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Well, That Was Frustrating


One point out of a possible nine leaves Liverpool smack at the bottom of group A. Marseille sit pretty at the top of the group with seven points, thankfully having drawn with Porto last night to make things a little easier on Liverpool. But the fact now stands that we need to win the three remaining games, starting first with Besiktas making a trip to Anfield. If it can’t be done, I don’t see how we’re getting out of the group. Not only that, but the three wins might not be enough to get the job done.

Not for the first time this season Sami Hyypia bagged himself an own goal but Bobo’s goal on the 82nd minute would be enough to seal it for Besiktas, Steven Gerrard’s goal three minutes later becoming nothing more than a consolation for Liverpool, Liverpool once again not making the most of their opportunities.

Chances were along the lines of 11 for Liverpool in the first half, 28 overall, and though Rafa Benitez says this morning that he’s happy with the performance I think everyone would have been a lot happier today if three points - hell even a single point - came out of the away encounter.

Fair enough, the game was going to be tough - hostile territory, injuries, so on and so forth. Still doesn’t permit someone to look for excuses when, at the end of the day, more should have been made of the chances presented during the game.

With Arsenal on fire during the week with a 7-0 win, the signs don’t bode too well heading into the weekend wouldn’t you think?

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  1. Terence McDanger on October 25th, 2007 4:21 pm

    Am I the only one rapidly losing faith in Rafa Benitez? I think not. Dunphy and Giles are now raising pertinent questions and I’ve been fearing the worst since this apalling run of poor play began after the rout of Derby and our miserable attempts to turn things around in recent games, irrespective of the varying quality of opposition, suggest we’ll struggle to do so. We’re dull, boring and unimaginitive, all down to Rafa who doesn’t trust big name players or favour a ‘risky’ passing strategy and has bought middle of the road talent like Kuyt, Voronin, Pennant and so on who cannot provide the attacking quality needed for a title challenge. Definitely getting worried.

  2. Ken McGuire on October 25th, 2007 4:39 pm

    Dunphy and Giles have a great way about them in stirring the Irish media too. Already we’ve seen the reports today come out from the American owners that they’re backing Rafa Benitez. If it turns into a media circus there could be trouble. The team need to look at themselves on the pitch, not only at the manager, ignore what’s going on in the outside world and concentrate on getting on the with game and the task at hand.

    We’re starting to trail in the league and a loss this Sunday would see us slip just shy of ten points behind and we’re only gearing up to the Christmas run, never mind being in the thick of it.

    Time to get the heads down and play some decent football.

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