In the 95th minute of the Champions League Semi-Final first leg, Liverpool's John Arne Riise scored a howler of a headed own goal to give Chelsea a much-appreciated away goal. If the second leg ends 0-0, Riise's contribution will have been decisive.
Kuyt has been showing up at the right place at the right time fairly regularly for Liverpool on this Champions League run, and he bundled in their goal last night.
First legs are just a warmup, though. This one looks set for a gripping finale.
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Harsh on Riise. Sure, it was an own goal, but I doubt Anelka would have missed if Riise didn't net. It would have been better to put the ball over the bar, but the player has to dust himself off and make amends by scoring from 30 yards out.
How about how Skrtel and Carragher combined to make Drogba look a below-average pouter, always showing the referee his own right eye in an attempt to influence the decisions in his favor.
Was I biased or did the decisions seem to go Chelsea's way more often than not?
This match-up was averaging 0.5 goals/Ch. Lg. match. We'll need to change that at The Bridge.
Makelele was showing his best high-jump in hopes of being an Olympic alternate for France's Track and Field team at the time of the Kuyt goal. The whole back line was highly disorganized and looked quite vulnerable. Liverpool can win the second leg with more of that.
Liverpool have more than enough to win it, and Riise could be key in that effort, but objectively speaking, his own goal was an epic clanger, but no worse than Gallas conceding a penalty against United with a pointless handball.
Rafa had a steely post-game rant about the referees.
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