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06 May 2012

No double may be OK for Liverpool

There will be no need to make any room in the trophy case at Anfield this spring, as Liverpool dropped the FA Cup Final to Chelsea on Saturday, 2-1.

That result may not be the worse thing to happen to the squad in the long run.

Adding a second piece of gaudy silverware this season – Liverpool picked up the Carling Cup back in February – may have blinded the team to the fact that there is still considerable work to be done before the Reds can regain their place as one of England’s Big Four.

Liverpool currently sits ninth in the Premier League table with two games to go. Win those last two and they could reach as high as seventh, well out of a Champions League spot, again, and the much-needed money (an estimated $45 million or more) that comes along with it for next season.

It some ways it would be a bit of a miracle to finish as high as seventh as Liverpool has only won four league matches out of 17 since the calendar flipped to 2012.

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14 Apr 2012

Liverpool hoping its FA Cup runneth over

Liverpool’s Andy Carroll is never going to be worth the £35 million the team paid for him, but for one day at least it sure felt like it.

Carroll’s header at the 87 minute mark helped put Liverpool into its first FA Cup final since 2006 as the Reds beat Everton at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

“I’ve had some criticism but I kept on going and to get the winner here is a great feeling,” Carroll said in published reports. “I had a few chances and I probably should have scored earlier but I had to wait until the end. It’s the best feeling ever. We worked hard and getting a goal at the end there was great.

“I believed in myself every day and I got my chance here. I’ve started two games and scored two goals, so it’s great.”

Liverpool will face the winner of Sunday’s match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur in next month’s final.

(Photo by Reuters)

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