[Liverweb] Portsmouth Preview

Liverweb FA Cup Match Preview

Opponents : Portsmouth

Date : Sunday January 29th @ 18:00

Venue : Fratton Park

TV Coverage : BBC1, Euroturk, Diema Extra, Fox Soccer, Bell PPV, Viasat
Sport 1

Squads : Robbie Fowler is not eligible for the game having played for Man
City in the previous round - a game in which he bagged a hat-trick. Luis
Garcia is still out with a knee injury. Jose Reina is expected to guard the
Reds net in this one.

Liverpool : Reina, Finnan, Hyypia, Carragher, Riise, Warnock, Traore,
Gerrard, Hamann, Alonso, Sissoko, Kewell, Cisse, Morientes,
Sinama-Pongolle, Crouch, Kromkamp, Agger, Carson.

Team Stats : This is the 5th match in the FA Cup between the two sides.
Last time out Portsmouth beat the Reds 1-0 in a replay having drawn 1-1 at
Anfield. The other tie between the sides also saw a replay - the 1992 semi
final when the Reds only went through on penalties.

The only outright win for the Reds over Portsmouth came in 1980 when they
won 4-1 over Portsmouth at Anfield.

In the 56 meetings of the two sides so far the Reds have won 21 and lost 19
with the rest being equal.

The Reds need two goals to make it 1500 in all cup competitions. Of the
1498 goals thus far 616 of them have come away from Anfield.

Player Stats : Sami Hyypia and Jamie Carragher will both hope to play their
20th FA Cup games for the Reds in this one.

Only four Reds have scored FA Cup goals for the Reds from the current squad
and both Alonso and Pongolle scored their first ones in the last round
against Luton which the Reds won 5-3.

Harry Kewell will hope to play his 100th Liverpool game in this one. Scott
Carson would play his 10th game if he played this one although Jose Reina
is tipped to stay in the goal.

Fernando Morientes needs one goal to hit double figures for the Reds.

Referee : Phil Dowd

Betting : Liverpool 6/10, Portsmouth 19/5, Draw : 12/5

Liverweb Prediction : Portsmouth 0 Liverpool 3

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[Liverweb] News Latest

The Reds reserves match against Boro next week will now be at Boro
and not at Home because the Racecourse Ground is being used the
following night for Wrexham. The home game with Boro will now be at
the end of March.

The youth side are in action on Monday night away to Burnley. The
game is being played at Turf moor. Should the Reds win they face a
home tie against Carlisle United. If they then win that they will
play one of Palace/Watford/Bolton/Southampton.

Mark Gonzalez is being loaned by the Reds to Real Sociedad. With
the Reds again failing to get a work permit for the player they have
been forced to loan him back to Spain. Hopefully then in the summer
he will receive a Spanish passport and with dual citizenship he can
make the move to Anfield permanent.

Gary Neville has been charged by the FA for his celebration against
the Reds at the weekend. Referee Mike Riley said had he seen the
incident at te time he would have booked the player and thus the
charge followed.

Rumour Mill stuff now

Getafe player Riki is now being linked with Parma. The player is
still linked with a summer move to the Reds and has a release clause
of £4 million.

Andy
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[Liverweb] Reserves Report

The Reds won last night down at Wolves in a game which saw Dan Agger
debut for the club. Didi Hamann scored from a free kick in his own
half to settle the game shortly after the hour mark. Report courtesy
of the Daily Post

DANIEL AGGER made his first appearance for the club as a strong
Liverpool reserve side defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 in the
Barclays FA Premier Reserve League North last night.

Agger was introduced as a half-time substitute as a wonder-strike
from Didi Hamann settled a one-sided affair in which Liverpool goal-
keeper David Martin did not have a single save to make.

Liverpool had the better of a low-key first half, and should have
taken the lead after just seven minutes when Hamann's excellent
through-ball released Florent Sinama-Pongolle but the French
youngster fluffed his shot and the ball went harm-lessly wide.

Sinama had another great chance five minutes later when good
interplay between Anderson and Kromka down the right ended with the
Dutchman drilling in a low cross to the feet of Sinama, but he
dragged his shot across goal and just wide.

Anderson was lively on the right wing, and the 17-year-old brought
saves from Matt Murray twice in the space of a minute with well-
struck shots from distance. Calliste headed wide in first-half
stoppage time after another good cross by Kromkamp.

Agger wasted no time announcing his presence with a great run from
his own half six minutes into the second period, carrying the ball
from halfway all the way into the Wolves penalty area before sending
a rasping shot just over the bar.

Calliste then failed to connect from close range when Potter did
well to drive the ball across the goalmouth, and Hamann brought a
great save out of Murray with a dipping left footer from 25 yards as
Liverpool turned the screw.

Anderson was then denied by Murray before Hamann finally broke the
deadlock with a spectacular strike from inside his own half which
caught out Murray.

The goal sparked an intense spell of Liverpool pressure in which
Guthrie (twice), Calliste and Sinama all brought saves out of the
overworked Murray, but for all their dominance the reds couldn't add
to Hamann's solitary strike.

WOLVES: Murray, Little. Jones. Ricketts (Gleeson 76), Lowe,
Rafferty, Cornes, O'Connor, Ganea, Clarke, Rosa (France 76).

