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Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Monday, February 04, 2019
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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Evening, boys! Manuel Pellegrini has already denied Liverpool a first title since 1990, of course. He was the Manchester City manager who pipped Brendan, Luis, Stevie et al to the Premier League back in 2014. And if he does a number on them as West Ham United boss tonight, he’ll throw a spanner in the works of their latest championship challenge.
West Ham United: Fabianski, Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Snodgrass, Noble, Rice, Felipe Anderson, Antonio, Hernandez.
Subs: Zabaleta, Carroll, Adrian, Obiang, Masuaku, Lucas Perez, Diangana.
Liverpool: Alisson, Milner, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Keita, Mane, Firmino, Lallana, Salah.
Subs: Sturridge, Moreno, Mignolet, Shaqiri, Origi, Jones, Camacho.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire).
Both managers make three changes from midweek. West Ham were hoping that Marko Arnautovic would recover from the foot injury he picked up in the 3-0 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers, but he’s not made it. His place up front is taken by Javier Hernandez. Meanwhile Pablo Zabaleta and Arthur Masuaku drop to the bench, making way for Ryan Fredericks and Aaron Cresswell.
Liverpool are forced into a rejig in the wake of the 1-1 draw with Leicester City. Jordan Henderson has a muscle problem, while Georginio Wijnaldum has a sore knee. James Milner fills in at left-back, while Fabinho returns to the midfield. Meanwhile Xherdan Shaqiri makes way for Adam Lallana.
The teams are out! Thousands of pretty bubbles float into the night air as West Ham United and Liverpool take to the pitch at the London Stadium.
West Ham come so close to an early goal! Cresswell drives down the left. He cuts inside and finds Felipe Anderson, who feeds Noble, who slides a fine pass down the inside-left channel. Hernandez is able to turn van Dijk and curl low and hard towards the bottom right. The ball flashes inches wide of the post. Not sure Allison was getting to that, had it been on target.
Decent chance there for Bobby Firmino. Sent his shot dribbling at Flappy.
And once again, West Ham are inches away from pearling one into the bottom right of Liverpool’s net! This time it’s Cresswell, who sends a low diagonal screamer just wide after cutting in from the left, the finishing touch to a good move involving Antonio down the other wing. The home fans thought that one was in, and no wonder, it was so, so close!
Cracking match so far and the crowd is loving it. Electric atmosphere in the London Stadium tonight.
Liverpool are looking very nervous; West Ham can sense their shakiness.
GOAL! Against the run of play, that man Mane has scored what seems like a priceless goal in the course of the title race!
There’s only one problem, though ... Milner was a good yard offside when Lallana found him with his twinkle toes. Liverpool get a huge break there.
Liverpool haven’t lost after scoring first since April 2017, bogey team Crystal Palace doing for them that time. West Ham have troubled Liverpool already, though; can they put an end to that record?
The Reds have the momentum now. Salah romps down the right and slips the ball inside for Mane, who rolls it on to Keita. Liverpool’s summer signing has been short on confidence, but here it seems to flood back with immediate effect, flicking an outrageous first-time backheel down the left to release Robertson. But Robertson’s low cross is blocked out for a corner, which leads to nothing.
Just a reminder that Liverpool are now five points up on Citeh in second. They're still four goals shy of Citeh's incredible +46 GD.
GOAL! Antonio equalizes with a brilliant free kick.
HALF TIME: West Ham United 1-1 Liverpool
And that’s that for the first half. Title-chasing Liverpool will be pleased to hear the whistle, as they were beginning to seriously rock at the back. West Ham look much the happier as the players trudge off. Jurgen Klopp races down the tunnel, preparing to tell his defenders a few home truths.
I'm off to do a few errands before I head home. I'll try to check in a bit.
An hour in and it’s still 1-1. Liverpool are looking jittery. They will need something extraordinary to pull this out.
Down to the last waning minutes now. It's going to take something very special now. Remember that winning goal in the Derby? On that order.
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