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Litmanen back In The Premier League

Jari Litmanen is back in the Premier League, and he’s playing for Fulham.

The Cottagers snapped up Litmanen today on the final day of the 2007-2008 transfer window with Roy Hodgson taking Litmanen on a short-term contract until the end of the season.

While his time at Liverpool wouldn’t have been the the greatest (in terms of playing time) thanks to injury, Jari was still part of the treble-winning team in 2001 and he did manage to bag some helpful goals along the way.

He was signed on a free transfer by Gerard Houllier, left on a free transfer, but for a player who is still regarded as one of the top attacking midfields ever to play in Europe and one who turns 37 in a few weeks, it is nice to see him back in the Premier League, likely for one last hurrah.

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Hammer Of Dawn, Liverpool Beaten By Penalty

Games like this aren’t supposed to happen.

I go away for one evening mid-week and return to find Liverpool have not only failed to pick up three points against West Ham - they’ve failed to pick up any points against West Ham.

What the hell like?

United top Portsmouth by a brace and Liverpool slip to West Ham, lose more ground in the League. Never mind the question of winning the league, the real problem now is actually finishing in fourth place. Or trying to finish in fourth place. UEFA Cup football would be a disaster for Liverpool next season.

Benitez reckons there was enough done on the night to bag three points, only that Liverpool need to be calmer in front of goal when it comes to converting chances - and there were chances too.

7th in the league - still three points away from 4th spot, but it’s a further 10 on to Chelsea and even more on to United at this point. Man City, Aston Villa and Everton are holding their own but in all the league games so far in 2008 we’ve only managed to take 4 points. Out of 15? Bad form.

I’m secretly hoping now that the transfer window comes to a close, the Americans have backed Rafa, the FA Cup is back on track that the media hype and speculation surrounding Liverpool in recent months will disappear and leave the team where they should be - focusing on football.

But going down 1-0 to West Ham? And a penalty in extra time at that.

Grrrrr….

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Bye, Bye, Bye - Sissoko

I wish him all the best but Momo Sissoko isn’t a player I’m going to miss at Liverpool

He arrived in a torrent of praise at Anfield, played well for the club when he had the chance but he’s nowhere near the level of Gerrard, Alonso and Mascherano.

When he was injured, I didn’t miss him.

When he wasn’t getting picked this season, I didn’t miss him.

Now that he’s off to Juventus, I still won’t miss him. But he’s young, just younger than I am, and at least he got to score for the club before he left (remember the Sunderland goal?).

Somewhere in the region of 8.2 million the Italians have paid for his services so that’s not too bad - more cash to splash on getting Mascherano to the club full time. Hopefully, for his sake, he sees more action in Serie A than he did in the Premier League this season.

His move also represents a near 3 million pound profit. Perhaps through the Champions League he’ll cross paths with Liverpool once again.

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Live: Livepool 5 - 2 Havant (Crouch, 90)

Peter Crouch grabs his first of the game, Liverpool’s fifth, and his seventh of the season, Stevie G helping out in the process as Liverpool wrap up the job at Anfield.

Anything less than four or five goals would have been disappointing but overall, it’s been a fantastic game cup tie and something for Havant to stick in the scrap book for years to come.

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Live: Liverpool 4 - 2 Havant (Benayoun, 59)

Yossi Benayoun strikes again… didn’t take long for that did it?

Benayoun bags his third of the game and now tenth of the season and the flood gates have opened at Anfield. Havant are slowing down while Liverpool are just warming up with a half hour left to play.

This is more like it.

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Live: Liverpool 3 - 2 Havant (Benayoun, 56)

Yossi Benayoun strikes again, Jermaine setting up Benayoun for his second of the game, the ball coming in off the crossbar. Another Benayoun hat trick on the cards?

Steven Gerrard is certainly happy with that one.

More of the same please!

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Live: Liverpool 2 - 2 (Benayoun, 45)

Just coming up to half time and Liverpool have once again come from behind to draw level, this time from Yossi Benayoun, the Israeli bagging his eighth goal of the season.

Harsh words and changes due on the pitch at half time, surely to God they’ll send on Steven Gerrard and replace Ryan Babel with Fernando Torres. No point in holding back at this stage.

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Live: Liverpool 1 - 2 Havant (Potter, 31)

Havant’s number 14 is making a mockery of Liverpool. Finnan lets Potter in, Skrtel makes a deflection and next thing you know it’s 2-1 to Havant and Waterlooville. Are we looking at a Luton-esque game from 2 years ago?

For the love of God… they’re a non-league side!

Get some leadership in the back and close down the opposition! Too many nervous plays on the pitch and all just minutes after Lucas had pulled us level.

COME ON!!

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Live: Liverpool 1 - 1 Havant (Lucas, 27)

Liverpool’s genuine first shot on goal and Lucas Leiva has been played in nicely by Ryan Babel to rocket home and tie up the game. Hopefully this will settle the lads down a bit. God knows Rafa has been going mad on the sidelines, never mind what’s been going through the mind of Liverpool’s A-Team sitting on the bench.

Just over the halfway mark in the first half, thankfully, Liverpool are back level and it’s 1-1. Game on.

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Live: Liverpool 0 - 1 Havant (Pacquette, 9)

Good Christ.

Havant are a goal up within the first ten minutes.

Cup upset on the cards? Surely not!

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