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EGEMEN KORKMAZ , WHO SCORED FENERBAHCE'S ONLY GOAL.


Lets face it, we saw a Fenerbahce team we have not seen in the Turkish Super League matches,tonight.

As a whole team , they played their hearts out and before the Egemen Korkmaz's goal they hit the woodwork three times including missing the penalty kick by Baroni hitting the post!

A cautious Fenerbahce coach, Aykut Kocaman, told a press conference that his team would still have to work hard to win the second leg match in Istanbul, after defeating 1-0 Viktoria Plzen in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16 tie.

At the press conference Ayku Kocaman said you can't win matches without playing, even though we have the away goal advantage "

"You have to go out there and play the game as a team"

Question from Czech journalist , "Are you afraid of tomorrow's match"


Was answered by Aykut Kocaman with a bit a smile on his face " Yes , to tell you truth, Yes I do feel a bit of afraid "


In the beginning of his press conference, Aykut Kocaman congratulate Galatasaray team.

Celtic won at Helsingborg, Copehagen edged Lille, and Dynamo Kiev won at Monchengladbach in the the UEFA Champions League on August 21, 2012. Other results on Tuesday night include CFR-Cluj winning at FC Basel and Spartak Moscow winning at home against Fenerbahce.

Spartak Moscow 2-1 Fenerbahce

Spartak won the first leg at home with goals from Emmanuel Emenike and Dmitriy Kombarov.

Rafael Benítez said he was "surprised" to learn that Liverpool's Champions League group game victory over Debrecen four years ago, a match he oversaw while manager at Anfield, had come under suspicion as part of Europol's investigation into match-fixing.
The Hungarian club has confirmed their goalkeeper, Vukasin Poleksic, had been questioned by Uefa having been approached by fixers before the game at Anfield, which Liverpool won 1-0 with a Dirk Kuyt's goal.

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So far this season, Liverpool have depended too much on their Uruguayan talisman Luis Suarez. Although Jonjo Shelvey and Raheem Sterling have continued to progress and increase their presence in Brendan Rodgers' side, the manager should look to strengthen his attacking options in January.

In the absence of Luis Suarez, Steven Gerrard will be looking to continue his superb scoring record for Liverpool against West Ham on Sunday.
The Kop skipper has fired seven goals in 17 appearances against the Hammers. Only John Toshack (10), Ian Rush and Roger Hunt (eight each) have scored more for the Reds against the Londoners.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers does not expect to do a great of business in the January transfer window.
Since taking over as Liverpool boss Rodgers has bolstered his struggling side with just two major signings in Joe Allen and Fabio Borini. In the meantime Liverpool lost Dirk Kuyt, Craig Bellamy and Andy Carroll leaving the Red's short of fire power as they failed to secure a deal as the deadline passed.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that he is ready to hand Spanish starlet Suso his chance of a first-team place.
Rodgers admits Liverpool have left themselves short up-front, having sold Dirk Kuyt and Craig Bellamy, and then loaned Andy Carroll to West Ham.
Liverpool had hoped to sign at least one forward on deadline day, but moves for the likes of Daniel Sturridge and Clint Dempsey faltered and they missed out.

After the debacle of the last day of the Transfer-Window in which Liverpool failed to sign a couple of strikers, then the subsequent defeat at home to Arsenal, who did sign two goalscorers in Podolski and Giroud.

I have every sympathy for new Liverpool Manager, Brendan Rodgers.


He is now working with one hand tied behind his back, with the loss of Dirk Kuyt, Maxi, Craig Bellamy and Andy Carroll.

Liverpool's transfer window: Lack of deadline day action overshadows quartet of signings - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

After a massively-disappointing end to 2011-12, Brendan Rodgers has been handed the considerable task of restoring Liverpool to their former glories and challenging for a top-four finish this term.

The transfer window closes on Friday night and expect some big money moves to happen right up to the last minute this week.

At the moment, I do not expect Chelsea to make any more signings but our hand could be forced if as being reported, Liverpool and Tottenham come in with big money bids for Danny Sturridge.

Year Zero? Year Zero.

Is this the third year zero or the first? It's the third year in a row where Liverpool have started the season with a new manager, something that's never happened in the club's 120-year history. Brendan Rodgers replaces Dalglish who replaced Hodgson who replaced Benitez.

Liverpool are commendably putting up a fight to keep their prize-defender, Daniel Agger at Anfield.

