Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has hailed the clinic that has got four of his top men fit for
Saturday's crunch Premier League encounter with Manchester City. Benitez defended the use of a controversial Serbian clinic to get Glen Johnson, Fabio Aurelio,
Yossi Benayoun and Albert Riera all fit. Click to continue reading...
Great news, all Liverpool fans! Injury treatment in Serbia has reaped handsome rewards and the
injured are now fighting fit! Albert Riera, Yossi Benayoun, Fabio Aurelio, Steven Gerrard, David Ngog and Glen Johnson are all
declared fit and ready to take on draw specialists, Manchester City. Click to continue reading...
Glen Johnson and Fabio Aurelio have become the latest Liverpool players to visit radical therapist
Mariana Kovacevic in an attempt to end their injury problems. Albert Riera and Yossi Benayoun flew to Belgrade earlier this week to see Kovacevic, who has become
famous for treating sportsmen with the liquid from horse placenta. Click to continue reading...
Jamie Carragher insists the mood remains positive at Melwood following the latest spate of injuries
to hit the treatment room. Daniel Agger, Glen Johnson and Fabio Aurelio all withdrew from international duty this week with
minor knocks, but Carragher is hopeful his team-mates will be ready to face Manchester City next
weekend. Click to continue reading...
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has insisted that he would like to remain as the tactican of the
Merseyside club for many more years to come. The Reds are in a serious crisis, as six losses in seven games has threatened to throw the club's
ambitions out the window. A seventh loss - against Olympique Lyonnais in the Champions League -
would be catastrophic for the Anfield outfit, as it would be their worst run since the appointment
of the legendary Bill Shankly as manager of the club. Click to continue reading...
Glen Johnson and Fabio Aurelio have not travelled with the Liverpool squad for the Champions League
match against Lyons tomorrow night after they failed fitness tests today. Uefa has allowed Rafael Benitez, the Liverpool manager, to bring in Daniel Ayala from a reserve
list of players, such is the severity of the injury crisis at Anfield. Click to continue reading...
Liverpool are facing the prospect of their worst run of results since the Bill Shankly era started
50 years ago - but under-fire boss Rafael Benitez has received backing from an Anfield legend. Benitez is battling to overcome a horror injury list ahead of the make-or-break Champions League
showdown in Lyon on Wednesday. Click to continue reading...
So Dopey officially called up 24homensfor the
selecao's upcoming friendly matches next month. Ooooh yes, we mean that exciting one
against England in Qatar on the 14th and the other one against
Oman in Muscat.
Dunga announced today the players who will play the last 2 matches of the year (against England
and Oman). And he had a few surprises. Given that he decided not to call players from Brazilian
clubs (and therefore was unable to call Adriano and Diego Tardelli), he called forward Hulk. But he
wasn't the only surprise.
Just as last Tuesday, this was a game that Liverpool had to win but, contrary to the game against
Lyon, they put in a performance that irrespective of the result was an excellent one. That
Liverpool did win is a great bonus but in reality seeing the team respond in this manner was almost
enough. Of course, there will be those who will claim that Jamie Carragher should have been sent off,
particularly because of his foul on Michael Owen. Click to continue reading...
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Well that was just what the doctor ordered...and then some. Its hard to imagine a more perfect
result for Rafa and Liverpool Football Club, obviously having Javier Mascherano sent off late on
was not ideal but in many ways him giving his all for the team all the way until the last seconds,
hence the late challenge on Edwin Van der Sar, is in many ways a good thing and shows that the
Argentine is mentally back on the ball.
For the neutral or Liverpool supporter, Sunday's massive fixture between England's two most
historically successful clubs had it all: sending offs, goals, incredible atmosphere, more beach
balls & definitely loads of drama. Are United's fiercest rivals & Northwest neighbors slowly
becoming their bogy team?
After last season's 4-1 and 2-1 defeats to the hands of Liverpool at Old Trafford, Man
United defender Rio Ferdinand is ready for revenge. Liverpool did the double over
United last season but we still managed to go on and win the Premier League title. We may
have won the title but the defeats still linger in the memories of the United players and fans
minds. Click to continue reading...
Martin Kelly admitted his first Liverpool start in the defeat by Lyon left a sour taste in his
mouth. The former Academy talent was thrown into the starting line-up for Tuesday's UEFA Champions League
clash following an injury to regular right-back Glen Johnson. The England Under-20 international capped his full debut with an encouraging display until the
19-year-old picked up an injury in the second half and was substituted. Click to continue reading...
Liverpool supporters talk about European nights at Anfield, but it was French side Lyon who "did
a Liverpool" Tuesday night with an injury-time goal to seal a 2-1 come from behind victory on
Merseyside.
The win for Lyon was a bit of a harsh result for the Reds especially since Rafael Benitez's side
played far better than they did against Sunderland.
Can it get any worse for Liverpool? The club played one of their worst first-half performances
against Fiorentina in the Champions League a few weeks ago and lost 2-0, which was followed by a
very unconvincing display in the 2-0 loss against Chelsea. In addition, the club has already lost
to Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur in the league.
