Liverpool Vs Fulham Football Highlights 2011
Liverpool Vs Fulham Football Highlights 2011: Liverpool beat Fulham by 1-0 in Anfield football stadium, England. This is their second consecutive victory after the new team manager Kenny Dalglish took the charge. 
With this fortuitous victory Liverpool moved up to seventh position in the Premier League table for the first time in their stuttering campaign.
The Fulham captain Mark Hughes had earlier delighted the supporters by bringing the ball into the Dee but Fulham’s John Pantsil made own goal soon after the break. It was the only goal of the match which was enough for Liverpool’s victory. Liverpool were expected to then dominate but the results were opposite to their expectations as Fulham looked the more offensive and disciplined side.
The captain of Liverpool side Steven Gerrard back after his three-match suspension but Raul Meireles was the most influential midfielder from Liverpool side.
In the first half of the match Raul Meireles passed ball to Fernando Torres, who gave pass to David Stockdale, but the assistant of referee had raised his flag for offside against the Spanish player incorrectly.
After this defeat Fulham, despite their woeful record of no victories at Anfield Football Stadium in 23 league matches, Fulham’s were not much worried about their bad performance and were playing happily against their direct hosts. Liverpool managed to maintain their place in the final Europa League spot.
Netherlands storm into World Cup final
CAPE TOWN: The Netherlands stormed into their first World Cup final since 1978 on Tuesday, beating Uruguay 3-2 to set up a title clash against either Germany or Spain.
Two goals inside three second-half minutes, from Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben, steered the Dutch into the decider and shattered South American hopes.
Veteran Dutch captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst gave his side the lead on 18 minutes with a stunning 35-yard strike before Diego Forlan produced an equally memorable goal four minutes before half-time to keep Uruguay alive.
Maxi Pereira got one back for Uruguay in injury time but it was too little too late.
The last time Holland made it to the final was 32 years ago when they fell at the last hurdle to hosts Argentina 3-1 after extra-time.
Despite losing, Uruguay did their small nation proud with coach Oscar Tabarez guiding them to their first semi-final in 40 years.
It was a massive achievement for a country with a population of just 3.4 million, and they must now put their disappointment behind them for a third-place play-off on Saturday.
The Netherlands came into the match as overwhelming favourites after winning all their games in South Africa to go with the eight wins out of eight notched up in qualifying.
Both teams were forced to make changes with players suspended and in chilly conditions at Green Point Stadium it was the Dutch who adapted the best.
They had a decent chance as early as the third minute when Robben whipped in a teasing cross which Fernando Muslera punched straight to Dirk Kuyt on the edge of the box, but the Liverpool winger skied his shot.
The dangerous pair created another opportunity soon after when Kuyt sent in a cross that the Bayern Munich star headed at the keeper.
With the pressure on, it was only a matter of time before the deadlock was broken and it was their hugely experienced captain who did it with a contender for goal of the tournament.
The 35-year-old van Bronckhorst picked up the ball some 35 yards out and let rip with a stunning drive that tore into the top corner of the net past the outstretched fingertips of Muslera.
It should have been 2-0 on the half-hour when Arsenal”s Robin Van Persie made an excellent turn to pick out Robben on the edge of the box, but Martin Caceres made a timely intervention.
Uruguay were struggling to create openings before Forlan produced his own piece of magic with a left-foot screamer that swerved past keeper Maarten Stekelenburg, who should have done better.
Holland looked to up the tempo in the second half but it was Uruguay who nearly took the lead when Khalid Boulahrouz”s back-pass fell short and Edinson Cavani challenged the keeper.
Stekelenburg”s clearance hit Cavani and he teed up Alvaro Pereira, but his floated effort was headed away from danger.
The match was finely poised with both sides creating chances but it was Sneijder who did the damage with his fifth goal of the tournament.
The Inter Milan star unleashed a low right foot drive that took a deflection to put his team in front on 70 minutes.
Uruguay were stunned and Robben took advantage of their guard being dropped with another goal three minutes later with a fabulous header from a Kuyt cross.
