Singapore 0-5 Liverpool: Post Match Hurrah!

The Live Match thread was here - > http://www.lfcreds.com/reds/index.php?topic=20583.0
Dull game in truth until Kuyt and co came on and turned it into a very good showing

Man of the Match - Kuyt, 3 assists and generally machine like

Great to see Nemeth bag a couple too!

6-0 win, what a win too.

Dirk amazing.

Dirk was magnificent.

Good to see Nemeth get a couple of goals, and how awesome does that away kit look.

Finally a great result in pre-season.

Friggin computer crashed with about 10 minutes to go...got back on and it was 5-0  ....hopefully they show the goals.

Well done lads...have a safe journey back home.

good workout and great to get 5 goals and keep the back door shut.. roll on espanyol now...

6-0 win, what a win too.

Did I miss something?

Just about to settle down to this on lfctv so I'll comment a bit more when I've watched it, but for now I'll just say get in. Good to see the lads finally get their pre-season up and running.

6-0 win, what a win too.

Dirk amazing.

6?
Just like playing Newcastle, thank god Stevie's not there to Celebrate :

Did I miss something?

Oh yeah, Torres missed didnt he? Ofcourse he did...

Not getting too carried away as it was a pre-season game against poor opposition, but there was plenty of positives to take from the game, Benayoun looks to have picked up where he left of last season, Kuyt only 1 word to describe his performance "immense" and he will get my vote in Liverpool FC big brother for that performance. Nando looks sharp and is only 1 or 2 games from getting his cutting edge, Nemeth and Pacheo showed there true quality on the field surrounded by a better class of player, Carra and Agger looked as solid as ever, Our Defence shackled them and our midfield dominated them, optimistic for the next game , can't wait ....

The thing I'm taking away from this game is that we showed that we can now break teams down who put 11 men behind the ball.

Good second half performance.

Dirk Kuyt looked brilliant, Nemeth - despite not playing brilliantly scored two great goals.  Alonso put in an appearance and no injuries.

Voronin got lucky - thought he was poor.

Lucas also impressed.

Also we didn't concede today!

My pro's:

Benayoun
Kuyt
Lucas
Agger
Pacheco
Nemeth
KUYT!
Torres
Alonso playing
Fans cheering Alonso
Masch playing
Babel continuing to fight

Negatives:
Started abit rusty, worked out of it though.

Kuyt was amazing. I think Benayoun was a bit off, not too bad though. Agger went down wayyy too easily once and Plessis got done too easily on the left late on, but otherwise no problems really.

Does anyone have highlights?

REDS ON SONG AGAINST SINGAPORE
Internet Report 26 July 2009

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/mediawatch/drilldown/MW14871090726-1442.htm
Liverpool secured their first victory of pre-season thanks to a 5-0 thrashing of Singapore at the National Stadium, with Xabi Alonso appearing as a second-half substitute, reports Eurosport. 
 
Rafa Benitez will have been pleased to secure a convincing victory with Andrei Voronin opening the scoring in first-half injury time.
 
Liverpool completely dominated after the break though and after Albert Riera added the second goal, Dirk Kuyt took centre stage when selflessly claiming assists for three goals, teeing up Krisztian Nemeth twice and Fernando Torres once.
 
One of the biggest cheers of the night was reserved for Alonso though as he appeared as a substitute with 12 minutes remaining.
 
Despite the presence of a huge number of Reds supporters, and a warm reception prior to kick-off that saw 'You'll Never Walk Alone' played to an appreciative audience, any pretence of a friendly encounter was quickly abandoned when Aleksandar Duric flattened Mascherano with an unnecessary shoulder-barge.
 
Chances were few and far between in a largely uneventful first half though, with Ryan Babel testing Hassan Sunny in the Singapore goal when connecting with David Ngog's cross after only seven minutes.
 
The two forwards were dovetailing neatly at times although Liverpool were failing to turn their superior possession into any clear openings as they tended to over-elaborate.
 
