Benitez is red-faced at Fulham.FULHAM 3 LIVERPOOL 1 RAFAEL Benitez will appeal against both red cards after nine-man Liverpool slumped to a humiliating hu·mil·i·ate tr.v. hu·mil·i·at·ed, hu·mil·i·at·ing, hu·mil·i·ates To lower the pride, dignity, or self-respect of. See Synonyms at degrade. 3-1 defeat at Craven Cottage History Pre-Fulham The original 'Cottage' was built in 1780, by William Craven, the sixth Baron Craven and was located on the centre circle of the pitch. At the time, the surrounding areas were woods which made up part of Anne Boleyn's hunting grounds. . Swiss defender Philipp Degen Philipp Degen (born 15 February 1983) is a Swiss national currently playing football for the German Borussia Dortmund team. Personal life He was born in Hölstein, Switzerland, and has a twin brother David Degen who currently plays for FC Basel. He isn't married. and captain Jamie Carragher Simon Petersen(born January 28, 1978 in Bootle, Merseyside) is an English international footballer playing his club football at Liverpool where he is at present vice-captain, behind teammate and fellow Liverpudlian Steven Gerrard. were sent off for second-half fouls as Liverpool's Premier League hopes disintegrated in their fifth league loss of the season. But Benitez believed referee Lee Mason Lee S. Mason is an English football referee. Born on 29 October 1971[1] in Bolton, Lancashire, he is chairman of the Bolton Referees Society, and still lives locally. His main other hobby is golf. got both decisions wrong, saying Degen's foul on Clint Dempsey was no more than a yellow card while he maintained Carragher played the ball when he was adjudged to have brought down Bobby Zamora. Benitez said: "They were two incidents in a few minutes when we were losing and they were difficult to take. The first one was a yellow card. The second one you can clearly see that Carragher was kicking the ball." Bobby Zamora put Fulham ahead and Fernando Torres equalised adj. 1. p. p. os> of equalise; same as equalized. in a first-half in which Liverpool dominated possession. But when Erik Nevland put Fulham ahead for the second time and Torres had been substituted there was only one winner, Clint Dempsey scoring a late clincher clinch·er n. 1. One that clinches, as: a. A nail, screw, or bolt for clinching. b. A tool for clinching nails, screws, or bolts. 2. for the home side. Possession Benitez, however, was left wondering how Liverpool could have lost after enjoying so much possession. He said: "It's hard to take the defeat, especially when we were in control of the game. The first half was one-sided. We made one mistake and we conceded a goal. "The second half they were more offensive and we made a massive mistake when we conceded the second goal. We worked hard with nine players but it was very diffi-cult." Benitez could now be without Torres and Steven Gerrard for the crucial Champions League clash against Lyon on Wednesday. The Liverpool boss said he would "have to see how Gerrard progresses" with his troublesome groin injury, while Torres is still not fully fit. Benitez said: "We decided to play Fernando Torres against Manchester United (last Sunday) and it was a difficult decision because he was not 100 per cent fit. "We put him on the pitch but we had to protect him and that's why we took him out after 60 minutes." Fulham manager Roy Hodgson said: "We had to work hard to keep them at bay. They had more possession than us. "But we got closer to them in the second half. We're getting better as a team. |
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