The Official Not606 Match Thread: Liverpool Vs Brighton & Hove Albion. (F.A Cup)

Chris. · Feb 20, 2012

Some more pictures from yesterday's victory over Brighton!

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Chris. · Feb 20, 2012

And even more pictures from yesterday!

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Chris. · Feb 20, 2012

Kenny: You can tell Steven!

Kenny Dalglish hopes his side's prolificacy in beating Brighton 6-1 will set the standard as Liverpool's quest for a cup double continues. The Reds will welcome Stoke to Anfield in the FA Cup quarter-finals after an emphatic victory over a team chasing promotion to the Premier League.

Martin Skrtel, Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez all fired - and the scoreline was bloated by three Brighton own goals.

Dalglish reflected: "Three? Are you taking Steven Gerrard's off him as well? You better tell him!

"You can't blame their boys for wanting to defend their goal, they were just a bit unfortunate. Someone said we had 15 attempts on target. We've said we'd like to get our conversion rate up and today that's not a bad return."

Liverpool might have had seven had Suarez converted a penalty late in the game. It was Dalglish who told the club's other penalty takers to stand aside for the Uruguayan.

"That was my fault - I just let sentiment get in the way," said the boss. "But I'll learn my lesson.

"It's a good victory but it was more difficult than the scoreline suggests. Brighton played very well against us at the AMEX in the League Cup and for half an hour or 40 minutes here they were very good as well. We deserved to win and go through but whether the score is a true reflection of how the game went, that's open to conjecture."

Reporters quizzed Dalglish on what a sixth goal of the campaign will do for Carroll's confidence.

His response was: "We've always been positive and we always will be.

"We'll always be supportive of any player who comes to this football club, it doesn't matter what his name is. We'll be the judge of whether we're happy or unhappy, and we're delighted with everyone who's come here since we came to the club."

Carroll, Suarez and Gerrard started together for the first time.

"I never realised that," added Dalglish. "The three of them are fantastic footballers and they played fantastically today. The more any team gets their iconic players on the pitch, the more chance they've got of being successful.

"But we'll stand and be counted as a squad."

Meanwhile, Dalglish was asked about the absence of Daniel Agger and Craig Bellamy and whether they will be okay for the Carling Cup final next weekend.

"We had a couple of injuries on Friday and Saturday with Bellers and Daniel Agger," he said. "We'll have to see how they are but they should be alright, I think."
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Chris. · Feb 20, 2012

Gerrard: Andy was my man of the match!

Steven Gerrard selected Andy Carroll as his man of the match during Liverpool's 6-1 demolition of Brighton in the FA Cup. The striker scored one and made another as the Reds progressed to the quarter-finals, where they have been drawn to face Stoke at home.

Carroll was also influential in Martin Skrtel's opener, jostling with defenders to allow our Slovakian defender space to head home at the near post.

Gerrard, who started a game alongside both Carroll and Luis Suarez for the first time, was impressed.

He said: "He has been brilliant for weeks now. He's getting better and better the more he settles into the club. We were really pleased with him and I thought he was our man of the match. We believe that the more we play together, the more we'll click. We're all good players and good players like playing with other good players. We're all on the same wavelength now and it'll get better and better."

Gerrard also praised the mindset of the players heading into the game - with no one focusing on next weekend's Carling Cup final at Wembley.

"It's always nice to first of all get the win and then to win convincingly," he said. "In the end we went through the gears and got better and better as the 90 minutes went on and we deserved our goals.

"The important thing was to focus on this game. The Carling Cup final was in our minds because we have a massive game at Wembley next week but we want to go to Wembley again in the FA Cup so today was just as important."

Next up for Liverpool in the FA Cup are Stoke, whose last visit to Anfield ended goalless on a day of missed chances.

Gerrard added: "It's not going to be an easy game. They came here in the league and were very resilient, defended really well. It was a tough game for us and we're expecting a similar game.

"Hopefully we can convert our chances this time and get to Wembley again - it would be fantastic for the supporters."
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Chris. · Feb 20, 2012

Enrique: This sets us up nicely.

