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Liverpool v Man Utd (1200)

Anfield
Sunday, 18 September
Kick-off: 1200 BST
BBC Radio Five Live




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Liverpool are expected to bring captain Steven Gerrard back after he was rested in midweek.

Fernando Morientes is still out with a hamstring injury, while Harry Kewell and Neil Mellor are out with long-term injury problems.

Manchester United will field Kieran Richardson at left-back after Gabriel Heinze was ruled out.

United are already without Roy Keane (hamstring), Gary Neville (thigh), Wes Brown (thigh).



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Liverpool (from): Reina, Josemi, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Warnock, Traore, Luis Garcia, Hamann, Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Sissoko, Sinama-Pongolle, Crouch, Cisse, Riise, Zenden, Carson.
Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Howard, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Silvestre, Richardson, Bardsley, Pique, Scholes, Fletcher, Smith, Giggs, Ronaldo, Miller, Van Nistelrooy, Rooney, Rossi.

Referee: Rob styles


This is a big game and now is the time for united to give a top performance after some "lame" games against city and Villareal.

i predict 1-2 to united
Scholes 1
Ruud 1
Garcia 1

:jap:

right let's have a proper game of footy here !!
I'm hoping for some goals, end to end footy and players getting stuck in! (that might be hard with Ronaldo in there but i live in hope)

Liverpool to take this 2-1, goals courtesy of Crouch's head :jap:

draw.

Gerrard, Alonso ; Rooney

Come on Pool!

Smith and Keane are starting together. :o

Iæm hoping for a 2-1 victory for Liverpool! One goal scored by Steven Gerrard and a freekick goal scored by Riise! :D and off course, ManUtds goal is scored by Ruud Van Nistelrooy! :S

i have a feeling this will end up as a draw game, 1-1

i do hope we win this 1. so 1-2

alonso, nistelrooy, ronaldo

Liverpool to win 3-1 . Gerrard, Crouch, Cissé.....Rooney

gonna watch it live bitches :).

This is going to be the most important match of the season so far for United atleast.

Liverpool playing 4-5-1

Man Utd playing 4-3-3

;)

MU in blue, i like this colour

Gerrard freekick was close! :o

What is van Nistelrooy doing? :| He's supposed to be a striker. He coming far too deep. I've gotta say, he's been really poor. He's been giving the ball away too much.

why we keep playing long ball? liverpool closing down is fast and our passing is poor :|

our passing and position are poor :|

What is van Nistelrooy doing? :| He's supposed to be a striker. He coming far too deep.

He has been the worst player on the pitch, by far. He's just missed an easy chance on the stroke of HT.

Sinama instead of Cissé? No Park? WTF?!

Can i say something about the first half of this game?

ZzzZZzzzZZzZzzzzzZz

Sinama instead of Cissé? No Park? WTF?!

Pfff...thats nothing. The big shock of the day is...NO ******* FLETCHERSON!!!

Why does Giggs not start anymore? :rolleyes:

you have to ask fergie :S

Liverpool dominating the second half at the moment.

so far still boring game :S we're playing sh!t football

so far still boring game :S we're playing sh!t football


Get used to it. :p

Andy Gray is right, if you keep Man Utd's front 3 quiet, then theres no threat.

Is there a new restriciton for United that doesn't allow making any substitutions before the 85th minute?

:sleep:

Wow...just wow :| Giggs comes on the 88th minutes. He's really gonna influence the game isn't he? :rolleyes: :|

zZzzzZzZzzZzzZZZZzzzzZzZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

:|

the most boring game i watch so far in this season

Park comes on with 30 seconds to go. :|

Can't wait for the next season :rolleyes:

haha Park went in at the 93th minute

was Fergie trying to keep the 0 - 0 ?

Another draw, I guess this years league champs is already decided....

rooney missed 2 freakin chances to pass RVN.... solo bugger

0-0, BORING result! :S

rooney failed to pass RVN twice...dammit..

well somone might want to kick me in the nut's for saying this:we will not be fighting for the title this year,i guess we will fend up on 4-5th place if we play like this!
:nape:

should i say:

":ewan: EPL and CL"?

**** game, both teams deserve to have points deducted for turning the biggest game in English football into a tactical farce. Ferguson and his butt-monkey Queerarse were more worried about conceding rather than not scoring, thats not the United way and never was - **** me, they make Sexton look good. Manchester United used to go one hundred games without a 0-0 draw.

Why wait till the 88th minute to make changes and then waste extra-time by making more substitions when we need a goal? tactically inept twats pair the of them. They even took off the best young player in the world for a Scot who doesn't even look fit to make the grade at an SPL club and leaves Scholes on, and he contributes **** all today to our 'attack' and hasn't for a long time.