That changed in first-half injury time when Voronin took aim from just outside the box and saw his shot take a deflection to fly past the off-balance Sunny and into the net.
 
Riera was one of three players introduced at half-time by Benitez and the winger required just five minutes to make an impact on the game as he controlled a Mascherano pass with his chest and finished with ease.
 
The changes kept on coming and substitutes Kuyt and Nemeth combined to put Liverpool 3-0 in front after 73 minutes. The Dutchman took advantage of some sloppy play from the hosts to charge down the right and tee up his young teammate for an easy finish.
 
Kuyt was the creator once more after 80 minutes as he found space down the right wing and picked out Torres to leave the Spaniard with a routine finish from five-yards out.
 
Just three minutes later, and following a clever piece of work from Dani Pacheco, Kuyt claimed his third assist when finding Nemeth, the striker scoring with a fine header from ten yards out.
 
It was a fine cameo performance from the Dutch forward as he helped orchestrate a dominant victory for Benitez's Reds. 

Singapore success for Reds
Liverpool up and running after comfortable victory on Far East tour

http://www.skysports.com/football/match_report/0,19764,11065_3151988,00.html
Liverpool secured their first pre-season victory of the summer with a comfortable 5-0 rout of Singapore.

Hungarian youngster Krisztian Nemeth bagged a brace for the Reds, while Andriy Voronin, Albert Riera and Fernando Torres were also among the goals.

With Rafael Benitez including a number of unfamiliar faces, including goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri, defenders Mikel Dominguez and Philipp Degen and forward David Ngog in his starting line-up, the Reds struggled to assert themselves in the first half against a defensively-minded Singapore side.

Ryan Babel rose above the Singapore defence to put a header straight at goalkeeper Hassan Sunny after seven minutes but apart from that, there was little to entertain the crowd in the first half as the Premier League side were restricted to shots from distance.

There were some moments of concern for the Reds as Javier Mascherano twice went to ground after heavy challenges by Mustafic Fahrudin and Noh Alam Shah and the hosts nearly took a shock lead in the 22nd minute when Shi Jiayi's through pass released Shahril Ishak whose weak shot was easily saved by Cavalieri.

But in stoppage time at the end of the half, Liverpool's opening goal arrived from out of the blue as Voronin got past the challenge of Fahrudin and, with the Singapore defence backing off, fired in an innocuous low shot that crept past a late-diving Hassan.

Improved
Buoyed by the unexpected goal, Liverpool were much improved after the break and extended their lead 10 minutes into the second half when Mascherano floated in a fine cross from the right for Riera, who chested the ball down at the far post before firing a low shot past Hassan.

The fans were clamouring for an appearance by Torres and got their wish just after the hour when he was brought on with Dirk Kuyt in place of Yossi Benayoun and Ngog.

It was the Dutchman that would make the bigger impression, though, setting up the last three goals, beginning in the 73rd minute when he crossed from the right for 20-year-old Nemeth to slide the ball past Hassan to make it 3-0.

Alonso came on in the 77th minute for Daniel Agger and just three minutes later started the move that ended with Kuyt crossing for an unmarked Torres to apply the finishing touch from point-blank range for his first pre-season goal.

And with seven minutes left, another Kuyt cross found Nemeth, who headed home his second of the game.

Kuyt was immense when he came on. Nemeth bagged two, both of which were good finishes. Lucas had a good game and again Pacheco look quite bright. Very calm on the ball which is fantastic to see in a young lad playing with the first team.

Can't wait for Espanyol now.

apart from Kuyt, Torres ,Xabi, Riera, I really enjoyed seeing Nemeth and Pacecho having a good run with the big lads , especially the latter as an attacking mid.
 very good 2nd half 

Just like to pay special mention to the reds fans both in Thailand and in Singapore.

You lot did us proud.

To be fair, the scoreline is quite expected. The players in Singapore lacks endurance as I have always known (local lad). The 2nd half scoreline proved it, they could not press as hard as they had in the first. In a way Im impressed with the Reds because in this high temp and humidity, they did well, and more energetic then the local players. This just shows how much trainings the staffs and players had to do to keep themselves fit.

