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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says that
the FA Cup semi-finals should not be played
at Wembley.
The winners of Sunday's tie at Anfield are
guaranteed a trip to the famous stadium,
which has hosted both semi-finals and the
final since 2008.
Rodgers said: "In many ways I wish semi-
finals weren't at Wembley as I think it takes
something away from it. Wembley should be
just for the final."
Liverpool have reached the semi-finals of the
FA Cup on 23 occasions, most recently in
2012.
Blackburn have reached 18 - most recently in
2007 - and manager Gary Bowyer believes his
side have found a game plan to beat the Reds
at Anfield.
He said: "It's David versus Goliath. Nobody's
giving us a chance outside of our dressing
room.
"I think they're the most impressive team in
the Premier League at the moment and the
football that they're playing is fantastic.
Obviously full credit to the manager for the
way he changed his formation.
"We've studied the videos, we've come up with
a game plan, and we've worked with the
players on it. We'll go and take the challenge
to Liverpool.
"The mood's one of excitement and rightly so.
The lads have earned the right to play at
Anfield with the performances in the previous
rounds."
This is the 10th time these sides have
been drawn together in the FA Cup, with
Liverpool progressing five times and
Blackburn four times previously.
Blackburn won the last FA Cup meeting
1-0 at Anfield in the fourth round in
2000, with Nathan Blake scoring the
only goal.
Liverpool have won the FA Cup on
seven occasions - most recently in
2006.
This is only the second time that
Liverpool have reached the sixth round
since they won the trophy in 2006. They
also reached this stage in 2012, when
they beat Stoke 2-1 at Anfield before
losing to Chelsea in the final.
It is 131 years since Blackburn Rovers
first won the FA Cup, in 1884. They
have won the trophy on six occasions,
but not since 1928.
Blackburn have reached the sixth round
for the second time in three seasons,
also reaching this stage in 2013 when
they lost to Millwall.

http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/31680300

Those totals won't be added to this season, but second place is now certainly in the sights of both after losing just two league games between them since their December meeting in Manchester.

United won that game 3-0, and it was the first of 24 successive matches in which Brendan Rodgers has selected the 3-4-2-1 formation that's been key in turning Liverpool's season around.

Even in losing at Old Trafford, the Reds boss said that he'd seen enough "to show that we could get a result going forward". His instincts have been right to the tune of 13 results without a defeat in the Premier League since then, winning eight points more than Chelsea in the same period (although Chelsea have played one game fewer).

It's also eight more than Manchester United have gathered, although the fact that Louis van Gaal's team has won as many points as the champions-elect in that time frame is telling.

It's often said that winning games whilst not playing well is the sign of a good team, and United showed against Tottenham last weekend that they can be one, with their first win for a while that was more glorious than ground out.

We've got two in-form teams and a match that could play a big part in one or the other missing out on a Champions League place next season. It's the game of the weekend.

http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/31893202

Daniel sturridge make it 2 -0 for Liverpool. ..Hahahhahaha let laugh at Manchester united. ..

Daniel sturridge don score o.. 2 - 0

Liverpool iyaff score.. 1 -0 ..Goal by
Henderson

Liverpool iyaff score.. 1 -0 ..Goal by Henderson

What sort of humiliation is this ? Where is
Liverpool thread on front page... this is a blow
to us.#Nonsense. Msheew

What sort of humiliation is this ? Where is
Liverpool thread on front page... this is a blow
to us.#Nonsense. Msheew

What sort of humiliation is this ? Where is
Liverpool thread on front page... this is a blow
to us.#Nonsense. Msheew

What sort of humiliation is this ? Where is Liverpool thread on front page... this is a blow to us.#Nonsense. Msheew

