Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard set to play Saturday against Manchester United
Friday, 12 September 08, 12:52 PM · Comments(0)
As we head into this great weekend of EPL matches, the news of the day so far must be the headliner of Soccernet at the moment, which declares that Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres are fit for Saturday’s match against Manchester United. I believe I mentioned this could be the case earlier in the week, as the “he won’t play, he won’t play, oh wait, he’s fine” ploy has probably been in existence for as long as sports have been around.
That said, what a relief if the article is correct, because it makes this a mouth-watering fixture as a somewhat stagnant Liverpool squad tries to come up with a statement performance early in the season. Interesting storylines will obviously be the effectiveness of the two returning Liverpool stars and the potential productivity of Wayne Rooney, who is coming off a very strong performance in England’s dismantling of Croatia on Wednesday night. And while United has skated through the first two games without Cristiano Ronaldo, this will be the real test when they hit the hostile environment at Anfield. Can’t wait....
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