Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham.
The same old, same old. Liverpool dominate and end up with a lame draw. Will this tragedy ever end? I doubt it. We still have plenty games left to mess up, so don’t get too optimistic. Just kidding I hope. With Old Trafford this weekend in what will be a soap opera of Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra.
In other news, as soon as I can get my webcam working, I’m going to start doing video posts. I never see them anywhere, so I think I’m going to start doing videos of posts instead of typing them out. It will be an evolution from really bad to hopefully not as bad, but I should be able to get it over time. I might not make the longest posts until I get my camera to work as I have a busy life.
As you may know, Liverpool played Tottenham yesterday and had a very strong display that was trying to make up for last time the two teams played and Tottenham won 4-0 at White Hart Lane with Charlie Adam and Martin Skrtel both getting red cards.
This time around, no red cards were issued. Tottenham appeared to play for three points due to several injuries and the absence of ‘Arry Redknapp after technical difficulties with his plane kept him in London. The early exchanges were Liverpool trying not to concede early by keeping the ball.
Liverpool’s best chances came through Andy Carroll, who had a chance for a goal or two, and fumbling around and hitting wide. Jay Spearing almost caught a break, but his shot just went wide.
Tottenham’s best chance came through Gareth Bale after he was sent through on Pepe Reina, 1-on-1. Reina made the same and Daniel Agger made a clearance on the make-up efforts after the save.
Overall, it was a good performance from most players. Reina was solid in goal, making sure nothing got past him. The defense was solid with Glen Johnson on the left and Martin Kelly on the right after Jose Enrique picked up a hamstring tweak. Johnson is again proving why he is the starter at right back, keeping Kelly on the bench in general. Kelly wasn’t as solid as he was when he shut down Ryan Giggs with no problems. Skrtel was also the man of the match. He destroyed Bale a couple times, physically along with how you’re supposed to in soccer.
The midfield was packed into midfield to stop the terrifying play of Luka Modric and Bale. It worked quite well as Liverpool controlled the match. Adam was quite good defensively but hardly provided anything going forward while Gerrard proved one of the biggest offensive threats for Liverpool.
In attack, Carroll, Dirk Kuyt and Craig Bellamy created their chances (yet again), but failed to finish them (yet again). No one’s perfect, but they played strong and you can’t fault them for much (except for the whole not scoring thing). Bellamy and Kuyt had a lot to do with the shutting down of Bale and Modric in midfield. They both had chances throughout the match, but couldn’t finish them.
Suarez and Stewart Downing came in for Kuyt and Bellamy respectively. Suarez was a nuisance to the Tottenhma back-line, but wasn’t enough as he failed to score despite a free header that he somehow sent straight to the American keeper Brad Fiedel.
That’s all for today. My goal is a Jordan Henderson post in the next week. Should hopefully be a good post.
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