You write the script for the Final

[Rory Fitzgerald]

How will the final turn out

 

2001 Carling Cup Final

It was supposed to be a ?fait accompli? ? division 1 opponents against a hungry Premiership side looking for its first piece of silverware in 6 years.

 

However, a last minute penalty conceded ? a strong (but most definitely not) penalty shout in extra time and tense penalty shoot out that went to sudden death meant that this was anything but easy.

 

2001 FA Cup Final

Only a couple of points separated Arsenal and Liverpool in the league when this game was played. Both teams were priced the same in the bookies. Heskey got the nod to start with Owen battling Fowler to start along side him.

 

Despite the odds being the same in the bookies before the game, a huge gulf grew between the teams. One attacked, the other defended with 2 goalkeepers (thanks to Henchoz and a mildly blind Steve Dunn). With Arsenal 1-0 up and having been denied by a hand-ball, post, goal line clearances, Liverpool never looked like getting back into. Thankfully Owen got the nod ahead of Fowler to start with and finished with devastating accuracy on both goals, the winner 2 mins from time. What a day !

 

2001 UEFA Cup Final

?If Liverpool are going to play with 9 men behind the ball and counter attack then we will be ready, we?ll put 10 men behind the ball and keep it scoreless? ? Jordi Cryuff. It was billed as possibly one of the most boring finals ever. Liverpool branded as being Anti-football in Spain after holding Barca to 2 games without a score.

 

It was anything but ! 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1 half time and we are coasting, Gary Mac?s sucker punch will be the killer blow. 3-2, kin?ell 3-3 !! God scores the winner, 4-3, or so it seemed until bang 4-4. A late injury time o.g. golden goal finally secured it after 2 red cards for Alaves, but had it not been a golden goal, then surely no-one would have been surprised if Alaves scored in the final minutes to take it to pens.

 

2003 Worthington Cup Final

Another ?fait accompli? ? this time for Man Utd ? Liverpool couldn?t buy a win and even if they had the money then Houllier would have bought a defeat such was our luck. Liverpool were off the back of 2-1 away defeat to Birmingham, Utd had just won in Turin vs Juve.

 

A Stevie Gerrard stunner, a barrage to cope with in the 2nd half, some stunning Dudek saves only 3 months after his blunders and Mikey Boy winner to cap off an unlikely victory.

 

2005 Worthington Cup Final

Hmmmmm.

 

It was still heart attack material, a 1st goal, another penalty claim waved away, a barrage from Chelsea, an own goal equaliser from the captain. 3-1 in extra time and a late late moment of hope with Nunez ? I was gutted after that.

2005 Champions League Final

This could go to penalties they all said. 0-0, a no score bore draw, defence vs defence. The write up on Eastenders looked more appealing that what the papers were saying about this one.

 

They were partially right. It did go to penalties. 3-0 down. Hope had gone for a p!$$ and to all intents and purposes there no reason to expect him to return. Milan were cooler than an eskimo?s p!$$ !! The murmurs, the rising, the red rabble suddenly sounded like Liverpool were 3-0 up and cheering them home to victory at half time. How and why GOD changed this game I will never know but 3 goals came faster than a virgin in bed with Hugh Heffners honies. Dudek?s save the penalties the drama. Why to Liverpool put us through this????

 

2006 FA Cup Final

West Ham and Liverpool. The Hammers would put up a fight, they are a good team, but Liverpool were consistent this season, loads of clean sheets and victories on the trot. They would deal with West Ham.

 

We did, in penalties after Stevie Gerrard rescued us with possibley the best goal I have seen in a Cup Final !!

 

So, will May 23rd be a normal match, a 1-0 affair ? 2-1. Don?t thinks so. We all will need a couple of pills, some valium and a cardiac surgeon on standby at the nearest hospital.

 

2007 Champions League Final

You write the script ! Just how mad will this one get ?????????.

[pt101]

Robbie Fowler will score the winning goal in extra time

[matty]

we're due a boring one then.

 

couldn't begin to predict it, but tight and cagey.

[Stevie H]

0-0, we win on penoes.

[Andy @ Allerton]

Game Kicks off.

 

Nothing really happens.

 

 

32 Minutes: Gerrard!! Cracking shot

 

 

(Half Time)

 

 

57 Minutes: Riise!!!! Excellent strike - blasts in a beauty of a freekick from a rolling ball

 

 

88 Minutes: Kuyt Seals the win for Liverpool!

 

 

Full Time: Liverpool 3 - AC Milan 0

[Crazy Horse]

I hope we win it in normal time. I'm sick of penalties.

[surf]

I think we should let in 4 goals easy this time and see if we can win it from there. If that works then next time 5.

[Swagger]

I think we should let in 4 goals easy this time and see if we can win it from there. If that works then next time 5.

 

 

I'd love Robbie to score.

[Cheesecake]

one things for sure, we cannot start the game like we did in the semi final 1st leg against Chelsea. We wouldnt be able to come back.

 

The start to this game will decide who wins, we start sloppy and we will lose, start like we did at home to Barca and its a different outcome!

 

2 up after 20 minutes please!

[Bjarkinn]

1' Robbie Fowler goal

 

3' Robbie Fowler goal

 

4' Robbie Fowler hat-trick

 

8' Robbie Fowler limps off

 

45+2' Half time

 

90+3 Game Over number 6 is ours

[Magic8Ball]

After a thrilling match its the 89th minute and the score ? 3-3 ;-)

 

Rafa calls to the bench to make a substitution, the commentator says looks like Rafa is putting on his penalty takers

Pennant makes a great run down the right, fakes to cross and cuts the ball back for the substitute - in races Fowler

bullet to the bottom corner ... the score 4-3 Liverpool

[Keita]

3-3

[Hassony]

we win

[Owen1978]

Rafa comes off the bench in the last minute to score the winner!

[Guest The Defender]

Its nil nil.. injury time... Liverpool have a corner.. Alonso whips it in.. Gattuso clears with his head.. the ball drifts to outside the penalty area..

 

Carragher.. wraps his right foot round a 35yrd volley and rifles the shot into the top right hand corner..

 

Linesmen flag goes up..

 

Milan get the ball race down the other end... Gilardino dives in the area.. ref gives pen.

 

Kaka steps up.. REINA SAVES.. Liverpool break.. Gerrard runs length of the field.. blasts in a low cross..

 

Fowler is on the end.. Slots it to the left of Dida.. 1 NIL!!

 

Full time.. I'm blue lighted to hospital with signs of a heart attack.

 

[Mad_Fer_It]

I just want Robbie to score the winner... Is that too much to ask?

(not an own goal by the way!)

[Guest Portly]

Watching Milan destroy the Mancs on Wednesday, I am sure many of us wondered how we are going to beat those buggers for a second time.

 

At least if we lose to Milan we can take it on the chin. If we lost to the Mancs in the final I for one would have slunk away and drowned myself in the Aegean. Whatever the outcome, this final will be a festive event and not World War III, which it would have been had the beastly Mancs been involved.

 

I have faith, but not total faith, in Rafa. He will already have a Cunning Plan on his laptop to beat Milan. This may possibly involve giving them a 3-goal start and then surprising them in the second half. It will certainly involve a team selection that will cause our jaws to drop before the kick-off. Something like Dudek in goal, or Paletta in the back four instead of Agger.

 

Our forwards have not done that well in penetrating classy defences this season, so if we are to pull off another miracle, I would predict something spectacular like one of Johnny Riise's 40-yard screamers finding the net.