Turning point was Cheyrou's miss, could have turned game at 2-1 Aimar going off is a relief 2nd half impetus seems to be lost Had started better in second half Angulo on for Rufete Baros ready to come on now
Baros and Owen up front Gerrard now playing right midfield Owen to Cheyrou, shot blocked Hamann fouls, red carded!!! Disgraceful decision after minor scuffle between two players
Not sure if this can get worse. Reds down to 10 men, losing 2 nil. Hamann will miss next match in Champs League.
Major re-shuffle for Reds now. Playing with 10. Less than 11 minutes to go. Terrible decision by ref according to comms. Riise intercepts Baraja, otherwise certain goal. Mistake by carragher for that one. Corner cleared. 10 mins to go. Carragher clears for corner
Valencia press Carragher clears again Reds falling apart Traore clears Now down the left Poor shot by Valencia
84 mins gone Another sub for Valencia Albeda for Santos With Basle winning, Liverpool must win next week at Anfield.
Gerrard gives ball away. Carragher only player not to have given it away. Poor match for Gerrard. Whole team obviously. Hyypia beaten in the air. Cleared, Heskey, Riise tackles Heskey injured
geez. let's just get out of here with the 2-0 loss. Should be able to recover from that pretty easily.
Carragher defends well. 89 mins. 2-0 Owen beaten in the air. LFC throw Gerrard to Baros. Cheyrou runs into trouble. Valencia clear Carew heads wide
Heskey is ok Valencia one-touch passing impressive all night long Liverpool giving away too easily "A torrid night, a sorry night" Two chances for Reds, Dudek kept score down. Owen down in the box, after beating two, no penalty. Should have been a penalty.
Tonight a "lesson for reds" Must bounce back on saturday Dudek saves from Carew, great save. Hyypia mistake again. Valencia corner, cleared by Carragher Full time 2-0
Yeah ,the ref missed a clear penalty . I wouldn;t have made a difference to the result but it was a pen .But not given by the dubious referee.
An inauspicious start to the Champions League. At least this could be viewed as our toughest match in the group. . . .
Well we didn't start very well last year either. I think a lot of our problems will be solved when Henchoz is back. I'd like to see Babbel back too. Anyway, my fingers are too tired to type any more.
Ala Red Hot Chilli Peppers: "...give it away, give it away, give it away now... ...give it away, give it away, give it away now!?!?!" ------- uhhh....defense anyone???? Didn't someone post a "Who will stop Liverpool this year"??????????????????