Topic: UEFA Champions League 2008/2009

[Chris1987]

BjornBorg or Aalborg? LOL! just watched the goals and what a wonderful assist!! 
Arsenal demolishing twice CL champion Porto 4-0!!! 

You can only beat the team in front of you that day and we had to do that after drawing our first match, so although Aalborg are a small team we couldn't afford to take them lightly. Just look at Arsenal at home at the weekend against a pretty small and promoted team like Hull- football's a funny game 
But yeah Ronaldo put a nice assist in for Berbatov's 2nd, Giggs put a great throughball into Rooney's path for his goal, but Berbatov's first was gifted to him by the Aalborg player perfectly 

Very impressive win for Arsenal and just what they needed after the weekend. To beat Porto 4-0 is a very good win for sure.

[conchita]

BjornBorg or Aalborg? LOL! just watched the goals and what a wonderful assist!! 
Arsenal demolishing twice CL champion Porto 4-0!!! 

You can only beat the team in front of you that day and we had to do that after drawing our first match, so although Aalborg are a small team we couldn't afford to take them lightly. Just look at Arsenal at home at the weekend against a pretty small and promoted team like Hull- football's a funny game 
But yeah Ronaldo put a nice assist in for Berbatov's 2nd, Giggs put a great throughball into Rooney's path for his goal, but Berbatov's first was gifted to him by the Aalborg player perfectly 

Very impressive win for Arsenal and just what they needed after the weekend. To beat Porto 4-0 is a very good win for sure.

Ronney's goal was great, brilliant stuff!!
the mistake of aalborg in the first goal of Berbatov was that ind of stuff we see in the most funny goals/mistakes of the season. instant classic!! 
Arsenal was lucky, with 0-0, Porto hit the crossboar!! but quite a great display of attacking football.
I want to watch Manchester United at Villarreal, Senna scored another wonderful free kick yesterday!

[Chris1987]

Chelsea fans are quiet I see  I wonder if that has anything to do with a 0-0 result away at minnows Cluj  Liverpool won 3-1 at home to PSV last night as well to keep their 100% record in the group going.

[Murrayfan11]

A brilliant performance by Liverpool last night which was significant in 2 main ways.

1. Robbie Keane has opened his goalscoring account and hopefully will open the floodgates for many more,
2. Steven Gerrard scored his 100th Liverpool goal in a stunning fashion, a marvellous free-kick saw the goalkeeper unable to reach the ball, a fantastic strike, everyone has to admit.

[Lugburz]

Chelsea fans are quiet I see  I wonder if that has anything to do with a 0-0 result away at minnows Cluj  Liverpool won 3-1 at home to PSV last night as well to keep their 100% record in the group going.

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looks like Liverpool started well this season like they hadn't last years ... And Chris don't be worry about us  as always we wan't have any problems getting the phase 2

[Chris1987]

Chelsea fans are quiet I see  I wonder if that has anything to do with a 0-0 result away at minnows Cluj  Liverpool won 3-1 at home to PSV last night as well to keep their 100% record in the group going.

 ...
looks like Liverpool started well this season like they hadn't last years ... And Chris don't be worry about us  as always we wan't have any problems getting the phase 2

I spend enough time worrying about my team and my players to worry about Chelsea  You will for sure comfortably get to the 2nd round of the competition. Liverpool usually start well but then drop off and fade and I expect to see that happening once again this year- in the Premiership in particular.

[Murrayfan11]

Chelsea fans are quiet I see  I wonder if that has anything to do with a 0-0 result away at minnows Cluj  Liverpool won 3-1 at home to PSV last night as well to keep their 100% record in the group going.

 ...
looks like Liverpool started well this season like they hadn't last years ... And Chris don't be worry about us  as always we wan't have any problems getting the phase 2

I spend enough time worrying about my team and my players to worry about Chelsea  You will for sure comfortably get to the 2nd round of the competition. Liverpool usually start well but then drop off and fade and I expect to see that happening once again this year- in the Premiership in particular.