And lastly hope Alonso, Mascherano stays.
Even saw a spectator holding 'Xabi Stay'.

Phew .....finally a win in pre season that outta get the lads moods back up and happy ! A good win and congrats to Nemeth for his brace !

Very good second half, even though they were not a very good team, what we did to them in spurts was awesome, we showed today how much better we are with Mascha and Alonso in the team, and this week will be crunch time for both....

I think this place may go into melt-down when Redsonfire gets back online. May need his own Board for all the Pictures.

All in all good game, 2nd half made up for a poor 1st half. Opinion on Voronin may be waining, but either that his what Rafa wants him to do, he can not understand Rafa, and the Bundesliga is piss easy.

Well that was much, much, much better.

Very happy with that performance!

Kuyt ran their defence ragged when he came on. Finally Nemeth did something too! Great improvement.

Only caught the second half thought they looked sharp was well impressed with Dirk

Heard the fans in singapore singing Fields of Anfield Road, quality that. Well done to all the singaporean reds, as JD said, you did us proud.

Good to see us getting our pre-season finally going, especially Nemeth bagging a few. Should do wonders for his confidence.
Kuyt was superb, Babel was decent, Defence and goalkeepers didn't have anything to do, really.

That'll do nicely! I echo what others have said a la Kuyt and Nemeth. Very nice to see. I think we'll see vast improvements coming thick and fast now as the fitness gets to a higher level. Well played lads. It was nice to hear a couple of Liverpool songs too!

Ngog and Voronin makes me cringe as a strike partnership.

Great 2nd half though! I overslept and missed most of the first half so I got lucky

Great end to the tour.

Kuyt made big difference when came on and linked up well with Torres and Nemeth.

Lets carry this on now and keep confidence going.
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Definitely a difference between the players from the the first half and second half. We were a lot more dangerous and thoughtful in the second half.

Kuyt, unsurprisingly looking like he could run all day long. Very inspiring performance from the man.

Nemeth popping up in the right places to put the ball in the net. A quality that he's displayed countless times for the reserves.

Superb goal by Riera!

And didn't we look boss in that kit?

Hats off to our fans over there. Was enjoying the songs.

Typical!!! The only pre-season game i don't watch and we go and bag 5!!

Seriously though well done to everyone and particularly Dirk for showing everyone how to properly represent on the pitch yet again.

Bring on Espanyol now

1st half we looked a bit slow although Ngog and Benayoun showed a few flashes of quality. Voronin's goal, OK it was a deflection but he did well to make the space for himself and had the confidence to have a dig.

2nd half looked a lot better. Pacheco looked quality, very calm on the ball. Torres was getting in the area and although missed a few, he was still there for the next. Nemeth was fantastic, took both goals well. Could easily of panicked with both but didn't, the mark of a very good centre forward. And Kuyt? Well everything he touched seemed to end up in a chance, a very good half hour of so from our stand in skipper. Riera's goal was his only highlight, didn't see much else of him but what a goal it was. Fantastic control and shot.

Middle of the park I thought we missed something throughout the match. Degen was non existant. Agger played well at left back as did Insua.

All in all an easy performance in difficult conditions. Fantastic to see the boys back to winning ways an all of a sudden it's not "only pre-season"

Echo the comments about the kit.

A cracking debut for our new black away kit.

Was really pleased that I saw a great match. Definitely the first half was a little poor, but once Voronin scored then I thought there would be only one outcome.

Insua and Riera made a lot of difference when they came on on that left flank. Kuyt was tireless, and I thought that Nemeth did particularly well in both goals.

Was fantastic because You'll Never Walk Alone was played 3 times. The Kop stand wasn't as good as I thought, most of the cheering came from the Lower Grandstand section. Some arseholes behind me keep calling for people to sit down, talking in their dialects and scolding all sorts of vulgarities, what kind of fans are these ?

