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You fools?

TYhink of wasting timje on some better discussions than this,

Liverpool delivered an inspired performance when it really mattered to secure a place in the Champions League knockout stages at the expense of Marseille.

The Reds became the first English side to beat Marseille at the Stade Velodrome in European competition as early goals by Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres were added to by second-half strikes by Dirk Kuyt and Ryan Babel.

It meant the Merseysiders finished second in Group A behind Porto and qualified from the pool stages for the fourth year in succession.

In truth, the Reds could and should have won by more, such was their dominance and the Marseille lethargy, especially at the back.

It was a special night for Gerrard, who opened the scoring when he powered home the rebound from a penalty he won himself.

That was his 23rd goal in the Champions League, overtaking a milestone he had shared jointly with Michael Owen.

Torres was a pest to the Marseille rearguard throughout and his 11th-minute goal was a gem, a mazy run topped off with an ice-cold finish.

Kuyt and substitute Babel scored neatly-taken goals at either end of the second half as Marseille imploded.

They can at least console themselves with a UEFA Cup spot, while Reds coach Rafael Benitez can go into Sunday's meeting with club owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett in renewed heart.

Liverpool came into the match reeling from Saturday's 3-1 defeat to Reading, their first loss in this season's Barclays Premier League.

They would also have had Sunday's Anfield summit meeting with Manchester United in the back of their minds although, as expected, Benitez put out all his big names in a full-strength team.

They delivered in the most emphatic manner and had qualification wrapped up after just 11 minutes.

The deadlock was broken Gerrard in the third minute from the spot.

The captain was the man to win the penalty when, having been set free by Kewell, he was sent tumbling by Laurent Bonnart.

The full-back was the last man and should have been red-carded, but he did not even receive a booking.

Gerrard dusted himself down and even though his initial attempt was saved by Steve Mandanda, he rammed home the rebound from six yards and Liverpool were on their way.

Torres was running amok up front, pulling defenders out of position and finding space with his pace.

But it was his skill with the ball at his feet that put Liverpool 2-0 up.

Receiving a short pass from Harry Kewell just outside the area, the Spain international jinked around two defenders before opening his body up and sliding a cool finish inside the far post.

The crowd, so vibrant prior to kick-off, were stunned but their side could have been further behind by the break.

Liverpool were having little trouble at the back, Marseille relying on long-range pot-shots as their only means of testing Jose Reina.

Only once did they breach the Reds' rearguard, but Mathieu Valbuena - slipped in by Lorik Cana - chose to go round Jose Reina rather than shoot and the chance was lost.

There was more action at the other end.

Kuyt, who was happy to drop back to help out his midfield, headed a drifting Harry Kewell cross straight at Mandanda midway into the half.

And towards the end of the opening period, Liverpool had a clutch of chances that should have harvested at least one more goal.

Gerrard sent a free-kick just wide before Kewell volleyed narrowly over in the 40th minute.

Torres, having outpaced Julien Rodriguez, then poked an effort over but it was all Liverpool.

By that time, Samir Nasri, the young France playmaker who was adjudged not fit enough to start after recent ankle trouble, had been thrown on by coach Eric Gerets, replacing Benoit Cheyrou.

And at half-time, former Liverpool player Djibril Cisse was introduced off the bench in place of another ex-Red, Boudewijn Zenden.

It mattered little and Liverpool were soon 3-0 up. More embarrassing defending allowed Kuyt to run free towards goal after Kewell's pass from the left in the 48th minute the Holland striker smashed home his finish from 10 yards and that was game, set and match.

Marseille's best chance of the game came just after the hour mark when Cisse got on the end of a Valbuena cross.

The striker's header beat Reina but hit the base of the post and went wide.

Benitez used his full allocation of substitutes in the final quarter, and one of them - Babel - added gloss to the scoreline in injury time when he ran onto a long ball, rounded Mandanda and slotted home into an empty net.

Yeah it was a tumping victory for us.

WHo says we will walk alone?

Watch us grab the unthinkable this year,

YNWA!!!

Yeah we may have lost over the weekend, but so has Arsenal.

So? I think we should get positive for the game against Amrseille tomorrow, and hope that something good comes out from it. Either a 2-2 draw or more, or a win would send us ion to the knock-out stages, and shut the mouths of our critics.

All the same, YNWA!!!

tot the poll would have been overwhelming.

Well, maybe the loss to Reading is taking its toll, but O think we are not alone in this.

Lets be positive and have confidence in the game on tuesday.

Indeed, YNWA,

Keep the poll going,

With 21 goals in 5 matches, Liverpool FC would be a team to beat this weekend.

However, Captain fantastic is saying the goals may not really matter, if only the points keep rolling in.

