Liverpool vs United, Sarat Gengsi

 Liverpool menyambut kembali kehadiran sang kapten Steven Gerrard di starting lineuppada big match lawan Manchester United di Anfield, Sabtu (15/10).

Gerrard sudah absen sekitar tujuh bulan karena cedera yang ia alami ketika The Reds menang 3-1 menghadapi lawan yang sama dan di tempat yang sama, bulan Maret lalu.

Musim ini Gerrard sudah tampil tiga kali sebagai pengganti setelah mulai pulih dari rehabilitasi. Pemain berusia 31 tahun itu kemungkinan akan dimainkan manajer Kenny Dalglish menggantikan gelandang muda sekaligus kapten Inggris U21, Jordan Henderson.

Tercecer di peringkat lima, skuad Kenny Dalglish berharap kemenangan atas United mampu membawa The Reds kembali ke persaingan big four musim ini.

Sejarah pertemuan yang lebih memihak Liverpool membuat Sir Alex Ferguson harus bekerja keras menghadapi laga penuh gengsi ini. United terakhir kali menang di Anfield pada Desember 2007 lalu berkat gol tunggal Carlos Tevez.

Chris Smalling, Rio Ferdinand dan Nemanja Vidic dalam kondisi fit, sementara Ashley Young, Fabio, dan Patrice Evra yang sempat cedera ringan pada laga internasional juga telah fit dan siap dimainkan di Anfield.

Dua pemain United yang tipis peluangnya tampil adalah Tom Cleverley dan Rafael yang baru berlatih ringan pekan ini.

Musim lalu Liverpool mengalahkan United dengan skor 3-1 berkat hattrick penyerang asal Belanda, Dirk Kuyt.

Mampukah Kuyt dkk melanjutkan dominasi atas United di Anfield, atau justru sang juara bertahan sekaligus pematah rekor 18 titel juara Inggris milik The Reds yang bakal meraih poin sempurna di hadapan The Kop?

Prakiraan susunan pemain:
Liverpool: Reina, Carragher, Skrtel, Jose Enrique, Kelly, Gerrard, Adam, Leiva, Kuyt, Suarez, Carroll
United: De Gea, Jones, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Nani, Anderson, Fletcher, Young, Rooney, Chicharito

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Ferguson Jadi Tak Enak Hati Bantai Arsenal

INILAH.COM, Manchester - Pelatih Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson, sampai tak enak hati setelah menghancur-leburkan salah satu rival mereka di Liga Primer Inggris, Arsenal.

Sebelum digelar, laga tersebut digadang-gadang sebagai laga dua raksasa yang akan bertarung sengit. Namun yang terjadi justru sebaliknya, MU membuat Arsenal terlihat seperti tim gurem yang bertandang ke markas raksasa.

Delapan gol pun disarangkan Setan Merah. Tiga diborong Wayne Rooney, dua oleh Ashley Young dan masing-masing satu dari Nani, Park Ji-Sung dan Danny Wellbeck. Sementara tim besutan Arsene Wenger hanya mampu membalas dua gol, masing-masing dicetak Theo Walcott dan Robin van Persie.

Ferguson bahkan mengaku senang timnya tak mencetak gol lebih banyak lagi ke gawang Wojciech Szczesny.

“Anda takkan mau mencetak lebih banyak gol saat melawan tim yang sedang gembos seperti itu,” ujarnya, seperti dinukil dari The Sun.

“Tentu saja, saya turut bersimpati untuk Arsene Wenger. Anda lihat tim Arsenal dan Anda akan tahu bahwa mereka sedang berada dalam kondisi yang sangat lemah. Tetapi tetap saja Anda harus memenangkan pertandingan,” tandasnya.

Pelatih Barcelona, Josep Guardiola, ikut berkomentar mengenai Wenger. Pelatih yang terkenal santun itu meminta semua pihak untuk tidak menilai Wenger hanya dari hasil ini saja.

“Kita harus ingat apa yang Wenger telah lakukan untuk sepak bola secara keseluruhan. Arsenal adalah tim yang hebat,” ujar Guardiola, yang di awal musim ini sudah merebut dua gelar, Piala Super Spanyol dan Piala Super Eropa.

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Inilah Daftar Transfer Pemain di Liga Inggris

TRIBUNNEWS.COM, LONDON - inilah beberapa pemain yang baru memperkuat klub anyarnya di kancah kompetisi sepakbola Liga Inggris.

