The OFFICIAL Liverpool Supporters thread

pedro · January 19, 2009, 09:56:27 PM

Well fcuk that. Was Skrtel marking Cahill and then left him when he went on to the keeper?

Armamike · January 19, 2009, 09:59:42 PM

arrrrggggg!! Went to sleep on the free kick. Nobody picked up Cahill. Really needed to win that game. Made bad work again not to get the 3 points. Everton will be laughing getting a draw out of that game.

charlie stubbs · January 19, 2009, 10:00:45 PM

nobody seemed be marking him.he went onto the keeper then came off him when arteta went to take it.reina should possibly have called a defender in to mark him. united wouldnt have dropped points here. getting seriously worried at this stage. is it just me or are all united supporters poison??any bad result you either get a text message or they are on the liverpool thread.

brokencrossbar1 · January 19, 2009, 10:01:49 PM

f**king fuckity f**k!

RedandGreenSniper · January 19, 2009, 10:02:45 PM

Skrtel let Cahill go but it was a savage ball in by Arteta and even if Cahill didn't get it it could have went anywhere. If ye want to blame anyone blame Benayoun for giving away a free-kick in such a dangerous spot. Keane will be back on the bench for a while after that display

J70 · January 19, 2009, 10:06:10 PM

Its definitely looking unlikely for Liverpool now. Stupid tackle by Benayoun followed by a free header on the six yard line, after struggling the entire game to create a single decent chance. United certainly wouldn't have blown that lead tonight. Let's just hope that Torres gets his fitness and sharpness back as quickly as possible and that they somehow manage to stay in close enough touch to go to Old Trafford with some chance of staying in it. They're just too easy to defend against though - did a Liverpool player win a single header in the Everton box tonight? No threat whatsoever if Gerrard and Torres don't deliver.

ExiledGael · January 19, 2009, 10:08:52 PM

If Riera had attacked the ball with even half of the effort that Cahill did he would have flicked it away.
Poor also by Benayoun, was a clear foul.
Liverpool didn't have another shot on gaol after Gerrard's goal.

kumquat · January 19, 2009, 10:14:43 PM

thats what you get for trying to defend a 1 goal lead for 20 minutes.

Armamike · January 19, 2009, 10:16:43 PM

1-0 up and Benitez takes Torres off. Unless he was struggling badly he needed to stay on the pitch with the scoreline like that. Any coincidence that Liverpool concede a goal with Lucas and Benayoun on the pitch. Benitez too cautious again in taking his strikers off?

stiffler · January 19, 2009, 10:23:17 PM

Keane was anonymous tonight...did he do anything constructive when he was on the pitch?

Look at the results from the weekend, Aresnal, Villa, Chavki and the Scum all get winners in he last ten minutes. We surrender the lead in the last 10, thats the difference in first and second.

J70 · January 19, 2009, 10:23:39 PM

I don't think the Torres substitution had much to do with it at all. He was only gone for the last five minutes and his absence had no impact on the goal. It was a stupid tackle and terrible defending, end of story. The fact that they created f**k all in the rest of the game left them vulnerable to such a f**k up, but Torres was on for 85 minutes and Keane didn't even touch the ball.

stiffler · January 19, 2009, 10:26:43 PM

Howard Webb- the self proclaimed best referee in the world

GalwayBayBoy · January 19, 2009, 10:28:48 PM

Quote from: Armamike on January 19, 2009, 10:16:43 PM
1-0 up and Benitez takes Torres off.

I think they were worried about his fitness as he hasn't played a full game yet since coming back. Probably thought they would see the game out without him. Commentators said he gave them the thumbs up though so he probably wanted to carry on.

Benny and Lucas were bought on and all they did was give away free-kicks. Lucas gave one away about 10 seconds after coming on. Why was he on ahead of Mascherano anyway? Just conceded too many silly free-kicks allowing Everton to lump balls into our penalty area.

Not sure what happened with Cahill. Sami seemed to be pointing at him for someone to pick him up and Skrtel was nearest him but didn't follow him. Not sure if Skrtel was keeping an eye on someone else or what?

Completely went into our shells after going ahead and let Everton have the ball when for the 30 minutes before that they couldn't get it off us.

Keane barely had a touch all night. Kuyt not much better. Gerrard had a quiet first half but again came up with some magic in the second half. Torres played well but not quite match sharp yet. Thought we looked a bit wobbly at the back though. Skrtel was unusually indecisive and Carra playing right-full is not ideal.

Howard Webb was very poor. If that is the best ref they have they are in trouble.

new devil · January 19, 2009, 10:30:47 PM

Only seen second half was he poor to both teams or just liverpool?? didnt think he was to bad

bridgegael · January 19, 2009, 10:34:59 PM

this stupid zonal marking was the cause of the goal, skertle looked at cahill at least twice before the free came in, he stayed were he wwas and let cahill go.
silly free to give away in the first place. to many draws at home and thats what will be the difference come may.