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Liverpool`s Red Faces

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Posted by: forwardone

Ooooops!! Liverpool, went to play against a side in a lower division and lost 1-0 in the F.A. Cup to Burnley. Now Liverpool have been knocked out of the competition.

After the third-round tie was initially postponed due to bad weather, Burnley were keen to take the game to their more illustrious opponents and deserved their 1-0 win, which came thanks to an embarrassing Djimi Traore own goal.

Benitez fielded a number of youngsters with only a handful of first-team regulars included in the starting line-up.

But the Spaniard believes the number of games his side are forced to play justifies his team selection.

Asked whether his selection of youngsters was the problem, Benitez said: “They tried. The problem is when you play four competitions you need to use your squad. If you can’t play four competitions you need to focus on the next one.

“I don’t think it was a mistake. I am happy with the players, they tried. We worked hard, the squad in the Carling Cup was the same idea and we win but not today. We now have three competitions. All of us are disappointed with the result but that is football.”

Traore’s own goal will prove to be one of the most memorable of modern times, as the defender pirouetted and back-heeled the ball into his own net.

Geoff


Posted by: jaukki

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Originally Posted by forwardone
Traore’s own goal will prove to be one of the most memorable of modern times, as the defender pirouetted and back-heeled the ball into his own net.

Please let us know if you find a video clip of it somewhere in the net.


Posted by: forwardone

I suspect that in years to come this will feature in the `What happened next?` segment on the BBC sports quiz, Question of Sport.

Geoff


Posted by: khoong25

hahhaha.. I was thinking what if someone used a screen shot of that incident and put it up as "SPOT THE BALL" contest, as they often do in Reader's Digest!!

No one would be able to guess ....*snicker...


Posted by: forwardone

Poor guy! I`ve already seen sevral replays of that blunder, (and really enjoyed it too). It`ll take a long time for him to live that one down.

Geoff



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