LIVERPOOL, England - Selepas sekian lama dikecewakan, Liverpool akhirnya memperoleh kemenangan moral, semalam selepas berjaya menewaskan musuh tradisinya, Manchester United 2-1 di tempat sendiri, Anfield.
Ternyata keputusan yang amat dinanti-nanti itu disifatkan oleh pengurus Liverpool, Rafael Benitez sebagai petanda baik dan keyakinan diri kepada pemainnya untuk memburu kejuaraan Liga Perdana England musim ini.
Liverpool tidak pernah menang ke atas United dalam saingan liga domestik England sejak 2004 - terima kasih kepada gol sendiri Wes Brown dan gol kemenangan yang dijaringkan pemain gantian, Ryan Babel pada lewat permainan.
Sebelum itu, Carlos Tevez meletakkan United di depan dengan gol pembukaan seawal minit ketiga permainan untuk melenyapkan seketika sorakan penyokong di Anfield.
Namun, ia tidak mematahkan semangat pemain Liverpool yang terus mengasak dan menguasai permainan sehingga berjaya menjinakkan anak buah Alex Ferguson.
Kemenangan itu, kata Benitez, pastinya akan menjadi batu loncatan untuk meraih kejuaraan liga yang kali terakhir dimenangi pada 1990.
"Ia keputusan yang cukup penting. Kedudukan kami juga kini baik tetapi yang lebih penting ialah pemain kami telah membuktikan mereka mampu bermain cemerlang apabila menentang pasukan yang kuat," ujar Benitez.
Bagi Ferguson, beliau mengakui Liverpool memang berhak memenangi perlawanan ini sambil berang dengan persembahan yang ditunjukkan oleh anak buahnya.
"Kekalahan memang tidak boleh dielakkan tetapi bukan dengan cara seperti ini. Pertahanan begitu longgar sehingga menyumbang kepada dua jaringan lawan.
"Keseluruhannya, Liverpool memang lebih bagus walaupun kami bermula baik. Tetapi itu tidak cukup jika hendak dibandingkan dengan persembahan yang ditunjukkan oleh lawan," tegas Ferguson.
Katanya, sudahlah pertahanan begitu, Nemanja Vidic pula dibuang padang kerana menerima kad kuning kedua manakala Michael Carrick pula ditimpa kecederaan.
Keadaan itu pastinya satu tamparan hebat buat United menjelang perlawanan peringkat kumpulan Liga Juara-Juara Eropah menentang Villareal Rabu ini dan Chelsea dalam saingan liga, Sabtu depan.
- AFP
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Liverpool kecewakan MU
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Friday, September 12, 2008
United confirm squad for Champions League
Goalkeepers
1 Edwin van der Sar
12 Ben Foster
29 Tomasz Kuszczak
38 Ron-Robert Zieler *
40 Ben Amos *
Defenders
2 Gary Neville
3 Patrice Evra
5 Rio Ferdinand
6 Wes Brown
15 Nemanja Vidić
20 Fabio Da Silva
21 Rafael Da Silva
22 John O'Shea
23 Jonny Evans *
36 David Gray *
39 James Chester *
42 Richard Eckersley *
Midfielders
4 Owen Hargreaves
8 Anderson
11 Ryan Giggs
13 Ji-Sung Park
16 Michael Carrick
17 Nani
18 Paul Scholes
19 Daniel Welbeck *
24 Darren Fletcher
28 Darron Gibson *
33 Sam Hewson *
34 Rodrigo Possebon
35 Thomas Cleverley *
Forwards
7 Cristiano Ronaldo
9 Dimitar Berbatov
10 Wayne Rooney
26 Manucho
32 Carlos Tévez
Key:
* Player list B
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Monday, September 8, 2008
Teka Teki Mail & Kudin
Mail: Kuih apa yang bungkusnya di dalam, isinya di luar?
Kudin: Kuih salah buat.
Mail: Binatang apa pandai karate?
Kudin: Kuda belang. Cuba kira berapa black belt dia ada.
Mail: Siapa yang menemukan dompet kulit?
Kudin: Yang menemukan dompet kulit tersebut tolong pulangkan kepada saya.
Mail: Pintu apa yang walaupun dengan 10 orang pun tak boleh ditolak?
Kudin: Pintu yang ada tulisan ‘TARIK’
Mail: Saya ada 3 kepala, 4 tangan dan 5 kaki…siapakah saya?
Kudin: Pembohong!
