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[OilCanCoulter]

Jordan Henderson sucks! That is all.

Kitty and Bellers on at halftime please.

[OilCanCoulter]

Jordan Henderson sucks! That is all.

Kuyt and Bellers on at halftime please.

[PedroSpecialK]

Wow Jordan Henderson really is miserable.

Makes a mess of another touch and gets rightly carded

Another hand ball? Sure looked like it.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 26 February 2012 - 12:12 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

SKRTEL! Wouldn't have been complete without a touch off the post to boot.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 26 February 2012 - 12:23 PM.

[Joe D Reid]

How many clubs is Kenny Miller currently playing for? I feel every year like he's on every team between 16 and 25 in the league pyramid. It's like how you'd have one guy be all-team QB playing sandlot football.

[PedroSpecialK]

Carra on for Agger... really hope it isn't serious for Agger, that would be a huge blow.

[DLew On Roids]

Is it racist if I say that all the Cardiff players look alike?

[PedroSpecialK]

KUYT HOLY SHIT

Henry/hot wife sighting

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 26 February 2012 - 01:23 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

Oh my god and Kuyt clears it off the line.

nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 26 February 2012 - 01:30 PM.

[Rook05]

Holy shit!!!!

[sachmoney]

This game is not short on excitement.

EDIT: If you tie a final of a cup game late in extra time, I think you've earned the right to celebrate with your shirt off.

Edited by sachmoney, 26 February 2012 - 01:33 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

Needless to say, if it gets to penalties Liverpool are done

[cjdmadcow]

Penalties. Just what I've been looking forward to.

[PedroSpecialK]

Need Reina to pitch a shutout and perhaps Gerrard might score.

[ifmanis5]

Reina usually owns shootouts. What a game. Cardiff looked like walking zombies.

[PedroSpecialK]

And it just had to glance off the crossbar didn't it.

Can this game get any better?

LOL what the hell Adam?

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 26 February 2012 - 01:40 PM.

[Rook05]

Sick

[Rook05]

This is ridiculous

[PedroSpecialK]

Had it all the way.

[sachmoney]

That was the worst set of penalties that I've seen since the Anderlecht-Partizan game that went to penalties in the Europa League.

Edited by sachmoney, 26 February 2012 - 01:46 PM.

[MiracleOfO2704]

Of course, Gerrard decides it. Just not Steve, but good enough regardless.

And we're officially back to Europe(-ish).

[SoxFanInCali]

Of all people to miss in order to give Liverpool the trophy...Anthony Gerrard.

This team is not good for my health.

Trophy drought is over. I'll post more later when I can breathe again.

[SoxScout]

Awesome that Stewart Downing gets Man of the Match

[Pesky Pole]

That game took at least 6 months off my life expectancy. At least they won.

[PedroSpecialK]

I need to get a pair of Skrtel Shades.

"Charlie Adam's ball still hasn't landed"

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 26 February 2012 - 01:59 PM.

[SoxFanInCali]

That game took at least 6 months off my life expectancy. At least they won.

Not sure how long you've rooted for Liverpool, but this is what we do in cup finals. Here are the last 6 wins (not counting Super Cups, Charity Shields, etc).

2001 League Cup: Beat Birmingham on penalties, Jamie Carragher (of all people) scores in the 6th round, Westerveld saves the next kick to win it.
2001 FA Cup: Trailed 1-0 until Michael Owen scored twice in the last 7 minutes to beat Arsenal 2-1.
2001 UEFA Cup: Beat Alaves 5-4 on an extra time Golden Goal. One of the most insane sporting events I've ever watched.
2003 League Cup: Beat Man U 2-0, Jerzy Dudek had an incredible game to hold a 1 goal lead, Owen scored to clinch it with 2 minutes left.
2005 Champions League: Down 3-0 at the half, score 3 times in 6 minutes, Dudek makes a miracle save in the 117th minute, win on penalties.
2006 FA Cup: Down 2-0 and 3-2, Gerrard scores on a 91st minute 35 yard volley to tie it, Reina makes miracle save deep in stoppage time, win on penalties.

