Liverpool cruise to victory at home. Red fortunes turn on an atrocious Anelka miss
just before the half time whistle. In
the end Bolton were out played in a 4-0 Liverpool
win
Liverpool looks to continue their
solid home form but need to be wary against a Bolton
side that this season has beaten Manchester United and drawn Bayern
Munich.
Benitez’s makes changes from the
side that beat Porto, Reina keeps goal with Arbeloa moving to the right and
Riise dropping into the left back slot, Hyypia and Carragher are the central
defensive pairing, Lucas sits in midfield with a deep role for Gerrard, Kewell
gets a start on the left and Benayoun starts on the right. Torres and Crouch get an opportunity to show
how they can play together with a rare start for the lanky Englishman and the
expensive Spaniard.
Megson keeps Anelka up front but
Stellios only gets to warm the bench despite a large game in midweek. Jaaskelainen keeps goal with a back four of
Samuel, Meite, Michalik and Gardner. The
middle is occupied with McCann, Speed, Campo, Davies and Diouf.
HYYPIA IN DEFIANT MOOD AFTER FINALLY GETTING A LEAGUE GOAL IN THE OPPONENT'S NET
Liverpool attack from the whistle
with Gardner needing to be sharp to tackle
Benayoun deep on the Bolton left.
Kewell and the Israeli midfielder
are enjoying space and time on the ball and are the heart of all the good early
Liverpool pressure.
Bolton looks to defend in numbers
and rely on the pace of Anelka and hard work of Davis when going forward. Anelka keeps the ball from Riise and draws in
two more Liverpool defenders before crossing for Speed who plays in Davis,
Davis’ ball is a shade too light for Diouf who has to cut the ball back rather
than shoot, Campo arrives late but his shot is poor and doesn’t trouble
Reina.
Liverpool pressure continues to
trouble the rugged Bolton defence.
Diouf doesn’t do anything to
change the Anfield sentiment when he brings down Arbeloa with a nasty
challenge; he’s lucky just to see yellow.
Jaaskelainen is in fine form
today and his quickness off the line keeps the score even in the first
flourishes.
Bolton enjoy a brief flurry of
pressure on the quarter hour to keep Liverpool honest but then it all goes pear
shaped for them. A whipped in Gerrard
free kick sees the linesman fail to spot the obvious offside; this blunder allows
Hyypia top find the net with an unchallenged header, he gets his first Liverpool goal in the Premier League.
Liverpool slack off and allow Bolton back into the game. The Wanderers don’t have the weapons of the
red side but show enough to retain decent possession and trouble the Liverpool back line.
Diouf and Anelka are joined by Davis
and Speed but lack the right ball in the final third to really trouble
Reina.
Torres and Crouch seem not to
have a great understanding and the lanky Englishman’s finishing isn’t good, his
free header from a great ball in goes woefully over. Kewell is bright and inventive but his
selfishness in front of goal when better options surrounded him keeps Bolton in the game.
Torres shows his intent when he
gets onto a loose Gardner ball, he surges forward and driven a tad wide by Michalik
fires a yard wide of Jaaskelainen’s post.
A few minutes before half time
Bolton get their opportunity to level the score, a through ball sees Reina and
Carragher comically collide and the ball spills out to Anelka; the Frenchman
chooses the worst moment to lose his shooting ability and Anfield gasps a huge
sigh of relief as he can only find the side netting of the gapingly open
goal.
Stung into action by the enormous
let off Liverpool come at Bolton in the closing minutes of the half; Gerrard’s
pass from deep finds Torres in stride and the Spaniard shrugs off the defender
and dinks the ball over the advancing Jaaskelainen, two-nil Liverpool; the goal
coming at the most awful time for Bolton.
Neither manager makes any changes
at half time and the bruises on Anelka’s arse from the kicking Megson gave it
at half time can’t be seen.
Liverpool come out looking for a
third goal, Crouch is at the heart of the action with a neat flick on for
Kewell but then his chance to head a third isn’t taken, the lanky Englishman’s
header from Riise’s cross is wide from close range, then Benayoun finds himself
in the area but a woeful first touch takes the ball out of harms way and allows
Bolton to close him down.
Anelka is full of running and his
attempt to turn Hyypia is well stopped by the Finn, the challenge was vital as
failure would have seen Anelka one on one with Reina. .
