Liverpool 2 Cardiff City 1

The match was not shown on tv over here in Singapore. It's great to see Robbie Fowler, the God back at Anfield.

Goals from Nabil El Zhar and Steven Gerrard brought Liverpool into the next round. It's nice to see some of the young lads playing and gaining first-team experience, giving them an opportunity to show to the fans how good they are.

Match Highlights..


Up next, Blackburn Rovers.

You'll Never Walk Alone..

Thank You GOD

GOD. Robbie Fowler.

Sadly, his contract is not going to be extended at the end of the season. The Liverpool legend who came back to Anfield for the second time in his career, has been told by Rafa Benitez that he's not needed by the season ends.



Fowler has been named as GOD by the fans and this shows how much the fans love him. A player who can score with two feet and that's makes him so special. His finishing and shooting are one of the best. His glorious days are over, however, his second sting at Liverpool proves that he still loves the club.

I was quite disappointed when I saw him leaving us a few years back and I do thought that we have lost a gem in our attacks when he's not around. Robbie is a striker who can unlock defences with something special coming out from nowhere. He won a treble in 2001 under Gerald Houllier's reign and he played major part in those games.
There are still 2 more matches for him to play and I do hope to see him scoring for us and winning the Champions League in Athens. Come on Robbie!



Robbie Fowler will forever be remembered. At least at Anfield, we know there's always GOD supporting us.



Thank you Robbie Fowler.

You'll Never Walk Alone..

Liverpool 1 PSV 0

Team of the day..
Reina, Riise, Hyypia (captain), Agger, Arbeloa, Zenden, Sissoko, Alonso, Pennant, Crouch, Bellamy.
Subs - Dudek, Gerrard MBE, Paletta, Mascherano, Gonzalez, Fowler, Carragher

Match Highlights..

Liverpool V PSV Match report
Uploaded by redhalfofmerseyside

Louis' Comments..

With a 3-0 lead, Liverpool was as I expected, didn't went out firing, instead, kept possession of the ball and making sure that PSV don't have chance of comebacks. Rafa put up a less-strong team with Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Steve Finnan rested.

When I switch on the TV, I saw Sami Hyypia being the captain. It's been sometime we seen the big Finn wearing the armband for us.

The match wasn't a spectacular as Liverpool was just trying to keep the ball and protect their 3 goals lead. However, PSV had a chance early with Farfan header being tipped over by Reina. If that would have gone in, things might have different.



No teams were willing to put up the gear and Liverpool had some chances though. We managed to score a goal through Peter Crouch after we had some space due to the sent off to PSV. Riise put a low cross from the left and was deflected the goal. Gomes made a great save, however, Fowler was there to cross the ball back to Crouch to put in this 18th goal of the season.



Xabi Alonso was playing well in the middle and I believe he's such an important player for us. Whenever he's around, he stabilizes the midfield and give rooms for the rest to roam and attack. Last night, he was just doing his job in front of the back four and I really thought he did it really well. His control and tackling was spot on and Liverpool really need him around to achieve more. Well done Xabi!



Another player who did improve last night is Momo Sissoko. Yes, we just know how bad his passing and control is. However, he played last night's match pretty well. His control was much better and passing was not as bad as before. His runs and tackling made a presence in the middle. You may argue that it's just a match performance, but I guess any improvement is always good and I really hope that Momo can play better from now.



Craig Bellamy was stretchered early in the first half and it didn't look good as he tackled the ball while defending for us. I hope that he's okay and ready to play for us. He can provide Liverpool another type of approach and it's good to have more options up front. I pray hard it's not too serious.



Most importantly, we had done our job and enter the Champions League Semi-final. With a 4-0 aggregate, I believe that our job was already done at The Philips Stadium.
No doubts, we were the better team over the 2 legs and at this moment, we might go all the way.

Chelsea is the next stop and history may repeat itself. You'll just never know..

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LIVERPOOL TREBLE IN 2001

I was browsing the videos uploaded by redhalfofmerseyside and this video brought back great memories a few years back. Fantastic goal by Robbie Fowler, a great comeback by Michael Owen and the Golden Goal which completed the TREBLE.

Liverpool FC - The Treble 2001
Uploaded by redhalfofmerseyside

Special Thanks to redhalfofmerseyside

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LIVERPOOL 4 SHEFFIELD UNITED 0

Scorers: Fowler 20th, 25th minute, Hyypia 70th minute, Gerrard 73th minute.

Team of the day..
Dudek, Riise, Carragher, Hyypia, Finnan, Gonzalez, Gerrard MBE (c), Mascherano, Pennant, Crouch, Fowler.
Subs - Agger, Alonso, Kuyt, Padelli, Sissoko

Louis' Comments..

It's not the best match and performance by Liverpool despite the high score. To be frank, I was bored by the match. Liverpool didn't really went on a top gear against Sheffield United, while the opposition didn't gave us much trouble as well.

A line-up which have 7 changes from the Barcelona game which have Mascherano making his debut for us and Fowler upfront. Rafa had to rest some players and he really did. Only Steven Gerrard, Steve Finnan, John Arne Riise and Jamie Carragher were the ones who played at the Nou Camp and were starting.

The game was slow and Liverpool was patient on the ball. On the 20th minute, a penalty was given. I wasn't sure whether it's Stevie or Crouch who won us the penalty. Crouch had a kick on his face and he had a broken nose. It's was not the best scenes around and he was substituted by Kuyt later on. Up step Robbie Fowler and he scored his 2nd penalty against Sheffied this season.

A second penalty was given when Gerrard was brought down in the box. Robbie was there again, and he made no mistakes on the kick. 2-0 to Liverpool and we seems to be in cruising control.

Mascherano didn't started well but improved in the second half. No doubt I can see his tackling and defensive qualities. However, I do believe that this lad has a long way to go and has to adapt to the Premiership style of playing.

Hyypia added a third which his strong left foot strike and it pleases me to see the commanding defender scoring for us again. I still remember his left foot strike against Juventus in the Champions League Quater final few years back. Sami no doubt, is getting old and slower, but I still believe he is good enough to play and his experience and aerial strength are invaluable.

Gerrard added another 5 minutes later by an assist by Fowler. Gerrard was superb last night. He was all around the field and his stamina, one of the best in the Premiership. Just played 90 minutes at the NouCamp and 2 days later, we see him flying around the pitch. Great example by our skipper.

Even though the performance is not the best, and it's not the most exciting match ever, I could see that the Liverpool team is organised and compact. We didn't let much chances go against us and a 4-0 score shows that we took our chances. A good win and it's nice to see experienced players such as Fowler and Hyypia playing and even scoring for us. Way to go!

It's a record-breaking 9 clean-sheets at home..

You'll Never Walk Alone..