Chelsea v Liverpool - OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD

[ACE]

Keep it all in here lads..!

Come on you mighty reds.

 

[Rosco]

Team news ?

 

[livvy145]

Reina

 

[Paddy]

Torres
Gerrard

 

[Hansern]

Johnson

 

[ankreds]

mascherano

 

[Frogfish]

Carra

 

[Hansern]

Kuyt

 

[Jürgen4PM]

Degen is not playing.

 

[SummerOnions]

The Reds XI in full is: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Insua, Riera, Mascherano, Lucas, Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres. Subs: Cavalieri, Agger, Aurelio, Kyrgiakos, Benayoun, Babel, Ngog.

 

[Rosco]

Interesting.

Time for Lucas to step up

 

[Jack D Rips]

I wasnt nervous all day and now I just got nervous

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Thatll do

 

[Jürgen4PM]

[quote author=Rosco link=topic=36266.msg956995#msg956995 date=1254665346]
Interesting.

Time for Lucas to step up
[/quote]

Has Rafa given us a chance then?

 

[SaintGeorge67]

I just beat them one nil (Torres) with that team on fifa 😉

 

[Jürgen4PM]

I'm surprised that Yossi is on the bench if he's carrying a knock.

 

[Hansern]

Good to see Masch back, and we really need Lucas to step up.

COME ON YOU REDS!!!!

 

[Rosco]

[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=36266.msg957000#msg957000 date=1254665441]
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=36266.msg956995#msg956995 date=1254665346]
Interesting.

Time for Lucas to step up
[/quote]

Has Rafa given us a chance then?
[/quote]

Don't talk with you mouth full

 

[ILD]

[quote author=Jack D Rips link=topic=36266.msg956997#msg956997 date=1254665372]
I wasnt nervous all day and now I just got nervous
[/quote]

Why? Did you not expect that team?

Yossi is good to keep as an impact sub after 60mins too.

 

[gene hughes]

It certainly feels like Yossi is always dropped after a defeat.

 

[ibromurph]

[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=36266.msg957002#msg957002 date=1254665520]
I'm surprised that Yossi is on the bench if he's carrying a knock.
[/quote]

Nah.. he's just been dropped as per usual whenever we lose and/or Rafa wants to play conservatively.

 

[Jürgen4PM]

Yossi has got a thigh strain.

 

[Jack D Rips]

[quote author=ILD link=topic=36266.msg957007#msg957007 date=1254665635]
[quote author=Jack D Rips link=topic=36266.msg956997#msg956997 date=1254665372]
I wasnt nervous all day and now I just got nervous
[/quote]

Why? Did you not expect that team?

Yossi is good to keep as an impact sub after 60mins too.
[/quote]

Nothing to do with the team. Just got nervous when it was announced

 

[gene hughes]

There's no such thing.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

I don't see the surprise. Riera will help inaus out much more. Its not all about attacking threat.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Insua even

 

[SummerOnions]

Yeah.

T'was the team i expected really.

 

[FreshRed]

Chelsea team?

 

[SummerOnions]

Michael Ballack and Deco return for Chelsea in midfield, but Jose Bosingwa misses out due to injury.

The Portuguese full-back is unfit to return from European suspension and so Branislav Ivanovic retains his place at right-back.

Didier Drogba is back to lead the attack, with Nicolas Anelka supporting alongside Deco.

For Liverpool, Albert Riera and Emiliano Insua are preferred to Yossi Benayoun and Fabio Aurelio. Former Chelsea man Glen Johnson starts

Chelsea are expected to line up in the following 4-3-2-1 formation:

40 Hilario

2 Branislav Ivanovic

6 Ricardo Carvalho

26 John Terry (c)

3 Ashley Cole

13 Michael Ballack

5 Michael Essien

8 Frank Lampard

20 Deco

39 Nicolas Anelka

11 Didier Drogba

Substitutes: 22 Ross Turnbull, 35 Juliano Belletti, 18Yury Zhirkov, 10 Joe Cole, 15 Florent Malouda, 21 Salomon Kalou, 23 Daniel Sturridge.

 

[SummerOnions]

The referee is Martin Atkinson.