Manchester United 3-2 Liverpool
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Manchester United vs Liverpool FC
Venue @ Old Trafford
Time : 8.30pm
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Liverpool no match for them . Not this season , if we cannot beat Birmingham , we can forget about beating MU , not that they are good , we are bad !!
I would be surprised if we can hold them at Old Trafford .
I dun even hope for any victory
My prediction : MU 3 - Liverpool 0
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I predict 2-1 MU win but really hope Liverpool can pull off a miracle.
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dont have high hopes for this game..
but trying to be optimistic :)
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Liverpool now it's like broken jigsaw , need sometime to get back into the picture .
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One win , one lost and two draws , summed up .
Losing 3-0 to Man City is bad . Now Man Utd , one of the strongest team in BPL .
Lucky was that Valencia out for the whole season .
I hope Dirk Kuyt will be back for this match , not likely though .
Xtian Poulsen still kalang kabok .
Konchesky injured last week .
Dunno if Joe Cole playing or not ?
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Reina
Skrtel / Kyrgiakos or Carragher ( Centre halves )
Glenn Johnson ( right back )
Agger or ( left back )
Let's put 4 towering backs at the backline , and when corners and set pieces , torment MU with those aerial threats .
I love to see Fabio Aurelio in the squad against MU , i love his free kicks .
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just don't play maxi and lucas. sub with raul and gerrard. then play babel upfront with torres.
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possbile XI:
GOALKEEPER
Pepe Reina
RIGHT-BACK CENTRE BACK CENTRE BACK LEFT-BACK 
Glen Johnson
Jamie Carragher
Martin Skrtel
Paul KoncheskyCENTRE MIDFIELD CENTRE MIDFIELD 
Steven Gerrard
Christian PoulsenRIGHT WING ATTACKING MIDFIELD LEFT WING 
Maxi Rodriguez
Joe Cole
Milan Jovanovic
CENTRE FORWARD
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If Ah Roy is more adventurous with the midfield and push joe up front, Liverpool can win this match.
Liverpool should be able to win this match.
Man Utd 1 Liverpool 2
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i fancy cole to command the right wing and gerrard to play attacking midfield.
with poulsen and miereles controlling the midfield
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Yo Poolman, long time no see you here! Anyway I think draw is not impossible but liverpool win will be hard. Man U players so many over the hill already like giggs, scholes, van der sar, I doubt they can contribute. Im going to buy a liverpool win, wish me luck!
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problem of our team : defenders.
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I was observing the behaviour of ah roy during the match.
He dun seem to be confident that his charges can bring him the results.
I am more worried from his body language.
Unless Liverpool can remove the Ticks from ownership and get new funds by Jan 2010, Liverpool will be having the most difficult season in its history.
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full report to follow.
liverpool is very poor in defending.
especially in set pieces.whenever the ball is in the air, defenders lose their marks.
they scramble for the very rashly.man utd should be given at least 2 penalties tbh.
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liverpool is still a 2 man team, gerrard and torres.
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
liverpool is still a 2 man team, gerrard and torres.
i beg to differ..torres didn't get any ball in the first half.
only in the 2nd half he did. i think poulsen did ok today.. better than how he played at birmingham last week.
miereles had an ok game.
but based on what liverpool have now.. they can't challenge against the likes of chelsea and man city..
their passing in general is awful.
but not as awful as their defending..
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It is normal behaviour from a man utd fan when they have a victory.
The more worrying issues is maxi did not perform well and joe cole was relatively quiet tonight.
Not sure whether ah roy is deploying a more defensive tactics.
As for ber's third goal, jamie is getting old liao and have difficulties in tracking him.
The second goal was a good goal.
No giving excuse but the reality is the expectations for Liverpool have to realistic now if fresh funds and players dun come in at Jan 2011.
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
I was observing the behaviour of ah roy during the match.
He dun seem to be confident that his charges can bring him the results.
I am more worried from his body language.
Unless Liverpool can remove the Ticks from ownership and get new funds by Jan 2010, Liverpool will be having the most difficult season in its history.
New problems u got ?Rafa was out , u got your wish .
Now wish Hicks out .
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Told you all right ?
We cannot beat them one la , base on our current form .
So what we scored 2 goals ?
I am not proud , cos it was not from open play , from set pieces , oh phui la .
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Manchester United 3-2 Liverpool: Dimitar Berbatov hits incredible hat-trick to edge classic encounter
Bulgarian halts brave fightback from visitors...
