Liverpool Back On Top??!!

Liverpool V Blackburn Rovers

Line Ups

Liverpool:- 4-2-4
Gk – Reina
Def – Johnson, Coates, Skrtel, Enrique
Mid – Gerrard, Adam, Kuyt, Downing
Fwd – Carroll, Suarez

Scorers
Suarez
Iaquinta

Bookings
Johnson


Blackburn Rovers:- 4-5-1
Gk – Bunn
Def – Nilsson, Hanley, Dann, Givet
Mid – Petrovic, N’Zonzi, Hoilett, Vukcevic, Olsson
Fwd – Rochina

Scorers


Bookings
N’Zonzi

Man of the Match:- L Suarez (Liverpool)

Referee:- Howard Webb

Attendance:- 39,949




Much needed win after a bad run of results in the league, hopefully confidence has been boosted within the team after this win.

Up next in the Premier League are Sunderland at Anfield.

Liverpool V Sunderland

Line Ups

Liverpool:- 4-2-4
Gk – Reina
Def – Johnson, Coates, Agger, Enrique
Mid – Shelvey, Henderson, Kuyt, Downing
Fwd – Carroll, Suarez

Scorers
Sanogo

Bookings
Enrique

Sunderland:- 4-5-1
Gk – Mignolet
Def – O’Shea, Brown, Turner, Bramble
Mid – Kayal, Vaughan, Elmohamady, Sessegnon, Dong-Won
Fwd – Bendtner

Scorers


Bookings
Turner
Bendtner

Man of the Match:- G Johnson (Liverpool)

Referee:- Anthony Taylor

Attendance:- 42,672

A lucky win here with a goal from my substitute Yaya Sanogo. These teams I should be winning by more than just the one goal.

Up next Aston Villa in the Premier League at Villa Park.

Looks good so far Sanogo seems to be doing the job for you upfront, can you post the league table and your squad

Here's the league table





And my squad.

I'm shocked at where City are if im honest! and your squad looks good!

Yh I know I'm having an ok season but City aren't doing very well at the moment but its still early days.

Aston Villa V Liverpool

Line Ups

Aston Villa:- 4-5-1
Gk – Given
Def – Beye, Dunne, Collins, Warnock
Mid – Bannan, Jenas, N’Zogbia, Ireland, Mounier
Fwd – Agbonlahor

Scorers
Jenas
Agbonlahor

Bookings
Agbonlahor

Liverpool:- 4-2-4
Gk – Reina
Def – Johnson, Coates, Agger, Enrique
Mid – Shelvey, Henderson, Kuyt, Downing
Fwd – Sanogo, Suarez

Scorers

Bookings
Enrique
Coates

Man of the Match:- J Jenas (Aston Villa)

Referee:- Mike Dean

Attendance:- 40,409

What can I say but what a crap result against a team near me in the league, this result puts them into the top 4 in front of Man Utd and leaves me in 8th place. Gonna be telling the players what for and to buck up their ideas or face being dropped.

Up next are Bolton Wanderers at Anfield in the Premier League.

Liverpool V Bolton Wanderers

Line Ups

Liverpool:- 4-5-1
Gk – Doni
Def – Johnson, Skrtel, Coates, Aurelio
Mid – Badu, Gerrard, Rodriguez, Kuyt, Suarez
Fwd – Sanogo

Scorers
Rodriguez (9 mins)
Suarez (24 mins)
Kuyt (45,60 mins)

Bookings



Bolton Wanderers:- 4-5-1
Gk – Jaaskelainen
Def – Steinsson, Cahill, Wheater, Robinson
Mid – Reo-Coker, Holden, Tuncay Sanli, Eagles, Petrov
Fwd – Davies

Scorers


Bookings


Man of the Match:- D Kuyt (Liverpool)

Referee:- Mike Jones

Attendance:- 42,501

A fantastic result here with Dirk Kuyt producing a man of the match performance with 2 goals in a 4-0 win. Although we won this leaves us 9th in the table 7 points behind leaders Chelsea.