Well, El Nino still remains a 25 goal per season goaledor.

Reading must look out. The reverse of this fixture last season was a 2-0 bash for the homers.

Now, lets see what they can muster out this time around.

YNWA

Who do you think is nyour best ever Merseyside Player?

Liverpool climbed to third after beating struggling Bolton at Anfield.

Steven Gerrard created both first-half goals, first sending over a free-kick that was headed in by Sami Hyypia.

After Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka missed an open goal, Gerrard rolled a pass into the path of Fernando Torres who chipped keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen.

The Liverpool captain added a third with a second-half penalty after Abdoulaye Meite fouled Peter Crouch, and Ryan Babel tapped in the fourth.


How Anelka failed to equalise when Bolton were trailing by a single goal, only the Frenchman will know.

The ball landed at Anelka's feet after Pepe Reina and Jamie Carragher collided in trying to clear a Kevin Davies pass, but with the goal at his mercy the former Liverpool striker shot wide.

Had Anelka scored the course of this game might have been different, but Torres' goal a minute before half-time made Bolton's task of taking any points almost impossible.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez partnered Torres and Crouch in attack for the first time in the Premier League.

The two have played in the Carling Cup as well as the Champions League, but on the evidence of this game their attacking partnership remains very much a work in progress.

Torres, who received a huge ovation when he was taken off in the second half, completely overshadowed Crouch.

As well as winning the penalty, Crouch did go close in one of Liverpool's early attacks when his goal-bound shot was blocked on the line by Lubomir Michalik, but this was not one of his most effective games.

While Anelka endeared himself to his old club's fans with that awful miss, El-Hadji Diouf earned the opprobrium of the Anfield crowd with a horrendous tackle on Alvaro Arbeloa.

Diouf complained long and hard over the yellow card, but given the way he raked his studs down Arbeloa's leg the Senegalese player was lucky not to be sent off.

It was from a free-kick that Liverpool took the lead, Gerrard whipping over the ball and Hyypia getting the faintest of glances to beat Jaaskelainen with a header.

A minute before the interval Gerrard and Torres combined to punish Anelka's profligacy.

If Gerrard's curling pass to release Torres was exquisite, the Spaniard's finish probably bettered it.

Torres gently lifted the ball over the advancing Jaaskelainen, in a finish reminiscent of Kenny Dalglish's winning goal against Bruges in the European Cup final of 1978.

The second half proved a formality for Liverpool, with Crouch's emphatically taken penalty further extending their lead.

Just before being substituted Torres zigzagged his way past a succession of Bolton defenders, only to then send his shot over the bar.

Dirk Kuyt replaced Torres and the Dutchman played a key role in Liverpool's fourth goal.

Jaaskelainen was unable to hold Kuyt's shot and Babel had the simplest of jobs to roll the ball into the empty net.

Soon after Babel might have had a second goal, but Meite did well to head off the line.

Liverpool are still unbeaten in the Premier League, but their title credentials are likely to be given a more rigorous assessment in a fortnight when Manchester United travel to Anfield.

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Its been five matches with 21 goals.

wow!!

Our enemies should now start thinking it, that afterall, we don't walk alone,

watch us qualify in marseille

I think Liverpool is just a natural record setter. Read this:

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/features/history/FH12047071109-1218.htm

After a week that saw Liverpool rattle in eight goals we thought it would be topical to reminisce about another record breaking big score at Anfield when Saturday's opponents Fulham once let in double figures back in 1986.

The date was September 23, 1986 and the competition was the Littlewoods Cup second round, 1st leg.

Just 13,498 supporters turned up at Anfield for the match that turned out to be a footballing treat and a record league cup victory for the Reds as we won 10-0.

Now back then it was very different to what we have now, in terms of supporters being able to watch every goal from every match Liverpool play in on LFC TV. A single police surveillance camera was the only source of footage on the night, and all 10 goals were shown in wide angle format on the BBC official history video which was released in December 1987.

Kenny Dalglish's reigning double winners had gone into the Fulham game on the back of a 2-1 defeat at Southampton – a match that saw Kevin MacDonald break his leg which effectively ended his Anfield career.

Steve McMahon was the man of the match for Liverpool as he scored four goals and even missed a penalty – at the time it was to claim what would have been his hat-trick. Ian Rush and John Wark grabbed a brace and Ronnie Whelan and Steve Nicol completed the rout.

Recalling the events, striker Rush said: "It was a record night for us, but a match in which we could easily have fallen behind. Fulham had the first good chance of the match, but thankfully for us their striker Dean Coney miscued.

"Not that it would have made any difference mind you. Our finishing was razor-sharp and poor John Vaughan in the Fulham goal had no chance.