At the end of last season, Dimitar Berbatov cut a dejected figure at Old Trafford. But a display of aerial prowess and, at times, sheer genius, has turned the Bulgarian into an indispensible asset to Manchester United’s title challenge
The striker was subbed with three minutes to go, and the standing ovation was a token of how the fans have finally warmed to a player who initially showed little work rate and desire to influence the game in the same fashion he had done at Tottenham Hotspur.
Being devoid of grit and determination has never been tolerated among the Stretford End faithful, and the Bulgarian was on thin ice, particularly as his ethic was compared with the dogged mentality of Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez, the latter whom Ferguson decided to sell to give Berbatov a more prominent role within the side.
But this season the striker has emerged as a vital part of the Premier League title challenge. And it was the Bulgarian who rescued United from squandering another two-goal advantage.
Roy Hodgson’s intent was to stifle United’s midfield, in a similar fashion to that of Rangers during their visit to Old Trafford on Tuesday evening. But Ferguson’s side started brightly and nullified a packed engine room by using their quality in wide areas.
After an initial ten-minute spell in which the visitors sustained heavy pressure from a United attack that was still reeling from being starved of goalscoring opportunities in midweek, Liverpool enjoyed comfortable spells in possession.
The home side used the greasy surface to create the best chance of the half. A slick interchange between Wayne Rooney and Berbatov eventually fed Nani, but the winger cut inside instead of shooting and having been given a second opportunity, the Portugal international screwed his effort wide.
The spirit of the tie appeared to reflect the amicable terms held between both managers. The fixture did not have the same build up as last term. The war of words involving Liverpool’s previous boss Rafael Benitez and Ferguson contributed to the intensity of the encounter. An affable Hodgson was a factor in keeping hostilities to a minimum and as a result, the game lacked the heated challenges of old.
What Ferguson and Hodgson have shared over the past few weeks is a problematic striker. For the hosts, Rooney’s extra-curricular allegations resulted in him being omitted from the side that drew with Everton last Saturday, and although the United manager insisted he made the correct choice in leaving out his number-one forward, the presence of Rooney was missed.
The England international was uncharacteristically subdued in the first half, although he received little of the ball, Rooney’s general linkup play wasn’t at its best and that was partly down to the rugged defending of Martin Skrtel, who ensured he clung onto his opposite number at every possible occasion.
For Hodgson, his headache has been the form of Fernando Torres. The Spaniard was as equally restrained in the opening 45, and despite the Liverpool manager insisting his fitness is still not at its peak, the striker’s lack of work-rate and energy made life easy for Nermanja Vidic, who typically has a torrid time in this fixture.
The opening half lacked clear-cut chances, and Liverpool had particular difficulty in feeding the ball to Torres, who equally had problems in finding opportunities due to the lack of support.
United took the lead three minutes before half-time through a Berbatov header. A Ryan Giggs corner was swept in and Torres wasn’t the correct side of the Bulgarian and subsequently allowed the striker to expertly place the ball into the corner past a sprawling.
The Berbanator | Bulgarian’s stunning hat-trick destroys Liverpool’s fight backThe hosts started the second half with a similar attacking verve and Berbatov had the opportunity to put his side two in front five minutes after resuming as he latched on to a deflected Darren Fletcher strike, but Reina read the situation and managed to get to the ball a split-second quicker than the Bulgarian.
Liverpool have proved in their opening games they are still heavily reliant on the drive of their captain Steven Gerrard. The dynamic midfielder struggled to make an impact on the game and his surrounding team-mates, the majority of whom are new signings, also failed to make sufficient inroads against United’s slick passing through the middle.
Berbatov added a second on 58 minutes and the Bulgarian’s first touch and subsequent finish showed why Ferguson decided to part with so much money for his services. Following another pinpoint cross from Nani, Berbatov appeared to control the ball with his knee and finish with his back to goal in one fluid movement. Reina could only watch as the ball sailed in off the bar and gave an early contender for goal of the season.
Four minutes later, Johnny Evans handed the visitors a lifeline after bringing down Torres in the area. Referee Howard Webb showed no hesitation in pointing to the spot and booking the Northern Ireland international. Gerrard sent Edwin van der Sar, who had been an observer up until that point, and brought his side back into the contest.
Liverpool needed their captain to get them back on level terms and United could have counted themselves fortunate John O’Shea only saw yellow for hauling down Torres just outside the box when he was last man. Fletcher was at fault for spitting from the wall in the resultant free-kick, and Gerrard slipped the ball through the gap to even the tie.
But six minutes from time Berbatov completed his hat-trick by exhibiting a final display of aerial prowess as he met O’Shea’s cross with a towering leap over Jamie Carragher and his header left Reina with little chance. And the Bulgarian finally secured his place in the hearts of the Old Trafford faithful.
