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I thought Torres looked a different player after he scored the first goal today. From a player who seemingly had lost his "touch" and was struggling for time and space because of it, he grew in confidence and by the time he scored his "third" was again looking world class.

I am a little surprised that Kuyt hasn't received more praise today, I thought it was his best game for a long long time. Yes he is clumsy at times and made a couple of poor crosses, BUT the amount of space he made with intelligent running and some astute passing surely deserves praise. On this form he deserves a first team place....... something that I wouldn't have said about most of his games over the last 12 months. I think he showed that he is better in the middle than out on the wing though which may prove problematic with Keane still (for me ) struggling.

Gerrard was M.O.T.M by a mile, showed intelligence, discipline, the lot today, and with Alonso controlled the game.

I thought Everton were p!ss poor to be honest, but whether that was because we made them look that way or whether they really are that bad I am not quite sure. I can't remember a Derby where our players have had so much space.

[Thewaykokid]

Skrtel looks like someone that would hurt me

[SouthCoastShankly]

MEMO; to MR MICHAEL OWEN, Money ain,t everything is it? Bet you are fecking sick going to the barcodes. You greedy little twot,oh BTW were was you in ISTANBUL    

Lets keep it on topic mate - your just making yourself look like an idiot

[Scottbot]

Haven't been on for a bit and thought i'd wait for happier times and here they are!

Excellent team performance today. Composed, disciplined and professional from the start I thought. Too the point where it was difficult to pick out a man of the match. Gerrard was excellent from start to finish (you must have been watching the first half of a derby from yesteryear Lando). I think he will have remembered his substitution in last year's derby when the manager took him off for 'showing too much passion' and today you saw a consumate centre-midfielder performance. He showed feet all day, kept it simple, showed discipline, used the ball intelligently and put in as many tackles as i've seen him make in a while. Saying that i thought Skrtel ran him a close second for MOM. I wondered if big Sami might have been the better bet for this one but he was excellent today in the sort of game that so often leaves foreign players wanting.

There were several good performances throughout the team. I liked Riera (and i'm happy to take any criticism because I derided even the initial rumours of him coming to club) and it was his tackle and turn on the touchline that set up the opening goal. Arbeloa had a solid game (despite the foul on Cahill but then I would love to kick the cocky Aussie ), Alonso passed the ball well and got through a LOT of unseen work defensively, Keane was quiet for much of the game but his tireless harrying (following Kuyt's lead) when we lost the ball was rewarded with the part he played in both goals and Carra was....well......Carra.

As for Torres, I watched the game today with one of my best mates and he's a Yorkshire lad who grew up with Richard Cresswell. Well Cressie told me mate that he thought Torres looked very flat last week, not the player he was expecting to come up against. But what a difference a goal makes, completely transformed from the moment it went in and it looks like the boy wonder is back up and running again.

Suddenly things are looking a little bit better again eh!

Just need to sort the City upstarts at Eastlands next week, follwed by a home fixture to Wigan and then it's a tough one at Chelsea.

[eds]

What a magical 27th of September 2008 birthday.

Liverpool stuff the bitters and go top of the EPL.

And on a side note by beloved Hawthorn wins the AFL premiership.

Guys, I hate to say it so early but this could be our year, we still aren't playing at our best and we are equal 1st, go the MIGHTY POOL, go the MIGHTY Hawks.

[saetiakidLFC]

I think were getting better through every game, Still a way to go but i'm confident we can seriously challenge. I don't mind the dreaded draw aslong as there not as consistant as last season. Things are looking good again, bring on PSV in mid-week.

[SupitsJonF]

Last week someone posted  a link to downloadable high quality highlights of the stoke game.

Any chance they are out for the Everton game yet?  Tired of watching in in crappy streams.

[Espionage]

Get an e-Season ticket on Liverpoolfc.tv

[SupitsJonF]

Don't really have a spare $60+ laying around..

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I hadn't seen the goals against Crewe before ...... ripped from Rawk

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I know they are in the wrong thread but I thought others might like to see them.

[ruskiy playmaker]

Highlights of the game...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6w7aa_everton-v-liverpool_news

[maypaxvobiscum]

Highlights of the game...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6w7aa_everton-v-liverpool_news

thanks! great highlights 

[Owzat]

I thought Torres looked a different player after he scored the first goal today. From a player who seemingly had lost his "touch" and was struggling for time and space because of it, he grew in confidence and by the time he scored his "third" was again looking world class.

I am a little surprised that Kuyt hasn't received more praise today, I thought it was his best game for a long long time. Yes he is clumsy at times and made a couple of poor crosses, BUT the amount of space he made with intelligent running and some astute passing surely deserves praise. On this form he deserves a first team place....... something that I wouldn't have said about most of his games over the last 12 months. I think he showed that he is better in the middle than out on the wing though which may prove problematic with Keane still (for me ) struggling.

Gerrard was M.O.T.M by a mile, showed intelligence, discipline, the lot today, and with Alonso controlled the game.

I thought Everton were p!ss poor to be honest, but whether that was because we made them look that way or whether they really are that bad I am not quite sure. I can't remember a Derby where our players have had so much space.

