Chelsea vs. Liverpool - CL quarterfinal discussion thread

Branislav Ivanovic wrote:i thought Torres went missing today

only had the one chance at the start of the match, which he blazed over with his left.

any others?

Rosicky wrote:

Branislav Ivanovic wrote:i thought Torres went missing today

only had the one chance at the start of the match, which he blazed over with his left.

any others?

The swivel and turn shot, in the second half was close.

Had one where he turned from like 30 yards which wasn't too far wide.

Forgot about that 2nd half shot, was pretty close need a bit more bend though

borocooper wrote:Missed alot of the game..why was Gerrard not even on the bench? The groin injury?

borocooper wrote:Missed alot of the game..why was Gerrard not even on the bench? The groin injury?

before the match Rafa thought Liverpool had no chance to win tie

so he left him out

he had no idea chelsea would be that poor in the first half

i bet he regrets leaving gerrard out now.

What a wonderful game of football. It's not often people are so very very wrong but when this draw was made everyone was saying what a bore fest it was going to be and if we haven't done anything else, i'm glad we've shown that football isn't just tactics. Because that was fantastic attitude, spirit, hard work and commitment tonight and I am very proud of Liverpool.

We just never gave up, Alonso epitomised this football club tonight but in the end it was just too much even for us.

Credit to Chelsea again, they got themselves back into it when the impotus was well and truly with us after the first half and Drogba had a great game despite perhaps a lack of proffesionalism at times...

Great game, we'll always remember this one. Wasn't our year but 6 games left in the league and we will fight until the very end.

Branislav Ivanovic wrote:

borocooper wrote:Missed alot of the game..why was Gerrard not even on the bench? The groin injury?

before the match Rafa thought Liverpool had no chance to win tie

so he left him out

he had no idea chelsea would be that poor in the first half

i bet he regrets leaving gerrard out now.

You are hilarious Batman

Like a harmless little puppy desperately trying to get as much attention as he can

S4P wrote:

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

Six wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

Six wrote:Hiddink definitely still luckiest manager alive. Chelsea could win the CL simply because of this.

How as that win lucky? Chelsea deserved to go through over two games. Not that they were great in either leg but still think they deserved it.

I was saying it before this tie and neither match has done anything to change my mind basically. Just after Aurelio messes up a good chance, he gets a lucky break when Reina makes his first fuck up of the season. Ivanovic who would never normally play scoring two headers at Anfield is 100% Hiddink style luck as well. They deserved it, but these were huge, huge turning points that had nothing to do with Hiddink. I'm just saying they could easily win the whole thing because of his luck.

That's exactly what Man Utd did last year.

And AC Milan the year before, and Barcelona the year before that and Liverpool the year before that, Porto the year before that etc...

Gets kinda boring doesn't it?

No

Just Man Utd

COTR wrote:

Branislav Ivanovic wrote:

borocooper wrote:Missed alot of the game..why was Gerrard not even on the bench? The groin injury?

before the match Rafa thought Liverpool had no chance to win tie

so he left him out

he had no idea chelsea would be that poor in the first half

i bet he regrets leaving gerrard out now.

You are hilarious Batman

Like a harmless little puppy desperately trying to get as much attention as he can

Still cant believe he took Torres off for N'Gog. And a couple of minutes later Kuyt goes and scores..

Ray Parlour wrote:

borocooper wrote:Missed alot of the game..why was Gerrard not even on the bench? The groin injury?

Wasnt he on the bench for the Blackburn game though?

What happened? Made it worse training?

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

S4P wrote:

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

Six wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

Six wrote:Hiddink definitely still luckiest manager alive. Chelsea could win the CL simply because of this.

How as that win lucky? Chelsea deserved to go through over two games. Not that they were great in either leg but still think they deserved it.

I was saying it before this tie and neither match has done anything to change my mind basically. Just after Aurelio messes up a good chance, he gets a lucky break when Reina makes his first fuck up of the season. Ivanovic who would never normally play scoring two headers at Anfield is 100% Hiddink style luck as well. They deserved it, but these were huge, huge turning points that had nothing to do with Hiddink. I'm just saying they could easily win the whole thing because of his luck.

That's exactly what Man Utd did last year.

And AC Milan the year before, and Barcelona the year before that and Liverpool the year before that, Porto the year before that etc...

Gets kinda boring doesn't it?