ARSENAL
Players in: Carl Jenkinson (Charlton, undisclosed), Gervinho (Lille, undisclosed), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Southampton, initial £12million), Joel Campbell (Deportivo Saprissa, undisclosed), Park Chu-young (Monaco, undisclosed), Andre Santos (Fenerbahce, undisclosed), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen, undisclosed), Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea, season loan), Mikel Arteta (Everton, undisclosed).
Players out: Gael Clichy (Manchester City, undisclosed), Denilson (Sao Paulo, season loan), Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich, undisclosed), Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona, undisclosed), Emmanuel Eboue (Galatasaray, undisclosed), Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad, season loan), Pedro Botelho (Rayo Vallecano, season loan), Samir Nasri (Manchester City, undisclosed), Armand Traore (QPR, undisclosed), Joel Campbell (Lorient, season loan), Gilles Sunu (Lorient, undisclosed), Henri Lansbury (West Ham, season loan), Nicklas Bendtner (Sunderland, loan).

ASTON VILLA
Players in: Shay Given (Manchester City, undisclosed), Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan, undisclosed), Alan Hutton (Tottenham, undisclosed), Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham, loan).
Players out: Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Robert Pires, Moustapha Salifou, Isaiah Osbourne (all released), Brad Friedel (Tottenham, free), Ashley Young (Manchester United, undisclosed), Stewart Downing (Liverpool, undisclosed), Luke Young (QPR, undisclosed), Jean Makoun (Olympiacos, season loan).

BLACKBURN
Players in: David Goodwillie (Dundee United, undisclosed), Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade, undisclosed), Simon Vukcevic (Sporting Lisbon, undisclosed), Scott Dann (Birmingham, .
Players out: Jason Brown, Benjani Mwaruwari, Zurab Khizanishvili, Maceo Rigters (all released), Phil Jones (Manchester United, £16.5million), Frank Fielding (Derby, £300,000), Nikola Kalinic (Dnipro, undisclosed), Brett Emerton (Sydney FC, undisclosed).

BOLTON
Players in: Darren Pratley (Swansea, free), Nigel Reo-Coker (unattached), Chris Eagles (Burnley, undisclosed), Tyrone Mears (Burnley, undisclosed), Tuncay Sanli (Wolfsburg, season loan), Dedryck Boyata (Man City loan), Gael Kakuta (Chelsea, loan), David Ngog (Liverpool, undisclosed).
Players out: Johan Elmander, Jlloyd Samuel, Joey O'Brien, Tamir Cohen (all released), Ali Al Habsi (Wigan, undisclosed), Matt Taylor (West Ham, undisclosed), Sam Sheridan (Stockport, free).

CHELSEA
Players in: Thibaut Courtois (Genk, undisclosed), Oriol Romeu (Barcelona, undisclosed), Romelu Lukaku (Anderlecht, undisclosed), Juan Mata (Valencia, undisclosed), Ulises Davila (Chivas Guadalajara, undisclosed), Raul Meireles (Liverpool, undisclosed).
Players out: Michael Mancienne (Hamburg, undisclosed), Gokhan Tore (Hamburg, undisclosed), Jeffrey Bruma (Hamburg, season loan), Jack Cork (Southampton, undisclosed), Yury Zhirkov (Anzhi Makhachkala, undisclosed), Slobodan Rajkovic (Hamburg, undisclosed), Ulises Davila (Vitesse Arnham, season loan), Patrick van Aanholt (Wigan, season loan), Gael Kakuta (Bolton, loan), Yossi Benayoun (Arsenal, season loan).

EVERTON
Players in: Denis Stracqualursi (Tigres, loan), Royston Drenthe (Real Madrid, loan).
Players out: James Vaughan (Norwich, undisclosed), Iain Turner (released), Shane Duffy (Scunthorpe, loan), Mikel Arteta (Arsenal, undisclosed).

FULHAM
Players in: Csaba Somogyi (unattached), John Arne Riise (Roma, undisclosed), Marcel Gecov (Slovan Liberec, undisclosed), Pajtim Kasami (Palermo, undisclosed), Zdenek Grygera (Juventus, free), Orlando Sa (free).
Players out: Kagisho Dikgacoi (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), Diomansy Kamara (Eskisehirspor, free), Jonathan Greening (Nottingham Forest, undisclosed), John Pantsil, Eddie Johnson, Matthew Saunders, Pascal Zuberbuhler, Zoltan Gera (all released), David Stockdale (Ipswich, season loan), Keanu Marsh Brown (Dundee United, loan).