Carragher; injured by his own
keepers clumsiness; comes of for youngster Hobbs.
The defender gets in on the action with a deep ball to Torres; the
Spaniard’s knockdown lays it on a plate for Crouch whose first touch is awful, Bolton clear.
The lanky Englishman takes
another tactic to ensure a Liverpool victory
and does a great impression of a sack of spuds under pressure from Meite. Bennett points to the spot and Gerrard
dutifully converts the spot kick.
The soft penalty and the
subsequent goal have taken the heart out of Bolton. Their attacks lack bite, their defending is
sloppy and their play in the middle is laced with misplaced balls.
Liverpool
is on cruise control for the last half hour, keeping possession with ease and
attacking at will. Crouch continues to
show a poor first touch in front of goal.
Kuyt shows industry when he comes on for Torres; indeed the Dutchman’s
shot is poorly turned aside; Robinsonesque; by Jaaskelainen into the path of Babel who gratefully accepts the gift for a Liverpool fourth.
Cruise control firmly in place Liverpool sees out the match in comfortable fashion.
Liverpool
gets a relatively easy home win. Had
Anelka not been such a klutz in front of goal the story might have been
different; the miss after some decent pressure from Bolton
clearly took something out of the visitors.
Torres and Crouch definitely need
work but the revival of Kewell will be a bonus for The Waiter. Overall a good home win which in spite of the
gushing sentiments of the commentators wasn’t totally a cakewalk.
Megson’s team got beat by a
better group of players; they did show fight to play themselves into the game
after going down a goal. The Anelka miss
killed it for the visitors, when a chance like that at Anfield only finds the
side netting you know it’s not going to be your day.
The referee did OK. Probably should have sent Dioup off and
shouldn’t have given Liverpool’s penalty.
Clattenburg; the best Premier League referee chooses this games to make
four howlers and hand the game to the away team. Which is a shame because for the rest of the
game he was pretty much spot on for everything.
Bright sun lit one end of Goodison Park
and the other end was in cool shadows on an Autumn Saturday afternoon in Liverpool. The
shadows hinted at the darkness to come but the brightness mirrored the
expectant faces of both sets of fans, the long awaited game had finally arrived
and we had tickets. Watching on TV isn’t
the same as being there, you miss the noise of the crowd and song, chants,
groans and ripples of emotions wash over the packed faithful. San Siro, Stadio de Olimpico, Stadio Delli
Alpi, Old Trafford, White Hart Lane, Villa Park, Sealand Road or the Saunders
Honda Stadium, Memorial Stadium, Stadion Evzena Roisickeho, Dynamo Stadium, Estadio
Hernando Siles, Shizuoka Stadium all wish they could have the atmosphere that
The Derby generates.
Maybe thinking about the game in
midweek but certainly hampered by injuries Moyes picks Howard in goal, a back
four of Hibbert, Yobo, Stubbs and Lescott is agile and strong and the lack of
speed is made up for by a fast brain in the case of veteran Stubbs; Arteta
occupies the right of midfield with Jagielka and Neville sitting in the middle
providing some protection for the back four and to combat a powerful Liverpool
midfield, Osman play wide left; Anichibe and Yakubu play up front, the two
Africans bringing strength and aerial prowess along with an ability to hold up
the ball.
Benitez, with a tough midweek
trip and injuries picked Reina in goal with a back four of Finnan, Carragher,
Hyypia and Riise, very solid and with the ability to get forward; Gerrard plays
wide right with Sissoko and Mascherano inside whilst Benayoun occupies the left
flank; Kuyt and Voronin play together up front.
The first salvos are fired as
Riise gets physical to win the ball from Arteta on the right flank, the throw
in is cleared and Benayoun breaks up the Liverpool
left, he finds Gerrard and the scouser overruns the ball.
The midfield is congested and
hectic so Liverpool utilize the long ball, Hyypia’s attempt is wild but
Finnan’s is better and finds Benayoun, the Israeli works the left well and cuts
inside, twisting and turning to evade Hibbert he lays the ball off for Voronin
but the Ukrainian’s shot is soft and straight at Howard who is bale to claim
his spill at the feet of Kuyt. Hibbert
shouldn’t have let the ball bounce and given the visitors a chance, poor play
by the oft criticized right back.
Gerrard delivers a good ball in which
falls to Voronin, the Ukrainian, without his shooting boots on today skies the
edge of the area shot.