You wish Chris, we'll just keep beating any decent team and only managing a draw against the not-so-good teams and that'll see us finish top 2 at least!

[Chris1987]

Chelsea fans are quiet I see  I wonder if that has anything to do with a 0-0 result away at minnows Cluj  Liverpool won 3-1 at home to PSV last night as well to keep their 100% record in the group going.

 ...
looks like Liverpool started well this season like they hadn't last years ... And Chris don't be worry about us  as always we wan't have any problems getting the phase 2

I spend enough time worrying about my team and my players to worry about Chelsea  You will for sure comfortably get to the 2nd round of the competition. Liverpool usually start well but then drop off and fade and I expect to see that happening once again this year- in the Premiership in particular.

You wish Chris, we'll just keep beating any decent team and only managing a draw against the not-so-good teams and that'll see us finish top 2 at least!

Nah I don't need to wish since it happens every year and your result with Stoke after beating us told me that this year is not going to be any different. I see you getting 3rd place this year ahead of Arsenal.

[Lugburz]

Chelsea fans are quiet I see  I wonder if that has anything to do with a 0-0 result away at minnows Cluj  Liverpool won 3-1 at home to PSV last night as well to keep their 100% record in the group going.

 ...
looks like Liverpool started well this season like they hadn't last years ... And Chris don't be worry about us  as always we wan't have any problems getting the phase 2

I spend enough time worrying about my team and my players to worry about Chelsea  You will for sure comfortably get to the 2nd round of the competition. Liverpool usually start well but then drop off and fade and I expect to see that happening once again this year- in the Premiership in particular.

You wish Chris, we'll just keep beating any decent team and only managing a draw against the not-so-good teams and that'll see us finish top 2 at least!

Nah I don't need to wish since it happens every year and your result with Stoke after beating us told me that this year is not going to be any different. I see you getting 3rd place this year ahead of Arsenal.

Well said !  And even that is too much for them   

[Chris1987]

Chelsea fans are quiet I see  I wonder if that has anything to do with a 0-0 result away at minnows Cluj  Liverpool won 3-1 at home to PSV last night as well to keep their 100% record in the group going.

 ...
looks like Liverpool started well this season like they hadn't last years ... And Chris don't be worry about us  as always we wan't have any problems getting the phase 2

I spend enough time worrying about my team and my players to worry about Chelsea  You will for sure comfortably get to the 2nd round of the competition. Liverpool usually start well but then drop off and fade and I expect to see that happening once again this year- in the Premiership in particular.

You wish Chris, we'll just keep beating any decent team and only managing a draw against the not-so-good teams and that'll see us finish top 2 at least!

Nah I don't need to wish since it happens every year and your result with Stoke after beating us told me that this year is not going to be any different. I see you getting 3rd place this year ahead of Arsenal.

Well said !  And even that is too much for them   

  I can't tell you how much I want you to be right with that one 

[Lugburz]

Chelsea fans are quiet I see  I wonder if that has anything to do with a 0-0 result away at minnows Cluj  Liverpool won 3-1 at home to PSV last night as well to keep their 100% record in the group going.

 ...
looks like Liverpool started well this season like they hadn't last years ... And Chris don't be worry about us  as always we wan't have any problems getting the phase 2

I spend enough time worrying about my team and my players to worry about Chelsea  You will for sure comfortably get to the 2nd round of the competition. Liverpool usually start well but then drop off and fade and I expect to see that happening once again this year- in the Premiership in particular.

You wish Chris, we'll just keep beating any decent team and only managing a draw against the not-so-good teams and that'll see us finish top 2 at least!

Nah I don't need to wish since it happens every year and your result with Stoke after beating us told me that this year is not going to be any different. I see you getting 3rd place this year ahead of Arsenal.

