Love Lallana's head-dress - it looks like a cross between a cockerel and a Roman centurion!

A Liverpool supporting friend posted a picture of Terry slipping, with the words chelsea fans who sing about Terry slipping. They have to go back seven long years to think of something...oh dear.

They don't get the gravity of it either. That slip cost Liverpool the league title - or lay the foundations to it at least. He'll never win the league now

Yes Terry's slip cost him and us the CL, but that monkey was shaken from our backs in Munich.

They don't get the gravity of it either. That slip cost Liverpool the league title - or lay the foundations to it at least. He'll never win the league now

Yes Terry's slip cost him and us the CL, but that monkey was shaken from our backs in Munich.

Also they obviously weren't quick enough to think of a song like we were

Val - Carlo was at the Bridge yesterday!

http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2015/5/10/8581947/chelsea-vs-liverpool-final-score-match-report    Chelsea sleep through Liverpool match, draw anyway 

It's been nine years since we've been in a position like this. The league is won with plenty of time to spare, and there's nothing else to play for. All that remains is the trophy lift, the victory parade and 270 minutes of utterly irrelevant football. And sure, it might matter to other teams -- Liverpool needed a victory to have even a vague hope of challenging Manchester United for the top four -- but, well, Chelsea are champions. Nobody else's opinions need count.

Which is why Jose Mourinho opted to rotate heavily. Out of the core team that won the Premier League, only six started in the 1-1 draw. In came a bunch of bit-part players. Loic Remy returned from injury to lead the line. Filipe Luis and Kurt Zouma were deployed at the back. John Obi Mikel made a rare appearance in the centre. But the story, at least as far as the lineup was concerned, was the presence of Ruben Loftus-Cheek alongside the Nigerian. The 19-year-old has been mentioned frequently as part of the plans for next season, here he had a chance to show us what he could do.

Which was probably all that made the match worth watching. That it wasn't going to be friendly was evidenced in the first minute, when Cesc Fabregas attempted to cut off Raheem Sterling's leg at the ankle and received a yellow card for his troubles. And any sense that this might just be a dull affair was put to bed four minutes later with the first goal of the match.

Filipe Luis produced an extraordinary crossfield pass to free up Willian, whose cross was put behind for a corner by Martin Skrtel. From that corner, the Blues took the lead, with John Terry losing Ricky Lambert to power Fabregas's delivery in for the opener. With his header, the skipper became the highest scoring defender in Premier League history -- not a bad milestone.

Liverpool had a strong spell after the goal, but didn't seriously trouble the defence, and soon Chelsea were imposing themselves on the match once again. But there was no need to make a serious effort to extend the lead, and it was clear that everyone was in first gear, with the possible exception of Eden Hazard, who was in zeroeth -- forgivable for a man who did so much to secure our first title in five years, of course.

Meanwhile, Fabregas, apparently unkeen on the idea of playing in a meaningless match, might have been sent off for another strange tackle on Sterling, and the visitors decided to get in on the fun with a slew of silly challenges, the worst of which came when Lambert decided he would kick Thibaut Courtois with the ball going out of play. But it was a yellow at the end of the half which changed the game -- Branislav Ivanovic got himself into a pickle trying to prevent a corner and was forced to haul down Adam Lallana, and from the resulting free kick neither Gary Cahill* nor Mikel bothered to stop Steven Gerrard scoring at the far post.

*Kurt Zouma had been forced off with an injury earlier.

Whoops. Not that it mattered much. I suspect Chelsea fans were more entertained by the fact that Diego Costa was seen mingling with supporters in the Upper East than by anything on the pitch. In normal conditions conceding against Gerrard would have been calamitous. Here it was met with a shrug and perhaps a vaguely annoyed laugh.

Much of the second half was spent in our end, with Liverpool trying to get the three points (and Philippe Coutinho came close early on with a cracking drive) and us looking vaguely arsed about denying them. Stoppable force was, however, dealt with by not-very-bothered-about-moving object, it was Chelsea who seemed more likely to score on the break. Not that that happened either.

Stamford Bridge was given the chance to give Gerrard the sendoff he deserved midway through the half, the Liverpool skipper departing to a mix of laminated derision and grudging respect. And that, more or less, was that. Juan Cuadrado came on and got poked in the eye, which I suppose was mildly exciting, and an annoying deflection right at the death might have won it for the visitors (and therefore given them hope in the top four race), but all in all everything felt entirely bereft of any consequence.