Manchester City and Barcelona are very interested in signing the classy Danish centre-half, but Liverpool and Manager Brendan Rodgers do not want to let him leave Liverpool.

Mega-rich City have had informal bids of £15 & £18 million flatly turned down by the Anfield hierarchy.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is eyeing Olympiacos ace Kevin Mirallas, according to reports.
The 24-year-old is thought to be keen on a move to the Premier League, with Anfield his preferred destination.
Rodgers has targeted the Belgian international, who can play either out wide or up front, as he looks to strengthen his forward line.

New Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has now missed out on signing Glyfi Sigurdsson after the midfielder completed his switch to Tottenham, so should the club now turn their attention to Fulham's own goal-scoring midfielder Clint Dempsey?
There have been reports that Liverpool are preparing an offer in excess of £10million for the American who last season was the top scoring midfielder in the Premier League with 17 goals.

Liverpool are believed to be interested in securing the services of Salomon Kalou after the attacker became a free agent on July 1.
Chelsea did not offer the forward a new contract and he was eventually allowed to leave the club as he looks for a new challenge after six successful years with the west London club.

Liverpool is considering a sensational swoop for Michael Owen, following his release from Manchester United earlier in the summer.
Brendan Rodgers' side were severely lacking in fire power in their 2-0 defeat at home to Arsenal Sunday afternoon, Liverpool's second defeat of their three Premier League games.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is edging closer to making Swansea City's Joe Allen his second signing of the summer by triggering a £15 million release clause in the midfielder's contract.
Details of the clause in the 22-year-old's contract emerged in The Daily Telegraph this morning, whereby if any club from an elite five of Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal or Chelsea meet the valuation of the Welsh midfielder, Swansea are contractually bound to let the player leave.

If two men best represent Liverpool's status as a club still mired in the process of ‘transition' it is Joe Cole and Alberto Aquilani.
Both spent last season away from Anfield, loaned out to Lille and Milan respectively, but have signalled their willingness to stay this term should new boss Brendan Rodgers want them.

Having already seen the departure of Dirk Kuyt, Maxi Rodriguez and Alberto Aquilani from Anfield,
Brendan Rodgers maybe looking to get rid of a few more dead-weights from the Liverpool squad this Summer as he looks to mould the Liverpool side in his own fashion.

The Daniel Agger uncertainty saddens me.

With Bayer Leverkusen set for a pre-season friendly at Anfield could striker Andrea Schurrle find himself lining up for the home side as opposed to the visitors?
Well that's the feeling of Yahoo Sports at least who believe the Reds are interested in signing the striker for around £12m.
The 21-year-old has previously been linked with a move to Chelsea and boasts an impressive international record of 7 goals in 16 appearances (featuring twice for the German's at Euro 2012).

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is hoping to land his first signing of the summer after entering into negotiations with Juventus misfit Milos Krasic.
The Serbia international was merely a spectator last season as he was forced to watch from the bench as Juventus went unbeaten for the entire season to win the league.

Football hasn't gotten much more enjoyable for Arjen Robben since his disastrous Champions League final last month.  Two losses in two Euro 2012 matches for the Netherlands after being the highest scoring team in qualifying has led to inevitable rumors of infighting and bitterness.

In the first half of their 2-1 loss to Germany, Arjen Robben opened up a cut after a clash of heads with Holger Badstuber.

In the last few days, the Dutch national team has been left reeling from their shock opening defeat to Denmark. So the first thing they did on Sunday morning was to have a roll on the grass. You know how therapeutic lying in the sun can be, especially during such difficult moments and van Bommel, Sneijder and Afellay did just that during their stretching sessions.

Day 8 of our 12 Days of Goals: Dirk Kuyt.

Dirk Kuyt may be playing for Fenerbahçe in the Turkish League now, but did you know that "Official Gladiator" has also written into his contract clause? Yes, the Dutch attacker posed in full gladiator gear (which looked straight off the racks of Istanbul's Halloween Costume Shops) for a feature in this month's edition of the club magazine.

The summer transfer window has closed, with the usual rush if signings on the last day, including US star Clint Dempsey moving to Spurs.

Here is a look at who I thought were the winners and losers in the transfer window?

Winners
Tottenham Hotspur
Before Friday afternoon I had Spurs in the losers category.

For centuries, humans have struggled to prove the existence of ghosts. Every one of us has felt a shiver late at night, heard an odd voice in a poorly lit room, and sensed in our bones a foreign presence. TV shows proliferate in which individuals use the latest technology to try and monitor paranormal activity.