Sure, we'll probably only lose a few times this season, but the way we're playing is totally unacceptable, pure dog ****. The only highlight from this match that deserves a mention was the slow motion clip of Rio Ferdinand's magnificent moving and thrusting of the top and bottom lips telling Crouch "get up, ******* pwick", wonkly gobbed twat.

Luis Garcia, I hope he does his leg in, Cisse-style, you ****.

Keane has broken something in his foot, that's why Fergie made the subs.

Liverpool really got problems, only 1 goal in the league, from a free kick even

It was frustrating to see that Fergie waited til 87th minute before he finally decided to put Giggs on, it was way too late. As early as 60th minute I was thinking that we should take off Scholes/Keane and put on Giggs and switch to a 4-4-2. That way we can have the best 2 youngsters both remaining on the pitch along with Ruud, and also Giggs adding threat down the flank. But I guess Fergie had no intention of ditching his 4-3-3, he probably thought it would look like he regretted his own decisions.

I thought that was the adequate way to add some firepower, yet, Fergie hesitates... couldn't make up his mind about leaving both Rooney and Ronaldo on or take one off for Giggs/Park. By the time he decided there was only a couple minutes left... :nape:

Of course not to mention our slow and weak midfield which was outran by Gerrard and the likes. There was absolutely no creative spark in the middle at all. Rooney played quite poorly today as well. No one was there to play-make. :nape:

chelsea make me sick. its not even worth seeing the rest of the season. thank you chel$ki, you have ruined the beautiful game for everyone. except bandwagon faggots.

As I said, Fergie HAD to sub Keane because he's broken his 3rd metatarcel. He'll be out for atleast 2 months. ;)

Roy Keane will now be out for 2 months -

http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=308706&lid=2&cpid=8&title=Fresh+blow+for+Keane&channel=football_home

Keane now out for 2 months

http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=308706&lid=2&cpid=8&title=Fresh+blow+for+Keane&channel=football_home

I'm glad Keane got injured. Now we can give Tim Howard a chance.

The old man had way past his best and needed to be replaced (6)

The old man had clearly past his best and needed to be replace (6)

chelsea make me sick. its not even worth seeing the rest of the season. thank you chel$ki, you have ruined the beautiful game for everyone. except bandwagon faggots.



:|

only RIO had a good game...maybe keano

chelsea make me sick. its not even worth seeing the rest of the season. thank you chel$ki, you have ruined the beautiful game for everyone. except bandwagon faggots.
Go jack off and think about how awesome fabregas is gonna be in a decade and a half, you ******* text-typing, arseloving 12 year old bitch

What on earth was Keane even doing on the pitch actually. He didnt do much did he. Ferguson's own fault for lining up an injured over the hill player

park came on for 2mins, i wouldnt even have given him that. Keane helped us out in defence a few times and saved our arse from losing, he was at the back cos silvestre kept ******* up which left our midfield lacking, liverpool played much more penetrative and deserved a win.

yes when rio shouted at crouch that was quality prob best bit of the game. boring arse game, we need a new manager, new players and a some money and for roman abramobitch to get chucked in prison for money laundering ( which he is actually doing)

our team is at its worst, from a good start to absolute rock bottom, i wanna see a royal ass whoopin against blackburn

park came on for 2mins, i wouldnt even have given him that. Keane helped us out in defence a few times and saved our arse from losing, he was at the back cos silvestre kept ******* up which left our midfield lacking, liverpool played much more penetrative and deserved a win.

Get ur facts straight.

First of all, Park was on the pitch for exactly 1 minute, not even 2.

Second of all, shut the hell up and stop jumping the bandwagon. Mikael Silvestre was solid today, he was winning balls and blocking shots. I'm tired of people like you that always diss Silvest no matter what. The truth is, Silvestre is a solid brave defender and you're not gonna easily find another one like him. Rooney gave the ball away 20 times today and there is no bashing of him, of course, because he is young and a superstar and the precious one. But everytime no matter what happens, you people always blame Silvestre for everything he didn't do. Our defence's solidity is not JUST van der Sar and Ferdinand, Silvestre is also an integral part of it.

i havent "dissed" silvestre ever before, i thort i was a good defender he just had a ****ty game today so U get Ur facts right first, rooney was being marked by about 3 people all the time, he cant take down liverpool on his own.
i knew park was on the field for a min, i made a mistake but when i tried to edit it the forum ****ed up and didnt work

**** game, both teams.......turning the biggest game in English football into a tactical farce.

And what of Chelsea' s 1-0 win over Wigan.....????? Infact a lot of Chelsea's games have been boring but they' ve ended up getting the results they want. Fact is this game just epitomizes the joung EPL season perfektly. In the wake of the Ashes excitement, pyple are looking for simelar aekcitment in games in the EPL but simplj haven' t got it whether it be the big games Chelsj-Arcenal, Liverpool-ManJU or anj other....goalscoring is waey daun. Most games leave pyple frustrated when they end up drawn, espeshialj the big once.

