by Toffeehater » Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:46 am
ROBBIE KEANE has already put the boot in on Chelsea’s title dreams once — now he is dreaming of doing so again.
Last season, back in the days when Spurs scored goals, Keane’s stunning late leveller gave them a dramatic 4-4 draw and rocked the Blues’ hopes of catching Manchester United.
Now he aims to serve up a repeat tomorrow — only this time, his new Liverpool team-mates are the ones with their eyes on stealing a priceless advantage at the top.
Keane, champing at the bit after scoring in the midweek Euro draw at Atletico Madrid, admitted: “That game was phenomenal. It was attack versus attack, a great game to be involved in.
“It was just great entertainment, great excitement. It was a bit like a schoolboy game in some ways because it just seemed like both teams were just attacking all the time.
“I remember there was a long ball played forward and it came off someone’s back and luckily enough I was there. I connected with it and it went in the top corner with two minutes left.
“Obviously it was a game Chelsea needed to win at the time and the result was a disappointment for them.
“Liverpool have done OK against them in the last couple of years so I’m sure we will go there believing that we can get a good result.
“We know it won’t be easy and Chelsea have made a good start, but that doesn’t mean we will be intimidated by them.
“It will be tough on Sunday, because they are doing well and haven’t been beaten for so long at home.
“But the way I look at it, records are there to be broken. We are doing well too and have to be confident we can go there and get a result.”
Keane, 28, has shrugged off the groin problem he picked up in Spain.
And the Irish star is starting to find his feet at Anfield after a jittery start following his £20million summer move from Spurs.
He has had a better time of it than most against Chelsea — certainly last term — helping Spurs to come from behind and beat them in February’s Carling Cup final.
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Fighting back has become something of the norm at Liverpool this season, as the Reds have overturned deficits FIVE times in all competitions.
Liverpool cannot afford to go behind if they hope to end Chelsea’s run of 86 unbeaten league games at The Bridge.
Yet Keane reckons at least the manner of Liverpool’s victories should end any lingering doubts about the spirit at Anfield.
He added: “We’ve certainly made hard work of our last couple of games and we definitely can’t keep doing that.
“Last weekend we got another good win against Wigan after going behind. We can take a lot of heart from that as it shows how much character there is in the side.
“Belief is really important in football and if you look at the number of games where we have gone behind and come back to win, that suggests there is a lot of belief in this group of players.
“We’ve shown that in the last few games but the more often you do that the more chance there is you will come unstuck because games won’t always go your way after going behind.
“We’re not playing as well as we’d like, but we are winning which is the main thing.”
