Nothing Much To Shout About...But Then Again...

*SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM*

How long has it been since both Daph & I have seen Luis & Xabi play respectively?? No doubt we didn't win against silly Chelski, so I guess a draw would have to suffice. It wasn't the best result at that point, but not conceeding any goals was more important. And after all, it was a home game. Suffice to say, the match was a little drab. Some might even say that it wasn't worth it to wipe the sleep from their eyes at 2.35am. Even if it was to watch the Champions of Europe playing against the Kings of the Premiership. Okay, match analysis.

Sure, most said it was a boring game, what with the scoreline a 0-0 stalemate. Well, it would have been 2-0 if not for the 2 glaring penalties that weren't given. The ref was a damn kayu Italian; why the heck do you let an Italian be the referee of an all-English match?? It was suicidal!! The outright mistakes he did in decision-making gave us wasted chances.

The most unbelievable decision was to give Xabi Alonso a yellow card just 7 minutes into the game for shirt-pulling whereas later on, when disgusting Ricardo Carvalho was literally climbing all over Peter Crouch, he was only given a stern warning. 6 fouls committed but no yellow card?? He should have been sent off!!

I think this is the time to quote a line from my famous 'LAH' shirt?? Ehh referee, don't be KAYU, LAH!!

The handball courtesy of Frenchman William Gallas that bounced off of Jamie Carragher was overlooked, the hard knocking Peter Crouch got from Petr Cech was dimissed, the tripping of Sami Hyypia from Didier Drogba was waved on & the tugging of Luis Garcia's shirt by Paulo Ferreira was ignored.

Tell me, Mr. Massimo. How much did Roman Abramovich pay you to referee this match??

Thank God the Reds persevered all the way, surviving knocks coming from all sides; Luis had to endure being cornered by at least FIVE defenders everytime the ball touched his feet, Crouch had to deal with a leech that wouldn't stop clinging onto him & everybody else had to deal with a wuss whom went down everytime he touched the ball & claim he was brought down deliberately. Didier Drogba. He should be crowned Diving King & replace Robert Pires.

And he still had the gall to clap for himself as he got replaced by Robert Huth. Who the heck wants to give you a standing ovation when you virtually did nothing but dive??

In the end, Chelski had a little more than twice the number of yellow cards that Liverpool had. After Xabi's early award, none of the Reds were shown for dissent. So, who's playing the rough now, huh?? John Terry deserved that yellow when he fouled Xabi. Aww, poor Xabi!!

Hell, even Gerrard got knocked up everywhere; he wasn't at his best though, misfiring on a number of occassions & not really on target. But really, those penalties should have been given & the culprits should have been sent off. Why is there suddenly biasness whenever Chelsea plays against another team??

Peter Crouch is getting better & better with each game, I think. He's kinda blending in slowly with the team, which is good since he's the one assisting the goalscorers. Luis was a little sloppy at first but after getting blasted by Rafa -in Spanish, mind- he molded into the zippy player he was, craftily squeezing his way through the defence but still lacked that clinical finish that would've surely brought on a goal or two.

I still think we were the better team throughout the match even though sometimes the defence was slack. Sami!! Stop slogging about; be in position!! How many times were you caught off-guard & the others had to cover for you!!?? Carra had to do it, Didi Hamann had to backtrack sometimes & heck, even Xabi had to resort to being a stand-in defender for you. Fortunately, he was able to bring Robben down with a nice crunching tackle. Ohh, bless Xabi. He was also there to help Luis up when Luis got fouled & idiot Ferreira got away with it. So touching!!

And ohh my, I'm so sorry for being so gatal, but screw it. Xabi has the nicest butt I've ever seen!!! *swoons & drools* Ahahahkz!! I'm not saying that just because I'm his fan. Hell, I didn't even know it was him with the tight ass!! From that speckly robin's view of the game, I just happened to glance at the backview of a figure jogging on the pitch & was thinking, my my, who the heck belongs to that nice piece of bum!!

When the fella turned around, my eyes damn near popped out!! Ahahahkz!! I was like, no!! It can't be. You've gotta be kidding me Xabi!!?? Was that really you with that power pack of a tush!!?? *faints & gets up again* Pardon me for being gatal. Heh. One word. H-O-T. Muy muy muy muy hot.

He nearly got into a spat with icky John Terry because of that tackle until Sami intervened, separating both of them but Xabi, being Xabi, was still unsatisfied & wasn't done ranting. And then Rafa had to come pull Xabi away like as if Rafa was a Daddy & Xabi was his son.

Altogether now: Awwwwwwwwwwwwww.

The Reds did manage to subdue both Chelsea's defence & attack, leaving them sputtering on the pitch. There wasn't much the Blues could do as they were stiffled by the Reds, thus resorting themselves to rough play. Whatever Rafa's plans for the night was, they worked tremendously well as Chelsea found themselves time & time again to be shut out by Benitez's Boys.

One more time. Altogether now: All hail Rafa the Master Tactician.

A job well done & a hard-earned point to boot. The Rafalution is here to stay.

Should Mourinho & his men be scared?? They should. Now that every rival manager is going to view those tapes like a hawk & try to find out how to leave Mourinho's Men quaking in their boots.

Will be back later with a post-match article by Richard Jolly who travelled to Anfield to witness the all-English clash. I still think the referee was in Chelsea's favor. Right from when he flashed that stupid yellow thing at Xabi. Not because I'm favoring towards Xabi more. But because it was just the start of the game & he wasn't willing to give chances to small things like that & yet ignored the big picture with the major details. That should have been 2 spot-kicks. Boo to you, ref!!

And as to who were the more boring team of the morning?? Both. Not Chelsea, not Liverpool. Both. It's amazing why I didn't fall asleep standing while watching the match in my kitchen. Ohh, because I had Daph to talk to. And Xabi to watch. Hah!!

Laterz...
Lenny JC