Everton struggle to find any rhythm
and the passing of Liverpool is making life
tough in the middle, particularly as the home side is intent of being generous
with the ball; the away side hasn’t got any cutting edge up front.
Benayoun, having a riot in the
first half, gets onto Gerrard’s pass but the cross is cleared; a Liverpool free kick is wasted, Osman breaks and finds
Yakubu, Carragher wins the ball well.
Arteta takes a free kick on the
right, the ball in is superb and Liverpool only half clear, Osman wins a corner
as it comes back in, a tricksy play between Arteta and Osman is spotted and
blocked by Voronin, another corner is half cleared and Neville swing one in but
ends up with a goal kick, Liverpool look susceptible on set pieces.
Mascherano hoofs upfield
aimlessly, Jagielka plays a ball to Lescott on the left and his cross is
cleared; Everton’s free kick is cleared by a leaping Hyypia; as on the quarter
hour Everton start come back into the game having weathered the early pressure
from Liverpool.
Riise’s deep ball catches Kuyt
just offside and the midfield has calmed a bit, Sissoko hits it long to
Benayoun who can’t get his cross in a sees the ball go behind for a goal kick;
Sissoko gives up possession to Osman and the Englishman works the ball on the
right, Liverpool break up the move and hoof it upfield.
Gerrard injects some pace on the
right and gets the ball from a scrum of players, he carries the ball to the
byline and whips it in but Stubbs positional sense allows him to clear it ahead
of Kuyt at the near post.
Osman skins Hyypia on the right
and lobs in a ball from the byline, Reina does well to tip it onto the bar and
behind as two Everton players were lurking at the back post; the resultant
Arteta corner is scrambled clear.
Everton are starting to apply
pressure to Liverpool , they win more of the ball in midfield and are getting
forward more, their set pieces trouble the visitors whose opportunities come
from the home side propensity to be sloppy with possession occasionally.
Lescott breaks up the left and
lays the ball to Yakubu, the big ####ian holds the ball up under pressure and
lobs it beyond Finnan, the Irishman beats Lescott to the ball but gives up the
corner; another excellent corner merely goes for a goal kick.
Anichibe holds up the ball on the
edge of the Liverpool area and lays it wide to
Hibbert, the full back crosses and Osman almost gets a headed goal but Reina is
alert to the danger; it comes out and Voronin concedes a throw in, Neville’s
long throw comes out to Osman who shins a volley high from the D.
Yakubu tracks back to strip the
ball from Finnan and runs off down the left, Gerrard tracks back and fouls the
####ian, from Arteta’s free kick Anichibe heads just over.
Benayoun finds the ball and
launches a Liverpool attack, but a too narrow Liverpool
concedes the ball; a Riise free kick is deflected wide then Everton handle both
corner kicks.
The home team keep their foot on
the gas with a flowing move starting on the right, Arteta works the ball to
Yakubu who finds Osman inside, the ball is played into Lescott but Finnan cuts
out the play before thaw cross can be delivered; the throw in comes to Osman at
the top of the D but he is closed down before he can get his volley off
Lescott gallops down the
unguarded Liverpool right and delivers a neat ball which Finnan does well to
head behind; the near post delivery is headed on and it falls to Stubbs who has
drifted off the back, he dinks it back in and a deflections sees it drop into
the six yard box, Hyypia turns and shoots to beat his own ‘keeper for the
opening goal.
The Liverpool fightback doesn’t materialize
and Everton aren’t content to just sit on their lead; Lescott again heads
upfield into the space vacated by Gerrard, he finds Yakubu who shrugs of
Mascherano disdainfully but with men waiting in the area is final cross is weak
and Reina claims unchallenged.
Kuyt fails to beat the offside
trap again; Neville finds Lescott who delivers a fine testing cross but Osman
rushes the shot and the chance goes begging.
Liverpool
is looking stuttery and ill at ease as Everton hold firm.
A Gerrard shot from a throw in is
woefully high; Neville defends well from Kuyt; a Finnan cross is cleared and a
Riise cross is just terrible.
Neither Moyes not the Benitez use
any substitutes at the half.
An early Liverpool
flurry sees a Voronin cross cleared and Kuyt offside but an away onslaught on
Howard’s goal doesn’t materialize, Everton look more composed than their
opponents.