Mail: Apa dia ‘Jauh di mata, dekat di hati…’?
Kudin: Usus!
Mail: Kenapa lelaki jarang kena penyakit anjing gila?
Kudin: Sebab lelaki ‘buaya’!
Mail: Apa beza setiausaha baik dengan setiausaha kurang baik?
Kudin: Setiausaha baik - ‘Selamat pagi tuan’/ Setiausaha kurang baik - ‘Dah pagi ni tuan’
Mail: Tukang apa yang kalau dipanggil, dia menjenguk ke atas?
Kudin: Tukang gali kubur!
Mail: Nak mencari susah, bila dapat buang, apa bendanya?
Kudin: Tahi hidung
Mail: Apa persamaan kain jemuran dengan telefon?
Kudin: Dua-dua kalau sudah ‘kringgg’ boleh diangkat!
Mail: Gajah Terbang dengan apa?
Kudin: Dengah susah payah!
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Top Transfer
World Record Transfers:
£47m - Zinedine Zidane (Juevntus - Real Madrid)
£37m - Luis Figo (Barcelona - Real Madrid)
£34m - Hernan Jorge Crespo (Parma - Lazio)
£32.5m - Robinho (Real Madrid - Man City)
£31m - Christian Vieri (Lazio - Inter Milan)
£30.75m - Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham - Man United)
Top ten British transfer Records:
£32.5m - Robinho (Real Madrid - Man City)
£30.75m - Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham - Man United)
£30.8m - Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan - Chelsea)
£29.1m - Rio Ferdinand (Leeds - Man United)
£28.1m - Juan Sebastian Veron (Lazio - Man United)
£27m - Wayne Rooney (Everton - Man United)
£24.4m - Michael Essien (Lyon - Chelsea)
£24m - Didier Drogba (Marseille - Chelsea)
£21m - Shaun Wright-Phillips (Man City - Chelsea)
£21m - Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid - Liverpool)
£20.3m - Robbie Keane (Tottenham - Liverpool)
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Dimitar Berbatov's factfile and 10 things you didn't know about Man United's new signing
Name: Dimitar Berbatov
Age: 27
Caps: 66
Goals: 41
Clubs: Cska Sofia 1999-2001, Bayer Leverkusen 2001 -2006, Tottenham 2006-2008
Honours won: Bulgarian Cup '99, Carling Cup '08
Ten things you didn't know about Berbatov
1) Berbatov's father also played professional football for Cska Sofia.
2) Berbatov played in the same Cska Sofia side as Aston Villa's Stiliyan Petrov and Machester City's Martin Petrov
3) Berbatov is the Captain of Bulgaria
4) As a youngster Berbatov supported AC Milan and modelled himself on Marco Van Basten.
5) Berbatov's first taste of English Football was in '99 when Newcastle defeated Cska Sofia in the UEFA cup.
6) Berbatov has won Bulgarian player of the year 3 times, '02,'04,'05.
7) Berbatov is the second highest Bulgarian goalscorer of all time, and has even surpassed the great Hristo Stoichkov.
8) t's been said that Berbatov learnt English by watching the Godfather movies.
9) In 16 UEFA Cup matches for Spurs Berbatov has scored 12 goals.
10) In last years Premier league season Berbatov had a total of 82 shots scoring 15 times, assisting 9 goals, whilst hitting the woodwork 4 times.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
United statement confirms deal
Manchester United are delighted to announce the signing of Dimitar Berbatov.
The Bulgarian international striker, 27, has signed a four-year contract after joining from Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee.
As part of the deal, United striker Fraizer Campbell will spend the rest of the 2008/09 season on loan at White Hart Lane.
Upon becoming a United player, Dimitar told ManUtd.com: "Joining Manchester United is a dream come true for me. I look forward to playing my part in helping this club win more honours in the years to come."
Sir Alex Ferguson was delighted to finally capture the elegant striker and admitted: "This is a key signing. Dimitar is one of the best and most exciting strikers in world football.
"His style and ability will give the team a different dimension and I’m sure he will be a popular player with the fans."
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Louis Saha has joined Everton
FRENCH striker Louis Saha has joined Everton for an undisclosed fee.
Saha has signed a two-year deal with an option for a third year after passing a medical over the weekend.
The 30-year-old, whose spell at Old Trafford was beset by injuries, has 18 international caps and scored 42 goals during his United spell.
Saha joined United in January 2004 for just under £13million from Fulham, but despite showing fine form when fit, a series of injuries have limited his presence in the first team.
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