still hurts. what is the world coming to?

the fact is that Alonso was key to Liverpool's resurgence last season and without him they miss the urgency of his passes to Gerrard.


'Xabi Alonso was priceless for me,' Steven Gerrard explained when we met last month.

'The speed of his delivery was essential because it gave us the advantage over the defenders. I really miss him because I scored a lot of goals that were down to his speed of thought.

'The service, the way he controlled games, to lose that was big for us. He is one of the best in the world in that position.


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collect and dust off

liverpool are runners-up in the premier league. now man f*ing U is equal to liverpool in 18 league titles. next season, the race to #19 is on! and bloody it will be!

will make a rundown of the last six weeks. soon. i hope.

meanwhile, i shall nurse my heartache at the losses of the season. as i shall try my best to ignore the transfer rumors. try my very best!

right now, i am anchoring my sanity to the upcoming liverpool trip to bangkok+singapore! chanting and singing 'you'll never walk alone!' or in my case, you'll never walk alon(e)-so!

football.

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