Sunday, March 15, 2009

Liverpool... Liverpool....!!

How's this for a night. Great match, one of the best I've witnessed so far. The huge triumph over Manchester United was an ecstacy pill for me. MU got the early lead through the penalty converted by Christiano Ronaldo. 9mins later, Liverpool came back with a thud. Torres chased for the loose ball created by the mistake of Vidic. With the keeper left, Fernandon Torres cooly got the ball past the keeper. There goes Van Der Sar's record, though it was broken by Newcastle that day. Then when the half time whistle was approaching within 5mins, Gerrard was brought down by Patrice Evra in the box. The referee pointed to the spot and I jumped for joy. Without surpirse, Gerrard cooly slot it past the keeper and it was 1 - 2, Liverpool lead going into half time. Second half started and United kept on the pressure through the next 30mins, but to no avail. Soon came the triple substitution by Sir Alex Ferguson, replacing Carrick, Anderson and Park with Paul Scholes, Dimitar Berbatov and Ryan Giggs. It was a bold move from the Scot but it soon backfired following the dismissal of Vidic. Wiley had no choice but to show the Serb red after a lovely touch from Kuyt sent Gerrard clean through. Last man Vidic interjected and United were down to 10 men with 14 minutes left on the clock and no opportunity to make a change.Any hopes of a comeback were then dashed completely when Aurelio curled the resulting free-kick beyond van der Saar at the Stretford End. Ronaldo would have been proudGerrard could have made it four with the kind of chance he normally buries but it mattered not.Substitute Andrea Dossena showed the skipper how it was done on 90 minutes, lobbing van der Saar after a Reina punt. "We want five," sang the cluster of Liverpool fans at the opposite end of the ground. They know the title is still a long shot, but this result keeps United looking over their shoulder. Whatever happens come May, they'll never forget today.
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