The South Americans threw everything they had at Holland as the clock ticked down and got their reward with Pereira”s goal in the second minute of injury time but by then the match was over.
Holland and Uruguay level 1-1 at half-time
CAPE TOWN: A pair of wonder strikes from Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Diego Forlan left the World Cup semi-final between the Netherlands and Uruguay finely poised at 1-1 at half-time on Tuesday.
Veteran Dutch defender van Bronckhorst got the breakthrough on 18 minutes with a stunning 35-yard strike before Forlan did exactly the same on 40 minutes against the run of play.
At stake for both teams is football”s biggest prize, with either Germany or Spain awaiting them in the Johannesburg final on July 11.
Both teams were forced to make changes with players suspended and in chilly conditions at Cape Town”s Green Point Stadium it was the Dutch who adapted the best.
They had a decent chance as early as the third minute when Arjen Robben whipped in a teasing cross which Fernando Muslera punched straight to Dirk Kuyt on the edge of the box, but the Liverpool winger skied his shot.
The dangerous pair created another opportunity soon after when Kuyt sent in a cross that the Bayern Munich star headed at the keeper.
Uruguay”s defence was looking shaky and Wesley Sneijder launched a snap-shot from 20 yards, but it hit teammate Robin van Persie as the South Americans escaped again.
With the pressure on, it was only a matter of time before the deadlock was broken and it was their hugely-experienced captain who did it with a contender for goal of the tournament.
The 35-year-old picked up the ball some 35-yards out and let rip with a stunning drive that tore into the top corner of the net past the outstretched fingertips of Muslera.
It should have been 2-0 on the half-hour when Arsenal”s Robin Van Persie made an excellent turn to pick out Robben on the edge of the box, but Martin Caceres made a potentially goal-saving intervention.
Uruguay were struggling to create openings before Forlan drew then level against the run of play with a left-foot drive that swerved past Dutch keeper Maarten Stekelenburg.
Dutch advance after victory over Slovakia
DURBAN: Arjen Robben and Wesley Sniejder fired the Dutch team to a 2-1 victory over Slovakia here on Monday to set up a World Cup quarter-final against either Brazil or Chile.
Robben made a 20-minute appearance against Cameroon in the Netherlands” final group game after recovering from a hamstring injury that kept him out of the opening two matches.
But coach Bert van Marwijk started the Bayern Munich winger here and he repaid his faith by scoring a textbook goal in the 18th minute against a side that roundly failed in their bid to repeat their giant-killing 3-2 group win over defending champions Italy.
Robben latched onto an excellent long ball from Sneijder, cut back in past the retreating Jan Durica and Radoslav Zabavnik, and drilled a left-footed shot in at the near post past the despairing dive of Jan Mucha.
Sneijder was on hand to convert a clever Dirk Kuyt cross in the 85th minute after the Liverpool striker had robbed an out-of-position Mucha of the ball with the Slovak defence in disarray.
With the last kick of the game, Robert Vittek scored a penalty for Slovakia after Dutch keeper Maarten Stekelenburg brought down Martin Jakubko in the area.
The fact the scoreline was kept to a respectable margin fell in large part to Mucha, who produced three excellent saves in the second-half prior to Sneijder”s goal.
An early chance fell to Slovakia”s Eric Jendrisek who blasted a shot just over the crossbar and skipper Marek Hamsik shot wide after being given too much space.
Robin van Persie had an excellent chance in the eighth minute, his header from a Kuyt cross just ricocheting off Zabavnik for a corner.
The Arsenal player then laid off Sneijder in the box, but the Inter Milan midfielder could only drill an underpowered shot at Mucha.
Mucha was on hand to make two great saves in a matter of minutes early in the second period, firstly parrying a Robben cutback and drive, and then brilliantly fending off a close-range Gregory van der Wiel stab.
The keeper, who has signed for Everton from Polish outfit Legia Warsaw, then punched away an in-swinging free-kick from van Persie, with the Dutch looking very dangerous on the ball.