And what of Chelsea' s 1-0 win over Wigan.....????? Infact a lot of Chelsea's games have been boring but they' ve ended up getting the results they want. Fact is this game just epitomizes the joung EPL season perfektly. In the wake of the Ashes excitement, pyple are looking for simelar aekcitment in games in the EPL but simplj haven' t got it whether it be the big games Chelsj-Arcenal, Liverpool-ManJU or anj other....goalscoring is waey daun. Most games leave pyple frustrated when they end up drawn, espeshialj the big once.
May you please spell the words?

I dont know why Fergie didnt sub Park and Giggs in earlier... substituting the players in the 80+th and 93th minute wont do anything to the game...

Its really a boring game and we need some refreshing games. I still think that Giggs is an integral part in our team. We should bench Ronaldo first and start Ryan.

May you please spell the words?

I dont know why Fergie didnt sub Park and Giggs in earlier... substituting the players in the 80+th and 93th minute wont do anything to the game...

Its really a boring game and we need some refreshing games. I still think that Giggs is an integral part in our team. We should bench Ronaldo first and start Ryan.

And what of Chelsea' s 1-0 win over Wigan.....????? Infact a lot of Chelsea's games have been boring but they' ve ended up getting the results they want. Fact is this game just epitomizes the joung EPL season perfektly. In the wake of the Ashes excitement, pyple are looking for simelar aekcitment in games in the EPL but simplj haven' t got it whether it be the big games Chelsj-Arcenal, Liverpool-ManJU or anj other....goalscoring is waey daun. Most games leave pyple frustrated when they end up drawn, espeshialj the big once.
I think that's a DUI - Debating under the influence.

Woke up at 8:30 AM to watch this thing, and almost feel asleep. Our attack is heartbreaking. Atrocious.

the game wasnt that boring man.... it was a good midfield battle if u ask me..... it was however boring that there was only like 1 good chance for both teams....... I would have to agree on the title race being over......even if chelsea suffer from injuries they have enough world class players on the bench to fill those roles and can buy out anyone come January if they have a problem with it.............What we can hope for really is for Chelsea to win all 4 trophies and for Mourihno to get bored and quit....... Thats what he did with Porto and now they cant even win their league....

I dont know why Fergie didnt sub Park and Giggs in earlier... substituting the players in the 80+th and 93th minute wont do anything to the game...

because he thinks that with that kind of performance, we still can win :rolleyes:

.....boring arse game, we need a new manager, new players and a some money.....
.....

Typical gob****e comment. In the (almost) two decades that Fergie has been in charge he has taken your team from one that had done sweet F.All for twenty years into one that dominanted English football for a decade, not to mention an unprecidented treble. The balance starts to swing a little against you and you instantly want his head. Fookin' ridiculous. Any one of our lot spoke like that about one of our great managers and they'd be thrown off the Kop end. Road side.

May you please spell the words?

I dont know why Fergie didnt sub Park and Giggs in earlier... substituting the players in the 80+th and 93th minute wont do anything to the game...


Yeah, well it sure as hell didn't work in the Champions League final against Bayern in 1999 did it. Short memories you lot.

Typical gob****e comment. In the (almost) two decades that Fergie has been in charge he has taken your team from one that had done sweet F.All for twenty years into one that dominanted English football for a decade, not to mention an unprecidented treble. The balance starts to swing a little against you and you instantly want his head. Fookin' ridiculous. Any one of our lot spoke like that about one of our great managers and they'd be thrown off the Kop end. Road side.
Busby and Shankly knew when it was their time to go, Clough didn't, and look what happened to Forest, he only ****ed off into retirement when he got them relegated, and look where they are now. Sentementalism is a bad thing. Ferguson is only at the club now because of his £4m rolling-contract (ultimately, paid indirectly by the supporters), that is a fact. Ferguson unofficially retired the day he bought back Queerarse, who now runs everything on a daily basis, and we're playing boring football ever since. Thats not the United way and never was, its ******* unacceptable.

There has been another player revolt at the club. This also happened last season, after the Norwich defeat last season, which was then leaked to a certain fanzine and a red top newspaper by a United legend.

That game was the reason why the premiership is getting boring...defensive play...from both teams...

If it was 2/3 years ago, this was a game for many goals.

the game wasnt that boring man.... it was a good midfield battle if u ask me..... it was however boring that there was only like 1 good chance for both teams....... I would have to agree on the title race being over......even if chelsea suffer from injuries they have enough world class players on the bench to fill those roles and can buy out anyone come January if they have a problem with it.............What we can hope for really is for Chelsea to win all 4 trophies and for Mourihno to get bored and quit....... Thats what he did with Porto and now they cant even win their league....

Good midfield battle? Yea, maybe, but i want to see high-end football, goalscoring chances for both sides, goals. Guess i'm too used to the Brasileirão, but it just buggles me off to see those 0-0's whenever Pool is on the pitch.