Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez and Manchester City manager Mark Hughes during their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield, Liverpool, England, Saturday Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Tim Hales)Losing Robin van Persie to a much-publicized, placen... Click to continue reading...

...que tanto Pep Guardiola como los aficionados del Barça estén algo preocupados. A falta de tres días para el trascendental duelo ante el Inter por Champions y a tan sólo una semana del gran clásico, el conjunto culé volvió a dejar puntos fuera de casa y acusó nuevamente la falta de pegada ante la ausencia de Ibrahimovic. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have had a very bad start to the season.Thirteen games played only 6 wins and 2 draws to their name with an astounding 20 goals conceded already, our title challenge in all but over in November.Why have Liverpool let in so many goals this season?One has to question the role of backs coach Mauricio Pellegrino. Click to continue reading...

According to Simon Mullock at MirrorFootball, Liverpool are interested in Real Madrid striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy and may attempt to sign him on loan.

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With little moments of inspiration and woeful errors throughout the game, one might have thought this was a Championship game. On this evidence, a 2-2 draw between Liverpool and Manchester City was a fair result. Despite a combined spending of almost £400m, there was little evidence that either side has the quality that merits Champions League football next season. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez praised his side's character after they fought back for a 2-2 draw with Manchester City.
Yossi Benayoun's goal earned Liverpool a draw after goals from Emmanuel Adebayor and Stephen Ireland cancelled out Martin Skrtel's opener for the home side.
The draw means Liverpool have only won once in their last ten games in all competitions, but Benitez was happy with the attitude of his players. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez insisted his side will finish in the Champions League places following their 2-2 home draw with Manchester City.
The Reds have lost five and drawn two of their opening 13 Premier League matches and are now 13 points adrift of Premier League leaders Chelsea.
But a defiant Benitez said: "When we have all our players coming back I am confident we will start winning games. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez needs to drop the handbrake and throw in Alberto Aquilani to put Liverpool's season into top gear.
This is a crossroads fixture for both teams and already seen as crucial for Liverpool and Manchester City.
But City have missed the chance to put daylight between themselves and Liverpool in recent weeks. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez has called on Lyon to restore France's battered reputation - and help Liverpool complete another Euro miracle.
The Reds need Lyon to go from 'cheats' to emblems of fair play against Fiorentina on Tuesday - even though the French club has already qualified for the Champions League group stage. Click to continue reading...

Fernando Torres is losing his fight to be fit for next week's Merseyside derby.
Liverpool's Spanish striker is sidelined by a groin injury since playing through the pain barrier in the Champions League draw with Lyon at the start of the month. He returned to training last week and was expected to return this week. Click to continue reading...

Steven Gerrard has had a second painkilling injection to ensure he leads from the front as Liverpool begin another pivotal week.
The Kop skipper returned to the starting line-up for yesterday's Premier League clash with Manchester City after recovering from a groin injury.
Now he's hoping to inspire a Champions League revival against Debrecen on Tuesday. Click to continue reading...

Mark Hughes will make another audacious bid to prise Fernando Torres away from Anfield if Manchester City replace Liverpool in the Premier League's so-called Big Four this season.
Manchester City had a £70million offer for Spain striker Fernando Torres rejected last summer but will go back for him if they qualify for the Champions League for the first time. Click to continue reading...

El jugador comodín es aquel jugador que vale igual para un roto que para un descosido. Aquel jugador, que puede jugar en una banda o en la contraria, de defensa o de medio centro, de delantero o de extremo. Ese jugador que se ha esforzado tanto por ser polivalente que se ha olvidado de qué juega.
A lo largo de la historia han habido muchos jugadores que han ido cambiando de puesto con el paso de los años: Hierro que empezó de medio adelantado y acabó de central leñero, Nadal empezó de delantero y el centro de la defensa le acogió al final de su carrera. Click to continue reading...

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Liverpool came from behind to draw 2-2 with Man City at Anfield today.In a scoreless first half, Liverpool lost Daniel Agger and Ryan Babel through injuries.The game came to life on 50mins when Martin Skrtel converted a Steven Gerrard free kick to give Liverpool the lead against a defensive City side. Click to continue reading...

Thank god the Premier League is back. Nothing against international football, but there's something very comforting with getting back into the ritual of watching Premier League football and being familiar with the surroundings, the pace of the game and the excitement it creates.

So the Liverpool against Manchester City game on early Saturday was the perfect re-introduction to the Premier League.

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When football pundits discuss Carlos Tevez, they often talk about his "work rate" and his "eye for the ball." At times, though, the words "work rate" can morph into a backhanded compliment as if those pundits are really saying, "He's rubbish as a goal scorer, but boy, he sure works hard, doesn't he?

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(video gol highlights di Liverpool-Manchester City)

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Hands up who didn't see that coming? At about 20 minutes I said to Garantia this has 0-0 or 1-0 Sunderland written all over it. Maybe it's my current medical state which actively discourages getting passionate about anything lest I fall on my arse even from a sitting position, but a defeat such as this has not overly concerned me. Click to continue reading...