Having spent the first hour not having made a save of note, Stekelenburg produced two fine efforts in quick succession to keep out efforts from Miroslav Stoch and Vittek.
Kuyt went close with a header from a Sneijder free-kick and then forced Mucha into a good save with a low 25-yard shot.
Villa double seals Spain”s win over Honduras
JOHANNESBURG: Goals either side of half-time by Barcelona”s new signing David Villa saw Spain beat Honduras 2-0 in their Group H clash at Ellis Park on Monday to put their World Cup back on track.
After losing their opening game 1-0 to Switerzerland, the easy victory puts Spain on course to reach the last 16, providing Vicente Del Bosque”s side can beat Chile on Friday.
Honduras rarely threatened the Euro 2008 winners and after their second defeat are out of contention in the tournament, while Spain will need to produce a more convincing display if they are to progress far in the tournament.
The Central American minnows looked pedestrian while Spain attacked in waves as Villa”s brilliance shone for his goals on 17 and 51 minutes, but he wasted the chance to complete his hat-trick when he missed a second-half penalty.
The 28-year-old gave a glimpse of what was to come when he rattled the crossbar on seven minutes from 30 metres out.
Honduras midfielder Danilo Turcios earned the first yellow card on eight minutes for trying to interfere with a quickly taken free-kick.
Villa finally opened the scoring when he cut in from the left wing, beat the defence and then squeezed his shot past two defenders and into the top left-hand corner of the goal on 17 minutes.
Fernando Torres, one of two changes to the side which lost to the Swiss, wasted Sergio Ramos”s cross from the wing when he headed over with half an hour gone in what was a quiet performance from the Liverpool striker still edging back to form.
Emilio Izaguirre picked up the second booking for Honduras when he fouled Spanish winger Jesus Navas on 38 minutes, but Villa was later lucky not to get booked when he appeared to slap Izaguirre in the face in the penalty area.
Spain kept up the pressure after the break as the first-half finished 1-0 and Villa scored his second soon after when a Navas pass found him in space.
His shot from outside the penalty area gave Honduras goalkeeper Noel Valladares no chance on 52 minutes.
Villa should have completed his hat-trick on 62 minutes when Izaguirre brought down Jesus Navas on the edge of the area and referee Yuichi Nishmura awarded the penalty, but the Spaniard fired the spot-kick wide of the right post.
On a rare Honduran attack, David Suazo fired wide on 66 minutes, but the biggest cheer of the night from the 54,386-strong crowd came soon after for the introduction of Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
Torres made way for Valencia”s Juan Manuel Mata as the Spanish went off the boil in the final 20 minutes.
Spain must now beat Chile – who defeated Switzerland 1-0 earlier Monday – on Friday in Pretoria to be sure of making the knockout phase, while Honduras will play for pride against the Swiss in Bloemfontein.
Woeful England draw with Algeria
CAPE TOWN: A woeful England failed to find the killer touch in a disappointing 0-0 draw with Algeria on Friday, putting them under huge pressure to beat Slovenia in their final group game and stay alive in the World Cup.
Fabio Capello”s team, already under the cosh after their much-criticised 1-1 opener against the United States, struggled to find any rhythm and gave the ball away far too easily, doing little to silence their detractors.
With the United States and Slovenia drawing 2-2 earlier, Group C is finely poised. Slovenia have four points, with England and the USA on two and Algeria with one.
“This is not the team I recognise from training or from qualifying,” said Capello.
“We missed too many passes, lost too many balls. It was not a good game. We have to do better. We have another game to play. It”s our last chance to continue in the tournament. The players know what they have to do.”
It was a poor performance from Capello”s team with players looking tired and devoid of spark and captain Steven Gerrard made no excuses.
“We”re not happy with the performance, we need more if we want to stay in this tournament to the later stages, we need to improve,” Gerrard said.
“We weren”t good enough in the final third to get the breakthrough.
“We know the job we”ve got to do, we”ve got to go and win the last game and that adds more pressure, but to play at this level you”ve got to handle it, you”ve got to play under pressure.”
