UCL/EPL - Gunners vs Pool
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Arsenal v Liverpool
Champions League Q/F Leg 1
Emirates Stadium
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Kick-off: 7.45pm (sg thurs 2:45am GMT+7) -
Arsenal to win 3-0!
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2-0 at most... depends on lineup... hope diaby dun play...
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sg pools nvr open the odds for this game.
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Originally posted by bryanw:
sg pools nvr open the odds for this game.
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Originally posted by BrUtUs:
maybe cos its on wednesday....
they also nvr open chelsea. they only open man u and barca. -
Originally posted by bryanw:
they also nvr open chelsea. they only open man u and barca.
wait tomolo then buy lo... -
Originally posted by BrUtUs:
Arsenal v Liverpool
Champions League Q/F Leg 1
Emirates Stadium
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Kick-off: 7.45pm (3:45am SGT)I think the match starts at 2:45am - Channel 23 - Thur morning...
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draw 0-0.
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dont worry. Fabregas' mind is still on how to beat manutd, not liverpool.
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on current form liverpool seem the better bet.
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I see a 2-2 draw
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this match is 1st leg of ucl. i think it will be more like try-water for the gunner side.
so i think gunners will perserve some of their talents n focus on the next two matches wif pool.
cos if we beat them in tis match, liverpool will be more careful in next round.
Result: 1-1
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Arsenal 2 - Liverpool 0 (Goal from corner or set piece)
Liverpool cannot beat arsenal with the same manager.
Ah Ben have not and will not outwit Wenger.
As for weekend game, both team would definitely play a 0 - 0 draw game cos they would not want to risk any injury on the players.
So, both the managers will par cup and field their reserve squad or youth players for the BPL match.
Arsenal 0 - Liverpool 1 (Penalty)
Dun forget Arsenal have man utd match to come.
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
Arsenal 2 - Liverpool 0 (Goal from corner or set piece)
Liverpool cannot beat arsenal with the same manager.
Ah Ben have not and will not outwit Wenger.
As for weekend game, both team would definitely play a 0 - 0 draw game cos they would not want to risk any injury on the players.
So, both the managers will par cup and field their reserve squad or youth players for the BPL match.
Arsenal 0 - Liverpool 1 (Penalty)
Dun forget Arsenal have man utd match to come.
ah ben tend to surprise ppl so dun tink it will be easy win... -
draw at emirates.
then pool for 1-0 win at anfield.
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should be draw ba....tmr i head down to buy draw...
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arsenal to win comfortably
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Our weak point currently is long balls. I bet rafa gonna put torres and crouch this time. Rmbered Crouch gave us a hard time once.
Toure takes aim at 'scared' Liverpool
Kolo Toure has stoked the fires ahead of Arsenal’s Champions League quarter final with Liverpool by suggesting The Reds will be running scared of Arsene Wenger’s men.
The Gunners beat Rafa Benitez’s men in three of their four meetings last season, and the pair are now readying themselves for three games against each other on the bounce.
The two-legged European tie is sandwiched by a league game at Emirates Stadium and although Toure is wary, he is confident Europe’s last four beckons for his team.
"It is an exciting tie," said Toure. "Last season we played them four times and we showed how strong we were - we beat them in three of those games.
"It is going to be really tight, we know that, but we have the quality and I think they will be scared to play against us.
"We need to show them that we have continued to improve and are even stronger than last season.
"We are used to playing against them, so we know we are in for a battle."
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Gunners boss wary of Torres threat
ARSENE Wenger has warned his Arsenal side of the danger posed by Liverpool striker Fernando Torres ahead of Wednesday's Champions' League quarter-final tie.
The match is the first in a run of three consecutive fixtures against the Reds, with the two-legged tie sandwiching a Premier League fixture at the Emirates on Saturday, and Wenger is aware that Torres, who has 21 league goals to his name in his debut season in English football, will have to be stopped if the Gunners are to prevail.
"I rate Torres," said Wenger of Liverpool's hit-man. "I believe he had quite a good start after a spell when he was in and out.
"Since he is back on a regular basis, he is extremely dangerous."
The Frenchman acknowledges that the two teams will know each other well, but insisted that his players will be desperate to overcome this "test of character."
He said: "When you play a 'local' team in the European Cup it is a test of character. We know we can do it, but who wants it the most.
"Against an English team the competition is always different. We know each other well, so there are two things which will make the difference - the quantity of the mental strengths available in the teams and how well the players who can make a decision perform.
"We play each other three times in six days and it will be a case of 'who is ready again'?"
Despite the opposition remaining the same, Wenger recognises that the preparation for the Champions' League tie will be altogether different to the Premier League clash at the weekend, especially given the Reds' impressive recent record in the competition, which they famously won in 2005.
"In this game - a direct knockout - the goal conceded at home is the killer," he said. "In a league game you think even if you concede a goal you can still win it.
"So we have to be organised, cautious and make sure you defend well first before you attack."
Arsenal sent holders AC Milan crashing out in the last round thanks to a superb team performance at the San Siro, but Wenger is aware that Liverpool will pose a more physical threat to his side than the Italians.
"Liverpool will be more rough, more edgy and difficult to penetrate," he observed. "Milan was a confrontation of two similar styles where we were better. Against Liverpool we will have to win the physical battle as well.
"They can raise their game and it is a team which at home can dig deep and produce a result.
"We want to win the game on Tuesday, but 0-0 is never a disappointing result at home in the first leg because it puts the team who plays against you at home under huge pressure.
"They play with the idea that if they concede a goal they are out. That puts them a little bit in between - do we go for it or do we wait? It gives you a good chance."
The victors' likely opponents in the semi-finals are Chelsea, who are expected to progress past Fenerbache, while the other English representative, Manchester United, play Roma in the other half of the draw. And Wenger is convinced that at least one of the remaining four home teams will make it to the final in Moscow.
"Certainly one English if not two will be in the final this year," he declared. "We were in the final in 2006 and we can come there again."
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If Gunner draw this game it may end with empty handed.
Too young to be complacent maybe, and 1-0 is not enuf to bring it to Anfield, they tends to relex after 1 or 2 goal up, but Pool can turn it round anytime. Just like EPL 5 pts ahead and c now!
They kind of like underestimate Pool determination.
So please forget about AC victory and ManU game cos it means nothing if u din win UCL or EPL.
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3 - 1 to Pool
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this thread will use it for the next 3 match against Liverpool.
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tis is kinda tricky tie. there may be 3 scenario:
if Arsenal win 1st leg, pool will be more buck up n become careful to play better in BPL match. a draw in bpl match might cause us to lose bpl points which we cannot afford it to happen. the 3rd match (2nd leg at anfield) can go to any winners.
if Arsenal draw tis leg, they will come back strong to beat pool in BPL match. the 3rd match (2nd leg at anfield) can go to any winners.
the 3rd scenario which many fans want it to happen. Arsenal win all 3 matches but not possible. so my only wish is a big WIN (3-0) at 1st leg n win over them again for bpl match. we can den allow pool to beat us at narrow win at anfield so that we advance to ucl semi final. in this way, we can make up our unimportant lose n focus strongly in manu match.
3rd scenario is best in my opinion.
