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Another game Liverpool seemed to control, another bevy of missed chances, another disappointing result; it’s all going wrong for Liverpool at the moment in a tragic-comedy that SAF couldn’t even dream up. One win in the last eight will make your head spin. Conceding so late turned what could have been a big boost into [...]

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Fernando Torres’ winner on Sunday against Manchester United rescued Liverpool’s season from the brink of disintegration. True, Liverpool were far better than a remarkably tame Man U (more on that later this week), but their superiority had not translated into many clear goal scoring chances and a stalemate beckoned. That is, until Torres lit up [...]

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When a season filled with high expectations comes crashing down before the clocks turn back, a lot of questions will be asked about job security of the manager. Liverpool’s continued poor run of form has prompted a press storm in England calling for Rafa Benitez’s ouster. Some fans too are joining in, but even though [...]

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It was always going to be hard for Liverpool to go to the Stadium of Light and beat a very solid Sunderland side without Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres – two players that would be in many people’s world XI. But injuries and international commitments are part of modern soccer and are simply not an [...]

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Still suffering from the USA – Costa Rica hangover, it’s hard now to turn our attention back to league play. Injuries sustained on international duty (for the US too) are the dominant storyline heading into a big weekend of fixtures in England. Man U are without Wayne Rooney, which could lead to some trouble against [...]

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So I go on and on about how Liverpool are now such a potent offensive force, are scoring goals at a record pace, and haven’t been shut out in eighteen league games and you know what comes next. They get blanked by Chelsea (and Fiorentina in the Champions League during the week) and looked rather [...]

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Rafa Benitez is a defense first, cautious manager guiding a team without enough offensive weapons to be a true powerhouse. Or so goes the conventional wisdom. And so demolitions of Hull, Stoke, and Burnley are put down to Big Four dominance against weaker teams. Three goals away at Bolton and West Ham are just what [...]

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It’s never easy for a team to handle the decline of an iconic player, whether it’s Joe Montana, Roger Clements, or Roy Keane. While Jamie Carragher certainly isn’t one of the all-time greats, he has meant as much to the Liverpool team and its fans as any of those superstars. Manager Rafa Benitez faces an [...]

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In the 4-0 dismantling of a plucky Burnley side that has already beaten Man U and Everton, Liverpool displayed exactly the kind of tactical flexibility that was so sorely lacking last year when dropped too many points against inferior sides. Much commentary about Liverpool’s title chances focused on their seven home draws—two against newly promoted [...]

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On Friday we looked at how the league will shape up this year and analyzed Manchester United’s chances of repeating as champions. Tomorrow, we will finish out the Big Four with previews of Chelsea and Arsenal. Wednesday Everton and Aston Villa are on tap. Thursday we look at the other two clubs looking to break [...]

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