I know compared to supporters of most teams I am incredibly spoiled, but just once I'd like to be able to breathe in the last half hour of a final.

[Pesky Pole]

Oh, I've cheered for them for a while so I'm aware nothing is ever easy (the 724 times we've hit woodwork this season being the most recent example).

Fortunately, I've not always had means to watch the matches. I've learned over the last decade that this lack of access may actually have been a blessing.

[SoxFanInPdx]

Heart stopper. I feel great seeing them hoist silverware, been too long. Feel for Anthony Gerrard a bit. Hopefully, they build on this and make a big push for the 4 spot on the table.

[SoxFanInCali]

A few random thoughts...

- It's bizarre that after winning 4 domestic cups (and a couple Charity Shields) in Cardiff while Wembley was being rebuilt, Liverpool finally play at Wembley...against Cardiff.
- It says something about how gassed everyone must have been that the 5th kicks in the shootout were taken by Liverpool's right back and Cardiff's substitute center back.
- Couldn't help but notice that Suarez didn't take a penalty. I wonder how long it would have had to go for him to take one.
- Liverpool and Manchester United have now both won 15 domestic cups (7 FA/8 League for LFC, 11 FA/4 League for Man U).
- King Kenny has now won the league, the FA Cup, and the League Cup as both a player and a manager. He joins Sir Rednose and Mourinho as the only managers to win the Premier League and both domestic cups (I can't believe Wenger hasn't won the League Cup).
- Liverpool are now 11-2 in shootouts in their history. Cardiff had been 5-0 until today.
- I think Charlie Adam's penalty is about to land right.........now.
- Regardless of what happens the rest of the season, the Reds will be back in Europe next season.

[SoxFanInCali]

Looks like Agger may have a broken rib. If so, he'll be out about a month.

[PedroSpecialK]

That's pretty bad news, hopefully Coates can step up. I'd rather see Kyrgiakos out there than Carragher at this point.

Plus more pressure on this guy

[Snakebauer007]

Congrats on the thrilling win

[PedroSpecialK]

Pretty good back and forth on Twitter between Charlie Adam and Piers Morgan

Piers Morgan ‏ @piersmorgan
May have to pull out of #Oscars parties tonight - was just lying by my LA pool when Charlie Adams' penalty hit me in the face. #Carbiffed

Charlie Adam ‏ @Charlie26Adam
@piersmorgan come on piers stop acting this big shot with ure LA pool

Piers Morgan ‏ @piersmorgan
Only one 'Big Shot' around here today, mate... RT @Charlie26Adam @piersmorgan come on piers stop acting this big shot with ure LA pool
[retweeted by Adam]

Charlie Adam ‏ @Charlie26Adam
@piersmorgan did we have a win today. Well ill take missing a penalty any day to win a trophy thanks. U enjoy tonight.

Piers Morgan ‏ @piersmorgan
Yes @Charlie26Adam - you had 2 wins: 1) the much coveted Carling Cup 2) single-handedly relaunching the NASA space program. Congrats!

Charlie Adam ‏ @Charlie26Adam
@piersmorgan ill take carling cup over nothing.

Charlie Adam ‏ @Charlie26Adam
Come on if wasn't for simon cowell u would be a nobody

Charlie Adam ‏ @Charlie26Adam yfrog.com/mnoospuj

Piers Morgan ‏ @piersmorgan
@Charlie26Adam Three words I'll be desperate to hear next Saturday: 'Penalty to Liverpool.'

Charlie Adam ‏ @Charlie26Adam
@piersmorgan yeah and u will hear goal 1.0

Who would be last comic standing between Piers Morgan and Zomp?

[DLew On Roids]

If I were Adam, I'd have tweeted, "I took this picture with my phone, so you've probably already seen it, but for everyone else..." That would have sent Morgan off the deep end.

Edit: Err, further off the deep end.

Edited by DLew On Roids, 26 February 2012 - 10:28 PM.

[SoxFanInCali]

The best part of that picture is how it shows the "Carling" branding on the medal's ribbon is just stickers that apparently come off very easily. Good to see that the Football League spared no expense.

[Zomp]

Do you think Bellamy's former allegiance pushed him out of the top 5 penalty takers? Very surprised he wasn't one of the first ones seeing as he was a sub.

