Monday, December 17, 2007
yesterday bore witness to the Clash of the 4 BPL Giants. Liverpool versus Manchester United at Anfield, followed by Arsenal versus Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium. both scorelines are 1-0, with Man Utd and Arsenal emerging victorous. and both matches were DULL, BORING and it was more fun noting how funny Soccernet's live text commentator is.
Liverpool dominated the game, but Man Utd dominated the Liverpool player. Hargreaves had jammed Steven Gerrard's movements by latching on to him that it was almost impossible for Gerrard to make neat and decent passes to the strikers, Kuyt and Torres. Vidic and Brown came in between Torres and Kuyt (who, according to the Soccernet guy, is a waste of millions of pounds that Liverpool paid for him) so these two forwards can't team up together and bombard Man Utd's net, despite van der Sar having a horrid night. the other Man Utd players were pretty quiet as well. except for the 43rd minute, when Rooney had his excellent shot rebounded off the post, only to have Tevez slot home the winner. liverpool grew more desperate, and despite Torres's best efforts, they just couldn't capitalise on their chances and score an equaliser. by half-time, Man Utd had what we SG football fans like to call "close shop", where they play more defensively and said adios to attacking football. Liverpool, despite having most of the ball possession... was just unable to do anything until the full-time whistle blows. and that wraps up a boring game, enlightened only with Liverpool futile attempts to score. this also means that Liverpool has NOT beaten Man Utd at Anfield ever since 2001.
(taking a swipe at Liverpool fans: since 2001? wait...isn't it 2007 now? wow.. we're unbeatable at your home ground for 6 years??)
moving on now to the Battle of London, which took place at Emirates Stadium. Star Wars vs Star Trek. The Beauty vs The Beast. Red vs Blue. Arsenal vs Chelsea. it was supposed to be a football match. but when 1) Fabregas did that nasty tackle on Ashley Cole, wasn't the least bit regretful, and threw in a foul word or two for good measure 2) Cole punched Fabregas in the face 'accidentally' afterwards, and the referee didn't reach for his red card on either occasions, you know it's not just a football match. anyway, a Pter Cech goalkeeping blunder cost Chelsea the victory as Gallas headed the ball in. 1-0 Arsenal, and good riddance Chelsea. the Blues were droningly hopeless upfront, and Shevchenko seriously needs to be chucked somewhere else. he hasn't been playing football like it's supposed to be played ever since he moved to Chelsea. but in any case, fine goalkeeping from Cech afterwards. Almunia was hardly tested. the full-time whistle blows, and it was Arsenal at the top of the league table again and Chelsea suffered another loss at the hands of Arsenal.
to make matters a bit more exciting, the losers of these two matches - Liverpool and Chelsea - will square off in the Carling Cup quarter-finals this tuesday night (BST). i think it'll somehow end up with a Liverpool win. they tend to do better in cup competitions.
random: The Longest Yard is super coolio!! i rented it on VCD and watched it two times today. hahaha. Adam Sandler always comes up with some of the best comedies flicks! hahaha. it's hard to impress me with a good movie, so when i give this one the thumbs-up, it's worth watching! but oh, only if you don't mind beatings and swear words. haha.
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