Let me set set the scene. Aston Villa took the lead through a Lucas Leiva own goal. This is the guy who Liverpool fans generally don’t like but who Rafael Benitez really rates and clearly thinks is good enough to replace Xavi Alonso.
Just before half-time Steve Sidwell took a shot from distance which was deflected for a Villa corner. Pepe Reina had a tantrum, kicked the ball away and earned himself a yellow card. The fourth official had indicated a minimum of one minute injury time to be played but after Reina’s little hissy fit and time-wasting, referee Atkinson allowed the corner to be taken. 42 seconds in to the second minute of injury time, the corner was taken and Villa went 2-0 up.
With twenty minutes remaining, Fernando Torres put Liverpool back in to the game, scoring to halve Villa’s lead.
But then two minutes later, St. Stevie Me, who so often saves the day for the scousers, dashed all their hopes of a dramatic comeback. Nigel Reo-Coker burst in to the Liverpool box and Gerrard took him out, sliding in and getting nothing on the ball, giving Atkinson no choice but to point to the spot. Ashley Young sent Reina the wrong way and made it 3-1 to Villa.
At the beginning of the month, Sir Alex Ferguson questioned whether Liverpool would pose much of a threat, in light of so many pundits and newspapers predicting that this would be their year.
“Liverpool have just had probably their best season for 20 years, finished up with 86 points and still finished four adrift,” Ferguson said. “It will be hard for them to match that, let alone improve. Other teams will read Liverpool better.”
Much like his prediction about Chelsea last season, it appears as though our manager is getting it right again. Not because I’m writing Liverpool off simply due to their start to the season (I wrote them off long before then!) but because they lost two games all season during their best effort in 20 years in 08-09 and now they have lost two of their opening three in 09-10.
Not looking good for the Mad Waiter and co. Aww. All hail he Rafalution!
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As I chortle mightly at this defeat, I like to think back to the look on Michael Owen’s face on Saturday after he scored . I find it just adds to the pleasure.
LOL….
Lucas = Their New Xabi
Voronin = Their impact player
Babel = Their Ronaldo
2009 = Their year…
Mwhahahaha
Looking at that lpool side
you have a right back who can;t defend, a centre half who can;t run. two central midfielders who can;t score or make a goal, one winger who can run all day but has no skill, one winger who has skill but has a heart the size of a pea.
Yes gerrard and torres are v good players but if they are marked out of the game lpool have nothing to offer.
Losing alonso has wrecked the shape of their team
quality ten more years for the fat spanish waiter
Walk on,
Walk on,
With hope in your heart.
There will always be next year!
There will always be next year!
Ha Ha! The popular press will be devastated! King Kenny was lording it in the fat cat seats. Hope he enjoyed it cause i certainly did!
i posted this somewhere else but fuck it,here i go again
alan green,jimmy corkhill,cilla black,bob carolgees,paul o’grady,sinbad,the fat one off of corrie,micky quinn,ralf mctell,derek hatton,djimi traore,ringo starr,phil thompson your boys took one hell of a beating.
Nice one Paddy!!
two losses in three games so far. brilliant.
Queen kenny has 1 eye on rafas job.
He fucked up newcastle and celtic let him finish off the dippers
I have to say, it’s wonderful that this has happened when there are three or four clubs knocking on the door of the champions league spots.
@ Devilton
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!
Jimmy Bob
I want to add to that
They have a bad-tempered cheating bastard in Mascharano.
A clueless sad excuse of a footballer who cant seem to pass the ball to HIS Team-mates. (Lucas)
Skrtel? Hahah. And they bought a RB for £18m. Lost a very good player in
Alonso and havent replaced him.
This is definately their year.
hahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahahaa
It’s fantastic to see Liverpool lose for the second time in three games.
Like 99% of people on here, I am a MASSIVE United fan, so it’s always great to see our hated rivals lose.
But a word of caution. Let’s not mock them in defeat, let’s not laugh at that fat Spanish waiter and the likes of Ngog, Lucas, Babel, etc.
Football has an uncanny way of coming back and making us all bitterly disappointed. Granted, during my years supporting United I have seen everything apart from relegation, so I have witnessed a lot of success.
But failure is never far away, and it’s even harder to take after you’ve written another team off or laughed at them. We all love to do it, but I think the best thing to do regarding Liverpool’s result is raise an eyebrow, laugh inside and move on.
Arsenal on Saturday should occupy our thoughts. Nothing more, nothing less.
Gerrard gets sued, United gets off the hook for two disciplinary issues, and Liverpool lose 1-3 at home, all in one day. It’s like Christmas has come early to OT.
