Liverpool v. Arsenal Postmatch
Fresh off of getting his broken nose reconstructed, Peter Crouch pulled off the first hat trick by a Liverpool player against the Gunners in 11 years. If you're curious, Robbie Fowler was the previous one to do such a deed against the Londoners. Crouch's first goal coming in the opening 5 minutes of the 1st half seemed to take any thunder the Gunners may have brought to Anfield. His second came 10 minutes before the end of the half and clearly sealed the deal.
Arsenal looked like a side that had zero fight in them and could have cared less about getting a result. Easily the worst I've witnessed them look this year, I think Arsene Wenger will now have to seriously ponder whether his team will be able to hold on to the 4th spot. Yes, they have a game in hand, and yes if they claim full points they would leap frog Liverpool right now for the 3rd spot. However, that is why they play the matches and at this point I am thoroughly unconvinced that with matches to play against Bolton and Chelsea, Arsenal will be picking up sufficient points to finish in the 3rd spot.
While the news that John Arne Riise has gone bankrupt was quite stunning, Crouch's third goal was wonderful. Good touch for a big man indeed, Crouch played the entire match and looked to be sending a message to the England National Team manager that he deserves to step into the starting line up when Euro qualification resumes. Given the current form of England's starting strikers, I don't see how anyone could argue Crouch shouldn't step in immediately to a starting role.
So excited was VoF after this victory we took the time to watch the Manchester United v. Blackburn match. That is until Blackburn collapsed and seeing 4 United goals in the final 30 minutes made us sick to our stomachs.
Attention was then turned to the Bayern Munich v. Schalke match. I still believe the Bundesliga is the most exciting league in Europe to watch right now - in terms of the title chase anyways. Bayern are so up and down this season. At one point I claimed they looked so resurgent I predicted them to win the title - about a month ago in fact. Then they stumbled and fell completely off the pace until today. Schalke could have gone a long way to sealing the title today, but 3 points to the reigning champions means the German title is as wide open as at any point in the season.
Arsenal looked like a side that had zero fight in them and could have cared less about getting a result. Easily the worst I've witnessed them look this year, I think Arsene Wenger will now have to seriously ponder whether his team will be able to hold on to the 4th spot. Yes, they have a game in hand, and yes if they claim full points they would leap frog Liverpool right now for the 3rd spot. However, that is why they play the matches and at this point I am thoroughly unconvinced that with matches to play against Bolton and Chelsea, Arsenal will be picking up sufficient points to finish in the 3rd spot.
While the news that John Arne Riise has gone bankrupt was quite stunning, Crouch's third goal was wonderful. Good touch for a big man indeed, Crouch played the entire match and looked to be sending a message to the England National Team manager that he deserves to step into the starting line up when Euro qualification resumes. Given the current form of England's starting strikers, I don't see how anyone could argue Crouch shouldn't step in immediately to a starting role.
So excited was VoF after this victory we took the time to watch the Manchester United v. Blackburn match. That is until Blackburn collapsed and seeing 4 United goals in the final 30 minutes made us sick to our stomachs.
Attention was then turned to the Bayern Munich v. Schalke match. I still believe the Bundesliga is the most exciting league in Europe to watch right now - in terms of the title chase anyways. Bayern are so up and down this season. At one point I claimed they looked so resurgent I predicted them to win the title - about a month ago in fact. Then they stumbled and fell completely off the pace until today. Schalke could have gone a long way to sealing the title today, but 3 points to the reigning champions means the German title is as wide open as at any point in the season.
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