Liverpool‘s success in ending their six year’s trophy drought obviously carried lots of stories including their key of winning it which Dirk Kuyt’s revealed as their strong believe.
Kuyt said that during the difficult moment in the penalty shoot out, Kuyt went on to remain his teammates, including captain Steven Gerrard, who was among one of the players failing to score in the shoot out.
Liverpool ended their six years title drought after successfully lifting the Carling Cup on Sunday after dramatically beating Cardiff City in an intense penalty shoot out.
This success is being cherished by the Reds’ manager, Kenny Dalglish, who aside from believing that his team truly deserved the title is also stating his hunger to give more silverwares for Merseyside based outfit.
Liverpool lifted the League Cup for the eighth time in their history after overcoming championship side Cardiff City following extra time and penalties in a dramatic final at Wembley.
Liverpool began well and were unfortunate not to take the lead in the second minute when Glen Johnson cut in from the right and sent a curling shot against the far post from 20 yards out. Kenny Dalglish’s side continued to dominate without being incisive, but it was Cardiff who took the lead with a well-worked move against the run of play. Kenny Miller slid a pass into the area for Mason to rifle low past Pepe Reina.
Manchester City have officially went out from another competition, this time it’s the Carling Cup after Roberto Mancini’s side only managed to get a 2-2 draw against Liverpool in the competition’s second leg, while getting beaten 1-0 in the first meeting.
Mancini himself was very disappointed at that failure but once again he put the blame on refereeing decision instead of his team’s own performance, which the manager though already pleasing enough.
Having already confirmed to miss out the whole season due to a serious knee injury, Lucas Leiva decided to return back in England for his rehabilitation process, leaving Brazil where he previously received treatment.
Lucas revealed that his recovery process is right on schedule and getting back to Liverpool would be much better for him since he can stay close with his teammates and also fans, who have been very supportive during his tough times.
Shortly after facing a home defeat against their city rival Manchester United in the FA Cup, another disappointing episode arrived for Manchester City as they suffered a similar outcome in the Carling Cup against Liverpool on Wednesday.
This second defeat in a row obviously stunned the Eastlands, but coach Roberto Mancini remains positive with his team’s strength as he even believed that his team can reverse the result in the second leg.
There will be no dream Carling Cup semi-final match-up for Manchester United fans with Man City or Liverpool as United were unceremoniously bounced from the cup tonight by Crystal Palace 2-1 at Old Trafford after extra time. This was not a case of United battering Palace for 120 minutes and them escaping. Palace played well and deserved to win!
If you have been watching United play for the last month or so, tonight’s result is not that surprising. United have been struggling to score goals and create chances, but have managed to win games 1-0 to keep in touch of league leaders City. But at some point it had to catch up with United and tonight it did.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club turns more into a laughingstock with every passing day. The latest news is that embattled Rovers manager Steve Kean admits that Blackburn basically “forfeited” last night’s Carling Cup quarter-final against Cardiff in order to rest players for the upcoming run of league games.
“We are in a position where we have forfeited going through in this competition and having the chance to reach a cup final,” said Kean. “We now have games against sides who are within touching distance of us in the league and we need to treat those games as cup finals.”
Just when the pressure seems cooling down for Andre Villas-Boas at Chelsea, things heated up again after the Blues were knocked out from the Carling Cup after getting beaten by Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.
Meanwhile, Manchester City also goes through from the Cup’s quarter final after edging passed home team Arsenal with a single goal crafted by one of their talismanic summer signing, Sergio Aguero.
Liverpool‘s success in holding Manchester City in the weekend apparently gives a renewed confidence boost for the club’s striker, Dirk Kuyt, who believes that they can really do well this season.
According to the Dutchman, the result again City pretty much confirmed the Reds ability in going toe to toe with the big boys as so far Kenny Dalglish’s side have been picking up positive results against Premiel League top teams.