GOOD JOB MR ATKINSON(TONIGHTS REF) WASNT CALLED FOR JURY SERVICE IN L/POOL LAST MONTH……..THEN THAT YOB WOULDNT HAVE GOT OFF WITH IT……..JUSTICE 4 GERRARD………..BINDIPPERS…HAVE U BOOKED YOUR HOLS FOR 2010………WHY NOT TRY A VILLA………….
David- Rocky dennis- Fairclough was there as well! Just turned over to Liverpoll tv! They are showing a game from the mid 90s! Obviously in denial!!
and then they say, denial is a river in egypt.
Lucas get a goal, the Kop falls quiet, Stevie Gerrard dives, Vornin misses, conspiracy theories abound and Rafa strokes his beard with his fudgey fingers…..
A4 pad at the ready for tomorrows list of ‘facts’ eh Rafa?
Paddy
No joke, I was going to put that “hell of a beating”. U beat me to it.
“the fat one off corrie”lol
Pool’s next manager was sat in the Villa dug-out and it might happen well before Christmas. Benitez must now realise his time is up. Time to pass the poisoned chalice to Martin O’Neil, but with no money in the bank his options will be very limited.
Bloody hell, i just heard a team of Archeologists are on their way up to Anfeild to start excavating for some long lost ancient english silver!
Duncan_E,
they gotta dig well and deeeeeeeeeeeeep, gonna take them about 20 years to find one, lol.
IS IT TRUE SHITTY ONLY BOUGHT LESSCOTT SO THAT TEVEZ DOESNT LOOK THE ONLY UGLY FUCKER IN THE DRESSING ROOM, MORE SCARS THAN MICHEAL JACKSONS NOSE.
Let us all enjoy the moment,but its important that we win against arsenal on sat’day,or else its gonna be like the”pot calling kettle black”,anyway i’m sure the”rafa leaving anfield”rumours are gonna resurface now,though i’d love to see the reaction of some of these flippin’rags. Dont be surprised when the mirror reads thus 2moro”Revealed:atkinson speaks about life as a man united fan!”. Crazy capitalist pig dogs. But for now,lets focus on arsenal,shitty,and tottenham. Waoh,what a bloody fixture list this is!
i have not felt this happy for a long time. The game just got better and better. Fsw getting excuses in, if we had pen in prev game, if we scored early on in this game, but he forgot to mention if he hadn’t sold their best midfielder, if he didn’t only have two players who could score, if his team weren’t one dimensional. I would love to see em finish third or fourth this year, just so they think they’ve got chance again next year! So fucking happy they’ve put him in charge of transfers as well no more fucking excuses!
glad i decided to drop into the local for that game,in fairness i expected a routine 2-0 dippers win or maybe a draw at the very most but that was fucking great.
all the 2 game a season clueless muppets were out tonight full of early season optimism,needless to say they won’t be seen again until they play us! could have heard a pin drop for the whole match apart from the 2 minutes when it was 2-1. nice one villa,made my night!
kops…as stupid as alan hansen YSB….shitty things…
im sooo sooo happy. i just hope we can beat arseanl at the weekend
us winning 5-0 away or the dippers losing 3-1 at home? rhetorical question theres no answer haha we still have to beat arsenal is right and chelsea look good too but at least anfield is falling apart hahahaha
I’m a ManU fan not only because we are winning trophies. It is also due to our honest way of doing things, from the club to Sir Alex to the players. That’s why I despise L’pool and especially the FSW. With this defeat, you can bet that in the next few days or weeks, the FSW will be ranting again, how unfair the refs are against them & how losing Alonso is the reason why they’re shitty.Two defeats in 3 league games for them might not be the end of their season but it could be the beginning of their end. 5th place for the FSW’s team this season?
Nice article Scott. Keep it up.
I mentioned in my Arsenal season preview that I felt Liverpool were the weakest of the top four teams and the club most likely to fall out if City or Spurs step up. Just how they are everyone’s favourites for the title is beyond me given their fairly mediocre squad and although they’re not out of it just yet, I can’t see them winning the league this season.
Chelsea probably look the strongest and I think United will challenge them all the way. Arsenal will have a chance too as long as Wenger makes a signing or two once our Champions League spot is secured.
wow i love this game and i love tis league…. few days ago we lost Burnley and were out of the title race while Liverpool were flying against Stoke,
now the tables have turned
Im so happy today, words cannot describe it
but fellows the race has just begun
Exactly Gman. It has just begun. The dippers will get their act together at some point. All we have to do is keep our focus and don’t do another Burnley. The London trio are leading the pack, but lets see where they are when early January is upon us. Today was a big fu to the pundits for once again getting their facts straight.
