At 1-1 the game went to extra time and after 19 minutes of watching a desperate Liverpool team, Suso gives Anfield something to cheer about, drilling the ball low from outside the box into the back of the net. It looked done and dusted for Liverpool, but let's be honest is never is. The memories of the penalty defeat by Northampton during Roy Hodgson's reign came rushing back as Kolo Toure (couldn't have been anyone else really) took down Philip Bamford another Chelsea loanee put the 123rd minute penalty past Mignolet (no-one expected much from him anyway) to take the game into penalties. Nobody could have predicted that the man who put Middlesborough in this position would miss his spot kick, Raheem Sterling would miss and then Albert Adomah would miss the 30th penalty of the shoot out. A shoot out which seen every player on the pitch, even the goalkeepers take a penalty. It was an eventful night for the reds but let's hope that a return to Anfield in the competiton against Swansea will provide a less dramatic win.
Friday, 3 October 2014
The Story So Far... (Part 3)
The League cup was the last cup that Liverpool have won since the FA Cup in 2006, even though it took a penalty shoot-out against Cardiff to win the cup back in 2012 it was accomplished and the trophy drought was over. Two years on Liverpool were drawn against Middlesborough at Anfield which was predicted to be landslide victory for the reds no matter what team they put out. Come on it's Liverpool when is anything as easy as it is supposed to be? It was an unforgettable night and something dreams are made of for 17 year-old debutant Jordan Rossiter who placed the ball perfectly past an inexperienced and out of position Chelsea loanee Jamal Blackman to give Liverpool the lead inside the first 10 minutes of the game. However and with Liverpool there is always an however, and for something that is getting to become a remarkably irritating habit we concede in 62nd to an Adam Reach header from a set-piece. What is it with set-pieces that make our defense crumble? The ball curled around an unconvincing Jose Enrique who decided to stick a high foot up instead of heading the ball away, like anyone with half a brain would have done.
At 1-1 the game went to extra time and after 19 minutes of watching a desperate Liverpool team, Suso gives Anfield something to cheer about, drilling the ball low from outside the box into the back of the net. It looked done and dusted for Liverpool, but let's be honest is never is. The memories of the penalty defeat by Northampton during Roy Hodgson's reign came rushing back as Kolo Toure (couldn't have been anyone else really) took down Philip Bamford another Chelsea loanee put the 123rd minute penalty past Mignolet (no-one expected much from him anyway) to take the game into penalties. Nobody could have predicted that the man who put Middlesborough in this position would miss his spot kick, Raheem Sterling would miss and then Albert Adomah would miss the 30th penalty of the shoot out. A shoot out which seen every player on the pitch, even the goalkeepers take a penalty. It was an eventful night for the reds but let's hope that a return to Anfield in the competiton against Swansea will provide a less dramatic win.
At 1-1 the game went to extra time and after 19 minutes of watching a desperate Liverpool team, Suso gives Anfield something to cheer about, drilling the ball low from outside the box into the back of the net. It looked done and dusted for Liverpool, but let's be honest is never is. The memories of the penalty defeat by Northampton during Roy Hodgson's reign came rushing back as Kolo Toure (couldn't have been anyone else really) took down Philip Bamford another Chelsea loanee put the 123rd minute penalty past Mignolet (no-one expected much from him anyway) to take the game into penalties. Nobody could have predicted that the man who put Middlesborough in this position would miss his spot kick, Raheem Sterling would miss and then Albert Adomah would miss the 30th penalty of the shoot out. A shoot out which seen every player on the pitch, even the goalkeepers take a penalty. It was an eventful night for the reds but let's hope that a return to Anfield in the competiton against Swansea will provide a less dramatic win.
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