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is back in
training following a hamstring injury but is
unlikely to be risked.
Glen Johnson has overcome illness and
Mamadou Sakho is nearing a return after a
hip problem, but Jordon Ibe remains out with
a knee injury.
Burnley manager Sean Dyche has no new
injury concerns and could once again name an
unchanged starting line-up.
Matthew Taylor is still out following Achilles
surgery, while Dean Marney and Kevin Long
are out for the season.
Liverpool are the Premier League's only
unbeaten side since the turn of the year and
Saturday's excellent win over Manchester City
served further notice of their intent as serious
players in the race for Champions League
football next season.
This match will be a very different test for
Brendan Rodgers' in-form team though.
Whereas City came to play and take them on
toe-to-toe, Burnley will look to deny time and
space and, on their day, are more than
capable of making life difficult for the top
sides.
They managed it only a couple of weeks ago
with a 1-1 draw away to Chelsea and also
took a point from the Etihad Stadium in a 2-2
draw with Manchester City just after
Christmas.
It's been quite some turnaround for Liverpool
over the last two-and-a-half months or so
and they go into the midweek fixtures just a
couple of points behind fourth-placed
Manchester United.
The manager has found a tactical formula that
works and Saturday's win was their sixth in
the last seven league games. They are
unbeaten in the last 11, a run stretching all
the way back to the 3-0 defeat at Old Trafford
in the middle of December.
This game is the start of a really tough-
looking run of fixtures for Burnley, who face
teams from the top seven in each of their next
five matches.
The Clarets are only in the bottom three on
goal difference at the moment, but will be
anxious to still be in touch when they emerge
from this sequence of games in the middle of
next month.
Their form somewhat mirrors their opponents,
only in reverse. Sean Dyche's men have won
just once in 11 league games dating back to
mid-December, and the 2-1 victory at Stoke
back in November remains their only success
on the road all season.
Head-to-head
Liverpool have won all three Premier
League meetings, scoring nine goals
without reply.
The Reds have won their last seven
home meetings with Burnley in all
competitions, keeping a clean sheet on
each occasion.
The Clarets' last league win over
Liverpool was by 1-0 at Anfield in
September 1974.
Liverpool
Liverpool are unbeaten in 11 league
games, and have won six of their last
seven.
They are the Premier League's form
team in 2015 with 20 points from eight
matches (W6, D2).
The Reds have drawn five of their home
league games this season, more than
any other side in the top half of the
table.
Brendan Rodgers' side have kept five
clean sheets in their last seven Premier
League games.
Burnley
Burnley have won just one of their last
11 league matches (D4, L6) and failed
to keep a clean sheet in that period.
The Clarets are winless in seven away
matches. Their only away win this
season was a 2-1 triumph at Stoke in
November.
They have conceded 45 league goals,
the division's joint-worst tally with
QPR.
Sean Dyche's side have conceded 16
headed goals, the most in the Premier
League this season.
Reported Liverpool target Danny Ings
has scored five goals in his last eight
Premier League games.

http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/31616985

chimerase2:
Game over #CFC won

Chelsea fanz we don help una this year o but una stabbed us last season. . up Liverpool up Chelsea.

Walai we may not win with this lineup. Why putting all your 4 strikers on the bench

Mignolet; Lovren, Skrtel, Can; Markovic, Allen,
Henderson, Moreno; Coutinho, Lallana;
Sterling.
Subs: Ward, Toure, Lambert, Sturridge, Borini,
Balotelli, Williams




Daniel sturridge and balotelli on the bench.

JEITO:
Unlike in Turkey the other night, Liverpool won't be walking alone today because the yokohama rubber boys will all be behind you giving you 110% support.

If you know anything about yokohama tires, you'll know that it guarantees smooth riding anywhere, anyday, anytime and under any condition.

Halla Chelsea

Chelsea fans oya make una come out from una holes.

ednut1:
paul merson and his drunk predictions. pool 1 ( coutinho) city city 3( yaya nasri dzeko)

Chelsea stabbed us last season so I will not get hurt if Manchester city win this match.. We will not forgive you Chelsea.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/313650/preview

Manchester City will look to close the gap on
leaders Chelsea to two points when they travel
to Liverpool on Super Sunday.
With Jose Mourinho's side occupied with the
Capital One Cup final, the champions can
move to within touching distance of the Blues
with victory at Anfield.
City enter the game on the back of another
disappointing performance in Europe, having
lost 2-1 to Barcelona on Tuesday, and they
will be looking for a positive response.
Manuel Pellegrini's side almost saw their bid
for a second title derailed on their last trip to
Merseyside as Brendan Rodgers' side stormed
to victory in April.
Philippe Coutinho's second-half strike edged a
pulsating encounter as the Reds moved within
reach of a maiden Premier League crown.
Ten months on and Liverpool find themselves
ten points behind Sunday's opponents. Yet,
while talk of the title may be misplaced,
victory on Sunday would see the Reds
strengthen their claim for a top-four finish.
Similarly to City, Liverpool enter the tie on the
back of European heartache having been
dumped out of the Europa League at the
hands of Besiktas.
Team news
Liverpool playmaker Coutinho will return to
the side having been rested for their Europa
League exit in Turkey.
Midfielder Jordan Henderson was also left at
home with an ankle problem and that will
need to be assessed at the weekend.
Defender Mamadou Sakho has resumed
training this week after a hip injury while full-
back Glen Johnson could be back after illness
meant he missed the trip to Istanbul.
Manchester City have a fully-fit squad for the
trip to Anfield. Midfielder Yaya Toure is poised
to return after missing Tuesday's
Champions League loss to Barcelona through
suspension.
Striker Wilfried Bony, who has made two
substitute appearances in the past week,
could make his first start since his £25million
move from Swansea.
Opta facts
Liverpool have won just two of the last 12
Premier League matches against Man City
(W2 D6 L4).
Manchester City have scored two or more
goals in each of their last six Barclays Premier
League games against Liverpool.
Man City have won none of their last 11
Premier League trips to Anfield (W0 D4 L7).
David Silva has scored nine Premier League
goals in 2014-15; his best tally in a single
Premier League season.
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier
League matches (W7 D3); the best record of
any side over the last 10 games.
Arsenal are the only team to prevent
Manchester City from scoring in their last 23
Premier League matches.
Merson's prediction
I am just going for Liverpool here - they have
really picked up of late, while Brendan Rodgers
has rested a couple of players for the trip to
Besiktas in Philippe Coutinho and Jordan
Henderson, and for me this game on Sunday is
bigger than the Besiktas match.
Getting beaten by Barcelona on Tuesday will
have really knocked the stuffing out of City.
And I think that Liverpool are at home and are
on a right roll at the moment, so I see them
winning this game.
PAUL PREDICTS: 2-1

