The one about the yellow and red derby

Safiin is oh so happy. hahaha

so there i was settled down on the couch to watch the match, a merseyside derby.
the ref.. hmm well .. i dunno. gerrard was sent off after a second booking in matter of seconds! at the 18th minute, GERRARD was sent off!! not only do they not have gerrard on the pitch, but they're one player down!! but liverpool were well up against it and they responded in the only way you would expect and, driven on by the kop, they slowly began to gain a foothold into the game. somehow it din really look like they were 1 man down. after phil neville headed alonso's 45th minute corner into his own net.. i know there's a high chance we'd win. i mean... liverpool has one of the meanest defense in the english league.

after half time, everyone just went crazy when garcia brilliantly put the ball past the stupid keeper and into the posts. hahaha.. everyone erupted. then cahill scored. oh well. when van der meyde came in for kilbane, my uncle was saying that he sucks (ok not exact words) n true enough, 5 minutes later, he was sent off for dangerous play. yee haw~ 10 vs 10 now. so much for waiting for liverpool to feel tired to be one man down. to top it off, kewel coolly scored a goal.. final whistle, 3-1 liverpool. weeee~~~ oh did i said that there was 10 yellow cards flashed?!?! my my the ref blowed and flashed a lot. inconsistent. and where do you draw the line between offside and not offside? crouch was offside but it was hyypia who scored the goal. and its disallowed. n yet shearer was not in play , thus the goal stands, the other day even though he's offside.


anyways, i really think its a beyond-words experience to be part of the kop la. need to experience it!! i'm craving it. hahaha
we've only got ten men we've only got ten men we've only got ten men.. goes the kop. hilarious!!
if i ever get to do my 3rd year in london.......................................
anyways, today i witnessed something i've never noticed before. apart from rafa's appreciation of the fans, which he almost always mentions during postmatch interviews, this time, he actually went to the pitch to congratulate his players!! typically he'd head in! he must be really happy. but i like the modesty in that man !!
alonso did really really really really really well taking responsibility for the one-man-down situation!!!
sissoko, after a near-blinding incident, he is no longer blind in coming into challenges. haha..better distribution now too. kudos for his really good performance today tooo.
garcia, is a menace!! to the blues that is. haha. wee~~
carragher posed as a solid pillar. along with hyypia, finnan and riise..consistent!!
kewell scored that goal oh so calmly. haha.. niice. was senselessly booked though.
reina, believe he could have and should have saved that goal. but i like him nonetheless. nice to see him run allllll the way to the front to celebrate garcia's goal.
crouchy, i dunno.. mixed feelings here. i still find him clumsy although he did rather ok in this match. haha.
gerrard, so much for the 08 kit. mere 18minutes dude. kicking the ball away is unbecoming of a captain. that challenge i'm ok though. but i guess that 'woke' the rest of them up. changed the tempo and style, weirdly for the better. guess even when he's off the pitch, he can change the tempo. hahaha.. n its a good rest period for him la huh.

weee~~~~~

12 mins : Booking: Tim Cahill:
17 mins : Booking: Steven Gerrard:
18 mins : Sending Off: Steven Gerrard: Sent off for two yellow cards in the space of a couple of minutes
22 mins : Booking: Xabi Alonso:
33 mins : Booking: Alan Stubbs:
33 mins : Booking: Harry Kewell:
45 mins : Own Goal! Phil Neville: Neville heads Alonso's corner into his own net to give us the lead
47 mins : GOAL! Luis Garcia: Crouch flicks the ball into Garcia's path and he makes no mistake with a chip over Wright
52 mins : Booking: Kevin Kilbane:
61 mins : GOAL! Tim Cahill: Cahill heads home from a left wing corner to bring the Blues back into the game
66 mins : Booking: David Weir:
67 mins : Substitution: Andy Van der Meyde for Kevin Kilbane:
73 mins : Sending Off: Andy Van der Meyde: Sent off for elbowing Alonso in the face
76 mins : Booking: Duncan Ferguson:
77 mins : Hyypia glances the ball into the net but the goal is ruled out for offside
84 mins : GOAL! Harry Kewell: Stunning strike from Kewell into the top corner from 25 yards
86 mins : Booking: Phil Neville:
90 mins : Booking: Tony Hibbert: