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Live: Liverpool vs Arsenal (League Cup Team)

Here’s the team for tonight’s game, kick off just approaching…

Jerzy Dudek, Lee Peltier, Sami Hyypia, Gabriel Paletta, Steve Warnock, Danny Guthrie, Steven Gerrard, Fabio Aurelio, Mark Gonzalez, Robbie Fowler, Craig Bellamy.

On the bench are Reina, Garcia, Alonso, Crouch and Jamie Carragher.

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Chance To Redeem Ourselves

Tonight gives us the chance to redeem ourselves, I think, after the sham of an FA Cup game. Pretty disappointed to see Dudek in goal for the FA Cup (whatever about their choice of lineup for the Carling Cup) and the realisation of said disappointment was a bit frustrating to say the least.

Either way, we’re back at Anfield again this evening and this time its the turn of the Carling Cup. Word from the BBC has Jerzy Dudek down to keep his place so rusty and all as he looked against Arsenal at the weekend, he’ll be back between the sticks tonight. He might have a bit of backup in front of him with Sami Hyypia likely to get recalled along with Fabio Aurelio.

Cesc Fabregas should also return to the Arsenal fold along with William Gallas who has recovered from injury.

As Steven Gerrard pointed out on LiverpoolFC.tv today there will be a few weekends free for Liverpool now that we’ve one less competition to be concentrating on but that doesn’t mean we want the entire calendar to start freeing itself up. Tonight is a chance to put a firm grip on the Carling Cup and put Saturday’s disappointment behind us.

There’s got to be some kind of a drive to win some kind of silverware this season and here’s the perfect opportunity. Roll on kickoff.

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Its FA Cup Time Once Again

It is the New Year and it is the beginning of January which means its the beginning of the FA Cup for Premier League sides as Liverpool take on Arsenal today in a 5:15pm kickoff at Anfield. Of course, one of the games I’ve been waiting for this season I’m likely to bloody miss due to helping out with a gig this afternoon but hopefully there’ll be a TV in the hotel!

No sign of major injury worry for Liverpool which is a good thing as we’ve got the Gunners today and again during the week for the League Cup Quarter Final. Seen as the team hit it off so well against Bolton, Benitez may well opt to keep Crouch and Kuyt up front from the start and inject Bellamy’s pace into the game in the second half, Bellamy having sat out the last game after picking up a knock against Spurs before the New Year.

Liverpool won’t be too eager to give up the trophy and it will definitely be all to play for this afternoon as the two clubs chase domestic honours outside of the Premiership trophy (barring of course a dramatic downfall in United and Chelsea and an unbeaten run by Liverpool all the way to the end of the season ).

While Arsenal are missing Cesc Fabregas and Robin Van Persie, Thierry Henry has returned to the side and was great in the Gunners’ last game. Liverpool too will have to put behind them the fact that Arsenal ripped the side apart 3-0 in November so there might be a bit of work to do in keeping the unbeaten record at Anfield. But thats what Anfield is about - the “fortress Anfield” mentality, the home advantage, the passion. Of course Julio Baptista and William Gallas might have a thing or two to say about that.

Nevertheless, it will be full strength sides from both team and it might well take something special to split the sides - remember Alonso and Neil Mellor back in 2004? Hopefully it won’t have to come to the last kick of the game and neither side wants a replay with the fixtures starting to stack up.

Liverpool all the way, Liverpool for the win, roll on 5:15.

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Van Persie, Fabregas Won’t Play

Good news for Liverpool fans ahead of the weekend is that Robin Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas won’t be taking part in the FA Cup clash against Arsenal, both having picked up five bookings thus far this season.

The two sides clash this Saturday and again on Tuesday for the Carling Cup (rescheduled due to fog before Christmas) so there is likely to be changes between the two games. Liverpool no doubt looking to hold on to the trophy should name a relatively unchanged side to the one who beat Bolton at the weekend while William Gallas and ‘The Beast’ Julio Baptista should return for The Gunners.

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Another Award For Gerrard

Steven Gerrard has picked himself up another award, this time taking the PFA Fans’ Player Of The Month award for his performances in and around the league for December, leading the Pool to five wins along the way while picking up a few goals for himself in the process. Fair play lad. Hopefully he’ll be able to add an actual Player Of The Month award to that one before the season is out.

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Fair Play To Jermaine Pennant

Can I just say, “fair play” to Jermaine Pennant. The chap has taken a lot of stick since his summer arrival and hasn’t always had the games or quality on the pitch at times to prove otherwise to the fans but he took today as if he hadn’t a care in the world and really was great up and down the sideline against Bolton. Pennant, of course, was involved in setting up both Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard for Liverpool’s first and second goal respectively.

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Result: Liverpool 3 - 0 Bolton

It finished 3-0 and if the second have is anything to go by then it could have finished a lot worse for Bolton. Chances were plentiful for Liverpool in the second half and they piad off on the hour mark when Peter Crouch produced a carbon copy of his scissors kick finish against Galatasary earlier this year, hammering home for Liverpool’s first goal. Crouch’s goal marks his tenth of the season for Liverpool.

Just two minutes later Steven Gerrard was busy making sure of the win, latching on to a ball from Pennant to rifle home in front of the Kop and seal his first goal of 2007, a nice way to mark picking up his MBE in the New Years Honours List.

Not to be outdone and having had a massive hand in Crouch’s and Gerrard’s goals, Dirk Kuyt popped up to finish a chance of his own with seven minutes remaining in normal time as Liverpool wrapped up a nice and tidy 3-0 victory to leapfrog Bolton into third place.

Scrappy enough as the first half might have been, Liverpool dominated the entire 90 minutes and Bolton rarely ever looked like a threatening side.

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Live: Liverpool 3 - 0 Bolton

Its all about Dirk Kuyt now, lovely finish by the Dutchman, getting on the end of Luis Garcia’s pass to fire home Liverpool’s third of the game with about 7 minutes left in normal time.

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Live: Liverpool 2 - 0 Bolton

Blink and you would miss it if you were still celebrating from the first goal, Steven Gerrard has just made it 2-0 about 2 minutes later (if even that) following Peter Crouch’s opener. Again Pennant and Kuyt combined well and Gerrard smashed home on 62 minutes to give Liverpool a 2-0 lead at Anfield.

Nice way for Gerrard to mark picking up his MBE, rifling home in front of the Kop on New Years Day

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Live: Liverpool 1 - 0 Bolton

A charm of a goal from Peter Crouch just after the hour mark has put Liverpool deservedly on their way, Kuyt and Pennant working well to build the play up and Crouch finished on his right foot to the far corner of the goal, cracking execution.

Game on!

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