Think some of you saw the giant banner that the fan club made, thumbs up to them. And also this 40 metre long You'll Never Walk Alone banner in front, it was boss. I thought I got there early at 4pm, I turned out to be sitting 10 rows from the top but still!

It was a great experience, I'm just sad that the lads are at the airport now going to fly back to Liverpool. Enjoyed this, it was memorable, got the pleasure to meet Mascherano and Arbeloa, saw the lads first hand. Was really pleased that this was a good game as well.

Roll on the season we would walk it!

Well done lads! Think the difference today was the balance, i.e. more senior squad players being involved. Think they brought out that little bit extra from the likes of Pacheco and Nemeth.Cracking header by Nemeth. Kuyt was absolutely F***ing awesome! Very encouraging performance from the lads. I feel we are starting to gel now and i think we are on the brink of something special this season.

Great to see Xabi and Masch back together, let's hope we can keep hold of them. Great finish from Riera too.

Didn't see the match as I've been in bed nursing a hangover but watched the highlights and I'm absolutely made up to see Nemeth bag a couple of goals. He went a bit cold last year due to injuries but I'd love to see him pick up again and push for the first team. I reckon he has a decent chance seeing as Torres is our only good striker. Looking at the highlights and the comments on here it seems Dirk had a belter. He's much more than a workhorse

The headed goal by Nemeth was class. It was pure instinct and I'm made up for him. He's been working so hard and now he's scored two magnificent goals.

Is he better than Voronin?

Glad you had a good time Charlie mate, it's one night you won't be forgetting in a hurry.

That massive YNWA sign looked boss on the telly. And the fans on the telly sounded loud, I know you'd of been singing your heart out as well.

How come Johnson didn't play? Was he the only person in the squad who didn't?

Glad you had a good time Charlie mate, it's one night you won't be forgetting in a hurry.

That massive YNWA sign looked boss on the telly. And the fans on the telly sounded loud, I know you'd of been singing your heart out as well.

They had it up since Friday, yes it was superb. There are about 40 banners scattered and hung around the stadium, did anyone seen mine in there? The fan club hung all submitted banners up at the stadium, just a pity I didn't win. But it's okay. It's already pleasing enough I've got the very pleasure of meeting the players!

The horns in all honesty was irriating. Some fans didnt know the lyrics and weren't singing at all. Should have got to the Lower Grandstand, it was all the die-hards over there. All the cheering going on there. But still its a boss match, saw a goal feast and something I wouldn't forget!

Ross Johnson is still recovering from that Achilles injury of his. Didn't see Alvaro as well.

Ross Johnson is still recovering from that Achilles injury of his. Didn't see Alvaro as well.

Ah right makes sense. Oh yeah I forgot about Arby!

It wasn't me who was just there.

Ad came from Kuala Lumpur, he took a flight down this morning to catch the game. He was on the Grandstand.

govinox came a couple of days ago. He's on the Kop stand.

What? Post in the Arbeloa transfer thread mate?

What?

I just got his autograph, don't leave Arby!

There were a few spoilers today who wanted to spoil the party but they were booed off.

While queuing up for entry to the stadium this guy was wearing a manc Owen 7 shirt. He got a lot of abuse and when he came into the stadium, the whole Kop was shouting 'Man U sucks!' for about 5 minutes or so. Lots of boos as well.

I'm sure that guy enjoyed himself. He got abused!

Nemeth...........Keep working hard boy..we love you. King Kuyt..............We love you too... Toressssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssss................

Kuyt was fantastic when he came on and simply dictated play and helped us to win very comfortably in the end. Nemeth was very impressive as was Dani Pacheco when he came on. Awesome to see El Nino scoring again and Riera's goal was a peach. Great result.. great atmosphere. Thanks for a great game Singapore. The support we had out there was maginificent.

