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Liverpool Team vs Havant And Waterlooville

Just about the head to kickoff against Havant in the 4th round of the FA cup and here’s the Liverpool team for the day.

Itandje, Finnan, Riise, Hyypia, Skrtel, Mascherano, Lucas, Benayoun, Pennant, Crouch, Babel.

Rafa must be feeling confident ahead of the game - Carragher, Crouch, Kuyt and Gerrard all resting on the bench alongside David Martin.

Martin Skrtel makes his full Liverpool debut while Ryan Babel and Peter Crouch will lead the attack, for the first half at least.

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Finnan Announces International Retirement

At 31 years old, Steve Finnan has announced he is to retire from the Irish national scene.

Given that the only major tournament we’ve featured in in recent years is the World Cup in 2002, I can’t really blame him. Ireland failed to make the grade for Germany 2006 and under Steve Staunton failed to make the cut for Euro 2008.

Steve will be 34 come the World Cup in 2010 and he reckons that now is the right time to step down, even if Ireland make it through their tough qualifying group for 2010. Finnan has picked up 50 caps while playing for Ireland.

In an interview this morning, Finnan leaves the Irish fold with heavy criticism of former Irish manager Brian Kerr who he says preferred Steven Carr to himself in right back and if there was a game on he was usually played out of position or not at all, not giving him a fair crack of the whip under the Kerr regime.

It means more of a concentration on his role at Anfield, which will hopefully go on for some time.

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Live: Liverpool 2 - 2 Aston Villa (Crouch, 88 mins)

Peter Crouch grabs his first league goal of the season with a cracker of a goal for Liverpool.

Why, oh why, wasn’t he brought on earlier.

Can we bag a winner? We’ll certainly try!

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Live: Liverpool 1 - 2 Aston Villa (Mellberg, 72)

Jesus Christ. What the hell just happened?

Looks like their giving it an own goal to Fabio Aurelio, Mellberg volleying back into the box and in three minutes, the whole game has been turned completely on it’s head.

Why isn’t Crouch on at this stage? Or Babel… BWAGH!

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Live: Liverpool 1 - 1 Aston Villa (Harewood, 70mins)

Out of nothing, Marlon Harewood has come on to the pitch and got one back for Aston Villa. Balls.

Jamie Carragher has switched out to right back, with Martin Skrtel coming on to replace Alvaro Arbeloa. Would have preferred to see Crouch or Babel on at this point, especially now that it’s level.

Bugger anyway.

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Live: Liverpool 1 - 0 Aston Villa (Half Time)

It’s half time at Anfield and while there are presentations being made on the pitch, Liverpool are sitting in the dressing room a goal to the good, though possibly questioning why they aren’t a bit further ahead in this race.

There have been good chances for both sides, Liverpool cashing in first with a Yossi Benayoun strike on the 18th minute after a bit of a goalmouth scramble.

A win sticks us in fourth. A Villa comeback could leave us in sixth or drop us to seventh so you can see where the importance lies in this one. Outside of the goal, it’s been mainly a Liverpool game and long may it continue.

But, it’s not over yet…

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Live: Liverpool 1 - 0 Aston Villa (Benayoun, 18mins)

Savage stuff.

Yossi Benayoun shoots, has the shot blocked, takes the rebound, beats the defender on the line and bags his seventh goal of the season for Liverpool and a great first goal for the Reds against Aston Villa this evening.

A good chance from Harry Kewell before the Benayoun goal but if Liverpool keep up the pressure and the drive to go forward we should see another goal in this game yet.

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Live: Liverpool 0 - 0 Aston Villa (15 mins)

No score against Aston Villa with just about a quarter of an hour gone in the first half.

The chants are still going up around the ground, the fans certainly not holding back when it comes to being vocal tonight. I had thought Crouch would start against Villa but with as he’s parked on the bench I expect we’ll see him at some stage in the second half, hopefully coming on to extend a Liverpool lead.

There have been a few pot-shots on goal so far for both sides but nothing overly threatening at this point.

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Liverpool Vs Aston Villa (Team)

Liverpool are just about to kick off against Aston Villa and here’s the team for tonight.

Reina, Arbeloa, Aurelio, Hyypia, Carragher, Mascherano, Gerrard, Benayoun and Harry Kewell while Fernando Torres and Dirk Kuyt start up front.

On the bench are Itandje, Alonso, Crouch, Babel and Martin Skrtel who will make his Liverpool debut if he comes on.

There was a protest march before the game against the American owners handling of club affairs while there are some fairly targeted chants going up around the stadium and the Kop end.

All adds up for a great game atmosphere though.

For live updates during the game, keep an eye on the homepage or see the ‘Game Day‘ section of the site.

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Liverpool Vs Aston Villa Tonight

It was one thing to see Man City ahead of Liverpool in the table but after last night it is Everton AND Manchester City who sit atop Liverpool in the Premier League.

So we’re currently in sixth spot, a win tonight would have us back to fourth, still with a game in hand over the rest of the top four and it’s Aston Villa who provide the opposition.

A win for Villa though would propel them up the table and leave Liverpool seventh with only a game in hand and we’re 15 points off the top of the table as it is.

Negativity aside there is a bright point or two in the game. Martin Skrtel is looking set to get his Liverpool debut though this hasn’t been confirmed. He’s been doing well on the training ground, spending time before the weekend training alongside Jamie Carragher - could he start in place of Sami Hyypia? Would be nice to have him make an appearance, but at this stage of proceedings it’s more important to get the job done right don’t you think?

Mind you, we’re without Daniel Agger until the middle of February, or so it seems, so maybe some fresh legs in the heart of the defence will do the trick at this point of the season.

Since he’s currently on loan at Villa, Scott Carson won’t have to face the wrath of Torres, Kuyt & co. due to his loan contract so Stuart Taylor is going to deputise in his place. Villa’s only injury doubt for the game looks to be skipper Gareth Barry though he’s likely to pull through a bruised pelvis to take to the pitch tonight.

Going into tonight’s game, Villa are on the back of 3 straight wins in the league while Liverpool take three straight draws with them, disappointing when you think the difference that those six extra points could be making ahead of tonight’s game, at least providing more of cushion for a start.

But we’re not about sitting back and resting are we? Fighting tooth and nail for a top four finish is more like it so I’m expecting a Liverpool win. Torres and Crouch to start would be a decent move, perhaps bringing on both Kuyt and Voronin during the game, get a bit of pace and variety in there.

Above all else it’s vital to take three points. A fourth draw would be a waste of one of the two games we have in hand, a single point doing nothing for Liverpool in the short term, leaving us tied with Villa.

Give us the three points, give us back fourth place and let’s go unbeaten for the remainder of the season, with wins please - no draws).

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