Well said !  And even that is too much for them   

  I can't tell you how much I want you to be right with that one 

Sit down and just relax  everything shall be as expected 

[conchita]

Champions League - European Power Rankings

There is no change at the top of the Power Rankings this week as Liverpool continue to set the early season pace across Europe.

We take into account both domestic and Champions League performances, plus the relative difficulty of each team's league, to find out who is the best team in Europe.

With no European fixtures since the last update, the Reds retain their top spot thanks to a Fernando Torres brace and Dirk Kuyt's last gasp winner against Manchester City, while Chelsea's destruction of Aston Villa sees them jump a place to sixth.

Manchester United finally seem to be hitting some kind of form, and the European champions' latest win - a 2-0 victory against Blackburn - sees them edge up into 10th, just behind Arsenal, who only managed a draw against Sunderland and drop a place.

A posse of Spanish clubs are still hanging on to Liverpool's coattails, with Barcelona moving up to joint second alongside Real Madrid and Villarreal grabbing fourth ahead of Atletico Madrid.

But it was a bad weekend for Juventus and Roma; both clubs lost in Serie A, although the capital club managed to hold on to 18th position.

And finally, Bundesliga side Werder Bremen's 4-1 defeat to Stuttgart sees them drop out of the top 20 with Shakhtar Donetsk taking their place in our exclusive club thanks to a 3-0 away win.

1. (1) Liverpool - 27.14

2=. (2=) Real Madrid - 25.83

2=. (4) Barcelona - 25.83

4. (5) Villarreal - 23.33

5. (2=) Atletico Madrid - 22.50

6. (7) Chelsea - 22.14

7. (6) Anorthosis Famagusta - 22.00

8. (8=) Internazionale - 20.83

9. (8=) Arsenal - 19.29

10. (11) Manchester United - 19.17

11. (10) Juventus - 17.50

12. (16) Porto - 17.40

13. (15) CFR Cluj - 16.40

14. (14) Bayern Munich - 15.79

15. (13) Lyon - 15.69

16. (12) Sporting Lisbon - 15.60

17. (17) Dynamo Kiev - 15.00

18=. (18) Roma - 13.33

18=. (20) Fiorentina - 13.33

20. (-) Shakhtar Donetsk - 12.30

-eurosport.com-

[Murrayfan11]

Woop!!! Go Liverpool!

[Chris1987]

Another big night tonight!! We're at Old Trafford in the Battle of Britain vs Celtic  3 points needed here and qualification will be getting ever so close still with 3 games to play

[Chris1987]

3-0 for United vs Celtic Very good performance again tonight from us, completely dominating Celtic from start to finish. Rooney got one for his 9th in his last 7 games, and Berbatov scored 2. Both of those were just about offside but Rooney had 1 disallowed that was clearly onside. A Uinted win in 2 weeks guarantees progression to the next round, and then it will just be about claiming top spot over Villarreal.

[Chris1987]

Celtic manager Gorden Strachan in his interview describes Manchester United as:
"The Best Club side in the World"

[Babblelot]

Hey, my 2 teams are 1,2 (Arsenal, Villarreal) atop their group. 

[sid]

Chelsea have the break & gone one up with J/T getting the goal.

[Somil]

Roma 3-1 Chelsea
Liverpool 1-1 Atletico Madrid

Nice dive from Gerrard in the last minute there, great work on his part. Also not hypocritical of him at all to condemn others for diving last year 

[Chris1987]

Couldn't agree with you anymore Somil- what a fantastic way to cheat your way to a point and this aafter criticising others- supposed thats the 2 faced Gerrard for you  He makes me sooo mad that man
Another last gasp Liverpool goal 

Chelsea taken to pieces by Roma then! Didn't see such a one sided victory being played out in this one- I thought Chelsea would give Roma a real game but seems the Italians were just too strong on the night for Chelsea. Just think Sid we went out there just 5 months ago and dominated them and beat them confortably 2-0 in the Olympic Stadium