It's hard to really assess this, our biggest victory of the season so far, because the bitters were poor. They had the best chances and but for poor marking for Torres' first, and a clinical second for Torres it could easily have been nil nil.

Kuyt was good and bad, perhaps fairest to say it was an indifferent performance. His finish was good from the cross that went out, I thought penalising him to scratch off Torres' hat-trick was VERY harsh, and his 1-2 with Keane lead to the Torres' second. Robkeanho needs to go on from this, maybe not his best performance overall, but he must take heart from his assist. I think most of the players had good and bad patches, it's three points and equals our best Premiership start of 14 points from six games

1996/97

Middlesborough (a) 17/08/96 D3-3
Arsenal (h) 19/08/96 W3-2
Sunderland (h) 24/08/96 D0-0
Coventry City (a) 04/09/96 W3-1
Southampton (h) 07/09/96 W2-1
Leicester City (a) 15/09/96 W3-0

96/97 P6 W4 D2 L0 F11 A4 PTS 14 GD +7
08/09 P6 W4 D2 L0 F7 A2 PTS 14 GD +5

I think Bad Bob is a little generous in suggesting our draw at villa was good because of their "early form", Stoke managed to beat them and our draw against Stoke was also disappointing.

As for our targets, best start after 10 games is 24 points and after 12 games 30, so we have to aim at those as targets - both in 02/03. We were top before a really bad run, helped by seven home games in the first 12. I certainly hope we don't "settle for a draw" at Middle Eastlands, we need to be winning to compensate dropping points at villa, and because we have chelski (unbeaten in a zillion games at home) away in a month's time

Bad news is, according to my records, we've played our seventh Premiership game away seven times in previous seasons and won only once - last season at Wigan. Good news, perhaps an omen, is in 02/03 we won the eighth game of the season away to Citeh.

Next six fixtures and last season's corresponding result

Man City (a) D0-0
Wigan (h) D1-1
Chelsea (a) D0-0
Portsmouth (h) W4-1
Tottenham (a) W2-0
West Brom (h) n/a

Three draws in a row and three wins for the mancs and they'd be level with a game in hand, good start gone.

[maguskwt]

I thought Torres looked a different player after he scored the first goal today. From a player who seemingly had lost his "touch" and was struggling for time and space because of it, he grew in confidence and by the time he scored his "third" was again looking world class.

I am a little surprised that Kuyt hasn't received more praise today, I thought it was his best game for a long long time. Yes he is clumsy at times and made a couple of poor crosses, BUT the amount of space he made with intelligent running and some astute passing surely deserves praise. On this form he deserves a first team place....... something that I wouldn't have said about most of his games over the last 12 months. I think he showed that he is better in the middle than out on the wing though which may prove problematic with Keane still (for me ) struggling.

Gerrard was M.O.T.M by a mile, showed intelligence, discipline, the lot today, and with Alonso controlled the game.

I thought Everton were p!ss poor to be honest, but whether that was because we made them look that way or whether they really are that bad I am not quite sure. I can't remember a Derby where our players have had so much space.

It's hard to really assess this, our biggest victory of the season so far, because the bitters were poor. They had the best chances and but for poor marking for Torres' first, and a clinical second for Torres it could easily have been nil nil.

Kuyt was good and bad, perhaps fairest to say it was an indifferent performance. His finish was good from the cross that went out, I thought penalising him to scratch off Torres' hat-trick was VERY harsh, and his 1-2 with Keane lead to the Torres' second. Robkeanho needs to go on from this, maybe not his best performance overall, but he must take heart from his assist. I think most of the players had good and bad patches, it's three points and equals our best Premiership start of 14 points from six games

1996/97

Middlesborough (a) 17/08/96 D3-3
Arsenal (h) 19/08/96 W3-2
Sunderland (h) 24/08/96 D0-0
Coventry City (a) 04/09/96 W3-1
Southampton (h) 07/09/96 W2-1
Leicester City (a) 15/09/96 W3-0

96/97 P6 W4 D2 L0 F11 A4 PTS 14 GD +7
08/09 P6 W4 D2 L0 F7 A2 PTS 14 GD +5

I think Bad Bob is a little generous in suggesting our draw at villa was good because of their "early form", Stoke managed to beat them and our draw against Stoke was also disappointing.

As for our targets, best start after 10 games is 24 points and after 12 games 30, so we have to aim at those as targets - both in 02/03. We were top before a really bad run, helped by seven home games in the first 12. I certainly hope we don't "settle for a draw" at Middle Eastlands, we need to be winning to compensate dropping points at villa, and because we have chelski (unbeaten in a zillion games at home) away in a month's time

Bad news is, according to my records, we've played our seventh Premiership game away seven times in previous seasons and won only once - last season at Wigan. Good news, perhaps an omen, is in 02/03 we won the eighth game of the season away to Citeh.

Next six fixtures and last season's corresponding result

Man City (a) D0-0
Wigan (h) D1-1
Chelsea (a) D0-0
Portsmouth (h) W4-1
Tottenham (a) W2-0
West Brom (h) n/a

Three draws in a row and three wins for the mancs and they'd be level with a game in hand, good start gone.

do you tell fortunes too?