Striker Wayne Rooney showed his frustration as he trudged off the field to the jeers of disgruntled England supporters, saying to a TV camera: “It”s nice to see your own fans booing you.”
The big news ahead of the game was the axing of West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green after his blunder against the USA with veteran David James taking over.
Gareth Barry also returned from an ankle injury, but he struggled and was largely ineffective.
Algeria coach Rabah Saadane said he was expecting better from England.
“I don”t know what happened to them,” he said. “We could have won and so could England. Both had opportunities.
“I think it was a match where everyone tried as much as they could and it”s a pity it was a draw and a goalless draw at that.”
Gerrard was the first to trouble the Algerians with a cross-cum-shot that ”keeper M”bohi Rais Ouheb, prefered to Faouzi Chaouchi after their 1-0 loss to Slovenia, had to jump high to collect.
James got into the game on 11 minutes when he punched clear a looping cross on his goal line, not entirely convincingly but good enough to avert the danger.
Some of the players were nervy and Jamie Carragher”s heart would have been pumping even harder after his fluffed clearance had to be stopped by James.
England couldn”t get going and Algeria saw plenty of the ball. It was clear that Capello, celebrating his 64th birthday, was none too pleased, angrily pacing the dugout.
James was tested again when his Portsmouth teammate Nadir Belhadj whipped in a corner under the England bar, claiming it impressively this time under pressure from two Algerians.
England finally started to wake up and Gerrard got a shot on target near the half-hour mark before Frank Lampard had a great chance, collecting the ball in the box after some nice build-up play.
He unleashed a left-footed drive but the keeper saved.
Capello would have given them a piece of his mind in the dressing room but they didn”t look much better when they came out, with a scrappy start to the second-half.
Gerrard and Lampard sparked some interest when they combined nicely but the Liverpool star”s cross was awful, straight to the feet of an opponent when he had three players in the box.
To make matters worse Carragher picked up a yellow card — his second of the tournament — meaning he is out of the Slovenia match.
The cumbersome Heskey, meanwhile, should have done better inside the penalty area with 18 minutes left but his shot was deflected over for a corner.
In a last role of the dice, Capello brought on Shaun Wright-Philipps for Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe for Heskey and Peter Crouch for Barry, but despite picking up the pace the breakthrough remained elusive.
Torres back in training with Spain
MADRID: Striker Fernando Torres, who has been out injured since early April, trained for the first time on Thursday with his Spain team-mates ahead of the June 11-July 11 World Cup finals.
The Liverpool hitman”s return to the paddock is welcome news for Vicente del Bosque”s Spanish team, who are drawn against Switzerland, Honduras and Chile in Group H in South Africa.
Torres, 26, underwent knee surgery in April, but seemed to feel no pain in training at Spain”s training camp north of Madrid.
The squad will fly to Innsbruck, Austria, on Friday to play a warm-up game against Saudi Arabia before embarking on another training camp in western Austria until June 3.
forbes
April 23, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Under the slogan “the world’s most recession-proof sport” Forbes has released a series of articles around soccer and its highest earners – be it players or any other entities that have something to gain financially from the game. Soccer is not regarded with too much respect in the US, but for Europeans and South Americans it’s almost a religion. David Beckham still king of football’s richest list
• Former England captain earned $40m in 2009
• Cristiano Ronaldo second on Forbes list, Kaká third David Beckham remains the highest-earning football player in the world, for the third year running, according to Forbes magazine.
The 35-year-old earned $40m (£26m) in 2009, with about 80% of that coming from sponsors such as Adidas, Giorgio Armani and Motorola.
However, Beckham is expected to lose major sponsorship money this year because he will miss the World Cup in South Africa after tearing his achilles in March playing for Milan when on loan from LA Galaxy.
Cristiano Ronaldo is second on the Forbes list, earning $30m (£19.5m) a year. The Portugal midfielder’s major sponsors include Nike, Coca-Cola and, like Beckham, Giorgio Armani.
Ronaldo, the 2008 World Player of the Year, became the highest-paid football player in the world in June when Real Madrid bought the 25-year-old winger from Manchester United. He signed a six-year contract that pays an estimated $15.5m in the first year, then increases by 25%.