Up next are Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield in the Premier League.

Next Match - Wolves




Line Ups

Liverpool:- 4-5-1
Gk – Doni
Def – Johnson, Skrtel, Coates, Aurelio
Mid – Henderson, Gerrard, Rodriguez, Kuyt, Suarez
Fwd – Sanogo

Scorers
Ward (og, 18 mins)
Skrtel (44,60 mins)

Bookings


Wolverhampton Wanderers:- 4-5-1
Gk – Hennessey
Def – Zubar, Johnson, Berra, Ward
Mid – Foley, Henry, O’Hara, Milijas, Jarvis
Fwd – Doyle

Scorers


Bookings
Zubar

Man of the Match:- M Skrtel (Liverpool)

Referee:- Keith Stroud

Attendance:- 42,434







A good win here with a fantastic man of the match performance from Martin Skrtel with 2 goals and a rating of 9.3. Also good performance from Maxi Rodriguez with rating of 8.5 with the most of my team having ratings between 7.0 and 8.0

Up next in the League Cup 4th Rnd are Fulham at Anfield.

Liverpool Vs Fulham - League Cup 4th Rnd

Liverpool 4-5-1

GK- Doni
DEF- Kelly, Skrtel, Agger, Aurelio
MID- Gerrard, Adam, Rodriguez, Kuyt, Suarez
FWD- Iaquinta

Subs:- Reina (Gk), Coates, Johnson, Downing, Shelvey, Bellamy, Carroll

Scorers
Rodriguez (75 mins)

Bookings
Gerrard

Maxi Rodriguez

Fulham 4-4-2

GK- Schwarzer
DEF- Baird, Hangeland, Hughes, Riise
MID- Duff, Sidwell, Etuhu, Tshabalala
FWD- Dembele, Zamora

Subs:- Pouplin (Gk) Halliche, Senderos, B Helge Riise, Kasami, Briggs, Grygera

Scorers
Tshabalala (19 mins)

Bookings
Dembele



Penalties

Liverppol
Gerrard
Adam
Kuyt
Rodriguez

Fulham
Zamora
Grygera
Dembele
Riise

Results

Full Time 1-1

AET 1-1

Fulham win 4-2 on pens






This was a awful result as my minimum expectations was the quarter finals in this competition and we fell one match short. I made sure the team knew just how unhappy I was after this result.

The game started off slowly before Fulham took the lead on 19 minutes after that they were on the back foot until we finally equalised in the 75th minute with a strike from central midfielder Maxi Rodriguez, somehow Fulham managed to hang on till full time and take us to extra time. Not alot of action in extra time which bought us to the dreaded penalty shoot out. Unfortunately we didn't do as well as I hoped going down 4-2 to be knocked out of the League Cup.

Up next are Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium in the Premier League.

Not too surprised on your slow start to be honest. Simply put, your formation is way too attacking. In the 4-2-4, your'e actually more playing a 4-1-5 as both Maxi Rodriguez and Henderson are attack-minded. Also in the 4-5-1 ur missing a gatekeeper (something where Lucas would be perfect), as u still use 5 attacking midfielders.

My suggestion would be more like this:

---------------Reina------------------
Johnson -- Skrtel -- Coates -- Enrique
---------Badu------Gerrard------------
Henderson-------Suarez--------Kuyt----
--------------Carroll----------------

yeah personally i would have a ball winning midfielder (lucas, gerrard) and a deep lying playmaker(gerrard, adams, shelvey) holding the line to let the others attack just a suggestion

cant believe you sold lucas, and for so little too! and listed skrtel? He's boss! 4-2-3-1 is the best formation for liverpool, be it with or without wingers, other than that a basic 4-4-2 with kuyt/bellamy paring suarez up front, carroll rarely does any good so sell him as soon as possible...