Reading 1-2 Liverpool (FA Premiership 7/04/07)

Madejski Stadium
Saturday, 7 April
Kick-off: 1500 BST
Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy is pushing for a start after missing the last two matches with a rib injury.

Mohamed Sissoko is available again after missing the PSV match through suspension, but Fabio Aurelio is out.
1. Won just two of the last six Premiership matches.

2. Looking for a 18th top League victory of the season. Only Manchester United (25) and Chelsea (22) have won more.

3. Managed 17 Premiership shut-outs. Only Chelsea have registered more (19).

4. Conceded just 21 top flight goals, at one every 133 minutes (two hours 13 minutes). Only Chelsea have a better record with 19 shipped (one every 147 minutes).

5. Conceded only once in the first 15 minutes of a Premiership match this term. Only Chelsea can match that.

6. Boast the strongest defence in the last quarter-hour with just four goals shipped in that Premiership time sector.

7. On the joint longest current run in the Premiership without a score draw of 23 games, since ending 1-1, home to Blackburn on 14 October.

8. Only sixth best away from home in the highest echelon with 18 points from a possible 45.

9. The return leg with PSV follows this, before a League visit to Manchester City. Other Premiership fixtures in April feature successive home clashes against Middlesbrough and Wigan and a trip to Portsmouth.


Score predictions?  2-1 to the reds.  Agger and Bellamy.

We need a victory otherwise the Arse will probably recapture 3rd spot off us.

3 - 0 to the Reds.
Pennant to score the first and win me the mug
Alonso and Kuyt.

I'm a pessimistic sod sometimes and although my heart says a trouncing will be handed out I'm going for a 2-1 win (i nearly went for the draw!! ) with Bellamy and Gerrard scoring.

Reading 0-2 Liverpool

I reckon 2-0 to us and hope all the lads come through unscathed.

I predict a 0-1 win with Fowler to score

3-0, Kuyt Hat-Trick.

If only...

2 - 0 to the reds Fowler and Bellamy with the goals

Hope JD is right ,have got Agger in the Comp.....MMMMMMM tea and biscuits in a new mug.

2-0, crouch with both of them. i can picture myself with the mug now....

2-4 Liverpool....a hell of a game..

4-1 or 4-2 to Liverpool.
Kuyt, Gerrard, Risse and Crouch.
Some say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the ony one...! 

3-0 to liverpool gerrard, kuyt and crouch to score

Reading have had a great season, personally I expected them to stay up, but not as comfortably as they have.

However, recently they seem to have taken their foot off the gas a bit, and it could be the perfect time to play them. I would've liked to have seen us line up 4-3-3 for this one, but Kuyt has looked knackered recently & I think he could do with a rest.

I'm going to go 2-0, Crouch to maintain his goalscoring form with the first, and Gerrard to net the other.

2-0 the reds, Stevie to score first 

Live streams if anyone need them  http://redsgoals.blogspot.com/

Live streams if anyone need them  http://redsgoals.blogspot.com/

ooooo thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooo ooo much mate!!!!!!!!! you should do this for every game!!!!!!

Peter Crouch and Craig Bellamy will lead the attacking line for Liverpool at Reading this afternoon. 
Sami Hyypia returns at the heart of the defence in place of Daniel Agger, while Momo Sissoko is back in midfield alongside Javier Mascherano.
 
The Liverpool team in full for today's clash is:
 
Reina
Arbeloa
Carragher
Hyypia
Finnan
Gonzalez
Sissoko
Mascherano
Gerrard
Crouch
Bellamy
 
Subs:
Dudek
Agger
Riise
Pennant
Kuyt


Erm, anyone know why Alonso isn't even on the bench?

what the hell?!?!?! where is alonso??? this is strange...

Goal of arbeloa, pass of crouch ... as it is said in spain, this is the tiki-taka!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 15 min. ARBELOA?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? GUESS NO ONES WINS THE MUG!!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 15 min. ARBELOA?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? GUESS NO ONES WINS THE MUG!!

Did not  want it anyway because I have one already

I don't, so I was hopin for a free one!!

hey JD, still want to be nice?? ...

very good mark gonzalez

Ah can someone explain if there is a comp' going on with predictions...?
1-1

thats cheap. reading scores, 1-1. this is gay....

which kit are we wearing today???

thats cheap. reading scores, 1-1. this is gay....

which kit are we wearing today???

No idea on which kit...yellow?...

