Liverpool went down hard this afternoon, 3-1, to Chelsea in the champions league. Giving up 3 away goals, which makes it 'Mission Impossible' to advance.
The squad was solid in the first half. Controlling the speed of play and maintaining the majority of possession, but never really pushing or threatening to score. Liverpool did manage putting one on the board early with a great ball from Dirk Kuyt finding Arbeloa down the right side. Arbeloa crossed the ball to Torres who finished the attack. In the 39th minute Chelsea's Ivanovic scored a header off a corner kick that drew the teams even at the half.
Now on to the next 45. Liverpool came out attacking and found themselves with a couple of good oppurtunities very early on. That's about all of the good in the second half for Liverpool. They lost control of the middle of the feild which made possesing the ball for more than 3 passes not an option. Another corner for Chelsea resulted in another Ivanovic goal and the lead. The away team sealed the match with a third goal from Drogba inside the six yard box.
All season long Liverpool has struggled marking on set peices and today was no exception. I can't understand how this continues to happen. Is no one on the staff noticing this? It has cost Liverpool vital points in the Premier League during the middle of the season and looks like it will be the road block to the squads Champions League hopes.
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ReplyDeleteTo be fair, zonal marking has kept us consistent for the majority of the Benitez tenure. But the argument has been punctuated by the frailties very high profiled times. The debate will rage on, but Hiddink did an excellent job exposing the formation.
ReplyDeleteHats off to Chelsea. They played a much better match this time around. Hard to keep hope, but if they can do it at Anfield we have just as much of a chance to produce something similar away.
Before last season, it had been almost five years since we've won let alone scored at the Bridge. In the Champions League semi's last season we put in two. Backs to the wall stuff, but let's roll the dice next week.
94th minute and well after the match, Liverpool supporters still at the ground singing their team on. You don't get that from plastics!
More than ever...BELIEF!
The stadium never stopped roaring at any part of the match. That's what it's about and you gotta love it.
ReplyDeleteI think this blog can use a shot of humor in it to be honest. Everything seems so serious all the time. Except for the vagina shaving video the rest is pretty dry stuff. I really hope you try and spice it up a a little in the future. Ill see you tonight, we'll talk about it.
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