"Stevie Mac knocked in four, mainly from my range, close in. I could have had four goals but had to settle for two. We could even afford the luxury of a missed penalty and had a club record-equalling 11th goal disallowed."

For the record Liverpool won the second leg 3-2 at Craven Cottage when reserve team players John Durnin and Brian Mooney made their debuts. The night is best remembered for the cover of the Fulham matchday programme which had a picture of Diego Maradona on his knees saying a prayer. It summed up Fulham's mood for the second leg and their good sense of humour.

Liverpool ended the season runners-up in this competition when the Reds lost 2-1 to Arsenal at Wembley. It was also the first time that Liverpool had lost a game when Rush had scored.

Liverpool team: Grobbelaar, Gillespie, Beglin, Lawrenson, Whelan, Gillespie, Dalglish, Nicol, Rush, Wark, McMahon. Subs not used: Venison, Hooper.

Fernando Torres became Liverpool's record signing on July 4, 2007.

The striker had spent the previous 12 years at Atletico Madrid, the club he supported as a boy.

The Spanish giants snapped him up at the age of 11 after he netted 55 goals in his first season at amateur side Rayo 13.

Three years after his arrival Torres was named the best under-14 player in Europe following his performances in the Nike Cup.

He signed his first professional contract in 1999 but had to wait until May 27, 2001 to make his debut against Leganes.

Still, at 17 years and 68 days, he was Atletico's youngest ever player. Within a week he'd scored his first goal in a match against Albacete.

The 2001-02 season saw him net six times in 36 league appearances, helping his side win promotion to La Liga.

Meanwhile, he was still making waves on the international scene. Torres was top scorer and player of the tournament in the 2001 European Under-16 Championships and 2002 European Under-19 Championships, both of which Spain won.

The frontman bagged 13 goals during his first season in the Spanish top flight, earning him a first under-21 cap for his country.

The 2003-04 campaign proved to be a momentous one for Torres. Not only did he score 19 goals in 35 league appearances, but he was also handed the club captaincy. At 19, he was the youngest skipper in Atletico's long and illustrious history.

On top of all this, the youngster was also called up into the senior Spain squad, making his full debut in a friendly with Portugal on September 6, 2003. The following April he scored his first international goal against Italy. He was then part of the Spain squad which travelled to Euro 2004 in Holland and Belgium.

The player nicknamed El Nino (The Kid) because of his youthful appearance was selected for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where he scored three goals.

The following year, in May 2007, Torres hit the headlines when he revealed the phrase 'You'll Never Walk Alone' on the inside of his captain's armband during a match between Atletico and Real Sociedad. Two months of speculation and paper talk ensued before the striker was finally unveiled at Melwood.

He left Atletico with a record of 82 goals in 214 league appearances.

Torres made his competitive debut for the Reds at Villa Park on August 11, 2007. A week later he bagged his first official goal when Chelsea visited Anfield (though he had already scored in a pre-season friendly versus Shanghai Shenhua).

The centre-forward's apparently seamless transition into English football was highlighted with a spectacular hat-trick when Liverpool travelled to Reading in the third round of the Carling Cup.

Now that the three lions? _{[/sub]they must be toothless[sub]}are out of Austria and Switzerland, we can now see what international duties can cost clubs.

When Gerr played with a broken foot against Chelsea, Macca_{[/sub]oh foolish Macca[sub]} pressed that Gerr must play with the aid of injections.

The effect of that, was a string of uninspirational play that now costs us a place in the second round of the UCL, and now places us sixth on the PL's table.

Now Gerr and 'Lanky' would have to sit it out in May? when the showdown commences.

I think clubs sould begin to press for more than the meagre compensations they get for the FA.

Anyway

Gerr, take heart and continue to play your hearts out for the KOP.

For lanky, Just continue to fight for your shirt.

YNWA

If they want him, its good for us.

I mean, for Nigia.

They should take him. He'd get enough playing time, with the recurrence of injuries to the strikers

illusion2:
Hi guys glad to know Liverpool fans are out there !!!

You never walk alone.

Quick question,who would you rate as your all time best player(for Liverpool of course)??

Kenny Dalglish

He is my all time best Liverpool Player. It could have been Kevni Keegan, but its Kenny,

bgees:
A win is always possible for us.
True,newcastle is weak,but can we take advantage?
I just hope torres starts and benayoun recovers.
And i hope sam alladyce benches martins.
We can win and newcastle don't hav what it takes to stop us.it all depends on stevie g and d boys.

Guy are you scared of Martins?

I believe we have stifflers that can stop him right in midfield before he plans of doing something in attack?

