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[redrover]

so real playing brilliantly in the spanish league at the mometn and we are playing average yet come up with the win - in europe there is no better manager than rafa get in there

the most predictable quote of the night

[Effes]

Highlights on iraqgoals now

[lakes10]

we was always going to win that game, Rafa is he best CL manager there is.

Shame he can not do the same in the Prem.

Shocked to see how bad Real was, heard some good things about them in the build up to this game.

Wonder if Rafa will be their manager for the 2nd leg, now that would be a strange thing.

Dont tell me you actually think that whole rumor is true Lakes mate? 

you know what, the thing is so crazy i am not sure anymore.

JC just said there nothing in it.

[Number 9]

I like our team which the managr has picked, it is exactly, man for man, the same as the one I would have gone for. I like the fact that Gerrard isn't playing, he's our best player and we are going to need him hopefully later on. I also like the fact that other than him we've picked our other 10 best players, plus Benayoun. Benayoun deserves to play here, he has been just about our most incisive player over these last few weeks. I've doubted him many times in the past, but credit where it's due he's absolutely playing out of his skin and deserves to start.

Good team though from the manager I think. If we do lose, I don't think it's because of that. I don't think we will though, I think we'll getn home 1-0 (Gerrard, as sub)

Do I get a prize? 

Fecking Rafa  If he'd brought Stevie on earlier I'd have got the scorer as well.

Yeah its the BigMick show after all!
May I remind you that its actually not..its about LFC on here!Ya know that team with the shi'te manager!
So what next.? Hark? Real were poor,so were they poor or did we stop them playing from mf?
Did Rafa get it right or was we lucky?

[GYBS]

First Goa lfor Liverpool by Benayoun 82
Click Here for Video

Is that a joke, cant see anything but arabic

Erm if you let the page load up the video is right in the middle of it

its not the yossi goal thou

[RUSHIE#9]

Benayoun has been playing very well in the last few weeks and has been one of our more creative players and is clearly benefiting from a good run in the side. He played very well tonight and carved Real open a number of times.

[bigmick]

so real playing brilliantly in the spanish league at the mometn and we are playing average yet come up with the win - in europe there is no better manager than rafa get in there

He's certainly on his Home ground in these chess match Champions League encounters. I was thinking while I was watching it that if the Premiership was played in a similar fashion, we'd win the league I reckon.

The other thing it highlighted for me, yet again, was that there is a bit of a gulf between the top Englaish teams and the top teams from other countries. I watched all of Inter Milans' game yesterday, they are p!ssing the Italian League and wouldn't get into the top four in England. I don't think this Real Madrid team would either to be honest.

Is it the last two seasons there's been three out of four of the semi finalists which have been big four English clubs? I strongly suspect that will be the case again from what I've seen so far.

Just as a footnote, I thought Fabio Aurelio was absolutely fantastic in that game, almost faultless. It was as good a display at left back against a very good right wing/right full back combo as you are ever likely to see. MOM for me by an absolute mile.

[GYBS]

so real playing brilliantly in the spanish league at the mometn and we are playing average yet come up with the win - in europe there is no better manager than rafa get in there

the most predictable quote of the night

is it ? oh well - shame is true thou - who is better manager in the cl than rafa ?

[Effes]

we was always going to win that game, Rafa is he best CL manager there is.

Shame he can not do the same in the Prem.

Shocked to see how bad Real was, heard some good things about them in the build up to this game.

Wonder if Rafa will be their manager for the 2nd leg, now that would be a strange thing.

Dont tell me you actually think that whole rumor is true Lakes mate? 

you know what, the thing is so crazy i am not sure anymore.

JC just said there nothing in it.

I just heard that too - on Radio5Live (honest!)

[Sabre]

I like our team which the managr has picked, it is exactly, man for man, the same as the one I would have gone for. I like the fact that Gerrard isn't playing, he's our best player and we are going to need him hopefully later on. I also like the fact that other than him we've picked our other 10 best players, plus Benayoun. Benayoun deserves to play here, he has been just about our most incisive player over these last few weeks. I've doubted him many times in the past, but credit where it's due he's absolutely playing out of his skin and deserves to start.

