Nathan Eccleston scored the all important goal to give Liverpool the bragging rights in this derby.

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HAMM:
This is not much fun.
(Pause.)
But that's always the way at the end of the day, isn't it, Clov?
CLOV:
Always.
HAMM:
It's the end of the day like any other day, isn't it, Clov?
CLOV:
Looks like it.

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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 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...

Reina
Degen Carragher Kyrgiakos Insua
Lucas Mascherano
Kuyt Voronin Benayoun
Torres
Goals:
Zamora 24'
Torres 42'
Nevland 72'
Dempsey 87'
Once again, you have to be kidding me. Another delicious mix of awful luck, costly mistakes, fluke goals, and questionable substitutions. 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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Lineups are in:

Arsenal: Starters: Fabianski, Gibbs, Silvestre, Senderos, Gilbert, Eastmond, Nasri, Ramsey, Merida, Eduardo, Bendtner. Subs: Szczesny (Gesundheit!), Bartley, Coquelin, Frimpong, Randall, Sunu, Watt.

Liverpool: Starters: Cavalieri, Degen, Skrtel, Kyrgiakos, Insua, Kuyt, Spearing, Plessis, Babel, Voronin, Ngog.

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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...

The Carling Cup, according to Rafael Benítez, is "a special competition". But it is a competition that has often demonstrated the paucity of Liverpool's resources beneath first-team level in recent years, whether that means home-grown youngsters, imported teenagers or disenchanted senior professionals who are stagnating and in desperate need of a run-out. Click to continue reading...

Irrespective of what some would have you believe, it is foolhardy to try and predict at an early age which players can make it at any professional club, let alone one with Liverpool's ambitions.
This should be the principle underlying any talk about the prospects of those players at the academy or in the reserves. Click to continue reading...

Daniel Pacheco hit a stunning stoppage-time free-kick to fire Liverpool Reserves to a 1-0 win against Burnley on Wednesday night.
The Reds controlled the majority of a hard-fought encounter at Prenton Park and deservedly took the points courtesy of the Spaniard's 90th minute wonder goal.
It means John McMahon's men have extended their winning streak to four matches and have moved level with leaders Manchester United on 12 points, after the Red Devils prevailed against Everton 24 hours earlier. Click to continue reading...

Daniel Agger made a successful comeback as he helped Liverpool Reserves beat Manchester City 2-0 at the City of Manchester Stadium on Tuesday night.
The Reds No.5 enjoyed a 68 minute run-out and put in an impressive performance at the back for John McMahon's team.
David Ngog played the full 90 minutes and netted the opening goal with a fine finish. Click to continue reading...

Good to see young graduates of the Anfield Academy coming through.

Rafa Benitez believes the inclusion of youngsters Nathan Eccleston and David Amoo in his Champions League squad can be an invaluable one for their development.

The Academy graduates join the likes of Jay Spearing, Martin Kelly and Stephen Darby in Rafa's squad for the group stages, after the trio made their first team debut in the Champions League last season away at PSV Eindhoven.

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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...

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...

The preseason friendlies continue in Europe with Barcelona playing Tottenham in the Wembley Cup and Liverpool taking on Tranmere Rovers. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

FC Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur draw 1-1 Video Highlights Barcelona took a first half lead and looked like they were heading for a 1-0 victory until Tottenham scored late to make a 1-1 draw.

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Liverpool have handed young striker Nathan Eccleston a new, two-year contract to stave off interest in one of Anfield's brightest prospects from a number of their Premier League rivals, with Blackburn and Everton thought to be among those tracking his progress.
The club's youth system has come under fire in recent weeks for not producing a single first-team player since Stephen Warnock, now at Blackburn, despite millions of pounds of investment. Click to continue reading...

According to a report in the British tabloid The Daily Mirror, Liverpool have handed youngster Nathan Eccleston a new two-year contract to stave off interest from Premier League rivals.
It is claimed that Blackburn Rovers and Everton had shown an interest in the highly-rated 18-year-old, prompting the Reds to secure his future at Anfield. Click to continue reading...

Goals from James Ellison, Lauri Dalla Valle and Marvin Pourie gave Liverpool Under-18s a 3-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday.
Hughie McAuley's side have now won four out of their opening five Academy games, scoring 12 goals in the process.
Highlight of the game was a brilliant effort from substitute Marvin Pourie who finished off a fine individual run with a shot into the top corner of the net. Click to continue reading...

In a thrilling encounter, Liverpool's U18s drew their final match of the Villareal Tournament with Ajax to finish in third place in Group B.
Neither side had any chance of making it to the final yet both wanted to end their participation on a high. Ajax went ahead in the 4th minute with Overtoom but the highly rated Nathan Eccleston scored the equaliser ten minutes later. Click to continue reading...

There was disappointment for Liverpool Under-18s as they lost 3-0 to Japanese side Kashiwa Reysol in their opening game of the Villarreal tournament.
Nathan Eccleston had a great chance in the opening minute of the game when he found himself clean through but was denied by a good save, and that was at good as it got for Liverpool. Click to continue reading...

Having scored at will in their pre-season friendlies, there were high hopes for Liverpool's U18 side as they took off for the Villareal International Tournament. There is, however, a major difference between playing against lower league sides and that of facing top teams from abroad, as the 3-0 defeat in their opening game testifies. Click to continue reading...

Nathan Eccleston is looking more and more the business. The 16-year-old Manchester product netted three more goals today in the U18s 5-0 annihilation of West Brom. The same West Brom that held them scoreless just a month-and-half ago. That brings the young striker's tally to 15 in 16 matches. Did I mention that in three of those matches he played less than a total of 120 minutes? Click to continue reading...

The U18s began their double defence of the FA Youth Cup with a resounding 5-0 shellacking of Wycombe. The Wanderers were undefeated in thirteen contests coming in while racking up a ridiculous +27 goal difference. Though they managed to hold our boys for the first half, an explosion of goals in the second, led by a brace from Nathan Eccleston, crushed the young Chairboys' hopes and dreams of the upset. Click to continue reading...

It's a match day so I'm not going to indulge as much as usual. First off, the Academy hailed brimstone and fire on the young Wanderers of Bolton to secure a 5-2 victory. Nathan Eccleston and David Amoo notched a brace apiece with Marvin Pourie adding the fifth. You know, I've heard of the latter two kids, but this Eccleston seems to be the business. Click to continue reading...

- According to this article, we're going to make a £10m bid for French superstar Samir Nasri. Bullocks. I'm not saying it wouldn't be nice to have him, but first off, he primarily plays central midfield and we're kind of loaded in that department. He is versatile enough to play the wings as well, but unless he's going to be content sharing time there, he won't approve the transfer. Click to continue reading...