"To be perfectly honest we are a little bit disappointed, because it was a game we felt quite comfortable in. We restricted them to very attempts on goal in the first half and we looked dangerous on the break.
"We got our noses in front but there is a sense of disappointment because there was an opportunity missed here today and I felt that Liverpool were there for the taking.

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The handshake between Rafa Benitez and Mark Hughes at the end of today's 2-2 draw spoke volumes.
Although a pulsating second half had rescued what looked to be a turgid scoreless draw provided plenty of the attacking threat both sides possess, their frustrated expressions bore the knowledge of all too familiar frailties and failings that continue to cost their respctive sides. Click to continue reading...

Videos of goals from the Manchester United vs Everton game on Saturday, November 21, 2009. Game kicks off at 17.30 GMT at Old Trafford, Manchester. United can cut Chelsea's lead at the top of the table back to five points and also move above Arsenal if they beat the Toffees. Manchester United vs Everton goal highlights [. Click to continue reading...

• Manchester City and Liverpool drew 2 - 2 this morning. Blog buddy Yossi Benayoun's equalizer secured the draw. Benayoun had just flown back at 3:00AM from Serbia, after receiving extensive horse placenta massages on his hamstring. No word on if he ate hay for breakfast. Neither team looked deserving of a win, though City's play improved after the introduction of Carlos Tevez in the second half.

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Reina
Carragher Skrtel Agger Insua
Mascherano Lucas
Kuyt Gerrard Babel
Ngog
Goals:
Skrtel 50'
Adebayor 69'
Ireland 76'
Benayoun 77'
Paid the price for sitting on a lead and for poor marking on set plays. And, of course, less than 10 minutes later, Liverpool went behind to an incredibly dubious goal. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool hosted Manchester City in the English Premier League on Saturday, November 21, 2009. The match took place at Anfield as Steven Gerrard returned to the line-up for Liverpool but Fernando Torres was out with an injury. Were Liverpool able to get a much needed win or did Manchester City show they are ready to challenge for a top four finish?

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It feels like months since United's last outing. I'm not sure whether that's because of the boredom the International break breaks or the need we've felt to bury our last game to the back of our memories. Losing against your title rivals is always going to be painful but to lose how we did, at the hands of poor officiating, is even harder to take.

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Congratulations to Slovenia, a pair of bad managers, strange cures and daylight robbery all feature in this week's good, the bad and the ugly. Vocabulary support can be found for the words in bold at the foot of the post.

Good

It's been a good week for Uruguay, Algeria, Portugal, Greece, France, New Zealand and Slovenia as they all booked their places in next year's World Cup finals with play-off victories over the past few days.

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Liverpool face Man City at Anfield today after the break for Internationals, needing nothing less than a win. Rafa is still without Torres but after some treatment in Serbia; Riera, Benayoun, Aurelio and Johnson are fit to play but who do you think should be in the starting line up when the match kicks [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool v Manchester City
English Premier League
Saturday, 21 November, 2009
Anfield

The team most likely to drop out of the Big Four this season goes up against the team most likely to replace them in the Champions League next season. Saturday's first act of Manchester v Liverpool (Manchester United host Everton later in the day) sees 'skint' Liverpool host 'moneybags' Manchester City.

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The English Premier League returns on Saturday, November 21, 2009 with a full set of matches. One of the marquee match-ups includes Liverpool hosting Manchester City. Both clubs are looking for a top four finish but one is on the rise and the other on the decline. Liverpool has struggled this season and is in danger of missing the UEFA Champions League knockout stage and a top for finish in the Premier League.

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Video goal highlights from the Liverpool vs Manchester City Premier League game on Saturday, November 21, 2009. Game kicks off at 12.45 UK time at Anfield, Liverpool. The Reds will have Steven Gerrard in their starting lineup, but will be without Fernando Torres. Manchester City go into this game having drawn their last five games [. Click to continue reading...

On recent evidence, probably not. If you came thinking this was going to be another intense post after the previous one, I'm afraid it won't. Previewing a Sunderland match just doesn't have the same amount of appeal as say, previewing, I don't know a match against Newcastle. Whoops. Cross that out.

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EPL on ESPN2: Liverpool - Manchester City at 7:30am. On Setanta: Chelsea - Wolverhampton at 9:30am, Burnley - Aston Villa at 5pm, and Birmingham City - Fulham at 8:30pm. On Fox Soccer Channel: Sunderland - Arsenal at 10am, Manchester United - Everton at 12:30pm, and Hull - West Ham United at 7pm. Championship on Setanta: Ipswich - Sheffield United at 12:10pm. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool clash with Manchester City this weekend and Rafael Benitez will be hoping the international break will have given his side the opportunity to turn their recent shoddy form around.
Roaming right-back Glen Johnson, according to Benitez, has received the experimental placenta massage that Arsenal striker Robin van Persie elected to try following the injury he sustained while representing Netherlands. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool full-back Martin Kelly has spoken of his respect for colleague Daniel Ayala, despite the fact that the young Spaniard is in direct competition with him for a place in the team.
Both 19-year-olds have represented their countries at youth level and both have now played for Rafa Benitez's first-team, but Kelly insists that their relationship is positive. Click to continue reading...