Gerrard’s air shot & Liverpool fans boo
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
It is rare that a team moves to the top of the league and then finds themselves under a barrage of criticism, but that is exactly the position that Liverpool are in this Tuesday.
The writing was on the wall when captain Stevie G committed a schoolboy error by simply failing to make any contact with the ball when attempting a half-volley. With 20 minutes to go the ball fell to Gerrard on the edge of the box, the number 8 controlled expertly on his thigh, only to completely fluff his left-foot strike with an air shot. Comically, Gerrard tried to paper over the cracks of his terrible miss by acting out a scene from Platoon, hitting the deck as if shot from a sniper in the crowd. Sadly, nobody was fooled.
Watch Gerrard’s air shot here.
At full time the home fans then aired their frustration by releasing a short and sharp boo towards their team. On the boos James Ducker wrote, “the boos that rang out in a small section of the home support at Anfield at the final whistle last night spoke volumes about the outcome of a match that Liverpool know they should have won.”
Listen to the boos reign out at Anfield here.
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 am
top of de league
goin through a rough patch
get a grip folks
just wait till its over then wel walk de league
FOREVER RED !!!!!
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:38 am
typical of some of the belters who now populate anfield on a regular basis, don’t make a sound when the game is being played, then start to boo when they don’t win or play well. if they don’t like what they see, do us all a favor and stay at home, your fast becoming a problem to the team. were still top at a time when were usually out of the race so just shut up.
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:45 am
Im a Yank, and I can see all the way from over here that L’pool is the same ol’ pool. And they’ll do well to hold to 3rd spot this season. Mark my words, again the scum will be heartbroken by May.
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:17 pm
I am an arsenal fan and even i think its stupid to write liverpool off they are at the top of the league even with yesterdays match and have wins over man u and chelsea under their belt there is no doubt they are n a stronger positon than chelsea… although liverpool still have to come up against US!!….