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mcgillianaire
Liverpool are now 11 games unbeaten this season, at home and in Europe. Tonight's game was special for two players, Robbie Keane and Steven Gerrard. The former scored his first goal for the club that he supported as a kid growing up in Dublin and the goal will have come as a huge relief to him and everybody associated with the club. As for Stevie G, what can you say? Denied a legitimate free-kick goal against Stoke at home two weekends ago, he set the record straight by scoring his 100th goal in a Liverpool jersey with a typical right-footed scorcher from nearly 30 yards. The goalkeeper had absolutely no chance as the ball fizzed into Eindhoven's goal at 77mph. By this point it was game over but we were a bit unfortunate to let the visitors sneak in a consolation. Nevertheless, we're in joint top-place with Atletico Madrid, whom we play next. It's not often that Liverpool score three goals without Fernando Torres on the scoresheet; perhaps he has something special in mind for his homecoming in the Spanish capital two weeks from now. A special mention goes to Dutchman Dirk Kuyt. For a player who hasn't scored in the league since November last year, a mystery nobody can quite understand, it seemed rather inevitable that he would get the party started tonight with his second goal in Europe this season, in addition to the ten he scored last season. All-in-all, a convincing victory. Next stop, the Robinho-led samba-boys at Manchester City. COME ON YOU REDS!!! YNWA!!! [BBC MATCH REPORT]
OTHER NOTES:
The CFR in CFR Cluj stands for "Căile Ferate Române" (Romanian Railroads), the national administration body for railroad transportations. I also wondered why there were so many Portuguese players in Cluj's squad. Turns out they signed an agreement couple season's ago to become a feeder club for Portuguese club, Benfica. Though given how well the Romanian club have done last season at home and their first two games in the Champions League, I wonder how much longer this arrangement will last. And to think Benfica couldn't even qualify for the Champions League this season! Imagine if Cluj qualified for the next round and Benfica got knocked out of the UEFA Cup?!
