February 1st, 2009
English Soccer - The Merseyside Derby
Due to the quirks in the draw for the FA Cup, Liverpool were scheduled to play against Everton twice in a span of a week. The first match was an English Premier League clash while the second match was an FA Cup tie. After watching both matches, my sympathy goes out to Rafael Benitez.
Everton are playing fantastic football at the moment. The team occupies the sixth position in the Premiership League table and have opened up a five point lead over their closest pursuers Wigan Athletic. In a league were the difference between maintaining your place in the Premiership and stay at the number nine spot and the drop towards relegation is six points, for Everton to have such a gap is quite remarkable. This despite the team’s lack of strikers who have all been suffering from long term injuries.