I was also waiting to see how long it took for Suarez to take one, but he did look gassed.

[SoxFanInCali]

Yeah, I was a bit surprised that Bellamy wasn't one of the first couple. I could see not wanting to put him in the position to take a win-or-lose one, but it was strange that he was skipped entirely.

Suarez is 0 for 2 this season, and both penalties were horrible (shot one way over the bar and scuffed the other one so bad I could have saved it).

One of them would have had to be 6th, unless you wanted Carragher, Skrtel, Enrique, or Reina shooting. Carra did shoot one in the 2001 final, but I can't see him being chosen over 2 strikers. Then again, Kenny sent our 2 regular takers out 1-2, and they both missed (although Gerrard's was a good penalty, just a great save).

[PedroSpecialK]

I was amazed at Johnson's penalty. Takes some balls to go right up under the bar like that in a do-or-die scenario.

edit: balls, Johnson, thank you

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 26 February 2012 - 11:56 PM.

[Apisith]

What a fantastic day of football. I'm barely awake enough to work today.

Congratulations.

I'm fucking jealous.

[cjdmadcow]

A couple of 'morning after the night before' thoughts...

- the penalty save by Heaton off Gerrard in the shootout is one of the best saves I've ever seen. It deserves recognition in itself, outside of the whole game.
- the miss by Kenny Miller right at the end of normal time. See who raced across the penalty area to dive in with a last-ditch tackle to put him off? Andy Carroll.
- because the ticket allocation for the League Cup is more fan-based than corportate you get a much better atmosphere. Great stuff by Cardiff & LFC fans yesterday.
- as SFIC mentioned earlier, I believe it's a physical impossibility for LFC to play in an ordinary cup-final. In fact, the dreadful game against ManU in 1996 is the last final that was poor.
- 39 shots by LFC. 39? 19 on target. Mental. Our next shirt sponsor should be Cuprinol for the number of times we've hit the woodwork this season

[DLew On Roids]

- because the ticket allocation for the League Cup is more fan-based than corportate you get a much better atmosphere. Great stuff by Cardiff & LFC fans yesterday.

I know New Wembley gets a lot of criticism, but one nice aspect is how it holds in sound. I couldn't think of a louder version of "Fields of Anfield Road" than the one right after kickoff.

[OilCanCoulter]

[SoxFanInCali]

Here's 15+ minutes of the celebrations. There's a rather surreal shot about 4 minutes in of Anthony Gerrard, with his hands on his hips, watching the traveling Kop sing You'll Never Walk Alone. The guy is a lifelong Liverpool fan, watching the team and their fans celebrate because he missed a penalty. I can't imagine what he is feeling there.

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[SoxFanInCali]

Locker room celebration, including some shots of Henry/Werner with the trophy.

Edited by SoxFanInCali, 27 February 2012 - 04:36 PM.

[Zomp]

Saw something along the lines of this on Twitter yesterday:

Goal!! 6-2 Arsenal! In the 25 hour of injury time from Charlie Adams, 12 miles away!

[cjdmadcow]

Liverpool: Reina, Kelly, Skrtel, Carragher, Jose Enrique, Spearing, Kuyt, Henderson, Adam, Downing, Suarez.
Subs: Doni, Carroll, Maxi, Coates, Shelvey, Flanagan, Bellamy.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Arteta, Song, Walcott, Rosicky, Benayoun, van Persie. Subs: Fabianski, Diaby, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jenkinson, Gervinho, Chamakh, Miquel.

Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

[PedroSpecialK]

Good to see Downing's back on form

[PedroSpecialK]

How can a team be so brutal from the spot?

That seems like just about the only way we can score.

Carragher is brutal.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 03 March 2012 - 08:16 AM.

[JayMags71]

Bleh. I think Sczezeczczny made a couple of really good saves there more than Kuyt screwed that up.
Edit lololololol.

Edited by JayMags71, 03 March 2012 - 08:10 AM.

[DLew On Roids]

What they lack in penalties, they make up for in OGs.

Not that I can really complain about the penalty, since there shouldn't have been one anyway.