Still obsessed…
LFC had a string of good luck last year, this year it’s swinging the other way. All 5 goals on 5 set pieces. Either way, it’s making for a great season so far with the Burnley’s and other middle tier clubs reaching higher.
C’mon guys, don’t you know that it’s bad manners to revel in their pain.
So what ? Next year won’t be their year either !
And it gets even better ‘cos they’re stuck with FSW for five more years ! Walk on, walk on, walk on, walk away……
Actually, what makes the loss so much more “schadenfreudischekeit” is the FACHT that their “best player in preseason” created an own goal; their goalie fucked up and gave Villa a chance for the second goal, thank you very much; and, then – like a cherry on a sundae – StevieGBH had a brain cramp AND the referee had the balls to call for a Villa penalty. Last year those things didn’t happen, BUT this is a new year and last year’s record total of playing ten games against ten men isn’t part of the equation. Very, very “schadenfreudischekeit” !
Who picks Burnley to take another scalp and fuck the Scousers at Quietfield in two weeks?
It’s so hard not to laugh at the dippers, I was celebrating every goal while writing my paper. Then I got to go to my 6:30 class (eastern time) and laugh at my scouse-blooded friend!
Torres in violent relationship shocker
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5308/vlcsnap2009082505h20m56.png
LOL FUCKIN DIPPERS!!!
Every year since Rafa come to Liverpool, they always made own goal to his net….lol
And now, Leiva was the 1st man in the season. Great job mate.
2 defeats in 3. WOW.
Woo hoo! That was fan-fuckin-tastic, but lets not get carried away, we’ve got 3 very difficult games coming up.
Check this pics out lads, sums up the reaction:
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http://img258.imageshack.us/i/lol2b.jpg/
Aw..C’mon I’ve been looking at the penalty since morning and feels better everytime..now if you ask the dippers..i’m sure they are going tell you that..the two games that they are supposed to lose are done with for the season and will win/draw the remaining games to win the league!!!!..After all it is their year!! I mean who can deny them the title!!!..i’m thinking..Man united will deny them the TITLE, Rentboys will deny them of second place..Gooners will deny them of third place and and villa will win again against them and deny them of a fourth place!! they might just squeeze something out in 2083 if SAF plays the same Man united squad he is playing now!! i’m thinking even then it’ll be an injury time winner from Wazza!! Go home and cry Dipper bastards!!!
Great result, but I certainly won’t write them off yet. I’ll hold my giggles ’till we’re 10 games into the season. Watched the game last night & the Pool looked pretty good at times, just found it hard to get through a wall of Villa players. Villa hit them with their usual counter-attacking play and it worked very well for them. It was a very hard-fought game & I have a feeling the Pool will get more of this from opposition this year. Everyone wants to beat the top clubs, as we’ve experienced over the years, it’s debatable whether they can stand up to it.
Season is very interesting already!
While enjoying a Liverpool defeat is the birth right of any United fan, and rubbing it into to every rat muncher I know iis proving to be fun, It’s still only 3 games into the season, titles aren’t won or lost in August, we were being written off just 5 days ago so keep the celebrations and put downs minimal.
4IR
The dippers over-achieved last season and whilst you can’t write anyone off after 3 games, I agree with the gooner ANDY that they are the weakest of the top 4. In fact, I think both citeh and the yids have stronger squads than the dippers.
But be warned – season 1992/93. Utd lose away at Sheff Utd 2-1 and home to Everton 3-0 in the opening 3 games and went on to win the league by 10 points. We did acquire the services of a certain Frenchman in November that year but you never know…..
Was there last night.
Enjoy it now while you can lads, we can’t be that bad for much longer. Just a case of early season stuttering, nothing more, nothing less (something you lads see often infact).
Don’t be foolish enough to write us off, the first team will put in a challenge, the problems will come if we get key players injured (but it doesn’t take a genius to figure that).
I’m not writing the Dippers of just yet, but… considering where you dropped points last season, I wouldn’t hold your breathe winning it this year. Letting Alonso go, atleast at the moment, that decision has locked up Gerrard.
predictions for the season’s top 4
1. United
2. Gunners
3. Rent Boys
4. Dippers
Every1 said saf was just ranting wen he said scumpoo wud’nt have a better season than last, guess he was on the money again. It was great seeing stevie me give away a penalty haaaaaaaaaaaaa.
and they say Manchester United in crisis…
HAHAHAHA….
@Liverpool One Said
didnt gerrard play last night..
didnt toress play last night…
even lucas the new alonso play last night…
so who are the key player that you missed…xavi alonso perhaps…
or aquilani maybe…
Lads,
THey will miss alonso more than we will miss ronaldo!!
