Liverpool

Vijay Narayanan on April 8th, 2009

… have made my day wonderful by beating Liverpool 3-1 at Anfield!

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Vijay Narayanan on April 5th, 2009

It has been four years and four weeks since I last let out a sore-throat-inducing “Wow” when watching a goal. The previous occasion was when Ronaldinho scored that “foot of God” goal at Stamford Bridge. Just a few minutes ago today, a hitherto unheard of Italian teenager turned around in front of the Stretford End, [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on March 14th, 2009

You might sneer at me when I call the result inconsequential, because I am from Mancunia. But here is my most important takeaway from today’s game: “Nemanja Vidic is human.” Good read from The Times: How Shankly helped the rise of United.

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Vijay Narayanan on February 9th, 2009

A rough measure one can use to compare clubs playing in the same league is to see how many points separate two clubs. If the points difference between two clubs that have played the same number of games is six points or more, one can claim that the two clubs are involved in different mini-leagues. [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on December 19th, 2008

Though already a UEFA Cup winner, Jose Mourinho came to be taken seriously across Europe after his FC Porto side knocked Manchester United out of the 2003-04 Champions League. We know the rest of the story. Porto won the Champions League, Mourinho went to Chelsea, won two consecutive league titles and had a solid record [...]

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