This match is going to ve difficult for Chelsea

Game on.

Arsenal should qualify in order to enable them get distraction from top 4 race.. Up Liverpool

Coutinho, Sakho, and
Henderson to Miss
Besiktas Match
By Noel C  @LFCOffside on Feb 25,
2015, 2:00p 45
Alex Livesey/Getty Images
Adding to Liverpool’s existing
injury woes comes news today that
Jordan Henderson, Philippe
Coutinho, and Mamadou Sakho
have all been left off the traveling
squad and will not face Besiktas.
Besiktas may be busy hoping their
two best players are fit to face
Liverpool , but Liverpool are
heading into the second leg of their
Europa League round of 32 tie with
a lengthy injury list of their own.
Midfielders Lucas Leiva and Steven
Gerrard will be missing of course,
but with the pair having sat out the
first leg due to their injuries and
few expecting them to be ready for
the second, that’s hardly news.
What is is that Brendan Rodgers
will be short two more midfielders
on Thursday evening, as Jordan
Henderson has been left off the
traveling squad with an ankle
injury and Philippe Coutinho ,
clearly suffering from fatigue in
recent weeks, also left in Liverpool
with an eye to an important league
match against Manchester City on
the weekend. Defender Mamadou
Sakho will also miss the match on
Thursday due to a hip injury, as
will Glen Johnson through illness.
The lengthy list of injured players
meant a number of Academy
youngsters had to be called up to
train with the seniors before they
left for Turkey, and it also means
that Martin Skrtel will captain
Liverpool when they head out onto
the pitch at Ataturk Stadium.
Around Skrtel, though, there seem
to be nothing but question marks,
and all of the injuries may mean
Rodgers is be forced to move Emre
Can into midfield alongside Joe
Allen.
More positively for Liverpool,
Henderson and Coutinho are both
expected to be fit to face City on
Sunday, while Gerrard and Sakho
are hopeful of at least being fit
enough to make the bench for that
match.


http://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/liverpool-fc-news-coverage/2015/2/25/8106835/liverpool-injury-crisis-besiktas-coutinho-jordan-henderson-mamadou-sakho

Chelsea fans are technically Liverpool till further notice. Hahahhahaha

Luis Suarez looks set to play his first match in
England since leaving Liverpool to join
Barcelona in the summer, in Tuesday's
Champions League last-16 first leg at
Manchester City.
Barcelona boss Luis Enrique has an almost
full squad to select from, with only defenders
Douglas and Thomas Vermaelen missing.
City striker Wilfried Bony could make his first
start for the hosts.
Yaya Toure is suspended but James Milner is
fit after a knee injury.
Barcelona are looking to reach an eighth-
straight Champions League quarter-final as
they bid for a repeat of last season's last-16
win over Manchester City.
Manuel Pellegrini's men lost both legs at the
same stage last time round to be defeated 4-1
on aggregate and are yet to progress to the
last eight of the competition.
"It is one of the games of the year, the most
important until now," said Barcelona centre-
back Gerard Pique.
"They will try to attack us and that suits us. It
has been proven over the past few months
that we are better against teams that attack
us because we can counter-attack."
Before Saturday's 1-0 loss to Malaga,
Barcelona had won 11 consecutive games in
all competitions.
The Spanish team eased into the knockout
stage with a match to spare, while City
squeezed through thanks to a late turnaround
against Bayern Munich in their penultimate
group game and then a 2-0 victory in a must-
win match at Roma.
The Premier League champions failed to
advance from their Champions League groups
in 2011-12 and 2012-13, but have progressed
to this stage for two campaigns in a row.
"This is a new game and we're not the same
as we were last season and they aren't,
either," Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero
told the club website.
"Both teams have had reinforcements that
have improved the squad so we'll have to see
what kind of game it is, but one thing I think I
can say with confidence is that they are both
going to be great games."

http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/31590801

I HATE HYPOCRITES IN MY LIFE AND NAIRALAND SPORT SECTION MODs ARE THE GREATEST HYPOCRITE OF THIS FORUM.