If we are leaving St. James' Park on saturday, I know it would be with our unbeaten run intact,

read this:

http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1170116,00.html

YNWA

The International break is over, and we are atleast satisfied to have fersh legs around for the first time?

Now we visit St. James' Park for a breakfast showdown.

Do you see Torres I mmm meeann El Nino banging in some goals against a porous Tynside outfit?

What do you think the result would look like?

Nother 3 in the kitty, or maybe another saviour for another 3? or 1?

Let the KOP know your views,

YNWA,

Yeah there are genuine Liverpool FC fans around. very plenty I know.

Our chances,

stop talking about chances. We are already in he second round already. A win against Porto in fron of the KOP is certain. Then we will storm league strugglers in M erseille.

Then, bling we are already on our way to the finals,

YNWA!!!

Teriba:
You guys should not waste your time asking for any information on the friendly here. I`ve just returned from the stadium and I can only congratulate anyone that didn`t spend his time watching today`s eyesore; that was 90 minutes of self-imposed psychological torture! No, it has been a long time since I saw a Nigerian side played like that. That was truly catastrophic!! It`s very interesting that you guys are talking about Mikel and Taiwo. I wouldn`t know why the coach was desperate to have them because Mikel didn`t play today and it was late in the second have that he introduced taiwo. Anyway, enough of this weekend rubbish!

But I don't see the reason why you should crucify the Eagles.

I didn't watch the match in full, but the clips I watched while the match was on, shows that Vogts only now needs to work on his attacking midfield options, as the defence line is now shored up with capable players. I think testing oter players agasins Swtizerland would help.

On the issue of the dream team 4, I think Siasia has tried, but the boys just must not be complacent at this point in time.

A win against the Amaglulug will not be easy. They really would be influenced by the Black Meteors.

a convincing wijn should do. maybe 4 or 5

yeah YNWA

abeg the club to support is LIVERPOOL FC.

Also called the REDS, or MERSEYSIDERS or rather still EVERTON ATHLETIC, Liverpool FC is the most glorious club in English football.

As they say, its got an unrivalled history and a GLORIOUS FUTURE.

Red stands for blood, blood is life - Liverpool is life.

Support  Liverpool FC and You'll Never Walk Alone

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Wow the issues of the heart have come to stay in today's generation.

Can you imagine, a thread is posted yesterday, and its already got 85 posts minus mine, and viewed 1298 times. This is hilarious.

Does it tell of the rate of emotional turmoil that noe rages amongst rash people of my generation?

Lets be careful in our inital steps. They lead us unto paths b leak and dark, which we shall only unravel, by the day. Lets heed moral constraints and injunctions.

Well, as for Myomy, I'd advise that what you need, is not a male friend, but you need your husband back.

I know that if you do not love him still, you will not call him your husband.

Read inbetween the lines Nigerians seem to have many answers to problems of the heart than to the troubles of the economy.

just pick the best that siutes you, but I must confess, that you need to dig deep in to your thoughts and devise a means of winning your husband back.

Save that shame that lingers near. check yourself and your compatibilities.

Come on, you guys must have dated. What were those things you did that endeared you to his heart. Can't you re-enact those scenes of yesterdays?

The ball is well in your court

Summon courage,

Tell her,

Just tell her,

Then wait for her reply with maturity,

Just in case,

She gets to know somewhere,

Then you'd be helpless,

Mike Maiyaki

though he's a Man U fan.

I think the ripe age for marriage, depends on the readiness of the couple, and the levell of maturity.

But anyway, 21 for ladies and 24 for men isn't bad,

I gives their kids room to enjoy their parents while their meagre life expectancy lasts,

kooldamsel:
@darfur
ure not serious
@A-40
Well done o.What are you doing on this thread anyway
@toshmann and kubed2kin
We shall never walk alone.

Yeah kooldamsel, We'll Never Walk Alone.

See how we wrap up the day in grand style?

Allow our enemies wish us bad luck.

When they set records, they revel

When we break the records, they are like Liverpool of all people?

Let them say,

We'll Never Walk Alone,

I wouldn't advise you to just sit there and wait fro him to made the move. Some guys would want to play safe, but taking their time. Duringthis period, they get festooned in infatuations and realisations. Most times, they really can not find their rhythm, to discern which is which.

I tell you, if you feel anything for him, let him know ASAP.

You just cannot know,

After trahsing Besiktas 8 - 0, I think it has become clear that we shall never walk alone.

Injuries never make thing go well, but even in injury, our only defeats remain Besiktas and Maseille.

We can bounce back as we are used to doing, and that dramatic night at Anfield, is just an apettizer, to today's game against Fulham.

And yet again, we shall never walk alone