Mascherano

[smithdown]

If he keeps on celebrating like that his piles will pop out. Great to see him go like that after the fourth goal, the very idea of rounding off a 5-0 aggregate win against Real Madrid - imagine how that would look on South American telly.

[Stevie H]

can't imagine he's had too many assists in his career has he? loony little dynamo that he is.

 

hard to believe that lad gago cost the same amount that mascherano did and that diarra cost more.

[Bootle Buck]

He's a loon on the pitch then as laid back as feck when interviewed after the game.

[carrafan]

If he keeps on celebrating like that his piles will pop out.

 

 

 

Didnt have a great start to the season but he's really really important in european games. I hope his suspension doesnt come to bite us in the a*** although Lucas in a European game isnt the foregone conclusion, although i'd hate to play an English team.

Edited March 11, 2009 by carrafan

[LondonRed]

If he keeps on celebrating like that his piles will pop out. Great to see him go like that after the fourth goal, the very idea of rounding off a 5-0 aggregate win against Real Madrid - imagine how that would look on South American telly.

 

(in spanish - sort of) Mascherano, mascherano cross-a dossena...GOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOAL GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Edited March 11, 2009 by LondonRed

[Ben 23]

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

 

superb

[CaptainXabi]

He might actually explode if he does something like score a winner at Old Trafford.

[Case]

I think we'll ALL explode if Mascher scores the winner at Old Trafford.

 

<mocker>

 

<hopefully>

[Guest PaulMcC]

 

That's brilliant.

 

He went mental when we beat Portsmouth too.

[R A Softlad]

(in spanish - sort of) Mascherano, mascherano cross-a dossena...GOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOALGOAL GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

 

More like:

 

"Babel, Mascherano cross a Dossena... ¿qué la cogida?"

[Rory Fitzgerald]

[Chili Palmer]

 

Didnt have a great start to the season but he's really really important in european games. I hope his suspension doesnt come to bite us in the a*** although Lucas in a European game isnt the foregone conclusion, although i'd hate to play an English team.

 

 

I think he is coming into great form now, as is Torres, Gerrard, Aurelio, Yossi, Kuyt, Arbeloa,Alonso has been in great form all season, even Babel looked sharper on Tuesday night. should be an interesting few months.

 

And I have faith in Lucas.

[Stevie H]

Real rout will spur us on against Manchester United, says Mascherano

 

• Confidence high at Anfield after demolition of Real Madrid

• 'Most important things is to win at Old Trafford,' says midfielder

 

* Digg it

 

* Andy Hunter

* The Guardian, Thursday 12 March 2009

* Article history

 

Javier Mascherano has illustrated the belief coursing through Liverpool by saying they will claim another prized scalp at Old Trafford on Saturday if they reproduce the form that devastated Real Madrid in the Champions League.

 

Confidence is plentiful at Liverpool following Tuesday's rout of Real and the complete team performance that secured a fourth appearance in the Champions League quarter-finals in five seasons under Rafael Benítez. While Manchester United remain in the ascendancy in the Premier League, seven points clear of their nearest rivals with a game in hand, Liverpool approach the all-or-nothing fixture revitalised by their latest European escapade.

 

Benítez greeted the 5–0 aggregate win over his boyhood club by claiming Liverpool could re-enter the title race against United, having in effect ruled his team out of it despite beating Sunderland a week earlier. His players share that optimism, with Mascherano sufficiently imbued to warn the champions of the threat they face this weekend.

 

"If Liverpool play like we did against Real Madrid it will be difficult for any team to beat us," said the Argentina captain, who was sent off in the corresponding fixture last season. "We were on top of them, we pressed them all the time and we didn't let them play. It was a fantastic performance. [Fernando] Torres was unbelievable. Now we have to go to Old Trafford and we'll see what happens. We want to win there and then we will see [about the title]. The most important thing is for us to win and give the supporters a happy day."

 

Amid Liverpool's euphoria was regret that such dominance has arrived rarely at Anfield this season and that an improved league campaign has stalled against such teams as Fulham and Hull City at home.

 

"There is a new belief that we can beat United now," Ryan Babel said. "Winning any game is possible and it gives us a buzz to go to Old Trafford after this win." Of winning the title, however, he did add: "A season is long and that is why you always get a lot of mistakes in a season. We have made a lot of mistakes and we've almost given the title away."

 

The contrast in Babel's performances against Middlesbrough and Real Madrid is indicative of Liverpool's varying impact on the Premier League and Champions League in recent months, although a more fundamental change was the adventure on show on Tuesday. It gave the Liverpool manager immense satisfaction to humble Real in a manner that Marca, the Spanish newspaper with close ties to his former club, claimed a Benítez team would be incapable of. The display, based on an irrepressible start reminiscent of Champions League wins over Juventus and Chelsea at Anfield, raised the question of why Benítez does not employ those tactics more often?

 

"It depends on the situation of the game," said Fabio Aurelio, who was outstanding in both legs. "We know we are not a defensive team. We are stronger up front as well. We have [steven] Gerrard, Torres and the wingers as well. We scored four goals against a big team in Real Madrid and that proves we are not a defensive club.

 

"I think the win meant a lot to Rafa. He came from Madrid, so it is good for him to show he has grown a lot as a manager in his career but it was good for everyone to get this result against a team like Madrid. It's a great result especially after what they were saying before the two games. Everyone was saying we played very deep in the first leg but we knew we made them suffer and, with having the second leg at home, we knew there would be a chance to show our tactics were perfect. I think it could have been our best performance of the season."