Todays starting lineup against Manchester City. Reina, Skrtel, Carragher, Agger, Insua, Mascherano, Lucas, Kuyt, Gerrard, Babel, Ngog. Subs: Cavalieri, Aquilani, El Zhar, Aurelio, Riera, Benayoun, Kyrgiakos. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez has named his starting 11 to face Man City at Anfield today, with Glen Johnson not making the bench. There is however; a rare start for Ryan Babel. The team in full is : Reina, Skrtel, Carragher, Agger, Insua, Mascherano, Lucas, Kuyt, Gerrard, Babel, Ngog. Subs: Cavalieri, Aquilani, El Zhar, Aurelio, Riera, Benayoun, Kyrgiakos. Click to continue reading...

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...

7:45am, live in the US on espn2
Last 4 head-to-head:
1-1 (h) 02.22.09
3-2 Liverpool (a) 10.05.08
1-0 Liverpool (h) 05.04.08
0-0 (a) 12.30.07
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 2-2 Brum (h); 1-1 Lyon (a); 1-3 Fulham (a)
City: 3-3 Burnley (h); 0-0 Brum (a); 5-1 Scunthorpe (h)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Torres 10; Gerrard 4; Benayoun, Kuyt, Ngog 3; Babel, Johnson 2
City: Bellamy 5; Adebayor 4; Petrov 3; Tevez, Wright-Phillips 2; Barry, Ireland, Lescott, Richards, Toure 1
Referee: Phil Dowd
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Johnson Carragher Agger Insua
Lucas Mascherano
Kuyt Gerrard Aurelio
Ngog
Okay, so what's going on with this Serbian horse placenta lady? Click to continue reading...

Can he do it on his own without Torres, Benayoun, and Riera?
Steven Gerrard looks set to start for Liverpool this weekend against Manchester City as his long road to recovery from a groin problem looks almost complete...
Gerrard has used the international break to step up his rehabilitation program - and the news will surely make Liverpool fans happy. Click to continue reading...

"I offered to shave off my beard and put on some make-up and then I'd have looked like my missus!"
Derby County's Robbie Savage after turning up at the airport with his wife's passport for a friendly in the Netherlands.

"I was joking on the sidelines saying 'You Americans have been dying to get it to four quarters and you finally got it! Click to continue reading...

We are in the midst of the final International Break (thankfully) so things are pretty quiet at Anfield.This particular break came at just the right time for Liverpool, who have a catalogue of injuries, as we all know.With Torres, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Riera, Benayoun and Aurelio all in the treatment-room, its been a difficult time for the Reds. Click to continue reading...

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Birmingham was hard done by Peter Walton's decision to award a PK after the French striker went down in the box from a tackle by Lee Carsley. Problem was Carsley never touched him. Steven Gerrard subbing for the injured Riera converted the penalty and Liverpool scraped a draw.

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Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Insua
Lucas Mascherano
Benayoun Kuyt Riera
Ngog
Goals:
Ngog 13'
Chucho 26'
Jerome 45+3'
Gerrard 71' (pen)
The beach ball season rolls on. That's seven league games without a win against Birmingham.
And both sides will feel cheated. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool hosted Birmingham City on Monday, November 9, 2009 in the English Premier League. The Reds needed a victory after they've been struggling while Birmingham is in a fight against relegation. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Liverpool draws with Birmingham City 2-2 Video Highlights

Liverpool had a strong start but was inconsistent on Monday against Birmingham.

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Rafa Benitez has named his starting 11 to face Birmingham City at Anfield this evening, with David N'Gog replacing Fernando Torres upfront. The team in full is full is: Reina, Johnson, Insua, Skrtel, Agger, Mascherano, Lucas, Kuyt, Benayoun, Riera, Ngog. Subs: Cavalieri, Aquilani, Gerrard, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Spreaing, Darby. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool are looking to ge their Premier League season back on track (again) against Birmingham City. Will we field a strong enough team? Tonights lineup against Birmingham City at Anfield: Reina, Johnson, Insua, Skrtel, Agger, Mascherano, Lucas, Kuyt, Benayoun, Riera, Ngog. Subs: Cavalieri, Aquilani, Gerrard, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Spreaing, Darby. Click to continue reading...