Good team though from the manager I think. If we do lose, I don't think it's because of that. I don't think we will though, I think we'll getn home 1-0 (Gerrard, as sub)

Do I get a prize? 

Considering that you only have seen snippets of Spanish football and you have probably watched 0.4 complete games of them this season and you know very little of them, I must admit that was a pretty good prediction so yes, you get a prize.

Very very happy with the game, very very worried with Torres ankle, he obviously played most of the game with pain and that could be noticed. Hopefully he'll be ready for the next league game.

Chuffed with Benayoun once again, proud of Carraguer who made a very professional game (an unexperienced defender would have done a penalty to Heinze but he didn't fall in that or any other trap). Good game of our midfield in a very continental game which was played in almost 30-35 m with little spaces, a great confidence builder. I'd like to know how many times an english team has won in Barcelona and in Madrid, but I think I can count those occasions with the fingers of one hand

Great night

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we was always going to win that game, Rafa is he best CL manager there is.

Shame he can not do the same in the Prem.

Shocked to see how bad Real was, heard some good things about them in the build up to this game.

Wonder if Rafa will be their manager for the 2nd leg, now that would be a strange thing.

Dont tell me you actually think that whole rumor is true Lakes mate? 

you know what, the thing is so crazy i am not sure anymore.

JC just said there nothing in it.

I just heard that too - on Radio5Live (honest!)

[GYBS]

so real playing brilliantly in the spanish league at the mometn and we are playing average yet come up with the win - in europe there is no better manager than rafa get in there

He's certainly on his Home ground in these chess match Champions League encounters. I was thinking while I was watching it that if the Premiership was played in a similar fashion, we'd win the league I reckon.

The other thing it highlighted for me, yet again, was that there is a bit of a gulf between the top Englaish teams and the top teams from other countries. I watched all of Inter Milans' game yesterday, they are p!ssing the Italian League and wouldn't get into the top four in England. I don't think this Real Madrid team would either to be honest.

Is it the last two seasons there's been three out of four of the semi finalists which have been big four English clubs? I strongly suspect that will be the case again from what I've seen so far.

Just as a footnote, I thought Fabio Aurelio was absolutely fantastic in that game, almost faultless. It was as good a display at left back against a very good right wing/right full back combo as you are ever likely to see. MOM for me by an absolute mile.

inter not in the top 4 ? surely not mate they got maureen as manager 

Aurelio was very good indeed - let robben go a few times but most of the time just let robben drible up his own then just took the ball away from him .

[tubby]

we was always going to win that game, Rafa is he best CL manager there is.

Shame he can not do the same in the Prem.

Shocked to see how bad Real was, heard some good things about them in the build up to this game.

Wonder if Rafa will be their manager for the 2nd leg, now that would be a strange thing.

Dont tell me you actually think that whole rumor is true Lakes mate? 

you know what, the thing is so crazy i am not sure anymore.

JC just said there nothing in it.

I just heard that too - on Radio5Live (honest!)

Thats great news!!! Fecking media trying to put a spin on everything when it comes to us.

[agoodmentality]

we was always going to win that game, Rafa is he best CL manager there is.

Shame he can not do the same in the Prem.

Shocked to see how bad Real was, heard some good things about them in the build up to this game.

Wonder if Rafa will be their manager for the 2nd leg, now that would be a strange thing.

Dont tell me you actually think that whole rumor is true Lakes mate? 

you know what, the thing is so crazy i am not sure anymore.

JC just said there nothing in it.

carra's interview did'nt convince me ,

(i'm a body language expert)

[Dundalk]

Ronnie Whelan is on Irish TV giving about Rafa and his system, saying we are boring and we just about grinded out a result tonight

WTF is wrong with people??