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The International break came at a disastrous time for Steve Bruce and Sunderland as the club looked to be building up momentum after a stunning result away at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United. Sunderland were incredible against the ‘Red Devils’ and they nearly got their just rewards before a late Anton Ferdinand own goal tore apart Sunderland hearts. Still, there were half-a-dozen positives to take from that game, none more so then their attacking prowess that day which seen them terrorise a usually reliable United defence and score twice past a nervous Ben Foster. Sunderland pushed United all the way and they would have been fully deserving of the three points had they have held on until the bitter end.
The ‘Black Cats’ have never welcomed Liverpool with open arms, especially as the ‘Reds’ have won on their previous three visits to The Stadium of Light. However, several big players have come in since and Sunderland look a totally different proposition from the side that lost 1-0 to Liverpool last season. Darren Bent & Kenwyn Jones are playing with an attacking swagger, Lee Cattermole has reinforced what was a weak midfield, while the defence is finally showing a bit of defensive commitment, sticking men behind the ball and they aren’t scared to get a block in when needed.
A small downer for Steve Bruce is the fact that Kenwyn Jones has had to endure a length flight back to England from Trinidad, which could leave him slightly jet-lagged and out-of-sorts with the surroundings. Darren Bent will still remain a handful but if Steve Bruce does have to leave Jones out then you can’t help but think that Sunderland might not have enough fire-power going forward to trouble Liverpool.Zenden,the former Liverpool man is awaiting international clearance, but he could very well feature against his former club.


Rafael Benitez has never been too fond of letting his players go for International duty as he always seems to end up with a half-beaten squad. Well, this week has been no different as both Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres, two of Liverpool’s more influential players, have both returned to Melwood with knocks. Neither participated in midweek for their countries, with Gerrard returning particularly early, but the fact remains that Benitez might have to field a team consisting off players with niggles and low fitness levels. That’s never a good formula, especially in away encounters.A defeat to a fellow rival is never easy to digest but the irony is that the International break came at the perfect time for Mr. Benitez, with the players allowed time to drown their Chelsea sorrows and recover, mentally, in time for their next big league clash. It’s now three defeats in eight for Liverpool this season, two of which have come on the road, with London posing somewhat of a voodoo for Liverpool this term with defeats at Tottenham and Chelsea. It’s imperative that Liverpool put their recent woes behind them and concentrate on getting back to winning ways, sooner rather than later. A trip to Sunderland isn’t the best but it’s one they simply have to take.

so we no get 'correct' liverfluke fan for nairaland?

pity _{*shakes head*}

close your eyes

sorry ma!
I won't do dat again

tayoccu:



so we no get 'correct' liverfluke fan for nairaland?

pity _{*shakes head*}

We do have genuine liverpool fans my friend. . . I'll be taking up this responsibility from next match day . . . . . . .Mukina kindly agreed to help with this for this weekend 

As per the game itself. . . its a forgone conclusion,we'll win Sunderland and reclaim our Top 4 place   
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@Mukina2

Thank you so much for bailing this once great club out. It is a noble thing for yu to help them out until they are back on their feet again.

HT Sunderland 1 : 0 Liverpool

Of all the freakish goals a team can concede?

A f@cking balloon ??

Im sure we'll come back from this but I feel the boys were kinda lethargic in the first half. . . . . . . . ^{in comes Mr Mascherano I hope}

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We should win this game. . . . .Im not happy with the selection. . .3 central defenders for heaven's sake??

Sloppy from Bent. Had already done the hard work. shoulda been 2-0. Seems Liverpool is the team that might make way for Citeh.

I think it's safe to say Liverpool will never win the Premiership under Benitez

3 points for Sunderland.  Liverpool's 4th defeat so far this season.

The EPL table is going to look very different at the end of the season. Nobody come sell groundnut again

Krayola:

I think it's safe to say Liverpool will never win the Premiership under Benitez

That's for sure. This ain't like valencia where he had a great team.

Just saw the replay of Bent's goal. Ref shouldn't have given it. Ball deflected off a beach ball that had landed on the pitch.

Regardless, Liverpool did not deserve a win

No Torres, No Gerrard, No Liverpool Simple.

Y.N.W.A

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Really sad game. .  , apart from the balloon brouhaha,we didn't create any serious chances & as angry as it may sound,I think Rafa needs to move on. . .this is Liverpool,not some mid table team. . . . .

He's had sufficient time to turn things around & has sadly come up short. . . *sad,sad*  

kay_pumpin:

Y.N.W.A

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When I said it some weeks ago they were fighting me.

