Mido piles the pressure on Rafa

Presented with the opportunity to jump to second place in the Premier League and nip on Manchester Utd’s heels, it was vital that Liverpool secured three points at the JJB last night. The first half went exactly to plan, but Wigan’s brand new Egyptian forward messed with the script in the 83rd minute by slotting home a penalty equaliser.

Robbie Keane - who in recent weeks has seen less action than Amy Winehouse’s toothbrush - was thrown on as a last minute act of desperation, but even his impromptu appearance couldn’t save the game.

To make things even worse, even Alan Shearer could have made a better attempt at post-match analysis than Senor Benitez*:

We didn’t kill the game in the second half, it was a crazy game.

And when it is a crazy game you cannot control things. Why was it crazy? Because it was crazy.”

Rafa’s mental tautological thoughts aside, Liverpool have yet to win a league game in 2009, and are certainly not showing the consistent brilliance required of champions. Have they already blown their chances of securing their first Premier League trophy? Let us know your thoughts below…

*We don’t really mean that, Rafa. No one is worse than Shearer

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