No

Just Man Utd

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

S4P wrote:

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

Six wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

Six wrote:Hiddink definitely still luckiest manager alive. Chelsea could win the CL simply because of this.

How as that win lucky? Chelsea deserved to go through over two games. Not that they were great in either leg but still think they deserved it.

I was saying it before this tie and neither match has done anything to change my mind basically. Just after Aurelio messes up a good chance, he gets a lucky break when Reina makes his first fuck up of the season. Ivanovic who would never normally play scoring two headers at Anfield is 100% Hiddink style luck as well. They deserved it, but these were huge, huge turning points that had nothing to do with Hiddink. I'm just saying they could easily win the whole thing because of his luck.

That's exactly what Man Utd did last year.

And AC Milan the year before, and Barcelona the year before that and Liverpool the year before that, Porto the year before that etc...

Gets kinda boring doesn't it?

No

Just Man Utd

I can't think of the last time a team won the competition without having that slice of luck.

COTR wrote:

Branislav Ivanovic wrote:

borocooper wrote:Missed alot of the game..why was Gerrard not even on the bench? The groin injury?

before the match Rafa thought Liverpool had no chance to win tie

so he left him out

he had no idea chelsea would be that poor in the first half

i bet he regrets leaving gerrard out now.

You are hilarious Batman

Like a harmless little puppy desperately trying to get as much attention as he can

its true

then at 3-2 he thought the game was over so he took off Torres

then to his surprise, liverpool score 2 goals.

borocooper wrote:

Ray Parlour wrote:

borocooper wrote:Missed alot of the game..why was Gerrard not even on the bench? The groin injury?

Wasnt he on the bench for the Blackburn game though?

What happened? Made it worse training?

I think like today shows they have a more realistic chance of the league so they are saving him.

Luis wrote:What a wonderful game of football. It's not often people are so very very wrong but when this draw was made everyone was saying what a bore fest it was going to be and if we haven't done anything else, i'm glad we've shown that football isn't just tactics. Because that was fantastic attitude, spirit, hard work and commitment tonight and I am very proud of Liverpool.

We just never gave up, Alonso epitomised this football club tonight but in the end it was just too much even for us.

Credit to Chelsea again, they got themselves back into it when the impotus was well and truly with us after the first half and Drogba had a great game despite perhaps a lack of proffesionalism at times...

Great game, we'll always remember this one. Wasn't our year but 6 games left in the league and we will fight until the very end.

Only fitting that Europe's number 1 and 2 produce such a classic.

S4P wrote:

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

S4P wrote:

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

Six wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

Six wrote:Hiddink definitely still luckiest manager alive. Chelsea could win the CL simply because of this.

How as that win lucky? Chelsea deserved to go through over two games. Not that they were great in either leg but still think they deserved it.

I was saying it before this tie and neither match has done anything to change my mind basically. Just after Aurelio messes up a good chance, he gets a lucky break when Reina makes his first fuck up of the season. Ivanovic who would never normally play scoring two headers at Anfield is 100% Hiddink style luck as well. They deserved it, but these were huge, huge turning points that had nothing to do with Hiddink. I'm just saying they could easily win the whole thing because of his luck.

That's exactly what Man Utd did last year.

And AC Milan the year before, and Barcelona the year before that and Liverpool the year before that, Porto the year before that etc...

Gets kinda boring doesn't it?

No

Just Man Utd

I can't think of the last time a team won the competition without having that slice of luck.

When Real madrid won in 02 we were simply awesome in every single game and clearly deserved to win every game.

S4P wrote:

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

S4P wrote:

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

Six wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

Six wrote:Hiddink definitely still luckiest manager alive. Chelsea could win the CL simply because of this.

How as that win lucky? Chelsea deserved to go through over two games. Not that they were great in either leg but still think they deserved it.

I was saying it before this tie and neither match has done anything to change my mind basically. Just after Aurelio messes up a good chance, he gets a lucky break when Reina makes his first fuck up of the season. Ivanovic who would never normally play scoring two headers at Anfield is 100% Hiddink style luck as well. They deserved it, but these were huge, huge turning points that had nothing to do with Hiddink. I'm just saying they could easily win the whole thing because of his luck.

That's exactly what Man Utd did last year.

And AC Milan the year before, and Barcelona the year before that and Liverpool the year before that, Porto the year before that etc...

Gets kinda boring doesn't it?

No

Just Man Utd

I can't think of the last time a team won the competition without having that slice of luck.