Rafa has got no creativity. . .no ideas. He relies too heavily on Torres and Gerrard.
Today Torres and Gerrard were absent. No effective plan B.

Sunderland played way better. Too bad they had to rely on a balloon to do the finishing for them.

Cristalz:

When I said it some weeks ago they were fighting me.

Rafa has got no creativity. . .no ideas. He relies too heavily on Torres and Gerrard.
Today Torres and Gerrard were absent. No effective plan B.

Sunderland played way better. Too bad they had to rely on a balloon to do the finishing for them.

No one was fighting you my dear. . . . you were insinuating that MANURE was a perfect team while The Mighty Reds had issues

@illusion2

This is not meant to be tongue in cheek but I just dey watch match of the day and if the highlights are anything to go by, it seems it was a beat down for yu people by Sunderland today, see all the one on ones sunderland lost.

You'll never self-service alone. I feel for Rafa, guesss he is wanking alone now, too many losses in 2 consecutive games, hope they make the top 4,

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You'll never self-service alone. I feel for Rafa, guesss he is wanking alone now, too many losses in 2 consecutive games, hope they make the top 4,

naughty,naughty

Oops we did it again.
I do not know about you guys but I am long suffering fans of Liverpool. I was too young to really savour the initial sucsess of the early 80's but really suffrered in the 90's.

I hardly get joined in arguments with Chelsea and Arsenal fans as most of them are "follow follow fans" who cannot date Chelsea beyond abramovich or know what Arsenal was before Wenger.

Back to Liverpool this is a very bad start to the season. The last team to win the league losing 4 of the first nine matches is liverpool. I dare to believe but the squad is not strong. The loss of Alonso is massive and we really do not know what Aquillani will offer us. Italians cane be temperamental outside of Italy. We let Keane go and brought back Voronin, He is not a match winner. Carragher is not getting Younger and Glen Johnsons attacking ambitions have exposed Carraghers failings even more. We need to start winning and winning soon and this has to be home to Lyon in the champions League, and Manu away.
The motto remains "Pride Passions Power and Glory"
u"ll never walk alone"

Liverpool will wake up after serial raping by United and Lyon.

Hey scousers,was just passing through,but I saw a visitor here and had to drop in to tatafo that he referred to y'all as loserpool on another thread

sorry sorry ooo

Cristalz:


Rafa has got no creativity. . .no ideas. He relies too heavily on Torres and Gerrard.
Today Torres and Gerrard were absent. No effective plan B.

Of course there was an effective plan B,only that it was against the scousers,yes,plan B or plan Balloon,it's one and the same thingy

EARLMAGIC:

Oops we did it again.
I do not know about you guys but I am long suffering fans of Liverpool. I was too young to really savour the initial sucsess of the early 80's but really suffrered in the 90's.I hardly get joined in arguments with Chelsea and Arsenal fans as most of them are "follow follow fans" who cannot date Chelsea beyond abramovich or know what Arsenal was before Wenger.
Back to Liverpool this is a very bad start to the season. The last team to win the league losing 4 of the first nine matches is liverpool. I dare to believe but the squad is not strong. The loss of Alonso is massive and we really do not know what Aquillani will offer us. Italians cane be temperamental outside of Italy. We let Keane go and brought back Voronin, He is not a match winner. Carragher is not getting Younger and Glen Johnsons attacking ambitions have exposed Carraghers failings even more. We need to start winning and winning soon and this has to be home to Lyon in the champions League, and Manu away.
The motto remains "Pride Passions Power and Glory"
u"ll never walk alone"

Welcome my friend,please join us on the Mighty Reds thread ,as you have rightly identified most of the MANURE,GONER & ABRAHAMOVICH supporters know very little about genuine club loyalty . . . .you're spot on with your analysis. . . see you soon on the Liverpool thread.


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I am not a Liverpool fan, but the match against Sunderland really gave me much to think about in football.
We should play the game fair right, but how fair was the goal Bent scored yesterday to beat Liverpool. A ball deflected from an object thrown unto the pitch, i think the referee should have disallowed that goal.
What do you guys think?

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about the Sunderland goal.

The rule of the game says that if there is interference by a foreign object then there should be a "drop ball". Thats the rule, but football will not be the beautiful game that it is if there are no controversies.

I am a liverpool fan and i'm passionate about my club but a dispassionate analyst.

referres make mistakes, some rules are not used daily so they are forgotten.

Lets move on we are a good side and we need to beat Lyon in anfield and then on to Man United.