The Reds register an amazing turnaround at home today–why oh why couldn’t the programming viziers give us one match that doesn’t feature Real Madrid or Manchester United on the US feed–needing to outscore Greek side Olympiakos by three goals in the second half to advance in Champions League play and driven by their recently-returned captain Gerrard, my boys do just that. Gerrard himself put in the third goal to ensure we reached the final 16. And once again the underrated Neil Mellor makes himself a factor by scoring three minutes after coming on in the 78th for the apparently still injury-constrained Baros. Next round is a home and home set in late February with the draw to be held a week from Friday, our opposition will be interesting indeed, the possibilities are the non-English group winners (excluding Monaco, which won Liverpool’s grou): Bayer Leverkusen (meaning Landon Donovan could be on the field against us), Juventus, Lyon, AC Milan, or Inter Milan.
On the fantasy side of things, I had a pretty poor Matchday 6 but still am on top of the small SportsFilter table.
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