Jose Enrique believes Sunday's 6-1 win over Brighton at Anfield stands Liverpool in perfect stead for this weekend's Carling Cup final. The emphatic victory was the last fixture before the eagerly-anticipated trip to Wembley for the clash with Cardiff, who are just four points clear of Gus Poyet's side in the Championship.

And the Spaniard was particularly delighted with the prolificacy his teammates demonstrated in front of goal.

"It's really important for us to have a win like that with so many goals," he told the Liverpool Echo.

"We know this season we haven't scored enough in the league games so hopefully this is a good sign for us. It's really good for our confidence ahead of next weekend's final. Everyone will take a lot from that victory."

It was a confident performance from Kenny Dalglish's men as Brighton were dismantled and hit for six. The visitors did manage to stay level for 27 minutes in the first half but after the break the Reds flew out of the traps.

Andy Carroll made it 3-1, arcing his run inside the penalty area before hammering past Brezovan in front of the Kop. Two more own-goals added to Brighton's misery before Liverpoolfc.tv journalists' Man of the Match Luis Suarez nodded in the sixth.

Enrique himself was in fine form and Opta statistics show he was one of the most diligent players on the park, taking more touches than any other Liverpool defender and launching into six tackles.

He said: "At the moment we're playing really well and now we'll start thinking about the final. It's really important for us and we want to win that trophy.

"This is my first season here and to get to play in a cup final will be amazing. We're in one final, we're in the quarter-finals of another and just four points behind the Champions League places in the league."

The victory means the Reds will face Stoke at Anfield in a quarter-final clash on the weekend of March 17/18 where Dalglish's men will look to book another trip to the capital for the semi-finals in April.

Enrique said: "I know there have been many games we should have won but didn't this season. But we're still in a great position. This is a new team but the more we all play together the better we will get.

"We've got Stoke at home and we've got a good chance of getting into another final.

"Now we will prepare to play Cardiff. Everyone thinks because we're playing against a Championship team it will be an easy game but we know it's going to be hard."
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Chris. · Feb 20, 2012

Downing eyes Wembley berth.

Stewart Downing is hoping his fine display during the 6-1 FA Cup rout of Brighton will give him a chance of earning a starting berth at Wembley in the Carling Cup final next Sunday. The winger set up a goal for Andy Carroll and was a constant threat to Gus Poyet's side, linking superbly with Jose Enrique down the left flank.

Downing hopes this will mean there is no repeat of what happened in 2004 when he was an unused substitute as Middlesbrough played out the League Cup final against Bolton.

"It was a great game to play in, especially the second half, and it was nice to get a few goals in front of the Kop," he told Liverpoolfc.tv.

"The first half was a little bit tricky when they got the equaliser and made it hard for us, but the manager told us at half-time to keep doing what we were doing and the goals would come.

"I thought our second-half performance was really good.

"I really enjoyed it out there. Me and Jose could see we were getting a fair bit of space and the manager told us to try and exploit that space, and I thought on both sides we did well. That's where most of the goals came from. Competition for places is tough here. I'm sure it's great for the manager and it gives him a headache. We have got options all over the park, everyone wants to play in the starting XI, and it's good for the club."

On his run and cross to set up the chance for Carroll's goal, Downing added: "It was a good team move. I got a bit lucky when I managed to get away but it was a good finish from Andy."

The thrilling tie also featured three own goals as Liverpool laid siege to the Brighton goal with some excellent moves.

Downing added: "It was a bit crazy. They were a bit unlucky with a few of them but it was good for us to create the chances and take them. That's probably been our downfall at times at home this season, creating a lot of chances but not putting them away, but on Sunday it came good for us."

All thoughts now turn to Wembley and the No.19 is hoping to land his first medal on his debut season in front of the Kop.

He added: "We've got a good week to prepare for the Carling Cup final now. We will prepare well and do everything right.

"Cardiff won't be an easy game, finals never are, and we will prepare right and make sure we do the business on the day."
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