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...

In my NyQuil haze, I screwed up the math. Through some combination of the time change (which happens earlier in England than in the States) and me sleeping through my usual routine of checking multiple sites to figure out the kickoff, I was an hour off. As I slumped into the pub, sucking on a cough drop, I still thought I was early enough to grab a seat and some pre-match breakfast, but I found a room full of sullen Liverpool supporters and a match well underway.

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Debreceni vs Fiorentina

A win against Debreceni would bring the Viola to the brink of the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Fiorentina are hoping to have Mutu and Jovetic for the match. Mutu is trying to recover from a knee injury while Jovetic is suffering from a problematic toe.

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2:45pm, live in the US on FSC
Last 3 matches:
Liverpool: 1-3 Fulham (a); 1-2 Arsenal (a); 2-0 United (h)
Lyon: 1-0 St Etienne (a); 1-4 Nice (a); 2-1 Liverpool (a)
Group Stage:
Liverpool: 1-2 Lyon (h); 0-2 Fiorentina (a); 1-0 Debrecen (h)
Lyon: 2-1 Liverpool (a); 4-0 Debrecen (a); 1-0 Fiorentina (h)
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
De Bleeckere was the man in the middle for wins over Inter and Real in the last two seasons. Click to continue reading...

There's no option to italicize,bold and increase the font to 15 of the word "Bad" there. But I think you got the message already so I leave it to you. Listen, this whole global warming thing is sickening. There's also widespread poverty and a lot of kids with AK47 guns. Added to that are extra problems like say the rising Fuel prices, water problem and traffic through the city.

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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...

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...

Seems like there should be a bit of a grace period after Sunday's 2-0 victory over United, but I suppose that's the beautiful, and sometimes maddening, part of football. Fernando Torres admitted what we already knew about his fitness, Glen Johnson was likely less than 100%, and the side in general could use time to soak in the most important victory of the young season.

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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...

Defeat against Man United on Sunday is unthinkable, and the decisions Rafa Benitez makes for that game could literally make or break Liverpool's season. Despite the doom and gloom hovering over the club at the moment, if Rafa keeps it simple and goes with aces in their places, I fully expect Liverpool to beat United. Click to continue reading...

In 2005-06, Liverpool finished 3rd with 82 points, the highest total under Benitez until last year's team. A year after the Champions League trophy and the season Liverpool won the FA Cup, it looked to be the perfect launching point. But Liverpool couldn't finish higher in the next two seasons and regressed points-wise, treading water before last year. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have lost 4 games in a row. In one of those matches they lost because the ball got deflected off a beach ball. That's funny. Because the Ref who allowed the goal to stay in now officiating in the Championship. Never had we seen such a goal and never will we ever see it again.

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Phew! Who would want to be in Rafa's shoes right now.Four straight defeats in all competitions, the first time since 1987, an injury list as long as your arm and a tough game against Man Utd this weekend.Not the ideal scenario, in fact, things couldn't be any worse at Liverpool right now.Torres, Gerrard, Johnson, Riera and Kelly are all injured leaving us in a position where Rafa will struggle to get a fit team out on Sunday to face our arch rivals. Click to continue reading...

I have no idea why Yossi Benayoun was substituted by Andriy Voronin. This has been Rafa's blind spot this season - the easy dismissal of the one player who gives Liverpool its best chance at crafting goals in the absence of Torres and Gerrard.

Also, the equalizer by Maxime Gonalons was achieved with 9 Liverpool players in the box who milled around clueless as Reina fell third time unlucky.

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Jogaram em Andorra la Vella, no estádio Comunal, para um público de 820 pessoas, jogaram pelas eliminatórias da copa do mundo, as seleções de Andorra (201º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Ucrânia (22º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
10-10-1998 - Andorra 0x2 Ucrânia
05-06-1999 - Ucrânia 4x0 Andorra
05-09-2009 - Ucrânia 5x0 Andorra. Click to continue reading...

