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Arbeloa's £3.5m transfer to Real Madrid is almost complete (medical pending), and the agent for Dossena has also claimed that LFC has accepted a £4.3m bid from Napoli. Consider the first team defenders we'll be left with after that (Johnson, Insua, Aurelio, Degen, Carragher, Agger, and Skrtel).
With that in mind it would be an idea to have 1 or 2 more defenders in the squad. Click to continue reading...

First Half:
Cavalieri
Degen Carragher San Jose Agger
Benayoun Mascherano Lucas Babel
Ngog Voronin
Subs:
Gulasci for Cavalieri 46'
Riera for Babel 46'
Insua for San Jose 46'
Kuyt for Benayoun 61'
Torres for Voronin 61'
Plessis for Mascherano 61'
Pacheco for Lucas 61'
Nemeth for Ngog 61'
Spearing for Degen 61'
Kelly for Carragher 61'
Reina for Gulasci 78'
Alonso for Agger 78'
Dossena for Riera 78'
Goals:
Voronin 45+1'
Riera 54'
Nemeth 73' 83'
Torres 80'
Bit different than the first three friendlies, eh? Click to continue reading...