22 players ran around with a football for a while. One team can be happy with their season, the other cannot. The end.

 

 

A pretty good summary of the game yesterday I thought.

 

At times, it was just a celebration party and an opportunity to sing and drink.  The match was almost secondary.

 

I'll leave you all alone now and get back to some work.  

Get a bloody hat to him for Sunderland!

I don't really care what Gerrard said in his post match interview- if you dish it out then be prepared to take it and all that. If anything I just thought it made him look like he was 'biting' after getting a fair bit of stick. I am sure Liverpool fans will think he 'trolled' us or whatever- it's all a laugh if you ask me.

 

I did think the applause was odd behaviour I must say.... just don't really get it.

 

I enjoy taking the piss out of Gerrard as much as the next man but I wouldn't say I even have massive hate for him. I just don't get why we applauded him off the pitch like some departing hero. Anyone that thinks they would have done that for Terry or Lampard at Anfield need their heads testing.

 

I just find it a bit cringeworthy in all honesty. It's as if we are trying too hard to be 'classy' which is something I don't give a sh*t about. Quite happy with getting stick for having 'no class' by the self-appointed class police fans such as Arsenal.

Edited May 11, 201511 yr by mclovin83

I don't really care what Gerrard said in his post match interview- if you dish it out then be prepared to take it and all that. If anything I just thought it made him look like he was 'biting' after getting a fair bit of stick. I am sure Liverpool fans will think he 'trolled' us or whatever- it's all a laugh if you ask me.

 

I did think the applause was odd behaviour I must say.... just don't really get it.

 

I enjoy taking the piss out of Gerrard as much as the next man but I wouldn't say I even have massive hate for him. I just don't get why we applauded him off the pitch like some departing hero. Anyone that thinks they would have done that for Terry or Lampard at Anfield need their heads testing.

 

I just find it a bit cringeworthy in all honesty. It's as if we are trying too hard to be 'classy' which is something I don't give a sh*t about. Quite happy with getting stick for having 'no class' by the self-appointed class police fans such as Arsenal.

 

Because I think that at the end of the day, football supporters pay their money because they love the game and what makes the game great is seeing the best players.

 

The guy, despite being a Liverpool player, has been a great player for a long time and many of our supporters recognise that. 

 

Not only that but he's been a great opponent for us and yeah some of the battles have been hard, but they've been memorable. He's been a big fixture in our last 12 seasons and ultimately you respect your strongest opponents. We applauded him and he applauded us back - it was a nice moment.

Yeah I sort of get that Blue Daze just thought the whole thing was a bit weird given the context.

 As soon as we finished applauding him we started singing the Gerrard song again and he had a dig at us in his post match interview.

If it was such a 'nice moment' wouldn't he have said something to that effect himself instead of tryinng to score the final point?

 As I said, had no problem with the dig he had, fair play to him... it was the 'lets all be friends for 30 seconds' applause which I found a bit odd.

 

There have also been numerous players arguably better than him who I respected far more who I don't recall getting applauded off like some sort of hero in their last visit to the Bridge, the likes of Bergkamp, Henry, Giggs, Shearer to name but a few.

 

Each to their own, not overly bothered either way I just thought it was a bit strange.

Edited May 11, 201511 yr by mclovin83

 I do think the Sky interviewer wound him up by asking if the guard of honour was hard on him, and then rubbed it in by asking him about the applause....I feel quite ambivalent about the applause, I wouldn't have clapped him off, but I wouldn't care if others did so, each to their own and all that...

 

I still get baffled by the Stevie Me love in, from certain sections of the media and I have to say he was never a player I dreaded us coming up against, (see also Rooney)

Good player, but The Lampard v Gerrard arguement was settled years ago in a show us your medals competition.

Good player, but The Lampard v Gerrard arguement was settled years ago in a show us your medals competition.

 

Also in the "score some goals" competition.

My Hull mate at work hates Stevie G and he said he wouldn't have clapped him off haha

Good player, but The Lampard v Gerrard arguement was settled years ago in a show us your medals competition.

 

 

Also in the "score some goals" competition.

 

Stevie G wins in both scoring own goals & slipping competitions

On a separate note- how poor were the travelling Liverpool fans yesterday?

 

That is the second time this season that they have provided yet more proof that the media driven yarn that they have the 'bestest' fans in the league is a complete and utter myth. The league cup was the other where they were quiet as mice.

 

Yesterday I honestly heard them once, which was there rendition of YNWA around 89 minutes. Not saying they didn't sing other than that because of course they did but I just didn't hear them from the other end of the ground.

