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Friday, 5 April 2013

Premier League: Aston Villa pay the penalty as Liverpool come from behind to win

Aston Villa remain in the Premier League relegation zone after Liverpool came from behind to claim a 2-1 victory at Villa Park.

Villa had threatened a third successive league victory when Christian Benteke fired them into a first half lead against the run of play.

But Liverpool hit back two minutes after half-time through Jordan Henderson's well-taken chip and Steven Gerrard then stepped up on the hour to convert a penalty after Luis Suarez had been felled inside the box.

The result keeps Villa in the bottom three on goal-difference, while seventh-placed Liverpool slashed the gap to Merseyside rivals Everton to three points.

Villa posed plenty of problems for Liverpool in the first half and Gabriel Agbonlahor should have put the hosts ahead after 17 minutes but fired his close-range shot straight at Pepe Reina.

Benteke had scored twice in the 3-1 win at Anfield earlier in the season and after 31 minutes he put Villa ahead.

Ashley Westwood's long ball was turned back by Agbonlahor to Benteke who drilled a fierce shot past Reina who got a hand on the ball but could not keep it out of the net. It was the 18th goal of the season from the Belgian international.

Liverpool failed to level before the break but did so soon after when Philippe Coutinho's defence-splitting pass was seized on by Henderson who flicked the ball over Guzan into the corner of the net for his fourth goal of the season.

With Liverpool on the front foot and pressure building it came as no surprise when the lively Suarez was needlessly brought down in the box by Nathan Baker and the resulting spot-kick was converted by Gerrard.

Andreas Weimann could have made it 2-2 but scooped his shot over the bar from 10 yards and Gerrard then reacted well at the other end to head Benteke's header off the line at full stretch from a corner.

But Liverpool had succeeded in taking much of the string out of Villa's attacking threat and quietening the Holte End, who had their late celebrations cut short after Benteke's injury time effort was ruled out for offside.

An elated Brendan Rodgers told Sky Sports after the match: "Our character was outstanding today. I thought we played reasonably well in the first half but we made a mistake and were punished by a good finish from Benteke.

"I thought we created chances in the first half and second half we upped the tempo and going forward we were excellent. Defensively we were nice and solid so it was a terrific win for us. Paul's (Lambert) teams always go right to the end and it was tough for us.

"Our quality was there as was our drive and determination. I thought that tactically we adapted very well and overall I'm very, very pleased. After losing the previous game (against Southampton) you want to bounce back and we did that."

Lambert did not think there was much between the sides but was left to lament two "poor goals".

He said: "I thought first half we were excellent - I really did. There was Gabby's (Agbonlahor's) chance which if he mis-kicks it, it probably goes in but the keeper (Pepe Reina) did well and stood up to it.

"There wasn't much in it in the second half but we never had the fluency which we did have in the first half, but you can't give away goals like we did. It was a definite penalty, I've just seen it."

Asked how disappointed he was to concede so soon after half-time, Lambert added: "It was a poor goal two minutes in, when we were attacking, but Liverpool can do that with the players that they've got. You've always got to be switched on against them but from our point of view it's a poor goal."

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Wednesday, 9 March 2011

The Wanted Reveal Behind The Scenes Video

The Wanted have posted a bhind the scenes video onto their official Twitter account, showing the band on the set of their Gold Forever video.

Fans get to see the group fooling around with royal memorabilia on the set of the video, which doubled as the set of The King’s Speech.

The Wanted are set to perform UK tour dates throughout March and April, including two consecutive shows at London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo on the 6th and 7th March. The Wanted tickets are available to buy online for all upcoming UK tour dates.

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Saturday, 8 January 2011

No banners, people: Just get behind the club

By: Jack | January 7th, 2011
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Not exactly the best way to get your point across.

A fan protest took place outside Cobham today. The key word here being fan – yes, it was just one lad displaying his extreme displeasure with the way things have been going at the club lately.

Now when I first read about this, I initially got a huge kick out of Carlo’s response, then thought this was some kind of wind up. Apparently not, though.

According to a member over at CFCnet who took it upon himself to head down to the scene of the crime, a genuine supporter was behind the banners. He says the guy was a lifelong Chelsea supporter in his 50s, who basically had the best intentions but just made a poor decision. He talked cordially to the guy for a few, and after he left, the banners were removed. Supposedly even John Terry talked to the guy, apologizing for recent results.

I say fair play to the older gentleman. We all make rash decisions. Still, this isn’t how to handle this poor run of form and the growing unrest beginning to engulf the club. We need to continue to back the board, the coaching staff and the players. We’re supporters – through good and bad.

Keep the blue flag flying high.

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Category: Chelsea Team News, Opinion

Tags: Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea Team News, Fan, Opinion, Protest, Supporter
Tweet « Video: Sturridge nets five. Give him a game, Carlo | Home | Sir CecilAnyone could have put the banner there. Even the photographers, wanting to create a little scoop for themselves instead of returning to their papers with nothing. It's a lot of rubbish and it appears some people are actually attaching some level of importance to this nonsense. There has been no "protest" so the press invents one. They're having a laugh. And mugs everywhere take it seriously. Sad.arn00bI've seen the photo of the guy with the signs on some paper. They really did talk to him, that's why we know it was just one guy and not two.arn00bIt shows you what kind of fans Chelsea fans really are. After such a bad run, so many people support the club and only ONE person was this upset. I admire the maturity of CFC fans. Good coaches can have bad times. Great coaches can have terrible times too, (Clough at Leeds anyone?)

Scolari was really bad though, no doubt.blog comments powered by Disqus