(This entry was originally published on Monday, March 2nd, 2009)
The momentum Liverpool had gained thanks to their excellent 1-0 victory away at Real Madrid in the midweek went away with their heart-breaking defeat at the hands of
Well, you might argue with me stating the fact that English premier league history has seen many teams in the past bridging up a larger gap to clinch the title at the end of the season. Yes, I agree with you, but what I want to say that the way Manchester United has been playing since the turn of the new year, I am really doubtful if United would lose so many points in 12 matches- in what would open up a chance for the other clubs like Chelsea and Liverpool.
Manchester United has a very big squad with a number of quality options in each of the position. Thus, manager Sir Alex Ferguson can rest his players by rotating the squad. For example, Carlos Tevez was not in the first eleven against Inter Milan, and appeared fresh against Tottenham Hotspur in the Carling Cup final 2009 Dimitar Berbatov played against Inter, but was rested for the Tottenham Hotspur match. Moreover, the young players like Evans, Welbeck coming form their youth side are also showing excellent prospect. Even one or two injury problems may not create any big difference in their performance.
Consistency has become a very big problem for Liverpool over the last few years when it comes to premier league, even though they have had a contrastive form in
I would not say that Liverpool’s title run in premier league has already been closed up, but, as it seems,
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