PS thanks for the comment on the blog mate

No idea on which kit...yellow?...

PS thanks for the comment on the blog mate

no prob. you looked a bit lonley on there anyway

it looked like we're in the third kit on the website, but idk. I can' t watch it anyway. I'm forced to read crappy comments on eurosport.com. it sucks.

kuyt on for bellamy. maybe kuyt can pull somethin out of his butt...

where is everyone?? i feel lonley.

no prob. you looked a bit lonley on there anyway

it looked like we're in the third kit on the website, but idk. I can' t watch it anyway. I'm forced to read crappy comments on eurosport.com. it sucks.

kuyt on for bellamy. maybe kuyt can pull somethin out of his butt...

where is everyone?? I feel lonley.

Most of us are watching the match mate its on Star sports, we are in red and after playing well first half we have let them back in and we are looking a little ropey, Sissoko just got booked and he had better watch himself.

yea, i figured that. i don't get sky. but whats up with us? do we even look like we're havin fun?

yea, I figured that. I don't get sky. but whats up with us? do we even look like we're havin fun?

Its not on sky mate star sports is an asian channel that is streamed on the internet have a look at this site and you will see what I mean.
And no we are not having a good time it could go either way. i take that back 2-1 Kuyt

http://www.myp2p.eu/index.htm

Whats with the Reading keeper getting booked...anyone?

We have a 2nd goal 

Kuyt scores with 4 mins to go... thank god for that! 

praise the lord, kuyt is getting back in the swing of things now.

Whats with the Reading keeper getting booked...anyone?

Handled outside his box, unintentionally says the ref

the Arse lose!!!!

whats unintentional about picking the ball up, outside of the box, when he knew it was wrong?? some times i wonder...

If chavski can scrape a win in injury time last week we more than deserve this, leading twice in normal time.
Arsenal lose, we are 5 points clear in 3rd. 

Third is ours to lose.

Good to see Kuyt back on the score sheet, that was a hard won battle against Reading.

Good to see Kuyt back on the score sheet, that was a hard won battle against Reading.

its was almost too hard. i'll give em credit though, they did battle PSV a few nigts ago, but that was no competition.

and guess what?? espn isn't going to show LFC v. PSV on wednesday. i'll be forced to watch milan v. munich. wonderful...

Great victory and credit where credits due I’m normally Pennants biggest critic but the lad played well. Fair play to Reading it was so pleasing to see a recently promoted side playing decent open football and not just sticking 10 men behind the ball and defending. A testament to Steve Coppell and his well organised hard working side which resulted in end to end stuff.

I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

Although it’s easier praising the opposition because we won, if we had of lost, they would have been the biggest shower going  

made even sweater by Arsenal and the mancs losing.  

Well all the sides challenging for the title have the knack of winning when they don't play well.  Didn't Chelsea get a last minute 1-0 win last week, and as for United.  It's what the good sides do.

Reading had chances to win the game but we held on and grabbed the winner.  Opened up a little mini gap now between us and Arsenal, good to see Kuyt get his 10th goal in the Premiership.  But, oh, for the days of a 25 goal a season striker! 

A good win, let's try and get a few more under our belt and cement our Champions League qualification. 

Here are MOTD Highlights http://redsgoals.blogspot.com/

Match of the Day higlights from yesterday's game
http://www.anfield-online.co.uk/fixtures/2007/prem/readingaway-goals.htm

kuyts goal was good

arbeloa's goal reminded me of beckhambueer

Its not on sky mate star sports is an asian channel that is streamed on the internet have a look at this site and you will see what I mean.
And no we are not having a good time it could go either way. I take that back 2-1 Kuyt

http://www.myp2p.eu/index.htm

is it free??? i tried it, but it doesn't seem to work. i'll keep trying though...

is it free??? I tried it, but it doesn't seem to work. I'll keep trying though...

Yes its free just install the software for Sopcast and TV ants as these are the most used when streaming football from ESPN or star sports. If its not working read all the guide and check you have set it up properly, you will find links to games from this site or if you google it you will find many more.

My friend who's a Reading fan went to this, I could've gone, but in the Reading end, but I was away at Cheerleading comp up in friggin Telford (MISSION from Cardiff I tell ya!)

I couldn't believe we were 1-1 with Reading.. I was like "no.. not today.." haha but we are the kings of comebacks and we know it

Lovely goal from Kuyt.. Though I can't remember Arbeloa's.. I'm so stupid.. but soooo tired! :|