LIVERPOOL
Players in: Jordan Henderson (Sunderland, undisclosed), Charlie Adam (Blackpool, £6.75million), Alexander Doni (Roma, free), Stewart Downing (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Jose Enrique (Newcastle, undisclosed), Sebastian Coates (Nacional, undisclosed), Villyan Bijev (California Odyssey, undisclosed), Craig Bellamy (Manchester City, undisclosed).
Players out: Paul Konchesky (Leicester, undisclosed), Peter Gulacsi (Hull, season loan), Milan Jovanovic (Anderlecht, undisclosed), Tom Ince (Blackpool, undisclosed), Daniel Ayala (Norwich, undisclosed), Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Wolfsburg, undisclosed), Daniel Pacheco (Atletico Madrid, season loan), Alberto Aquilani (AC Milan, season loan), Emiliano Insua (Sporting Lisbon, undisclosed), Joe Cole (Lille, loan), Christian Poulsen (Evian, undisclosed), Villyan Bijev (Fortuna Dusseldorf, loan), David Ngog (Bolton, undisclosed), Raul Meireles (Chelsea, undisclosed).

MANCHESTER CITY
Players in: Gael Clichy (Arsenal, undisclosed), Stefan Savic (Partizan Belgrade, undisclosed), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, £35million), Costel Pantilimon (Timisoara, undisclosed), Samir Nasri (Arsenal, undisclosed), Owen Hargreaves (unattached).
Players out: Patrick Vieira (retired), Javier Garrido (released), Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich, undisclosed), Ben Mee (Burnley, season loan), Shay Given (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Jo (Internacional, undisclosed), Kieran Trippier (Burnley, season loan), Michael Johnson (Leicester, season loan), Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham, season loan), Dedryck Boyata (Bolton, loan), Roque Santa Cruz (Real Betis, season loan), Vladimir Weiss (Espanyol, season loan), John Guidetti (Feyenoord, season loan), Ahmed Benali (Rochdale, season loan), Shaun Wright-Phillips (QPR, undisclosed), Craig Bellamy (Liverpool, undisclosed).

MANCHESTER UNITED
Players in: Phil Jones (Blackburn, £16.5million), Ashley Young (Aston Villa, undisclosed), David De Gea (Atletico Madrid, undisclosed).
Players out: Edwin van der Sar (retired), Paul Scholes (retired), Owen Hargreaves (released), Bebe (Besiktas, season loan) Ritchie de Laet (Norwich, season loan), Nicky Ajose (Peterborough, undisclosed), Wes Brown (Sunderland, undisclosed), John O'Shea (Sunderland, undisclosed), Corry Evans (Hull, £500,000), Gabriel Obertan (Newcastle, undisclosed), Oliver Norwood (Scunthorpe, loan).

NEWCASTLE
Players in: Yohan Cabaye (Lille, undisclosed), Demba Ba (West Ham, undisclosed), Sylvain Marveaux (Rennes, undisclosed), Mehdi Abeid (Lens, undisclosed), Gabriel Obertan (Manchester United, undisclosed), Davide Santon (Inter Milan, undisclosed), Rob Elliot (Charlton, undisclosed).
Players out: Sol Campbell, Shefki Kuqi (both released), Kevin Nolan (West Ham, undisclosed), Kazenga LuaLua (Brighton, loan), Wayne Routledge (Swansea, undisclosed), Jose Enrique (Liverpool, undisclosed), Joey Barton (QPR, free).

NORWICH
Players in: James Vaughan (Everton, undisclosed), Steve Morison (Millwall, £2.5million), Elliott Bennett (Brighton, £1.5million), Ritchie de Laet (Manchester United, season loan), Bradley Johnson (Leeds, free), Anthony Pilkington (Huddersfield, undisclosed), Kyle Naughton (Tottenham, season loan), Daniel Ayala (Liverpool, undisclosed).
Players out: Luke Daley (Plymouth, undisclosed), Tom Adeyemi (Oldham, loan), Stephen Hughes (released), Cody McDonald (Coventry, undisclosed).