Of course a team needs luck at some stage to win the CL. Just Man Utd were very over reliant on it (same goes for 1999).

Pierre Littbarski wrote:Hiddink is a genius making Reina fumble like that

I think after this 2 legged tie we can safely say that:

DROGBA > torres


...and a pretty goal against Blackburn ain't gonna change that !


DROGBA

Eto'o=Adebayor=Torres

All others.

Eto'o > David Villa >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Torres = Drogba

Ray Parlour wrote:

borocooper wrote:

Ray Parlour wrote:

borocooper wrote:Missed alot of the game..why was Gerrard not even on the bench? The groin injury?

Wasnt he on the bench for the Blackburn game though?

What happened? Made it worse training?

I think like today shows they have a more realistic chance of the league so they are saving him.

Fair enough..bit mad not even having him on the bench though..

Those are the top 4 strikers no doubt. Order is debatable though.

Ray Parlour wrote:Those are the top 4 strikers no doubt. Order is debatable though.

In the future (and by that I mean next season) Pato will be better then all of them.

Super Madrid wrote:

S4P wrote:

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

S4P wrote:

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

Six wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

Six wrote:Hiddink definitely still luckiest manager alive. Chelsea could win the CL simply because of this.

How as that win lucky? Chelsea deserved to go through over two games. Not that they were great in either leg but still think they deserved it.

I was saying it before this tie and neither match has done anything to change my mind basically. Just after Aurelio messes up a good chance, he gets a lucky break when Reina makes his first fuck up of the season. Ivanovic who would never normally play scoring two headers at Anfield is 100% Hiddink style luck as well. They deserved it, but these were huge, huge turning points that had nothing to do with Hiddink. I'm just saying they could easily win the whole thing because of his luck.

That's exactly what Man Utd did last year.

And AC Milan the year before, and Barcelona the year before that and Liverpool the year before that, Porto the year before that etc...

Gets kinda boring doesn't it?

No

Just Man Utd

I can't think of the last time a team won the competition without having that slice of luck.

When Real madrid won in 02 we were simply awesome in every single game and clearly deserved to win every game.

You were outplayed in the final by Bayer Leverkusen though, even if you won at the end.

Cirque du Barcelona wrote:

Ray Parlour wrote:Those are the top 4 strikers no doubt. Order is debatable though.

In the future (and by that I mean next season) Pato will be better then all of them.

Don't know about that but he has with amazing speed become a very good striker who can be relied on. Still think Drogba/Villa/Eto is better then Torres/Ade.

Stinger
I was kidding and no we weren't.

I think Pato will definitely reach that bracket. Torres and Ade are just behind those 3 IMO.

Ray Parlour wrote:I feel this Chelsea team is built up to take Barca apart.

Messi will be judged a lot on this game.

by who, the epl fans ?

borocooper wrote:

Ray Parlour wrote:

borocooper wrote:

Ray Parlour wrote:

borocooper wrote:Missed alot of the game..why was Gerrard not even on the bench? The groin injury?

Wasnt he on the bench for the Blackburn game though?

What happened? Made it worse training?

I think like today shows they have a more realistic chance of the league so they are saving him.

Fair enough..bit mad not even having him on the bench though..

yeah. Imagine the psychological boost of bringing him on (even if half-fit) at 2-2, instead of Riera - or, if they'd manage to hold off - at 4-3 ahead, instead of Babel. Still if carrying an injury, maybe it was just too much of a risk.

Cirque du Barcelona wrote:

Ray Parlour wrote:Those are the top 4 strikers no doubt. Order is debatable though.

In the future (and by that I mean next season) Pato will be better then all of them.

He needs to move to a top league first though

Who else is watching it again then?

debaser wrote:

borocooper wrote:

Ray Parlour wrote:

borocooper wrote:

Ray Parlour wrote:

borocooper wrote:Missed alot of the game..why was Gerrard not even on the bench? The groin injury?

Wasnt he on the bench for the Blackburn game though?

What happened? Made it worse training?

I think like today shows they have a more realistic chance of the league so they are saving him.

Fair enough..bit mad not even having him on the bench though..

yeah. Imagine the psychological boost of bringing him on (even if half-fit) at 2-2, instead of Riera - or, if they'd manage to hold off - at 4-3 ahead, instead of Babel. Still if carrying an injury, maybe it was just too much of a risk.

Yeah, I mean if the groin is knackered then thats that..but if could've played some part not having him there is crazy.