 

Our home atmosphere is hardly the stuff of bragging rights but we took the piss out of them yesterday and I didn't hear anything back. Quiet as mice for 89 minutes and then a quick burst of that sh*t Celtic song.

 

They filled their 3000 end but I would say they were the quietest 3000 fans to visit the Bridge this season by some distance.

 

Best fans in the league my f**king arse.

Edited May 11, 201511 yr by mclovin83

Yeah I sort of get that Blue Daze just thought the whole thing was a bit weird given the context.

 As soon as we finished applauding him we started singing the Gerrard song again and he had a dig at us in his post match interview.

If it was such a 'nice moment' wouldn't he have said something to that effect himself instead of tryinng to score the final point?

 

I think he's a bit thick to understand the relationship we have with him, and I think frustration got the better of him. 

 

There have also been numerous players arguably better than him who I respected far more who I don't recall getting applauded off like some sort of hero in their last visit to the Bridge, the likes of Bergkamp, Henry, Giggs, Shearer to name but a few.

 

Each to their own, not overly bothered either way I just thought it was a bit strange.

 

None of those players had the run-ins with us that he did though. For the last decade they've been our biggest rivals. He nearly signed for us, then he became their figurehead and he was a player in many of our greatest moments especially in the early days of Roman's time here with it all culminating last year.

 

I think it was an acknowledgement of respect for that time and it's one of those beautiful moments in sport where you can loathe someone and abuse them for many years, but at the end of it all you shake their hand and say well done. 

 

Now that he's moving on it seemed like the perfect time to do that and I don't think anyone planned it but when it happened, it did feel right and I'm proud that we have a set of supporters knowledgable enough about the game and classy enough to do something like that. Him reciprocating on the pitch meant more than any attempt at a joke after the match.

I think it was an acknowledgement of respect for that time and it's one of those beautiful moments in sport where you can loathe someone and abuse them for many years, but at the end of it all you shake their hand and say well done.

probably the best quote on the whole situation and puts it into perspective , I personally disagreed with the ovation at the time , England shirt yes , Liverpool shirt no . That comment has changed my mind ....I was wrong the above is a better view .

On a separate note- how poor were the travelling Liverpool fans yesterday?

 

That is the second time this season that they have provided yet more proof that the media driven yarn that they have the 'bestest' fans in the league is a complete and utter myth. The league cup was the other where they were quiet as mice.

 

Yesterday I honestly heard them once, which was there rendition of YNWA around 89 minutes. Not saying they didn't sing other than that because of course they did but I just didn't hear them from the other end of the ground.

 

Our home atmosphere is hardly the stuff of bragging rights but we took the piss out of them yesterday and I didn't hear anything back. Quiet as mice for 89 minutes and then a quick burst of that sh*t Celtic song.

 

They filled their 3000 end but I would say they were the quietest 3000 fans to visit the Bridge this season by some distance.

 

Best fans in the league my f**king arse.

 

I was sitting next to them and they were very subdued until Stevie Me scored, then they sang for a few minutes at the end of the first and beginning of the second.  But they hadn't thought it through because when they did start singing, they sang their version of the Gerrard song which of course prompted Chelsea's version which drowned them out.  And there was one guy who was very vitriolic when we scored and started holding up 5 fingers to show how many times they'd won the CL - I just held up four and said "how many Premier Leagues" .  The funny thing was he and I then together held up a big fat zero!

 

When we looked round a couple of minutes later he had gone!

 

To be fair, if the roles had been reversed I don't know that I would have wanted to go up to Anfield if they'd been crowned champions.  

 

Oh and my photos of the Guard of Honour were pretty poor but I took quite a good one of the Scouse fans looking pissed off during it!

Oh and my photos of the Guard of Honour were pretty poor but I took quite a good one of the Scouse fans looking pissed off during it!

 

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They probably don't look as pissed off as I remember. I guess you had to e there.

 

for those who missed it...

If things had been different ...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3076555/Steven-Gerrard-s-won-Liverpool-legend-s-life-look-joined-Chelsea-2005.html

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Haha Gerrard was well pissed off,

If things had been different ...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3076555/Steven-Gerrard-s-won-Liverpool-legend-s-life-look-joined-Chelsea-2005.html

Who knows what would have happen had we gotten him, we may not have won the Champions League the way we did in 2012, we may have won it sooner, maybe nit at all. We may have won more league titles, cups, we may have won less. We will never know.