Anfield Road

QUEENS PARK RANGERS are the guests at Anfield today and will feel they have a chance of taking points off Liverpool on their home patch. They’ll be well aware that The Reds’ record against newly-promoted sides hasn’t been the best in recent times and will also have noted how many sides have at least left Anfield with a point this season.

Their own record also suggests confidence wouldn’t be too misplaced – they’ve already beaten Chelsea this season and arrive on Merseyside having won more games away than at home, including a win across the park at Goodison.
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AFTER defeat at Fulham on Monday Liverpool welcome Queens Park Rangers back to Anfield on Saturday. The Redmen TV look ahead to that clash in this week’s instalment of their hugely popular and unique preview show.

This week they’re joined by “Neil Warnock”, courtesy of Soccer AM star Darren Farley, and if you look closely you’ll find out why Neil Warnock is often called Colin. All the usual stuff is included, including bets, stats and expected line ups – with a bonus this week courtesy of a philosophy lesson from “Joey Barton”.

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TEMPTATION didn’t get the better of Kenny Dalglish as he has kept Maxi Rodriguez on the bench for tonight’s trip to Fulham. The Liverpool manager has still picked what is very much a positive line-up, with Andy Carroll, Craig Bellamy and Luis Suarez in from the off.

Charlie Adam is joined by Jay Spearing, who comes in for Lucas Leiva, with Jordan Henderson also starting in a line-up that could play 4-4-2, 4-3-3 or a combination of both as the game unfolds.

Jamie Carragher drops back to the bench with Skrtel and Agger resuming their central-defensive duties. Martin Kelly, who scored against Chelsea last week, makes way for Glen Johnson, who scored against Chelsea the week before.

Kick-off is at 8pm GMT
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THE REDS travel to West London for tonight’s Premier League tie with Fulham and will be looking for a win to move them up from 7th place in the table.

Two former Reds could make appearances for Fulham this evening – their captain Danny Murphy and recent signing John Arne Riise. Current Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam spoke to Liverpool’s official website about playing against Murphy and suggests he may be a tough opponent tonight: “People still rate Danny quite highly at this club and that’s because he is a top player. Danny is a very, very good player and the two games I played against him for Blackpool last season were probably the two most difficult games I had.” He doesn’t seem to have been asked about John Arne Riise.

If Liverpool win tonight that will be seven away wins in a row in all competitions and would equal the club record. It would also be their fourth consecutive away win the league, something they last did in May 2009. The Reds also go into the game with a run of 11 games unbeaten, the last defeat being away to Spurs in September.
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LIVERPOOL will  begin their 2012 FA Cup campaign with a home match against either Southend United and Oldham Athletic.

League Two Southend drew 1-1 at home to Oldham Athletic yesterday, matching their club-record 17 match unbeaten run, and now face  a trip to League One Oldham’s Boundary Park for the 2nd round replay. 
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IT’S that time of year again: the Christmas tree is up or at least threatening to be, the snow is falling or at least threatening to, and the streets are packed with frantic shoppers threatening to do things to the next person to get in their way as they search frantically for the ideal pressie for their loved ones, never quite sure if the loved one in question already has that particular one anyway. And then there’s the car parks, determined to prolong the ordeal for an extra hour before they finally let their victims escape, vowing never again…

Someone for the left wing. John Barnes.

Maybe it isn’t that bad. It is, but maybe it’s worth it. But what if all that effort still results in a present that is nothing more than a compromise, a crushed box of something they didn’t really want, and would have rather bought at half price in the sales a couple of weeks later?
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THERE’S a distinct flavour of West London in the latest episodes from The Redmen TV. Having beaten Chelsea (again) to knock them out of the Carling Cup, Kenny and his boys have come back home for a bit to prepare for another journey down there, this time to the Michael Jackson stadium round the corner for a league match against Fulham on Monday night.

As always with the videos from The Redmen TV discretion is advised. Even after a win there might be one or two choice words, the kind of words you’ll probably use yourself when you talk about it to that annoying Manc who seems more interested in Liverpool games than any of his own team’s games. Not that he’ll be talking about the Carling Cup games too much of course.
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THE dates for the semi-finals of the Carling Cup have been announced and Liverpool will play both legs of their tie with Manchester City on Wednesday nights, both with 7:45pm kick-offs.

The first leg, in Manchester, is on January 11th and will be shown live on BBC1. The second leg is a fortnight later on January 25th and will be shown live on Sky Sports.

The scheduling means Liverpool will have a clear gap either side of both fixtures and less worries about the consequences of fielding a strong side. The 48-hour gap they were given ahead of their quarter-final game with Chelsea caused anger at Anfield and although Liverpool ran out 2-0 winners they lost Lucas before the end of the game with an injury that has ruled him out for the rest of the season.
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LUCAS LEIVA won’t be playing again this season for Liverpool after the club announced he had sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury would now need an operation.

When the Brazilian midfielder was stretchered off 20 minutes from the end of the Carling Cup quarter-final against Chelsea it was feared afterwards that his lay-off would be lengthy. The player underwent a scan and that confirmed the nature of the injury and the need for surgery.

The club’s statement said:

Liverpool FC said today a scan had confirmed an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament in Lucas Leiva’s left knee.

The Brazil international will undergo surgery and unfortunately be ruled out for the remainder of the current campaign.

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