Match thread Porto vs Liverpool

[sonsofthedesert]

Voronin on for Torres.

[red g]

please remember this was torres's first EVER game in a european tie

[Red Chilli]

Here we go

[Shanks]

It is Rafa's job to motivate the players and prepare them mentally as well as physically.

So with that in mind you reckon we should win this game tonight and Birmingham on Sat and pretty much everything else from here.

I'm a manger and somedays certain individuals in my team don't always perform how i'd like them too, i wouldn't say it's because i'm a bad manager.

[thesilverfoxlfc]

with 10 men and playing **** 1:1 aint bad.

The Crow will throw his weight around

[AFII]

RvN scored the second for Real.

[bigfooty]

Kuyt gets clobbered in the back of his head after winning a header.

[Maestro]

C'mon Voronin...1 against the run of play....he prayed

[Tom]

Dirky down after getting a headbutt from behind.

[cobain]

please remember this was torres's first EVER game in a european tie

And?

That's the excuse? He played in World Cup matches ... Premiership and La Liga ... He played in the biggest matches out there ... :whatever:

[JohnDoe]

Because he put wrong tactics and is still sticking to his first plan that more than obviously doesn't work from the first whistle onwards. And he'll make substitutions back at Anfield.

[disco]

I can't work out if Rafa should spend £15m buying Quaresma, or £50,000 to take the **** out with a sniper rifle.

[Revo]

I can't work out if Rafa should spend £15m buying Quaresma, or £50,000 to take the **** out with a sniper rifle.

more like 25 mill

[bigfooty]

Babel with a half-chance to make something, just overruns the ball and gives away a foul.

[cobain]

Gerrard's first shot on goal, 79 mins in