MUFCgal
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Its Liverpool. We are only laughing. Them cnuts would kick the disabled person and rob him while laughing.
FSW said:Rafael Benitez admitted he was pleased with the response of his players during the 1-0 defeat at Lille and then backed them to overturn the first-leg deficit at Anfield next week.
Eden Hazard's late strike means the Reds have it all to do in the second-leg on Merseyside, but the boss is confident that they can still progress to the quarter-finals if they show the same desire to win on home turf.
"I think it was an improvement," he told his post-match press conference.
"The reaction has been very positive. I am disappointed with the result, but really pleased with the effort of the players.
"I have confidence we can beat anyone on a good day at Anfield. I would be worried today if the players hadn't worked as hard as they have. The fans will play a part, they will push and will be behind the team.
"Lille are a good side, with good players and they are dangerous. We will play a difficult game at Anfield but have confidence we can beat them."
On a bitterly cold night in northern France, Liverpool had their opportunities to score an all-important away goal, with Ryan Babel and Fernando Torres both going close.
Benitez accepts a first-leg strike could have made all the difference to the tie but remains upbeat about his side's hopes.
"When you play away in these knockout competitions, you have to score when you have chances," he said.
"In any competition it is important to try and score away, particularly in this one. It is a great advantage if you do. If not you have to be strong, but I think we were strong enough today.
"We had two or three situations, so that was a pity, but the reaction was good and we still have 90 minutes to play.
"Sometimes you play well and score an early goal - then you can manage the game. If we work as hard as we did today, we can beat anyone.
"The attitude of the players was fantastic. We were talking about not letting the fans down in terms of team effort and I think we did this.
"Every game is important for us now. We have to be ready to play Portsmouth and try to win. Then we have to look to the Europa League game, that is how it is when you are a top side playing in different competitions."
Asked about Fernando Torres's form as he continues on his return from injury, the boss added: "He was working hard today. You can see he has his pace coming back. But the main thing was the team and the players played at the level you expect of them."
Talk about lowered expectations.
A loss is a win.
Talk about lowered expectations.
Fans van Liverpool belanden in de Kempen
Vier fans van Liverpool hebben zich donderdag flink vergist. Ze wilden naar de uitwedstrijd van de 'Reds' gaan kijken tegen het Franse Lille, maar kwamen terecht in het Kemepense Lille.
Liverpool speelde donderdag in de achtste finales van de Europa League tegen Lille. Het team van Rafael Benitez verloor de wedstrijd met 1-0 na een doelpunt van Eden Hazard.
De vier fans van Liverpool hadden echter het verkeerde Lille aangeduid. Cultuurschapen Ann Van Mechelen liep het viertal tegen het lijf aan het gemeentehuis.
"De vier mannen vroegen me om een foto te nemen van hen bij het logo van de gemeente", zegt ze in Gazet van Antwerpen. "Geleidelijk aan kwam ter sprake *** ze eigenlijk in Frankrijk moesten zijn. Ze vroegen of het *** ver was. We hebben er eens goed mee gelachen."
It's a shame this article is in dutch, and not in English...
I'll try to translate it:
Fans of Liverpool end up in de Kempen (= an area in North Belgium)
Four fans of Liverpool had made a huge mistake on thursday. They wanted to watch the "Reds" their awaygame against the French team Lille, but they ended up in Lille in de Kempen.
Liverpool played in the 1/8 finales of the Europa League on thursday against Lille. the team of Rafael Benitez lost the game 1-0 with a goal from Eden Hazard.
The four Liverpoolfans had picked the wrong Lille. Magistrate Ann Van Mechelen ran into them near the town hall.
"the four men asked me to take a picture of them with the town logo", she says in Gazet van Antwerpen (= a belgian paper). "Then after a while, it came up that they actually had to be in Lille, France. They asked me if it was far away. We had a good laugh with it."
Belgiumsoccer.be - Fans van Liverpool belanden in de Kempen
It's a shame this article is in dutch, and not in English...
I'll try to translate it:
Fans of Liverpool end up in de Kempen (= an area in North Belgium)
Four fans of Liverpool had made a huge mistake on thursday. They wanted to watch the "Reds" their awaygame against the French team Lille, but they ended up in Lille in de Kempen.
Liverpool played in the 1/8 finales of the Europa League on thursday against Lille. the team of Rafael Benitez lost the game 1-0 with a goal from Eden Hazard.
The four Liverpoolfans had picked the wrong Lille. Magistrate Ann Van Mechelen ran into them near the town hall.
"the four men asked me to take a picture of them with the town logo", she says in Gazet van Antwerpen (= a belgian paper). "Then after a while, it came up that they actually had to be in Lille, France. They asked me if it was far away. We had a good laugh with it."
Belgiumsoccer.be - Fans van Liverpool belanden in de Kempen
It's a shame this article is in dutch, and not in English...
I'll try to translate it:
Fans of Liverpool end up in de Kempen (= an area in North Belgium)
Four fans of Liverpool had made a huge mistake on thursday. They wanted to watch the "Reds" their awaygame against the French team Lille, but they ended up in Lille in de Kempen.
Liverpool played in the 1/8 finales of the Europa League on thursday against Lille. the team of Rafael Benitez lost the game 1-0 with a goal from Eden Hazard.
The four Liverpoolfans had picked the wrong Lille. Magistrate Ann Van Mechelen ran into them near the town hall.
"the four men asked me to take a picture of them with the town logo", she says in Gazet van Antwerpen (= a belgian paper). "Then after a while, it came up that they actually had to be in Lille, France. They asked me if it was far away. We had a good laugh with it."
Belgiumsoccer.be - Fans van Liverpool belanden in de Kempen
Is that real?!
It's a third-party advertisement company, not surprised that some ads pop up.Yup. There was a fella on RAWK raging that his official LFC mail had SUN ads on it.
It's a third-party advertisement company, not surprised that some ads pop up.
Liverpool fans are always talking about boycotting The Sun, so it's not really surprising that a computer links the two without knowing the context. The club has to request blacklisting of certain ads as a result.
My guess is the refs.