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ShadowChaser Post at 21-12-2009 15:23
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aku secara zahirnya memang menyokong tim ni sejak dari dulu lagi.. tp aku baru lg kat sini, bagi lah peluang org lama buka thread dulu.. aku cuma akan sentiasa pastikan thread ni sentiasa di page ...
along3746 Post at 21-12-2009 04:10 PM
Liverpool midfielder, Lucas Leiva reckons it is crucial for the club to finish the year with a win over Wolverhampton.
Rafa Benitez's side slumped to another defeat at the weekend with Portsmouth, the latest club to stun the Premier League giants.
The Sun reported that the Brazilian midfielder is determined to end the year victorious so as to set the right note for 2010.
Lucas said: "It would be good and really important to finish the year with a victory.
"I think we need to win almost every game now, so our target is to take each game as it comes and end the year well.
"Then, if we can also start the New Year with a win it will be important.
"But Wolves have quality. We have to respect them and try to show our own quality and play well for the fans.
"All games are tough in the Premier League, so we have to prepare well, work hard and have confidence.
"We have quality and if we can play well we can beat anyone."
Many of Benitez's players have stepped out to admit that the team is not playing well at the moment and the game against Wolves will be a good opportunity to salvage an otherwise poor season.
Fernando Torres has admitted he is concerned at the lack of funds available to Rafael Benitez to turn the club's season around - but is fully behind his manager.
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Torres is concerned for the future
Liverpool have already lost seven games this season - compared to just two in 2008-09 - and have been knocked out of the Champions League. It is a widely held belief that the Reds do not have enough quality running through the club to seriously challenge for the title, especially with the summer departure of Xabi Alonso.
However, with Liverpool's finances causing serious concern - the debt is around £240 million - it is unclear if Benitez will have anything to spend in the January window, a situation which could place their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League next season - and even the Europa League - in some doubt.
Torres, speaking in Zurich after being named part of FIFA's world XI, said: "Obviously we need players. If we can bring quality players it should be really positive for us, but I think the situation is really difficult because I think we don't have money to bring in the best players.
"It's a difficult situation but every top team in the world goes sometimes through a bad situation like Liverpool now. Like every top team in the world, Liverpool will get over the situation.
"I have confidence in myself and my team. I know we are good enough. We were playing really well last season with the same team. We have to just recover the mentality and the confidence in ourselves and everything will be different.
"I think sacking the manager is not a solution. The manager is not playing so we have to be positive with him, try to work with him. We are the main reason, the players are the people that have to find a solution to the situation. The manager is not playing, so we have to play much better.''
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard, also named in the world XI, called on the team to pull together.
Gerrard said: "I don't think it's right to pick out individual players. We're a team, we're a group and we are responsible for where we're lying in the league at the moment. All of us have got to stick together and try and pull through and turn it around.''
Liverpool kini mengintai pemain yang mahu meninggalkan kelab Bayern Munich, Luca Toni bagi menguatkan skuad Rafa Benitez pada Januari nanti.
Toni menghadapi masalah di kelab Jerman itu selepas bertegang dengan pengurusnya, Louis Van Gaal.
Pemain Itali itu turut mencuri perhatian kelab lain seperti Inter Milan, Benfica, Dynamo Kiev dan AS Roma.
Manakala pemain pertahanan Inter Milan, Ivan Cordoba bersedia ke England selepas desas-desus menunjukkan pemain itu bakal bertemu kembali dengan bekas pengurusnya, Roberto Mancini yang menyertai Manchester City baru-baru ini.
"Saya sudah bersedia menyertai pasukan Mancini jika diberikan peluang," katanya.
LIVERPOOL: Daniel Agger menjadi pemain Liverpool terkini yang mengakui apa yang tidak berani diperkatakan Rafa Benitez: “Kami tidak cukup bagus”.
Sikap optimis yang dimiliki pasukan Reds selepas menang 2-1 ke atas Wigan minggu lalu, lebur apabila mereka tewas di tangan Portsmouth, Sabtu lalu.
Ini kekalahan liga ketujuh sepanjang kempen mereka yang bertukar menjadi semakin buruk, lebih lima kekalahan berbanding musim lalu dan meletakkan mereka di tangga kelapan.
Ketika Benitez menegaskan mereka berazam menakluki empat tangga teratas, prestasi pula menunjukkan keadaan sebaliknya dengan pasukan bergelut hingga gagal menyertai kejohanan utama kelab Eropah.
Kini giliran pemain pertahanan tengah, Agger menilai musim terburuk mereka sepanjang lima tahun bersama Benitez.
Pemain pertahanan Denmark berusia 25 tahun itu berkata; “Tidak dinafikan kami amat kecewa. Kami sedar ia masih belum cukup baik buat kelab ini.
“Kami perlu mengubah pencapaian ini. Kami tidak berjaya menentang Portsmouth tetapi kami tidak boleh terus membiarkannya. Kami perlu mencuba dan mencari keseimbangan.”
Kecederaan pangkal paha yang dialami kapten pasukan, Steven Gerrard tidak langsung membantu manakala Fernando Torres turut mengalami kecederaan sama sekali gus bermakna jurulatih warga Sepanyol itu tidak mempunyai banyak pilihan.
Malah, Alberto Aquilani yang mengisi kekosongan Xabi Alonso di bahagian tengah masih belum cukup cergas selepas pembedahan buku lali April lalu, menyebabkan penyokong Kop menjadi semakin kecewa. - Agensi