Champions League Returns To Anfield
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LIVERPOOL 2-0 ASTON VILLA | STURRIDGE X2
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LIVERPOOL 6-0 ROMA | SUBOTIC, COUTINHO X2, GERRARD, STURRIDGE, LALLANA
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TOTTENHAM 1-3 LIVERPOOL | COUTINHO X2 EKOTTO OG
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SOUTHAMPTON 2-1e LIVERPOOL | STURRIDGE
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LIVERPOOL 1-2 MANCHESTER UNITED | SUAREZ
A fine start for Liverpool in their first month back in the Premier League. But a tougher challenge lies ahead. Could they replicate there form against foes like Roma, Tottenham, and Manchester United?
The month started in fine fashion as Liverpool steam rolled ahead, coasting past Aston Villa on there way to another three points. Two goals from fan favorite Daniel Sturridge ensured an emphatic three points for Liverpool and kept them on a 100& record. 12 points for the season so far.
Now, finally. The day Liverpool fans all over had been waiting for. The return to the Champions League. Liverpool would line up with the likes of Subotic, Gerrard, Coutinho and Sturridge. Reina who would also be in the starting line up, would you believe was the last goalkeeper to play in the Champions League for liverpool. 5 years ago that was.
The first game would be at Anfield, and boy were the fans loud. The players took advantage and quickly got into there stride, and Subotic headed in his first goal for Liverpool, upon 11 minutes. Two minutes later, Coutinho would score the second of the game. Liverpool were in dreamland! Roma's job was not made easy by the fact that Totti and Pjanic had to go off with injuries.
Liverpool scored three more times before the break. Coutinho 35' Daniel Sturridge 45' and Steven Gerrard marked his return to the big stage by bending a beautiful free kick into the top corner just before the first half ended.
The game stayed all Liverpool, but the finishing grew worse, and the reds were only able to scrape one more goal through Lallana in the 49th minute. 6-0. What a return. Absolutely remarkable!!
Tottenham challenged next, but no way through for the Spurs. Coutinho scored yet another goal early in the 19th minute, and on 60 minutes he was there to be put through on goal. He rounded the keeper and scored his second. Full time was gradually closing in on the game, but that didn't stop Liverpool scoring again, this time Assou Ekotto got an own goal. 90 minutes in, Adebayor got his team a consolation.
Liverpool played a relatively weakened side against Southampton, however, that didn't seem to have much of an effect. Sturridge scored against a fully fledged Southampton side late on, but as players like Suso and Can started to grow tired they just couldn't keep up with the pace from Chambers and co.
Brendan Rodgers wouldn't budge. He wanted to be ready for United. And so, he made no move to make a change. Southampton scored a late goal, and went on to win late on in extra time knocking Liverpool out of the Capital One Cup.
Often said to be the biggest game of the year this one. And to the Liverpool fans, it certainly would be. Manchester united vs Liverpool. As was expected, Liverpool took the lead at Anfield, and to the Liverpool fans' delight, it was Suarez who smashed in the volley on two minutes in his first game back for Liverpool, after that lengthy ban. The game was really even in the second half, either side had their chances. But it was united who took them. van Persie scored in the 60th minute, and would you believe it? Yet another last gasp winner from Juan Mata left the blood boiling for Liverpool.
But what did the table look like? Well, Liverpool fans will be delighted that despite the loss to United, they do remain top by a point, but they'll know their team will have to keep working hard to stay there. However, they would not forget this, and they will be wanting revenge next time. To do this, Liverpool would need to step up, and beat them in their own back yard.