QPR
Players in: Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff, free), Kieron Dyer (unattached), Danny Gabbidon (unattached), DJ Campbell (Blackpool, undisclosed), Brian Murphy (unattached), Joey Barton (Newcastle, free), Luke Young (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Armand Traore (Arsenal, undisclosed), Tommaso Trani (unattached), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City, undisclosed), Anton Ferdinand (Sunderland, undisclosed).
Players out: Mikele Leigertwood (Reading, undisclosed), Angelo Balanta (MK Dons, five-month loan), Kaspars Gorkss (Reading, undisclosed), Antonio German (released).

STOKE
Players in: Jonathan Woodgate (unattached), Matthew Upson (unattached), Wilson Palacios (Tottenham, undisclosed).
Players out: Abdoulaye Faye, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Ibrahima Sonko (all released), Carl Dickinson (Watford, undisclosed).

SUNDERLAND
Players in: Ahmed Elmohamady (ENPPI, undisclosed), Keiren Westwood (Coventry, free), Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham, free), Connor Wickham (Ipswich, £8million), Ji Dong-won (Chunnam Dragons, undisclosed), Craig Gardner (Birmingham, undisclosed), Wes Brown (Manchester United, undisclosed), John O'Shea (Manchester United, undisclosed), David Vaughan (unattached), James McClean (Derry City, £350,000), Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal, loan).
Players out: Jordan Henderson (Liverpool, undisclosed), Boudewijn Zenden (released), Cristian Riveros (Kayserispor, season loan), David Healy (Rangers, free), Steed Malbranque (St Etienne, undisclosed), George McCartney (West Ham, season loan).

SWANSEA
Players in: Danny Graham (Watford, £3.5million), Steven Caulker (Tottenham, season loan), Jose Moreira (Benfica, undisclosed), Leroy Lita (Middlesbrough, £1.75million), Wayne Routledge (Newcastle, undisclosed), Michael Vorm (FC Utrecht, undisclosed), Gerhard Tremmel (free).
Players out: Darren Pratley (Bolton, free), Dorus de Vries (Wolves, free) Gorka Pintado, Cedric van der Gun, Albert Serran (all released), Shaun MacDonald (Bournemouth, undisclosed), David Cornell (Hereford, loan), Ryan Harley (Brighton, undisclosed).

TOTTENHAM
Players in: Brad Friedel (Aston Villa, free), Cristian Ceballos (unattached), Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City, season loan), Yago Falque (Juventus, season loan), Souleymane Coulibaly (Siena, undisclosed) Scott Parker (West Ham, undisclosed).
Players out: Jonathan Woodgate (released), Jamie O'Hara (Wolves, £5million), Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy, £3.5million), Steven Caulker (Swansea, season loan), Paul-Jose M'Poku (Standard Liege, undisclosed), Kyle Naughton (Norwich, season loan), Bongani Khumalo (Reading, season loan), Nathan Byrne (Bournemouth, season loan), Ryan Mason (Doncaster, season loan), Jonathan Obika (Yeovil, five-month loan), David Bentley (West Ham, season loan), Callum Tapping (Hearts, nominal), Wilson Palacios (Stole, undisclosed).

WEST BROM
Players in: Gareth McAuley (Ipswich, free), Billy Jones (Preston, free), Ben Foster (Birmingham, season loan), Zoltan Gera (unattached), Marton Fulop (Ipswich, free), Shane Long (Reading, undisclosed).
Players out: Abdoulaye Meite (Dijon, free), Giles Barnes, Dean Kiely (both released), Borja Valero (Villarreal, undisclosed) Scott Carson (Bursaspor, undisclosed), Gianni Zuiverloon (Real Mallorca, undisclosed), Boaz Myhill (Birmingham, season loan), Ishmael Miller (Nottingham Forest, £1.2million), James Hurst (Blackpool, season loan), Marek Cech (Trabzonspor, undisclosed).

WIGAN
Players in: Ali Al Habsi (Bolton, undisclosed), David Jones (unattached), Nouha Dicko (unattached), Albert Crusat (Almeria, undisclosed), Shaun Maloney (Celtic, undisclosed), Patrick van Aanholt (Chelsea, season loan).
Players out: Steven Caldwell, Daniel de Ridder, Jason Koumas, Mike Pollitt (all released), Antonio Amaya (Real Betis, undisclosed).

WOLVES
Players in: Dorus de Vries (Swansea, free), Jamie O'Hara (Tottenham, £5million), Roger Johnson (Birmingham, undisclosed).
Players out: Marcus Hahnemann, David Jones (both released), Steven Mouyokolo (Sochaux, season loan), Danny Batth (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Andy Keogh (Leeds, loan), David Davis (Inverness, loan).

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