Liverpool vs Newcastle United match banter.
Posted on December 30th, 2011 | 86 Comments |
Date: Friday, 30th January, 2011.
Kick-Off: 7:45pm.
Referee: Lee Probert.
Hello, good evening and welcome to our regular match banter for this evening’s game, which sees the Magpies travelling to Anfield once again to meet Liverpool in a battle for sixth place.
For a more in depth look forward to the game, you can always check out Hugh’s excellent match preview, where you can check up on all the latest team news, squads, stats and stuff like that.
Of course, at least some of the focus this evening will be on ex Toon striker Andy Carroll, who was sold to this evening’s opposition in highly controversial circumstances 11 months ago. With his fellow striker Luis Suarez suspended for one game after giving Fulham fans the finger during Liverpool’s 1-0 defeat at Craven Cottage earlier this month, Carroll should be almost certain to start this evening. It will be interesting to see if he is still the victim of Toon boo boys now it has been revealed that both Derek Llambias and Alan Pardew misled fans over the circumstances of his departure in January.
Liverpool will be coming into this game on the back of a pair of indifferent results, with the mighty scousers only managing two draws against relegation candidates Blackburn and Wigan. Whilst Newcastle United’s recent form has hardly been sparkling either, of course we did manage to defeat another struggling team, Bolton, in our last game. But anyway, all will soon be decided!
As usual, I will be posting the teamsheets below when they finally become available, and we will also be publishing a match report and highlights after the game, which only leaves me to say:
Howay the lads!
Teams
Liverpool (4-4-2): Pepe Reina (G) Glen Johnson, Martin Skrtel, Daniel Agger, Jose Enrique; Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam, Jay Spearing, Stewart Downing, Craig Bellamy, Andy Carroll.
Subs: Alexander Doni (G), Martin Kelly, Jamie Carragher, Jonjo Shelvey, Maxi Rodriguez, Steven Gerrard, Dirk Kuyt.
Newcastle United (4-4-1-1): Tim Krul (G), Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini (C), Ryan Taylor, Gabriel Obertan, Cheick Tiote, Yohan Cabaye, Jonas Gutierrez Haris Vuckic, Demba Ba.
Subs: Rob Elliot (G), Davide Santon, James Perch, Hatem Ben Arfa, Sammy Ameobi, Shola Ameobi, Leon Best.
Vuckic to start ahead of Ben Arfa, something must be up there!! Good luck to Haris though!!