Philippe Coutinho scored a magnificent goal
as Liverpool overcame Southampton 2-0 in a
controversial game on Sunday to close to
within two points of the Premier League's top
four.
Coutinho opened the scoring with a stunning
30-yard effort in the third minute and Raheem
Sterling added a second goal towards the end,
but it was the performance of referee Kevin
Friend that was to prove the biggest talking
point on a cold, squally evening at St Mary's.
Sudoku Online
www.sudoko-online.info
The official turned down two strong penalty
appeals from Southampton and was barracked
by their supporters throughout, as Ronald
Koeman's side went a third home game
without finding the net.
The result prevented Southampton from
overtaking fourth-place Manchester United,
who they trail by a point, and Liverpool are
now just a point further back after extending
their unbeaten run to 10 league games.
Brendan Rodgers's in-form side are now
within touching distance of the Champions
League berths ahead of a pivotal week that
sees them take a 1-0 lead to Besiktas in the
Europa League before welcoming champions
Manchester City to Anfield next weekend.
Dejan Lovren, who replaced the injured
Mamadou Sakho, and former Southampton
captain Adam Lallana were both booed on
their returns to St Mary's, but Coutinho sliced
through the home fans' jeers with a
sensational early goal.
Collecting the ball 30 yards from goal, the
Brazilian midfielder shifted it onto his right
foot and let fly with a glorious, dipping shot
towards the top-left corner that cannoned
into the net via the crossbar.
By then, Filip Djuricic, making his first
Southampton start, had already had a penalty
appeal turned down when he went down after
getting goal-side of Emre Can, and he then
saw an even stronger claim waved away.
He was sent sprawling by a sliding challenge
from Joe Allen, but Friend allowed play to
continue and Liverpool goalkeeper Simon
Mignolet had to block from Eljero Elia.
- Sterling punishes Targett slip -
The official further angered the home support
when he failed to penalise Can for up-ending
Nathaniel Clyne on the Southampton right,
but he also allowed Jose Fonte to get away
with a full-blooded sliding block on Sterling
inside the hosts' area.
There were also roars of disapproval when
Mignolet raced from his box to repel an
attempted lob from Elia, but replays showed
the ball had struck the goalkeeper's chest and
then ricocheted against his arm.
Moments before half-time, amid
pandaemonium in the Liverpool box, Mignolet
parried from Djuricic.
Both sides made changes at the break,
Southampton sending on the fit-again Morgan
Schneiderlin and Liverpool introducing Alberto
Moreno for Lazar Markovic, while Sadio Mane
entered the fray for the hosts shortly after.
Graziano Pelle dragged wide and Martin Skrtel
produced a good block to thwart Mane as
Southampton pushed for an equaliser, but
with 17 minutes to play, Liverpool's killer
second arrived.
Slipping on the greasy pitch, Matt Targett
could only steer Moreno's left-wing cross as
far as Sterling, who slammed home before
celebrating jubilantly with the fans behind
Fraser Forster's goal.
It was Sterling's third goal in five games and
validated Rodgers's decision to select the
England forward instead of of Mario Balotelli,
who remained on the bench.
Thereafter, Mignolet saved a skidding free-kick
from substitute Dusan Tadic and an overhead
kick from Schneiderlin, but the game was
already up.

https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/football-coutinho-rocket-sinks-seething-southampton-181624053--sow.html

Goal.. sterling scores. .. Top 4 race is now wide open...

Countinho scores. .... 0 - 1

keandre:
na gerrald u suppose hold,why him go fall like that

That slip na die....... thunder fire me that day ehn....

Game on

With the power given to us ,we Liverpool fans will modify our thread if the inept mod fail to push to front page. Kick off time is 5:15pm and This is a tough fixture.

ginajet:
that's ur headache...... am use to people like you

Sorry nah. it alright please. . I am the one begging now. I said am sorry

ginajet:
lemme alone jorr..... I know you not

What up babe. I will like to know you