By Phil Gregory
After a bit of an absence, you will probably be totally ambivalent to the fact that the Untold
match preview is back (though I'd like to hope otherwise!). Like the site after the vagaries of
technical issues, we are here and hopefully for good this season. The soul-crushing tedium of
applying for [.
Match Review: Liverpool 1 Manchester Utd 1
Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw by Manchester Utd at Anfield on Saturday, and can count
themselves unlucky not to have claimed all three points on home turf. Overview Having despatched
Everton with relative ease in their previous fixture, Liverpool were hoping to continue their
winning momentum with a victory over the old arch enemy.
Liverpool 1 Manchester United 1: Steven Gerrard returns to give Reds a
boost
It had everything you would expect from a Liverpool-Manchester United game: passion, excitement
and goals. Well, for 20 minutes at least. Shame we had to endure 68 minutes of tedium prior to
that.
Sudoku: A cheap way to help improve Arsenal's lack of concentration
That is the adage. On the ropes, manager a drink short of delirium tremens, disgruntled fans
baying for the management's blood. No matter. Mother Nature has the cure. Play Arsenal and
everything will be right as rain.
Nothing confirms more that the English Premier League was founded on a lie than native attitudes
to the Under-20s World Cup, which started in Colombia last night. England actually opened the
tournament against Korea DPR, which seemed like a surprise move until the ghastly goalless draw
revealed FIFA's plan to start with a 90-minute tedium masterclass to make the rest of the games
look good.
If Seinfeld was famously the show about nothing, then Spurs are the Seinfeld of football, at
least for now.
In the past I've been relieved and grateful when things have gone quiet. I cherish rare moments
of peace and quiet to punctuate the bedlam of the season. No scandals or internecine arguments, the
media looking elsewhere, not to mention winning football matches.
1993. The year the youngest of United's squad breathed their first. Paul Pogba, Sam Johnstone
and Ravel Morrison are all younger than Dumb and Dumber (the film, not the Arsenal centre-half
pairing). If that doesn't make you feel old, stop reading this and go tidy your room I'm not
telling you again.
There are no shortage of complex Aston Villa related situations worth exploring right now, you
barely have to look. From the unknown future of the incumbent manager to the past of his litigation
happy predecessor coming back like a bad penny. We touched on the Friedel situation this week,
which may be taking a turn toward north London, and also his younger compatriot.
There are no shortage of complex Aston Villa related situations worth exploring right now, you
barely have to look. From the unknown future of the incumbent manager to the past of his litigation
happy predecessor coming back like a bad penny. We touched on the Friedel situation this week,
which may be taking a turn toward north London, and also his younger compatriot.
It is fair to say that Liverpool have not exactly approached their Europa League campaign this
season with boundless enthusiasm.
A club that has been European champions five times is bound to see the competition as a consolation
prize to Champions League football.
Stuck on Channel Five and playing the likes of FK Rabotnicki and Trabzonspor was always going to
leave the Liverpool fans uninspired in the early stages of the competition.
Right then, hopefully we've managed to put the tedium of Man City behind us now. I know quite a
few people justified their approach yesterday with sensible, logical arguments, and that's what's
brilliant about football. It's a game of opinion and if we all thought the same way then it'd be
very boring indeed.
