Topic: Liverpool 4-1 Steaua Bucharest: post game revisionism

[lfctitch]

Steaua have a soft shot at Reina, very easy for him, and Liverpool have controlled the game so far in this second half, it still feels very stagnated, and here comes Cole who wins a free kick. Chance for a shot here perhaps?

[Ray K]

Yet again for Liverpool this season, a big improvement in the 2nd half.

I'm curious as to what Roy tells the team before the game, and what he says at half-time. And can he just say the half-time stuff before the game?

[lfctitch]

Nobody is closing anything down half as quick as they should be. Ngog seems to be just trotting around when their CB have the ball. If he actually sprinted after them then they would make a mistake or hoof it down field; either way it would get the crowd up for it and almost certainly we'd scroe another 1 or 2. It's laziness like that that really gets to me.

[lfctitch]

71 mins: Free kick touched to Babel, who hit it straight at the wall, and Steaua come away with the ball

[lfctitch]

72 mins: Babel great ball in there, and wins a corner, fantastic ball

[Ray K]

Babel's free-kick is one of the worst in the history of the game.
Grown men in the stand in tears looking at it.

But he makes up for it with a good break and he delays before playing a lovely ball in, which is cut out for a corner.

[lfctitch]

73 mins: Once again Maxi corner doesn't beat the first man, great ball to find Cole but just offside, as Steaua make a second change

[lfctitch]

Babel was boo'd as soon as Liverpool started that break, and the fans got on his back soon as the cross came in, thinking he had over hit it, despite it actually being a good ball, what has he got to do to prove the fans wrong

[Ray K]

OK, I'm up till the end. Don't want to jinx it, but they're running out of ideas/energy.

[lfctitch]

74 mins: Steaua with the ball, and a chance perhaps, but Liverpool very defensive at the present moment and Liverpool force the error

[lfctitch]

Anybody seen that romanian tit with the Nazi salute then?

Certainly missed that, but I'm sure we'll have some thoughts on that by the end of the game, needs cutting out

[lfctitch]

Steaua curling one a good break there and there is the chance, and you don't need much to pull the game back to 2-2, We could do with a goal.

[Ray K]

76 mins
Break from them but a poor shot goes wide
Dumitrescu on the sideline looking about as impressed as Ian Paisley before the Pope's mass.
 
Lucas coming on. Good news for all you fans of scapegoats.

[lfctitch]

89th minute - Lucas for Raul

Lucas about to come on in the 77th minute, slightly wrong...

As Babel wins the corner

[lfctitch]

Sotos hits that straight out of the ground there, Kenny and Rush all smiles

[lfctitch]

N'gog coming of, and Lucas is coming on, but there seems to be some confusion here whose coming of

[Ray K]

77 mins
Short corner routine before Maxi plays it to Soto.
His shot causes panic among the air traffic controllers at JLA.

[lfctitch]

It was actually Ryan Babel coming of, and there are a few boo's with that, shame... Hope he gets a chance against United

[lfctitch]

89th minute - Lucas for Raul

So not far of, the closest of the night I believe. You win the best guess award. Well done.

[lfctitch]

Well it sounds like Hodgson changed his mind last minute with that change according to Channel 5... I wonder why?

[Ray K]

78 mins is the lucky number for you substitute sweepstakes entrants.

Babel went off for Lucas

[lfctitch]

Free Kick really badly hit there by tanase. Goal kick liverpool

[lfctitch]

Please start sending your Man of the Match to me now

[Ray K]

80 mins

Fucking hell, what a goal from Lucas!!

[lfctitch]

What a goal....LUCAS Gerrard smiling

[lfctitch]

Great goal, 81 minutes gone, and Lucas mhas only just come on and a great hit from a good 25 yards, he can certainly hit it

[lfctitch]

Really really good goal, Perhaps he could be the Man of the Match?> Get those PM's in now

[Ray K]

Ball broke to him, sat up nicely, and he thrashed it into the right corner from 22 yards.
Well done son.

[lfctitch]

THEY ARE SO GOING TO BLAME LUCAS FOR THE GOAL!

It should have been slightly further to the right I think, and a little higher, most goalkeepers would have saved that...

[lfctitch]

Steaua have a half claim for a penalty for a handball by Konchesky, didn't go near his hand

[Ray K]

83 mins

They've no fight left in them. We're looking to close the game out. Still no need for fancy flicks lads, gave the ball away cheaply
Cross straight into Pepe's midriff

[lfctitch]

6 minutes, whose your man of match? As cole wins a corner kick

[lfctitch]

Maxi coming of, and a big standing ovation here, and I don't think its completely for him, I think this could be for Pacheco... heres his chance, as cole takes the corner, over hit

[Ray K]

84 mins

Maxi - much improved in 2nd half - goes off. Pacheco goes on. RAWK wets itself.
 

[lfctitch]

Free Kick, good position here just outside of the Penalty area, Pacheco lining this one up

[Ray K]

86 mins

Free to right of penalty area, driven at the keeper who punches away under pressure from Lucas

[lfctitch]

Great free kick from Pacheco, and he beats a player, but has to play it back to Reina, he looks a spark already...

[lfctitch]

Nice to see one of the lads with a smile on his face.

I love Lucas!  Super strike too.

Lets hope he takes that confidence booster into the United game on Sunday (if he plays of course)

[lfctitch]

Lucas getting celebration ideas from King Luis, while he was over here for the testimonial?

Looked like it

[lfctitch]

Joe cole standing ovation of. Is he your man of the match. Eccleston comes on, for his chance for final few minutes