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Sunday, April 27, 2008 , 12:04 AM

FT: Birmingham 2-2 Liverpool

Woah yet another roller-coaster ride, and I mean this for both Liverpool and Birmingham (more for Birmies I suppose, considering the fact that they desperately need a win to get them out of the bottom 3 and clear of the relegation zone).

Yes. We suck for the majority of the game, the lads woke up about 20 minutes to full time. I have to say that strike by Forsell was sheer class.

My man of the match is definitely Pennant. This may be a lil' ironic, especially for Birmies fans, since he's an ex-Birmie himself. He is as pivotal as Gerrard in today's performance, his crosses and his ability to drive the ball into vital positions before launching decisive crosses and passes is simply phenomenal. Pennant played a huge part in both goals (Crouchy's at the 63" and Benayoun's which was deflected in by Jaidi at the 75"), hauling a lethargic Liverpool back to level with Birmies after a 2-0 deficit. He's been really good for the previous games as well, so do watch out for Pennant y'all, he's on a blazing run.

Haha and Benayoun too! Thought he did really great as usual, love love lovvvee some of his nifty touches on the ball, there's something special about him, can't really put it to words but yeah he's got a knack of grabbing goals at the unlikeliest times and when we need it. Oh oh and anyone agrees with me that he has this Johnny Depp (in the movie "From Hell") vibe about him? :D

And many times during the later part of the 2nd half, you can hear the fans singing the Torres song again, haha funny bunch. They must be calling him on to get that winning goal after equalising. And minutes towards full-time, the Anfield faithfuls sang the signature "You'll Never Walk Alone". :) Totally resonates with Stevie's quote "As a team, we win, lose and draw together".

I'm glad to see Riise smiling today, can tell he desperately wanna right his wrong, but maybe just not today, maybe at Stamford Bridge, I'm sure our lads are looking to break that stupid curse. Stamford Bride might be a fortress, but take a page from our own local history, even the most impregnable of fortresses crumble. So fingers and toes crossed!

On the other hand, I'm seriously turned off by Lucas's performance tonight. Just count the number of times he gave the ball away, and the number of times he made some really stupid mistakes. Uurgh. Voronin didn't look too stable himself today either, he's Mr. Meatloaf but he's more like Mr. Jelly Legs today, falling a lil' too easily all over the place today, failing to put himself in the right position in the process countless times.

Yeah but Birmies sure put in a good fight today, and I'll be sincerely wishing them all the best wherever they might be playing come next season. Salute!

Forssell's superb strike (33"), after being left unmarked, lurking at the backpost.

Watch out for Forsell.

Larsson celebrating his goal (57") from an awesome free-kick taken.