OLD TRAFFORDS FORTRESS CRUMBLES.

This match between Manchester United and Liverpool , held on14/3/2009 , was a very eagerly awaited match. Liverpool had just knocked out the Spanish giants Real Madrid 4-0. in the champion league ,and Manchester had knocked out Inter Milan.
The match started as a cagy game and thje liverpool goalkeeper Jose Pepe Reina brought down Park and Christiano Ronaldo converted the penalty. Till this game in every game that Christiano Ronaldo scored , Manchester United have always won that match. But it was not to be that way at all.
The Serbian defender Nemjana Vidic made a mistake giving Fernando Torres a chance to skip past the big serb defender , who was considered by Alex Ferguson and the Trafford crowd as the most reliable player for his club.
Would Liverpool settle for a draw? It did not seem so , Gerrard, Kuyt and Tores gave a tough time to the Manchester defence.Then near the half time Steven Gerrard was briught down by Patrice Evra, it was a clean penalty as Evras legs were entangled with Gerrards. The penalty was taken by Gerrard into the corner the ball was kicked. Inthe second half Vidic made a second error and got a red card, this was his second red card which he got verses Liverpool this year. The free kick was taken by Fabio Ooreilo, it was a beauty of free kick Edwin Van dersar just stood still and watched the ball land in the nets high corner, and the fourth came from the substitue Dossena.
This win was the first by Liverpool at Old trafford Manchesters own ground in five long years. And it also was the largest marginal win for Liverpool in 75 , seventyfive years history.
Edwin Van dersar was finally beaten after 15 , fifteen games the first goal was scored against him. Now the title race is wide open only four points and one game to play in Manchesters favour.The match finished 4-1, for liverpool win.

LIVERPOOL VERSES REAL MADRID.

In the group of death in the group of 16 clubs Real Madrid faced Liverpool away. And the Real Madrids fans were more nervous of the two, the main reason was even after winning nine champion league games , they have failed to reach the quarter finals in the past four years would this be the fifth time they would miss out.?
This time Liverpool would be fresh of their
ess in the first leg, which ended in a 1-0 win for the reds.
Liverpool were determined to settle the game soon, and in the first thirty minutes, Liverpool outran, out played, outscored and the first goal was scored by Fernando Torres in the 16 th minute. Stephen Gerrard scored the second goal with a penalty and he added a third in the28th and 47th minute then Dossena than added the fourth in the 88th minute. The liverpool team won the game with a 5-0 on aggregate.
There could well be more goals for Liverpool, but it was Iker Casillas who stopped many shots.
The penalty was questinable as the ball hit a Liverpool player on the body and then struck Gabriel Heinze on the arm without hisknowledge. Real Madrid players protested long and hard , but for no use.
The other point was that Xavi Alanso comitted a fowl , and a bookable offense to, but the yellow card was shown to Javier Mascherano for kicking the ball, and Alanso got away scott free. Mascherano now misse the quarter final first leg match.
In the end Real Madrid have now failed to reach the quarter finals for the fifth straight year , I am sure some heads will role in the club.