Arteta skins Finnan on the left,
he dances and dribbles and when his way to goal is blocked he lays the ball
back to Lescott who attacks the area and wins a corner; the ball in is cleared
and Voronin sees Gerrard and plays the Captain in, slack defending from Yobo
allow the Englishman to get onto the ball and his pace take him past Hibbert,
the right back stupidly decides to grab Gerrard’s shirt rather than let Howard
have a go at a save then Gerrard goes down rather easily, Clattenburg points to
the spot and shows Hibbert the red card,
Kuyt converts well from the spot for the equalizer.
Down to ten men the home side
still looks to attack, Lescott wins a corner kick which is half cleared and as
the ball comes back in the left back is smothered illegally by Finnan but
Clattenburg isn’t interested.
Clattenburg you wanker!
Voronin breaks on the right but a
ball inside to Riise is skied aimlessly.
A Neville throw finds Anichibe in
the area, he holds the ball up and finds Yakubu, unable to turn the ####ian
tries an overhead kick which Reina calmly claims; Liverpool apply some pressure
to win a corner, Kuyt’s shot is blocked by Anichibe, Voronin’s shot from the
rebound is well saved by Howard and Kuyt heads over from eight yards out.
Yakubu finds space on the right
his cross finds his countrymen who battles well but is dispossessed, the two
####ians combine again, this time Anichibe’s battling gets the ball to Yakubu,
with space and twenty five yards out the 22 unleashes a fierce drive which
flashes just wide.
Kuyt and Voronin combine to
utilize the extra space but Lescott snuffs out the attack; Gerrard plays in
Voronin on the right but the Ukrainian’s cross is poor.
Benayoun comes off for Babel and
the Dutchman is straight in the action, he finds space on the right, beats
Lescott, cuts the ball back to Sissoko, he manages to get the ball to Gerrard
but on his left foot the powerful drive goes straight at Howard; Riise and
Voronin can’t quite combine then Yobo beats Kuyt to a through ball and plays it
to his ‘keeper, Everton attack from the clearance which Liverpool smother.
Gerrard is controversially brought
off and Brazilian Lucas gets his Liverpool
debut in the cauldron of The Derby.
Gerrard and Benitez exchange no pleasantries as the Captain comes off
with a thunderous scowl.
Mascherano has a wild long range
shot and a Hyypia cross is too deep, Sissoko gets the ball but his cross is
cleared by Stubbs.
The game is very open with
Everton playing well despite being down a man; they look more dangerous coming
forward as Liverpool seem unable to exploit their
numerical advantage.
Babel wins a corner and the ball finds Lucas
who plays in Voronin, the Ukrainian cuts back into trouble and shanks his shot
well wide from close range.
McFadden comes on for
Yakubu.
Everton just manage to scramble
clear a Liverpool ball into the area, it falls to Sissoko who shoots wide from
a promising position; Mascherano finds Riise but Voronin only gets a throw in;
Arteta steals the ball from Lucas but Liverpool close him down; the visitors
break and a Finnan cross finds Voronin only for the Ukrainian to head wide; Neville
and Arteta clear a second Finnan cross; Mascherano finds Lucas who work the
ball to Sissoko, Babel is the recipient but his final effort is poor.
Baines comes on for
Anichibe.
A Stubbs free kick is well struck
but well wide; McFadden wins a corner off another free kick, Liverpool
half clear and Arteta puts the ball back in only for Reina to punch clear.
Everton clear a Liverpool
corner but are sitting back a bit more.
Pennant comes on for
Sissoko.
Carragher and McFadden get
yellow, the Scot for a foul and the Englishman for mouthing off.
Everton can’t clear their lines
and the ball pinballs in the area, Lucas latches onto it but is denied a goal
by an acrobatic save from Neville, not being the ‘keeper the Everton player is
shown the red card and Howard faces Kuyt again.
The ‘keeper guesses right and gets a hand to the shot; had the hand been
stronger he would have ensured Everton a point but his ‘keeping was poor and
Liverpool take the lead.
A final flurry from the home side
sees Neville put the ball in from a throw; Carragher manhandles Lescott to the
grass but play continues with no penalty given.
Clattenburg you wanker!
The home side withstood the early
Liverpool onslaught and played themselves into the game, their set pieces
always difficult for Liverpool to deal
with. The own goal was fortuitous but
looked like coming anyway. Good play
from most players; apart from the occasional giving away of possession. They looked to have the Liverpool
team worked out. Some terrible decisions
messed up a close game.
