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Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Video: Liverpool v. Sunderland Extended Highlights

By: Noel | March 22nd, 2011
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A bit of video to get you through a Tuesday morning or evening, depending where upon the globe you happen to reside, with the full 18-minute Match of the Day 2 highlight, interview, and punditry package of the Liverpool v. Sunderland match on Sunday. As always with this sort of thing, it makes a good companion to Ed’s match recap, and it’s interesting to get a chance to take another look at a game with a bit of distance in between–and here it definitely makes Liverpool’s at times shaky start much easier to sit through when you know how it’s all going to turn out.

After a few viewings, I suspect I would have been exceptionally annoyed at the called penalty even being a called foul had Liverpool been on the wrong end of it. If I’m honest, every time I watch it I become less convinced enough contact was made with Spearing to warrant that vintage Gerrard swan dive in the box we got as a result, and so I do find myself more bothered than I was at the time. On the other hand, however, beachballs and Steve Bruce mean I have less sympathy for Sunderland than I might for some sides. Also, Suarez would have totally scored on the free kick if that’s what it had ended up being.

I also tried to make all of this into a joke about Andy Gray and knowing a second linesman’s name and that at least Billy Smallwood didn’t screw up an offsides call, but it really wasn’t coming off, so let’s move on.

Oh, and I also also wanted to make a joke about somebody with the name Mensa(h) making two hideous mental errors that resulted in a yellow and penalty against and then later a straight red, though that you’re reading that I wanted to make a joke about it probably tells you how well that one went, too.

In closing and summation and other fancy wrap-up verbiage, Luis Suarez remains undeniably awesome, the highlights package does a good job of largely ignoring the copious hoofing out of defense that needs to stop before it drives me to self harm, in retrospect there were a hell of a lot of iffy calls both ways, and Andy Carroll and Martin Skrtel would make an absolutely terrifying odd couple.

And I’m probably going to have nightmares about the two of them arguing about the offside rule now…

Some Related Liverpool Posts:Video: Suarez Puts on a Show, Plus Extended Match HighlightsLiverpool 2, Sunderland 0: Getting Back to GoodMatch Preview: Liverpool v. Sunderland, 03.20.11Video: Andy Carroll v. Sporting BragaVideo: The Liverpool Groove

Category: Match Recaps, Premier League

Tags: Andy Carroll, Delicious Ironing, How not to referee a match, Jay Spearing, Luis Suarez, Martin Škrtel, Match Recaps, Premier League, Sunderland, Video Highlights, Video Killed the Radio Star
Tweet « Anfield Redevelopment Rumours, Carroll Called Up, and Other Monday Notes | Home | Doug DiakAs sad as it is, he made the perfect amount of deal...we got the penalty when it shouldn't have been and it helped us get on the score sheet and turn the game. I mean sometimes things go your way and sometimes they don't. I have no sympathy for other teams when things go our way because in the next game who knows we might get a shitty penalty called on us...agger and berbatov maybe in the FA Cup?EdWhen I saw this picture I laughed uncontrollably, then figured Spearing might have made a bigger deal out of it than necessary.

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Monday, 7 March 2011

Video: Suarez Puts on a Show, Plus Extended Match Highlights

By: Noel | March 7th, 2011
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You can dissect tactics, formations, movement, tracking, coverages, and all the rest endlessly, but sometimes football has a way of offering up a moment that defies all of that completely: an at once both simple and fiendishly difficult display of playground brilliance. A moment for dirt streets and dusty fields and uneven park lawns. A moment to just make you sit back, jaw slightly agape, the instinct to cheer and scream and yell forgotten in a brief, stunned instant, because what you’ve just witnessed doesn’t entirely make sense. Isn’t supposed to happen. Not in the toughest, most physically demanding league in the world.

Luis Suarez previously had a pair of sublime turns against West Ham, a match that saw few Liverpool players cover themselves in glory. He also had bright moments in earlier outings against Wigan and Stoke. Certainly he’s already confirmed in his brief time with Liverpool–despite a change of leagues and joining the club on the back of a six week ban–that he has what it takes to be a special player for the club. Still, as promising as some of his previous moments of individual skill had been, they were nothing compared to what he managed against United. And there isn’t really much more that you can say; isn’t much you can do to break it down. There really isn’t anything to do but watch it again, able to appreciate the sheer wonder of such a mazy offering of unlikely brilliance in the full knowledge of what comes next. So watch it again.

A full 20 minute Match of the Day 2 highlight package follows below the fold.

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Category: Match Recaps, Premier League, Team News

Tags: Loud Noises, Luis Suarez, Manchester United, Match Recaps, Premier League, Stoke City, Team News, Victory Drinking, Video Highlights, Video Killed the Radio Star, West Ham
Tweet « Liverpool 3, Manchester United 1: Happy Birthday to You | Home | EdA few things:

--The FA can suck it for pulling the top video. This highlight should be spread across the globe freely.

--Was that headed in anyway because of the infinitely nasty spin Suarez put on it, or because it nicked off Patrice Evra?

--Watching the celebration is a joy in and of itself. My unhealthy man-crush on Raul Meireles requires me to point out the moments when he tries unsuccessfully to stand on the adboards to get at Suarez, and then just ends up completely mugging him.NoelMeireles seems quite the fan of standing on the boards to celebrate. And time to try and find a third clip of that first goal--though at least from past experience that highlight package should stick around for a fair while.NoelHrumph, commentary isn't as good on this version, but it seems like it's all that's left out there of just that one goal.EdSent you an email a few minutes ago with a couple more links to videos, but in the seven minutes that's passed the parties responsible have likely already been arrested.redtrev73How good was Kenny when matron fergie's mate jeff shreeves tried to push him on carra's shocker on that nice boy nani?? The sky man must've felt like a bold child. Always nice to remind the cosy media cartel that The King may be classy enough to deal with their inane questions in a humourous way most of the time BUT you don't fuck with the guy or with LiverpoolFootballClub on his watch...enjoyed that almost as much as the result. Top man.YannSuarez is an honorary Australian. He’s that Warner Bros. cartoon character Taz, the Tasmanian devil, drooling with appetite, spinning with blinding speed, a juggernaut wreaking havoc upon anything in his path with his twists and turns. And with all those teeth they even look alike. El Tornado, we salute you.redtrev73Taz!! Love it!! I can see that sticking Yann!YannYes, it does seem a good fit, doesn't it? The lad is irresistible and has the makings of a legend, if he can keep from having his legs broken. I sense some crude tackles coming his way in the Premier League in an effort to curb his wily ways.cheekyfellowOh, and this

http://i.imgur.com/jOLuF.jpgcheekyfellowThat commentary on the Suarez goal was like the feeling of Christmas morning as a child.blog comments powered by Disqus