Monday’s Press Round-up

The press had a thing or two to say about Liverpool’s debatable winner at Ewood Park on Easter Sunday as the Reds clinched victory away to Blackburn thanks to a first half Robbie Fowler goal. Here are some of the best quotes from today’s press…

• “Of all the presents the Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez received for his 46th birthday, Barry Sygmuta’s interpretation of the offside rule would have been the most unexpected surprise. It was a dreadful piece of judgment. However, it was no worse than that by Phil Dowd at the last match Ewood Park staged which handed Blackburn an equaliser after a challenge on his goalkeeper that Wigan manager Paul Jewell described as “not a tackle but GBH”.”
  Tim Rich, The Telegraph
• “In the popularity stakes, Fowler ranks far above the majority of the Liverpool strikers, who have been much maligned over the season. The often impotent forward line has often been cited as the reason Liverpool were unable to further push Chelsea this season. Benitez has mentioned that should be bring a new striker in, one of the current selection would then be surplus to requirements. I’m sure you would be hard pressed to find many Liverpool fans who’d prefer to see Morientes remain at the club over the man they call ‘œGod’.”
  Sam Cullen, SquareFootball.net
• “Liverpool have taken the more mundane route into the Champions’ League this season, avoiding the need to conjure up a miracle in a European Cup final against Milan by taking the trusted Premiership route with three games to spare, and yet their qualification has again been shrouded in controversy and argument.”
  Andy Hunter, The Independent
• “The last time Djibril Cissé graced this stage he departed on a stretcher in agony, his left leg shattered and his career in serious doubt. The Frenchman strutted from the field at the end yesterday flinging his shirt into the Darwen End with the locals spitting abuse in his direction and the home dug-out simmering with resentment over his apparent non-involvement in this contest’s key incident.”
  Dominic Fifield, The Guardian