There is a glint in Fabio Aurelio's eye as he recalls the game that could have finished a reign but
ended up sparking a dream. While Istanbul and Cardiff are the places that Liverpudlians will forever associate with stirring
comebacks masterminded by Rafa Benitez, Aurelio's own memory of winning against the odds came in a
small corner of Barcelona. Click to continue reading...
Earlier in the week, former Chelsea player Tony Cascarino slated Lucas Leiva, Emiliano Insua, Fabio
Aurelio and Martin Skrtel in the harshest terms possible. Is he right or wrong with his
criticisms? Cascarino told the Times: "Lucas Leiva, Emiliano Insua, Fabiano Aurelio, Martin Skrtel... Click to continue reading...
Much to the delight of Liverpool fans, Daniel Agger, Alberto Aquilani and Fabio Aurelio will all be
ready to start soon, and while we all know what positions Agger and Aquilani will play upon their
return, Aurelio's position and influence on the team is more of a mystery. New Liverpool-Kop writer
Bikram Rana takes a look at how the infludential Brazilian will fit into the team. Click to continue reading...
Rafa Benitez was as angry as he has ever been with Liverpool during their defeat by Fioretina,
Fabio Aurelio has revealed. The Brazilian full-back has admitted that the normally cool Spaniard blew his top at half-time in
Tuscany during their UEFA Champions League clash. Liverpool were 2-0 down at the Artemio Franchi, and Benitez made his feelings clear to his charges,
although despite a second half improvement the scoreline stayed the same. Click to continue reading...
Did Rafa get it wrong? Or were Liverpool's Italian opponents just too good?
After a disastrous first half Liverpool had a mountain to climb and one they invariably didn't
even come close to scaling. So what went wrong? Were there any positives to be gained from the
match in Florence?
Rafa Benitez has revealed the five players from his current squad that he would have in an LFC
5-a-side team. And, as is often the case with Rafa's team selections, you may be surprised at who
is omitted from the starting line-up. Members of Liverpool's ALL RED official membership scheme receive, amongst other things, an
exclusive 'The Real Rafa Benitez' DVD, and it is on this DVD that Rafa makes his selections. Click to continue reading...
Liverpool left-back Emiliano Insua has spoken of his joy at being called up to the Argentina squad
for the very first time for the crucial World Cup 2010 qualifiers with Peru and Uruguay next
month. The 20-year-old defender has impressed in the string of performances he has made at left full-back
for Liverpool thus far this season as he continues to deputise for Brazilian Fabio Aurelio. Click to continue reading...
Liverpool defender Fabio Aurelio has targeted a return to action in this weekend's clash with
Burnley. Aurelio has yet to play this season, having spent the last few months recovering from a knee
cartilage operation. The Brazilian sustained the knee injury in a kickabout with friends while on holiday in Brazil
earlier in the summer. Click to continue reading...
Fabio Aurelio (pictured above scoring a nice free kick against United last season) should
return to action this weekend for Liverpool. [USA Today]
Portsmouth sign a former Manchester United star player. Unfortunately for Pompey, it's Danny
Webber - who was a star for United in the U-17 team - famously scoring 16 goals in 11 appearances
for United in 1998, including 5 against Fulham.
Liverpool assistant boss Sammy Lee has hailed the return to fitness of left-back Fabio Aurelio. The Brazilian has been sidelined since he injured his knee in a freak accident while playing with
his son in the close season. He missed all the Reds' friendly matches and has sat out their first four Premier League clashes. Click to continue reading...
As the international break comes to an end this weekend, Liverpool look to get their season back on
track - having already lost as many games this season (2 of 4) as they did their entire 2008-2009
Premier League campaign (2 of 38). The good news for Liverpool fans - the club takes on newly promoted side Burnley at Anfield this
coming weekend. Click to continue reading...
With Fabio Aurelio still out injured and Emiliano Insua a little raw for a long sting in the
first team and the jury well and truly still out on Andrea Dossena, would a move for Roberto Carlos
be a wise one?
Yes he's 36 but he is super fit and has a wealth of experience and is available, perhaps most
crucially given the financial state we are in, for free.
Liverpool have named a 28-man squad for the Champions League group stage. The Reds will kick off their European campaign at home to Debreceni VSC on September 16 before
travelling to Italy to face Fiorentina. A double header with Lyon will then follow ahead of a trip to Debreceni VSC. Click to continue reading...
Liverpool have announced their 28-man squad for the first group stage of this season's Champions
League. A couple of players will be unknown to the majority of people, but Liverpool's lack of
squad depth gives the chance for some youngsters to hopefully make an impression. The squad is as
follows: Goalkeepers Diego Cavalieri Pepe Reina David Martin Defenders Glen Johnson Daniel Agger
Fabio Aurelio Sotirios [. Click to continue reading...
Liverpool have named a 28-man squad for the Champions League group stage. The Reds will kick off their European campaign at home to Debreceni VSC on September 16 before
travelling to Italy to face Fiorentina.
A double header with Lyon will then follow ahead of a trip to Debreceni VSC.
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?