The Fat Spaniard can be smug and
talk about players diving (meaning Lescott) but his team was mostly out
played. They had their chances but
lacked the cutting edge up front.
Gerrard worked well when he got more central but then was taken
off.
Clattenburg you wanker!
Loudly and proudly I’d held you
up as a shining example of how to referee.
All this season you have been practically flawless, a word, a gesture
instead of a card, you seemed to have the respect of the players and managed
games with a calm demeanor and an undraconian authority.
For 90 minutes you acquitted
yourself well, words instead of cards to Stubbs and Carragher, you let the game
flow and allowed the players to play and you were consistent; the holy grail of
the men in black.
The red for Neville was correct
as well.
You were almost perfect and then
you make four awful decisions.
Clattenburg you wanker!
You pulled out a yellow card for
Hibbert, then after Gerrard came over yelling you put it back into your pocket
and pulled out a red. So now you make
important game changing decisions based on the rants of players!
Clattenburg you wanker!
You obviously were going to give
Hibbert the yellow; you had it in your right hand ready to wield it; and as we
all know the cards are kept in different pockets so it’s not a mistake. You just changed your mind after comments
from a player, that’s not the way to referee, because every player is going to
claim it wasn’t a foul or a handball or a penalty.
Clattenburg you wanker!
Some referees may have given the
penalty others may have not, the contact was minimal and Gerrard went down
easy.
Steve Finnan putting both his
arms over the shoulders of Joleon Lescott and holding him back to prevent him
reaching a ball in the area then pushing him to the ground is only not a
penalty if your name is Clattenburg and you are a wanker!
Clattenburg you wanker!
Dirk Kuyt gets tackled and
decides to get some revenge, Phil Neville is lucky the Dutchman didn’t make
contact with a wild and dangerous two-footed lunge. The intent was clear but he only gets a
yellow.
Clattenburg you wanker!
Jamie Carragher using both arms
to wrap up Joleon Lescott then using his right leg to apply more pressure
before hauling him backwards in the area is only not a penalty if your name is
Clattenburg and you are a wanker!
Clattenburg you wanker!
Two simple decisions, why you
didn’t make them is beyond me, they were at the heart of the action and were on
the ball. Lescott has been a handful at
set pieces all season so he’ll be the Everton player marked tightest by the
defence. Did you let that simple fact
slip from your preparation?
The conclusion as to why you
failed to spot two blatant penalties and ignored both of them is that you are
just a wanker.
How can someone who had risen to
be an example to all around him be such a wanker!
Not only did you hand the
redshiite the game but you did it at Goodison
Park, were you trying to
set a new precedent with refereeing decisions going to the away team.
Clattenburg you wanker!
Everton:-
Howard
Hibbert
Yobo
Stubbs
Lescott
Arteta
Jagielka
Neville
Osman
Yakubu (McFadden 77)
Anichibe (Baines 84)
Bookings:-
Hibbert (R)
McFadden
Neville (R)
Goals:-
Hyypia (OG) 37
Liverpool:-
Reina
Finnan
Carragher
Hyypia
Riise
Gerrard (Lucas 71)
Mascherano
Sissoko (Pennant 88)
Benayoun (Babel 68)
Voronin
Kuyt
Bookings:-
Kuyt
Carragher
Goals:-
Kuyt 54 (P), 90 (P)
Attendance:-
40049
Referee:-
Mark Clattenburg – a wanker!
No sour grapes here.
Just a reminder to that wanker Clattenburg that these are the rules you
ignored when you refereed like a wanker!
Fouls and misconduct are penalised as follows:
Direct
Free Kick
A
direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits
any
of the following six offences in a manner considered by the referee
to
be careless, reckless or using excessive force:
•
kicks or attempts to kick an opponent
•
jumps at an opponent
•
strikes or attempts to strike an opponent
A
direct free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player
commits
any of the following four offences:
•
holds an opponent
A
direct free kick is taken from where the offence occurred.
Disciplinary
Sanctions
Sending-Off
Offences
A
player, substitute or substituted player is sent off and shown the RED
card
if he commits any of the following seven offences:
1.
is guilty of serious foul play
2.
is guilty of violent conduct
Decisions
of the International F.A Board
Decision 4
A tackle, which endangers the safety of an opponent, must
be sanctioned