The Brazil playmaker Kaká, Ronaldo’s team-mate at Madrid, is third on the list, earning $25m (£16m) annually. Kaká’s sponsors include Adidas and Giorgio Armani.
Ronaldinho is fourth on Forbes’ list, also earning $25m a year and rounding out the top five is the France and Barcelona striker Thierry Henry, who makes $24m.Lionel Messi, the reigning FIFA World Player of the Year, is sixth on the list with earnings of $20m annually. Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard is seventh, earning $17m, with his team-mate John Terry eighth, earning $16m.
The Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is ninth, also earning $16m, while the Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard earns $15m in 10th place.
In last year’s Forbes list, Beckham was estimated to have earned $46m, Ronaldinho, in second place, $33m and Henry $28m in third. Beckham was estimated to have earned $49m in 2007.
atletico madrid
April 22, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Today we can watch Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool Live on tv,or if you want to watch Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool Live directly on your pc follow the link below.Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool will be a great game in Europa League.Stay with us live Atletico Madrid-Liverpool (21:05 pm Telecinco) for the first leg of the semifinals of the European League. Quique Sanchez Flores is played through to the final against one of the best teams in Europe. On everyone’s lips will be Fernando Torres, that due to surgery on his knee has not been able to play this exciting game.
Watch Live: Atletico Madrid – Liverpool (21:05 pm)
Atletico Madrid and Liverpool begin their assault on Europe League final with the volcanic ash cloud invited last minute and injuries to Torres and Aguero how negative news of the tie.
And is that Fernando Torres dragged an injured meniscus that forced him to undergo surgery after ruling out other avenues of recovery. The former of the Atleti will be about six weeks off and come right at the World Cup.
However, the news marked the first leg has been the air blockade by the clouds of ash from the volcano in Iceland. This has forced the Liverpool half of Europe to travel to get to Madrid. An invoice odyssey that could happen to men of Rafa Benitez.
But Atletico are wary of an opponent who has already given a lot of problems two years ago, when agreed in the group stage of the Champions League. The red and white also feature downward Agüero through suspension, Quique has matched that of Fernando Torres.
Atletico Madrid and Liverpool will meet tonight from 21:00 h at the Vicente Calderon in a match that will be broadcast on Telecinco and corresponds to the semifinal round of the UEFA Europa League. For this meeting we will make our forecast in the sports book of Begawin.
Both teams are the favorites, the scale is very balanced between Atletico and Liverpool as the two are grown in European competitions. Atletico Madrid is motivated by the fact of wanting to reach the final to try to lift the European title since exactly 24 years ago does not work, also remember going through one of his best moments in what could be since it is also a finalist Cup of His Majesty the King. On the other hand, it aspires only to Liverpool as title fight to not leave a blank season.
Liverpool vs West Ham Highlights
Liverpool vs West Ham Highlights, Liverpool Vs West Ham highlights and goals video of English Premiership soccer
from Anfield, Liverpool on 19-04-10, Kick-Off 20:00 UK Time. Watch Free online live stream coverage of this EPL football match. Also you can watch all the match highlights and goals video which will be available after the live match. So enjoy this thrilling fixture between Liverpool and West Ham United. Final score 3-0.
With Tottenham taking a solid grip on fourth Champions League spot, now Liverpool must ensure their Europa League spot. Liverpool were held to a 0-0 draw last week at Anfield against Fulham.
Last 6 Results for Liverpool
Liverpool – Fulham 0 – 0
Liverpool – Benfica 4 – 1
Birmingham – Liverpool 1 – 1
Benfica – Liverpool 2 – 1
Liverpool – Sunderland 3 – 0
Man Utd – Liverpool 2 – 1
Last 6 Results for West Ham United
1 – 0 West Ham – Sunderland
2 – 2 Everton – West Ham
0 – 1 West Ham – Stoke
1 – 3 West Ham – Wolverhampton
2 – 0 Arsenal – West Ham
4 – 1 Chelsea – West Ham
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