Bolton 0 - 1 Liverpool

A terrible game at the Reebok stadium today saw liverpool dig deep to get the 3 points, a goal in the 86th minute from maxi secured back to back wins for the Merseyside club.
A delicious back heel from Liverpools number 9, Fernando Torres set up Maxi to toe poke home under the helpless efforts of the Bolton number 1.

Liverpool started the game as the better team with a great chance for Torres but he wasted the oppertunity by being far to casual, rather than do what he is known to do; and that is to score goals.
liverpool took alot of preasure from Bolton with the ref awarding the opposition free kick after free kick.

Liverpool Time

2 seasons ago liverpool had a habbit of scoring late goals, and hopefully have re-discovered that aspect of their game. Everybody knows there is nothing better than scoring a late goal, and after watching the team struggle for 85 minutes i was as relieved as the next man to see the net ripple, but can liverpool play that poorly against chelsea and not get a battering, only time will tell.

match ratings

Reina 7
Carragher 7
Skrtel 6
Kyrgiakos 8
Konchesky 4
Cole 6
Lucas 7
Meireles 7
Maxi 6
Gerrard 6
Torres 5

My Man Of The Match - kyrigakos

Liverpool Vs Bolton preview

Today's match between Liverpool and Bolton is yet another crucial game in the Liverpool fixture list, points are desperately needed to claw the team away from the relegation zone.

If Liverpool can pick up the full 3 points today and other results go the right way, the reds can jump from 18th to 11th, And if they can win by 3 goals at the Reebok they could climb into the top half of the table.
1	Chelsea	10	24	25
2	Arsenal	10	12	20
3	Man Utd	10	10	20
4	Man City	10	3	17
5	Tottenham	10	1	15
6	West Brom	9	-2	15
7	Everton	10	2	13
8	Fulham	10	1	12
9	Sunderland	9	1	12
10	Bolton	9	0	12
11	Newcastle	9	1	11
12	Aston Villa	9	-4	11
13	Birmingham	9	-2	10
14	Stoke	10	-4	10
15	Blackpool	9	-7	10
16	Wigan	10	-11	10
17	Blackburn	10	-3	9
18	Liverpool	9	-5	9
19	Wolves	10	-6	9
20	West Ham	10	-11	6

desperate to open his account

Raul Meireles has expressed his desire to open his account for the red men. Meireles spoke of his disappointment not to get on the score sheet against Blackburn, "I had some opportunities to score against Blackburn including a great chance in the first half, but the most important thing for me is the team and the victory,"

Meireles has been an important figure in the Liverpool dressing room since his arrival on Merseyside, lets hope he can get off the mark today.

Team i hope to see at the Reebok today

                      
 

25.Reina  



34.Kelly

                                                                                                        

23.Carragher



16.Kyrgiakos

                                                                                

   6.Aurelio                                         

21.Lucas

 4.Meireles    




10.Cole 
           
                                                                                                                                        

8.Gerrard

17.Maxi


9.Torres



Score Prediction.

Bolton 0 - 2 Liverpool  (Gerrard, Torres)

El Nino

Is the big man up front going to start turning on all cylinders and bang in the goals?

He showed against Blackburn that he had some desire back to pull on the red shirt and he tucked away a nice finish to go with a good performance, i was at the game and watched Fernando more than i did the ball; as i wanted to see how a first class player would move around off the ball, and it was very refreshing to see Fernando putting in the effort again that all Liverpool fans had come to expect.

after scoring 33 goals in his first season for the reds and 74 goals in 127 games, we come to expect a lot from the Liverpool number 9. But are we all starting to expect too much ?

we will see in the next few games if Fernando has turned the corner towards full fitness, and see if he can find the net more often, like the deadly finisher he is.

Like all Liverpool fans I'm sure you are not 100% happy with the signing of Paul konchesky! how is this possibly sending Liverpool in the right direction, by buying second rate players, Liverpool football club should be looking to invest in players that can take them to the next level, not worse than the players that we are replacing.

once a team with great full backs like Alan Kennedy, scorer in a European cup final, or more recently one of the most underrated players that i have ever seen, Steve finnan went about his job at Liverpool by doing what needed to be done and that was defending and and bombing down the wings to get the killer ball into the box.

And on the other side of the pitch we had John Arne Riise, a quality full back who is still playing good football elsewhere, but he should be gracing the Anfield flanks with his pace and delivery and not forgetting the amount of goals he contributed, But now we have to full backs in konchesky and Johnson who to me can NOT defend full stop.

when glen Johnson came north up to Liverpool i was extremely happy that a quality, young, English defender was going to take us forward, but from what i have seen he cant do the main thing that he was bought to do and that is to defend, and i don't see why a Liverpool manager hasn't tried glen on the right wing, would that be so wrong? he can beat a defender and get a ball into the box, so why don't we try him there and see what happens?
All in all Liverpool need to sort out there defensive problems, and i see them coming from both full backs, the club needs to go forwards and we wont do that buying rubbish!

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