It really pains me to write this, but it could soon be time for Rafa to step down as our manager. With every passing game this season (no pun intended) it is getting harder to defend him or to see where we as a team are making any progress at all.
The team and just about all of the players seem stale. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool:
-Reina -
Carragher-Skrtel-Agger
Johnson -Aurelio
-Lucas Spearing -
Benayoun -Babel
-Kuyt -

Bench: Cavalieri, Voronin, Riera, Mascherano, Insua, Ngog, Kelly.

Obviously with Torres and Gerrard missing, the starting eleven was always going to be different.

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With Gerrard and Torres out of today's game against Sunderland, Liverpool fans are waiting with bated-breath to see what team will be sent out by Rafa Benitez. As a comparison, Liverpool have been without their two star players five times in the past. How did the teams line-up in those games?
TOULOUSE: August 2007 (4-0 win)
-------------- Reina
Arbeloa -- Agger -- Hyypia -- Riise
Benayoun -- Sissoko -- Masch -- Leto
----------- Crouch -- Kuyt
CHELSEA: December 2007 (2-0 defeat)
-------------- Reina
Arbeloa -- Carra -- Hobbs -- Aurelio
--------- Alonso -- Sissoko
Voronin ------ Lucas ------- Babel
------------- Crouch
LUTON: Jan 2008 (1-1)
-------------- Reina
Finnan -- Carra -- Hyypia -- Riise
---------- Alonso --- Lucas
Kuyt ------ Benayoun ------ Babel
------------ Crouch
FULHAM: April 2008 (2-0 win)
-------------- Reina
Finnan -- Skrtel -- Hyypia -- Riise
Benayoun -- Masch -- Lucas -- Pennant
---------- Crouch -- Voronin
MANCHESTER UNITED: September 2008 (2-1 win)
-------------- Reina
Arbeloa -- Carra -- Skrtel -- Aurelio
---------- Alonso -- Masch
Kuyt ---------- Benayoun ------- Riera
---------------- Keane
The Chelsea defeat aside, Benitez hasn't gone particularly defensive when Gerrard and Torres have both been missing. Click to continue reading...

10am, live in the US on FSC
Last 4 head-to-head:
2-0 Liverpool (h) 03.03.09
1-0 Liverpool (a) 08.16.08
3-0 Liverpool (h) 02.02.08
2-0 Liverpool (a) 08.25.07
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 0-2 Chelsea (a); 0-2 Fiorentina (a); 6-1 Hull (h)
Sunderland: 2-2 United (a); 5-2 Wolves (h); 2-0 Brum (h)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Torres 8; Benayoun, Gerrard, Kuyt 3; Babel, Johnson 2; Ngog 1
Sunderland: Bent 7; Jones 5; Reid, Turner 1
Referee: Mike Jones
His first Liverpool match, and only 18th Premiership contest. Click to continue reading...

One of the highlights of last season was Liverpool's briliant double over Chelsea. Despite the club's poor overall record at Stamford Bridge - and a frustrating inability to beat the better teams so far this season - today's game is eminently winnable...but only if the formation and tactics are right, and that means aces in their place. Click to continue reading...

OPTA's latest statistics have revealed some surprising facts about the effectiveness of two of Liverpool's key midfielders.
According to OPTA, Javier Mascherano is the top passer in the Premiership this season, with 547 completed passes and an accuracy rate of 87%. Chelsea's Michael Essien has the same accuracy rate but has completed a lot less passes. Click to continue reading...

How did it come to this? I'm resting my hopes for Liverpool's season on an injured Italian midfielder who remains unproven in the Premier League. Alberto Aquilani, bought this summer for £20m to replace Xabi Alonso (if that's possible) came to Liverpool a broken man. Hints that he's been training and we could see him by the end of the month tickle at my expectations and curiosity.

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Facing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge is never easy. But with Petr Cech suspended and with Liverpool's knack for playing well against the London giants, I felt optimistic going into yesterday's match. And with Liverpool dominating the first stretch of play, I felt a goal was inevitable and a win was feasible. Click to continue reading...