Official 2011/12 Barclays Premier League Thread

[Liquid]

I just deafened myself when Cardiff scored!

 

[Ross]

Come on Cardiff!! 👍

 

[Emptyone]

Penalty time, just as I predicted 2-2 Liverpool must be sunk, Cardiff to win shootout I hope, they have the momentum

 

[Liquid]

What. A. Save.

 

[TyrrellRacing]

Penalty time, just as I predicted 2-2 Liverpool must be sunk, Cardiff to win shootout I hope, they have the momentum

Gerrard misses, looks like you're right .

Come on Cardiff

....and then Miller misses

 

[Ross]

And so does Miller

Edit: And Adam!!!

 

[Liquid]

I don't believe this. So tense!

What a howler from Adam!

 

[Emptyone]

Gerrard misses, looks like you're right .

Come on Cardiff

They've all missed haha, save post sky

 

[Ferrari_458]

Wow this is a good game

 

[Famine]

What the smeg?

 

[TyrrellRacing]

Advantage Cardiff.

 

[Ross]

Great penalty!!! 👍

 

[Emptyone]

So many misses, this is extremely tense 1-1 after 3

 

[Liquid]

What the smeg?

I don't smegging believe this final! 1-1 after 3...!

 

[TyrrellRacing]

Why on earth would he take the penalty, he looked knackered.

 

[Emptyone]

Noooooooo :-/

 

[Ross]

Liverpool win

3-2 on pens

 

[TyrrellRacing]

Well that's a disappointment.

 

[Liquid]

It took them 120 minutes and a poor quality but high drama penalty shootout... but Liverpool win.

Top, top marks to Cardiff City. An outstanding performance.

 

[thesrdic]

Spent the last 5 minutes as nervous as I've ever been though!!

 

[Emptyone]

Indeed, Cardiff matched Liverpool all the way, just couldn't keep cool in the end. More misses than goals in the shoot-out, crazy 5 minutes. Excellent cup final in the end.

 

[marchi]

It took them 120 minutes and a poor quality but high drama penalty shootout... but Liverpool win.

Top, top marks to Cardiff City. An outstanding performance.

Pretty much this. Liverpool won due to a lottery against a championship side. It's always nice to win a trophy, but it was such a poor win that I don't think you can take anything out of it as a team moving forward other than Liverpool are rubbish against lesser opposition.

 

[Alex.]

I went to the game and aged about 10 years from this morning. Cardiff were great, a real credit to themselves. Thank god we won, I was almost crying when they equalised.

 

[Liquid]

I went to the game and aged about 10 years from this morning. Cardiff were great, a real credit to themselves. Thank god we won, I was almost crying when they equalised.

You and me both, but for different reasons...

 

[Famine]

On the topic of penalty shoot-outs, does anyone know when the last time a team went 3-0 up* in a penalty shoot-out only to lose it?

I'm actually only aware of this ever happening once in the entire history of the penalty-shoot out... in the werld [/Clarkson]


* That would go:
Team A: Score - Score - Score
Team B: Miss - Miss
With team B yet to take its third penalty

 

[Matty]

I went to the game and aged about 10 years from this morning. Cardiff were great, a real credit to themselves. Thank god we won, I was almost crying when they equalised.

Lucky for some

Had a crappy radio stream from the beeb on my way home from a soccer game.

Went like this.

"GERRARD SHOOTS AND IT'S..."

"AND CARDIFF SCORE"

"SUAREZ OFF THE POST SKRTEL SHOOTS AND.."

And many more moments that evade my mind.

Get to penalties and I'm on the phone to someone who put there phone beside the telly. Battery runs out at 1-0 to Cardiff.

And someone else on the bus is getting messages saying who scored and missed..

Eventually Liverpool won and I was delighted as I've been a fan since I can remember.

Was very very tense on the bus as you could imagine, and 6 of us supported the Red's.

 

[Liquid]

On the topic of penalty shoot-outs, does anyone know when the last time a team went 3-0 up* in a penalty shoot-out only to lose it?

I'm actually only aware of this ever happening once in the entire history of the penalty-shoot out... in the werld [/Clarkson]


* That would go:
Team A: Score - Score - Score
Team B: Miss - Miss
With team B yet to take its third penalty

When did that happen?

That didn't happen today. Miller and Gerrard, S. missed both opening penalites.

 

[Famine]

When did that happen?

That's the question? Bit of football trivia?

 

[Liquid]

That's the question? Bit of football trivia?

Aha, I see! With you now.

Bucharest vs. Bareclona in 198X?

 

[Matty]

Aha, I see! With you now.

Bucharest vs. Bareclona in 198X?

Bareclona?

Tried to Google it to no avail.