Martin O’Neill has confirmed that Liverpool have made an offer to Aston Villa for club captain Gareth Barry. It would appear that Rafa Benitez has offered a player exchange plus cash offer for Barry, who is currently under contract at the Midlands club, with two years still to run.
O’Neill has made no secret of his [...]

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Last night Chelsea beat Liverpool 3-2 (4-3 on aggragate) at Stamford Bridge to book their place in the UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow where they will face Man Utd on Wednesday 21st May.
Chelsea began the brighter and deserved a 1-0 lead at half-time thanks to a Didier Drogba.
Drogba appeared pumped up for the game, [...]

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So here we are again, the third semi-final meeting of Liverpool and Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League in the past four seasons. Liverpool and Rafa Benitez won in 2005 and 2007. Can Avram Grant succeed where Jose Mourinho failed and take Chelsea to the UEFA Champions League Final for the first [...]

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I doubt that there is much that could surprise Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez anymore. The criticism of Benitez’s management style and particularly his love of the rotation policy from Liverpool owners Hicks and Gillett, has backfired as his team are ending the season with fresh players, and while they are not in contention for the premiership, [...]

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The second leg of this quarter final tie saw Arsenal firing themselves out of the starting blocks, heaping wave after wave of attacking pressure on a Liverpool defence that appeared stunned that the game had started. The Gunners were relentless for those first thirteen minutes, in which Liverpool hardly got a sniff of the ball.
Arsenal [...]

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