Buzzin Football Blog

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.
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Arsenal and Liverpool produced a thrilling game of football at the Emirates this afternoon.The game ended as a 1-1 draw, but there were chances throughout the game of end to end football.
Both managers started with players rested for the Champions League second leg, on paper much weaker teams than can be expected to play in [...]

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 Liverpool will feel that they have the edge going into the second leg of the Champions league quarter final at home to Arsenal. They managed to force a draw at the Emirates, although Arsenal were the better side on the night.
Adebayor put Arsenal ahead after 23 minutes, but just three minutes later Kuyt grabbed an [...]

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