Prior to the begining of Liverpools Season last year!.. Liverpool touted Alonso round all the clubs and nearly forced him to join inter.. The deal fell through because liverpool wanted nearer to the 20mil than what inter were offering about 16mil… Anyway the deal fell through!
Then Alonson goes on to be one of liverpools best players that year! making them tick and a focal point for everything coming through him in midfield!
I rejoiced when he Left! Awsome..
This is one of the main reasons that Fergie ruled out liverpool! Hes not stupid!
Liverpool have a slim chance this year! Lets not forget that Gerrard & Torres wont play every game!! Sick notes… Sick Notes!! hahaha
@Liverpool One
Its a tough season for liverpool this year!… You have a battle on your hands to get into the top 4 champions league qualifying positions!!
Torres / Gerrard cant do it on their own.. Mascarano will win the ball and give it to someone else.
Lets face it.. That someone else is not Alonso or anywher near his quality!!
Lads,
What would you rather have.
3 points from 2 games – Burnley – Wigan
or
0 Poitns from 2 games – Aston Villa – Tottenham Hotspur!!
HAHAHA.. Makes the burnley game much more bareable!!!
The fsw will never win the league for the dippers he’ll be gone by christmas, 19 years and counting.
No singing from the famous kop last night at the end!
maybe not so surprising considering the thought that half of the “best fans in the wordl” were outside the proud gates of anfaild long before the final whistle! haha
Did’nt know ashley young was a magican, he made 20 thousand dippers disappear wen he scored he ha.
@trevor – I think you’re getting a bit carried away.
Liverpool’s first team (and squad) is not a strong as last year, which by definition means that unless Aquilani comes in and takes it by storm we may not improve on last season. Accepted.
But to suggest that we will struggle for a top 4 finish is at best wishful thinking on your behalf.
Apart from Alonso (who admittedly will be missed) this is still the team that went through all of last season only losing twice.
@Liverpool One
And what do you guys have got if Aquilani gets crocked again? If both Spurs and Villa, 2 of the 4 chasing the top 4 spot can show you how things are done, I foresee nothing but trouble for you people.
Just look at your bench…and look at Spurs’ bench, if you cannot bear seeing Owen on our bench.
In the spirit of Rafa’s rantings last season:
Liverpool have now as many games in the opening month as they did in the whole of 2008-09. Fact.
Liverpool One – Exactly, that is the key. You went the WHOLE season only losing two. Now 2 out of your first three games is surely cause for concern? Don’t try and compare it to United as we are traditionally slow starters and come good at Xmas. Can the same be said for your lot?
Fuck em… they are a bunch of no talent wankers as is all their fucking cocky loud mouthed scouse bastard supportors,. the two yanks are gonna fuck them over big style and strip out the p[layers to pay back their loan …..FUCK THE LOT OF THEM esprciallt the demented fat fucker of a manger…. the cunt !
@TonyBee
You make several valid points and I agree wholeheartedly with your assesment of Rafa Benitez.
@King Eric
I think I can, yes. Over the last 3 seasons Liverpool have come very good after Xmas (often finishing the season as strong if not better than anyone).
Losing twice already doesn’t concern me as much as the fact that we do desperately need another striker (so that Gerrard can go back and play in Alonso’s old position instead of as a supporting forward) and the club don’t seem to have any money this season to buy one.
Anyway, we have a pretty straight forward run of games now right up until Chelsea away so I expect a recovery of results and form leading up to that game.
P.S. Oh and I’ll take a £100 bet with anyone on this board right now who thinks Liverpool will not finish inside the Top 4
Your sticking your neck out there top 4 finish, wud’nt want to take 100 quid of ya.
Liverpool One:
Commendably written posts without malice in reply. But LFC fans need to put to bed the myth of last season’s “progress” heralding this season’s title. It isn’t and it never was.
Your best chance was last season and Benitez blew it. Gung-ho-ish post-Christmas with nowt else to distract wasn’t a masterstroke by him. It was an obvious last resort.
What happened before is of more interest and displayed all the flaws of a manager who will never win an English top division championship. I’m not just being anti-Liverpool in saying that, I genuinely believe Benitez is not up to the task; and I’ve been saying why for over 2 years.
Lose 2 games from 3 after losing only 2 throughout all of last season isn’t the real issue here, either. It matters, of course it does, but even the dropped points last time against Stoke City et al being rectified this season doesn’t have the relevance LFC supporters like to think it does. If indeed all those dropped points are converted into 3s this season anyway.
What is most telling for me is the fact Liverpool took maximum points from United and Chelsea last season and STILL didn’t win the title. This is highly unlikely to happen again – and I don’t just mean this time around.