Europa League

[Nick Shorey my Lord!]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEYzM9QcJG4

Great goal, why so many empty seats?

I love Uncle Roy's reaction at the end. Qwality goal.

[RG30]

Benfica will beat Liverpool, Angel De Maria will have a field day.

[Hungerford Bee]

Well done Roy Hodgson, not bad for an owl.

Brentford (for having a pub on each corner) > Fulham > QPR > Chelsea.

Only 3 pubs now

There was 4 last time I looked (last Saturday) I was in two of them....

Last night's result was horrible. Could olny have been worse if it had been the scum from the bush or another team in hoops......

[Stooper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEYzM9QcJG4

Great goal, why so many empty seats?

I love Uncle Roy's reaction at the end. Qwality goal.

He doesn't even look up until it leaves his foot!

[Big Foot]

Benfica will beat Liverpool, Angel De Maria will have a field day.

Would prefer Liverpool to beat Benfica and then lose in the semis to Benitez' old club Valencia just to compound his misery

[Wax Jacket]

ooh yes please

[heathrow royal]

Liverpool leading 1-0 but have to play the remaining 60 mins with 10 men after babel was sent off for raising his hands

[Zammo]

Babel has been nothing more than an utter disgrace in a Liverpool shirt. Tonight's sending off proved that. Fair play to the 'Pool though, still playing well with only ten men. Really enjoyable game.

[Blue&White Mage]

Why are the officials bad again? The red card may have been one of the only right decisions, too bad it wouldn't have happened if they had sent off the guy who fouled torres for coming straight through his back with no attempt at the ball.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

Flicked on to SKy SPorts News and saw this:



Sounds messy

[RoyalChicagoFC]

Kinda was, tbf --should've made the 'keeper stop it at the very least

Still

[leww_rfc]

Flicked on to SKy SPorts News and saw this:



Sounds messy

hahahaha

[heathrow royal]

Fulham take the lead with zamora opening the scoring at the cottage

[heathrow royal]

Make that 2-0 to fulham duff with the goal and benfica have equalised from the penalty spot

[heathrow royal]

Now 2-1 to benfica, same score line at the cottage now to fulham lead 2-1

[leww_rfc]

Kuyt headers Home.
Linesman Says Player is offside.
Players Surround Referee
Referee changes mind and gives goal.

[leww_rfc]

Wolfsburg 0-1 Fulham(1-3 agg.) Zamora Goal
Standard Liege 1-1 Hamburg (2-3 agg.)
Ath Madrid 0-0 Valencia (2-2 agg.)
Liverpool 2-0 Benfica (3-2 agg.) Kuyt and Lucas.

[RoyalChicagoFC]

I didn't see it --with a choice of any of the four, I'm watching Fulham (who, as anyone who cares knows, erased Wolfsburg's away goals edge and took a 3-1 lead on aggreg8 thru Zamora on 29 ridiculous seconds or whatever)-- but by definition, the first touch from a corner can't be offside, right?

Aw jeeziss two-nil now

Here's hoping the 'Guese pull off what the "Germans" did last nite in Mancs

[RoyalChicagoFC]

Best explanation I've heard for the offside not given is the suggestion that the lino thought that he saw Kyrgiakos get a touch before Kuyt headed home, but the corner reached the latter clean; legit goal all the way

Get'n a bit ugly in Belgium --just watched detailed highlights from all angles, and wait'll you see Mladen Petric score with an overhead kick for Hamburg-- but one of the linos got bombarded with cigarette lighters for whatever reason, and there was some aggro in the Standard area that elicited the flinging of projectiles from the crowd (the majority of whom ain't at all happy with their boys down 1-2 on the nite and 2-4 on agg)

[T.R.O.L.I.]

I'm discounting a Bayern-esque comeback by Benfica so fingers crossed that Fulham and Hamburg can hold on and that Valencia can nick a goal - would mean that 3 of the 4 semi finalists actually started in the Europa league and aren't CL dropouts.