LIVERPOOL: Martin, Kromkamp, Warnock, Raven, Traore (Agger 45),
Hamann, Anderson, Potter (Hobbs 66), Calliste, Sinama-Pongolle,
Guthrie (Idrizaj 76).

In gossip - Jerzy Dudek is now being linked with a move to FC Koln
but it's not known if they will be able to find the £3 million we
want for him.

Fernando Morientes says he is settled despite being linked with
Espanyol.

The Reds are interested in Luciano Galletti in Atletico Madrid
according to gossip. Galletti may be available for £5 million and
plays on the right of midfield.

Also the Reds are allegedly eyeing up Ronald Zubar of Caen in France.

Andy
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[Liverweb] Reserves in Action

The Reserves are back in action tonight away to Wolves. Kick off is
at 7 with the game being played at Telford. The Reds lie 8th in the
table at the minute with Wolves below the Reds.

Team in full:

1. David Martin
2. Jan Kromkamp
3. Stephen Warnock
4. David Raven
5. Djimi Traore
6. Dietmar Hamann
7. Paul Anderson
8. Darren Potter
9. Ramon Calliste
10. Florent Sinama-Pongolle
11. Danny Guthrie

Substitutes:-

12. Daniel Agger
13. Paul Willis
14. Jack Hobbs
15. Besian Idrizaj
16. Godwin Antwi

Andy
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[Liverweb] Man United Match Report

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Manchester United 1 Liverpool 0

Liverpool : Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Riise, Alonso,
Gerrard, Kewell, Sissoko, Cisse, Crouch

Subs Used : Morientes for Crouch (59), Pongolle for Cisse (75),
Kromkamp for Sissoko (88)

Subs Unused : Dudek, Traore

Att : 67,874

Ref : Mike Riley

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A dour 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford saw the gap to second place extend
to four points. A bitterly disappointing game was settled by a Rio
Ferdinand header a minute from time. The Reds had controlled most of
the game but in truth neither side really looked like scoring
throughout.

Liverpool got the game underway attacking the Stretford end in the
first half. The game though just didn't settle down much. The two
sides were up for a battle with little in the way of goof passing
football. The first half decent chance came after seven minutes when
Gerrard broke through but his poor shot went straight across the
goal without even troubling van der Saar. Before the game could get
going again Harry Kewell needed treatment. He had a bloody nose in
the build up to the Gerrard shot. Eventually after treatment and a
new shirt he returned. Kewell was left to wear a number 50 shirt for
the remainder of the half.

The first real flash point came on seventeen minutes as Kieran
Richardson hacked away at Sissoko. Sissoko was incensed by the
challenge and shot back to his feet to square up to the United
midfielder. Richardson pushed Momo away as the giant Red placed his
head towards Richardson and referee Riley booked both players.

United simply hadn't got started in the game at this point. Their
only real threat for most of the game was Rooney and he tried to
spark them in to life midway through the half by running at the
Reds. After beating a few men he lost the ball and the danger was
gone. Just after the half hour Gerrard played a neat ball round the
United defence but Cisse made a pigs ear of the chance which fell
easy for the United keeper.

You just kept waiting for something to happen in the game but it
just wasn't coming. Ruud van Nistelrooy had a half chance at the
interval but his shot was comfortable for Reina. The interval would
surely get one manager changing something. The Reds were comfortable
and there was surely enough that the Reds could attack. It didn't
really happen though despite the second half being slightly better
than the first.

The Reds controlled the ball in the main but it wasn't going very
far. Crouch looked a bit off the pace and Cisse just looked awful.
Crouch went off for Morientes on the hour. Just minutes later came a
great chance for the Reds. A quick thrown from Finnan created space
for Sissoko in the area. He passed to Cisse who looped the ball to
the goal but as it dropped just in front of the line Ferdinand got
back to clear the danger. The ball was fizzed back in and then from
six yards out Cisse blazed the ball over the bar when he should have
scored.

It took seventy one minutes for the first corner of the game which
came to the Reds. It didn't come to anything and minutes later
Pongolle replaced Cisse but again there was never much service to
the front pair. Xabi Alonso picked up a booking on eighty two
minutes for a blatant pull on Giggs as United slowly started to get
in to the game a little more. It was looking like the match would
finish nil nil now and people would have to be woken up to go home.

On eighty five minutes Rooney saw his shot across goal go just past
the outside of the post with Reina at full stretch. Two minutes
later at the other end Rooney was involved again as he raced the
length of the pitch to hack Pongolle down when he was running
through. Rooney saw yellow despite protesting, although what he was
moaning about I'm not sure.

The game was turned on it head in the final minute of the game
though when Finnan was adjudged to have pulled Evra. There was
contact but it didn't massively impede the defender However a free
kick was given and this was whipped in were Ferdinand headed past
Reina. Reina had got a hand to it but the force of the header was
just too strong. Suddenly it was game over and the home crowd went
home the happier.

A very disappointing end to a game in which the Reds had under
control. Overall the Reds were the better side but rarely created
much. United were also poor throughout but when that chance came in
the final minute they took it and the three points with it.

MotM : Steve Finnan - played as consistent as he has been playing of
late. He defends well but just as important is always available
going forward.

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Match Stats
United Liverpool
44% Possession 56%
4 Shots On Target 3
3 Shots Off Target 4
0 Blocked Shots 4
1 Corners 2
16 Fouls 17
3 Offsides 2
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

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