Blushing Red Kop

Beach football anyone?

What a weekend for the Scousers. What a weekend indeed. I can't help laughing over and over again. This will probably be remembered as one of the weirdest moments in football history. A comical disaster struck for them just within 5 minutes of their game against the Black Cats at the Stadium of Light last weekend. A Liverpool beachball apparently floated and invaded the pitch amidst the Sunderland attacking wave. A superb pass between the Sunderland players enabled Darren Bent to have a shot at goal. At the split second of fate, the mighty football collided at the crossroads with the funky red beachball and Pepe Reina ended up saving the beachball instead! The most ironical thing was that the beachball was thrown onto the pitch by a Liverpudian..lol. So, Rafa and Co can have no complains. They should probably ban the fan who threw that sneaky invader onto the pitch..haha.

Without the talismanic duo, Torres and Gerrard, the Scousers were unable to save themselves from the mess. That was their 3rd defeat in a row, and it looks like the Kop is in really deep trouble now. 8th in the table and 4 defeats in the Premier League don't spell good results for a team aspiring to dislodge their most hated defending champions in Old Trafford. It is interesting to note that the enemies or rather closest rivals to Man Utd at the top of the table all falter at the same time during the last Premier League weekend. Chelsea got rocked at Villa Park while Man City was held to a 1-1 draw. Only the Gooners continued marching on. Ahhh..this meant that United's draw against Sunderland is more or less compensated with every other team screwing up..lol. United returned to the top of the table at the expense of Chelski tripping and the embarrassing beachball that sunk the Liverpool steamer would have brought a smile to Fergie's face.

The rot doesn't stop there for Liverpool. Red beachball jokes aside - just yesterday during the Champions League table round-up, Lyon condemned the Scousers to a 4th straight defeat, making it their worst run of 4 consective defeats since 1987. This is not a passing relapse, it's turning into a major scale crisis at Anfield. Benitez risked Gerrard in the match against Lyon and he returned back to the bench after 25 minutes because he couldn't much continue with the injury he is still sustaining. Their domestic front is already bad enough, and now their European front threatens to disintegrate horribly with the possibility of ending at up Europa League instead being very real.

This Sunday's match-up against the Scousers will definitely be electrifying. There are lots at stake for Liverpudians, as Benitez desperately tries to prevent a 5th straight defeat, which would be a major total disaster. A demoralised bunch of Scousers is ripe for pickings. United would be in the best position in recent years for the Liverpudian's head but I remain cautious on this. This is because Man Utd is also known to be screwing up against their rivals when they're in the easiest position against them. So, though the Scousers look like beaten scrap metal at every point, they cannot be written off and they'll be even more determined and fiery to prove themselves. Man Utd would have to up their game and make sure their advantage in form counts. It's the gonna be a good day to bring down the Kop on Sunday.