That score will kill off all the doom mongers and moaners

also Kuyt was fantastic, he could be our player of next season, he has reached a level now that will allow us the win the league. Key player. Unsellable.

kuyt was great today but i think today the unsung hero was pacheco he was everywere trying to link up play tracking back getting in the tackles that were needed and all of this while he was bieng played out of position absolutely brillaint

kuyt was great today but I think today the unsung hero was pacheco he was everywere trying to link up play tracking back getting in the tackles that were needed and all of this while he was bieng played out of position absolutely brillaint

Good shout mentioning Pacheco, i thought he done really well too and his part in Nemeth's 2nd goal was excellent.

hopefully Pacheco and Nemeth will keep showing positive signs

I was there!! It was a really great match and the atmosphere was quite ok.But,I was expecting more in the Kop stand.I was part of a little group that tried to get some songs going but the rest just would follow!! Infact as redsonfire said there were people complaining and shouting at us to sit down!!  But it was great fun anyway!!The 2nd Nemeth goal was pure insitinct and that lad is progressing quite well, I might even suggest that he is better than Voronin!

 A night that certainly reds in this region of the world would forget! Now for that 19...

Kuyt and Torres looking sharp already. 3 more weeks to go. Can't wait.

The headed goal by Nemeth was class. It was pure instinct and I'm made up for him. He's been working so hard and now he's scored two magnificent goals.

Is he better than Voronin?

Imo, the 2 goals scored by Nmeth was when the Singapore defenders were tired, and Kuyt + others who went forward was playing football around the Singapore penalty area, which made the keeper very upset when goal was scored or almost. They were probably very concerned with F Torres lurking too. Despite being good goals scored by Nemeth, we have to see more of him hopefully. Even Ngog, Voronin was playing fine. That new young defender from Bilbao ? Domingeuz is he? looks hardworking, but untested yet, like Nemeth and Pacheco need to see more of them. For Deggen at RB, he seldom go forward in first half. Lazy or what i dunno, still prefer Arbeloa+Johnson in that position over him. After 5th goal, I have a feeling they tone down a bit to give the host some face probably. Not like Manure last time at 9-1.

That new young defender from Bilbao ? Domingeuz is he? looks hardworking, but untested yet, like Nemeth and Pacheco need to see more of them.

You on about San Jose?

There were a few spoilers today who wanted to spoil the party but they were booed off.

While queuing up for entry to the stadium this guy was wearing a manc Owen 7 shirt. He got a lot of abuse and when he came into the stadium, the whole Kop was shouting 'Man U sucks!' for about 5 minutes or so. Lots of boos as well.

I'm sure that guy enjoyed himself. He got abused!

Classic. Beat him up.

If I'm not mistaken he later had to go to the stadium stall and buy a Liverpool shirt, to stop all the abuse on him.

You on about San Jose?

yup. baby face heard the commentator said on replay. Hope can be another rock behind.

If I'm not mistaken he later had to go to the stadium stall and buy a Liverpool shirt, to stop all the abuse on him.

Just a typical Manu fan. I for one wouldnt care a sh*t if Manu came.

Appreciate it was a pre-season game.But have to say i found it enjoyable/informative in that it was good to see some of the fantastic young talent we have in the wings.Nemeth,Pacheco.San Jose and of course Jay Spearing.And as a TOTAL convert what a player Kuyt has become,(does'nt matter to him that its a friendly does it)?

And as a TOTAL convert what a player Kuyt has become,(does'nt matter to him that its a friendly does it)?

Wearing that captain's armband certainly had a positive effect on him.

The players and Rafa chalked up a bill of about S$28,000 in an adidas concept store in Vivocity. The players also engaged in light hearted banter, targetting pranks at Xabi Alonso, constantly presenting Real shirts to Alonso!

Are you serious about the Alonso bit ?

Yes perfectly serious on it. I think they were just havin' a couple of jokes to piss Alonso off, and probably to get him to tell them whether he wants to move or not.

Written in the local paper. So yes its true. But I think its just light hearted banter, the lads havin' a bit of fun here and there thats all. Nothing to read too much into.

Maybe that means his not going then if there joking around about it.

If I'm not mistaken he later had to go to the stadium stall and buy a Liverpool shirt, to stop all the abuse on him.

He was asking for it.