Steven Gerrard last night came up with a late goal to make sure the Red's victory of their rival, Boro. Victory is seemed so sure for Middlesbrough last night after Mido put Boro ahead with a beautiful goal in minute 70 before a goal by mistake of Boro's player, Emanuel Pogatetz at minute 86.
With not much time left, Liverpool starts to attack with their fullest and Gerrard ne
arly score a freekick at minute 92. Finally, Gerrard managed to score at last minute with the help of Jamie Carragher. This win has sent Liverpool at the top of the league table with the only team currently win all the matches. Arsenal is beaten up by the Fulham with the only goal from Hangeland, and Manchester United had held draw with Newcastle United, the only big four who survived maybe Chelsea.
Is this a sign for a wait for league title will end this year for Liverpool's fan? Well, more or less, Liverpool is going to be a tough rival for other Premier League clubs. However, this game has just started. We don't know what is going on soon but I am predicting Liverpool to be top 3 in the league table this season. Let see if my prediction is true. :)
This is the GoalZone prediction for the end of this season in England:
1) Chelsea
2) Liverpool
3) Tottenham Hotspurs
4) Arsenal
5) Manchester United
6) Blackburn Rovers
7) Aston Villa
8) Portsmouth
9) West Ham
10) Everton
11) Middlesbrough
12) Newcaastle United
13) Bolton Wanderers
14) Wigan Athletic
15) Sunderland
16) Manchester City
17) Fulham
18) Hull City
19) West Bromwich Albion
20) Stoke City
This is my second part for the latest kits for 2008-2009. Feel free to have a look.
West Ham (Away)
Liverpool (Away)
Portsmouth (Away)
Manchester United (Away)
Transfer window is going to be closed soon. Big clubs try to bid their selected player as high as they can so that the player will play for them. Transfer window this season also is mixed with different kind of drama where loyalty of the players starts to be questioned. Ronaldo's saga also seems going to be end as Ronaldo himself has stated that he will stay at Old Trafford even though Real Madrid is seemed not going to give up on him. Here are top five transfers of the season based on my review.
The first one is Barcelona's creative midfielder, Deco who moves to Stamford Bridge to team up again with his former Portugal coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari. His transfer has brought positive changes to the Blues squad and his role in Chelsea in undeniably important. John Terry himself as the captain of Chelsea has praised Deco for his outstanding performance to the squad.
Secondly is the transfer of Tottenham Hotspurs's striker, Robbie Keane who decided to join Rafa's squad at Anfield. With the arrival of Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid last season, Liverpool will surely need a partner for Torres so that the Reds's attacking is unstoppable. Keane is expected to build a good teamwork with Torres and Steven Gerrard.
Third, the transfer of Ronaldinho to AC Milan which had washed away all of the speculations about his future with Barcelona along this summer. Ronaldinho's performance last season is not good enough makes him being critic by the fan. He is also suffers from injuries, disallowing him to perform much for the Catal
an club. However, AC Milan decided to shine up Ronaldinho's name once again at San Siro which he will join his international friends there, Kaka' and Pato.
Fourth is the transfer of Arsenal's winger, Aliaksandr Hleb to Barcelona. Barcelona who is reported to be interested with this winger finally manages to lure him out from Arsene Wenger's side. Hleb's arrival at Nou Camp is seen as an option for Barca's new coach, Pep Guardiola to replace an empty seat which is leaved by Ronaldinho. The question is how good is Hleb actually to replace Ronaldinho?
The last one is the transfer of Hamburg's captain, Rafael Van der Vaart to Real Madrid. As transfer window is going to be closed soon, and they seem are not going to get Ronaldo, Van der Vaart is seemed to be a needed transfer by Real Madrid. This midfielder will bring a great impact to the team as their set piece taker; Wesley Sneijder is injured and unable to start the season with the squad. And at the same time, Van der Vaart arrives at Bernabeu, which I expected that he will take Sneijder's role with no problem at all.
Frank Lampard has recently announced that he has signed a new five years contract with Chelsea, making him the highest paid player in English Premier League. So, who are the other players who get high paid from their club? Here are the top 10 earners of English Premier League.
- Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - £140,000 a week
- John Terry (Chelsea) - £131,000 a week
- Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea) - £121,000 a week
- Michael Ballack (Chelsea) - £121,000 a week
- Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - £120,000 a week
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) - £119,000 a week
- Wayne Rooney (Man Utd) - £110,000 a week
- Michael Owen (Newcastle) - £110,000 a week
- Rio Ferdinand (Man Utd) - £100,000 a week
- Didier Drogba (Chelsea) - £91,000 a week
Rumors about Samuel Eto'o is going to leave Nou Camp has spread wide all over the world and draw the attention of big club to sign him. This Cameroon's striker is one of the best striker in the world, so no wonder that the rumors about his leaving is absolutely a big chance for other clubs to get his service. Some of the big clubs which are reported interested with him are Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspurs and also surprisingly Eto'o also has flew to Uzbekistan as local club, Kuruvchi is being reported to lure this Barca's superstar out from Nou Camp.
But, do you ever wonder why the rumors of Eto'o's are leaving spreading out? It is all because of Frank Rijkaard's successor as the coach of Barcelona, Josep Guardiola reveals his plans about the Barcelona's future in his first press conference which he stated that Deco, Ronaldinho and Eto'o are not in his plan. Plus, those three players are also being gave the permission to leave the club. As we all know, Ronaldinho has moved to AC Milan to join his international friends at San Siro, Kaka' and Pato meanwhile Deco chooses to follow his former Portugal's coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari to go to Stamford Bridge. Two out, how about Eto'o's future?
The answer is no. Eto'o will stay at Nou Camp for another season with Guardiola. This is what Guardiola tells recently. "Samuel Eto'o will stay with us because that's his wish and my wish. I know what I said in the first day, that I did not count with him, as I also said that I would treat him like any other player," Guardiola said.
Why is that so? Guardiola explains that Eto'o is able to impress him in the team's pre-season campaign. Eto'o's performance in Scotland and United States make Guardiola thinks back about his decision and the latest is Guardiola says he needs Eto'o at Nou Camp. Eto'os surely is a guy with a lot of talent as a forward and Guardiola will be stupid to let him go.
Guardiola denies that his decision is being influence by the difficulties to get Eto'o's replacement. Plus, he even denied that he is looking for that Cameroon's striker replacement. As a part of his statement, Guardiola also insists that Thierry Henry is also going to stay at the club despite the rumors of his leaving. Manchester United, Liverpool and his former club, Arsenal are said to be interested to bring Henry back to English Premier League.