Thailand vs Liverpool: Reds sweat on Skrtel injury verdict

marcteng SG

thanks. wah haven start yet

zocoss SG

Xabi Alonso will take a step closer to joining Real Madrid today by missing Liverpool's latest pre-season match with what has been described as a “minor injury”.

The Spain midfield player is determined to join Real, who had a £24 million bid rejected last week, and has ruled himself out of Liverpool's match against a Thailand XI in Bangkok later today while the stalemate over the prospective move continues. Liverpool want about £32million for him.

limpper SG

lol, see lar. he dulan alr. must well just paste everything!

marcteng SG

wah the thai PM shaking hands sia lol

marcteng SG

wah 1-0 Babel the sub scored lol

limpper SG

babel goal

Merczrox SG

Liverpool close shave sia 1-0.

limpper SG

what kind of team is this man -.-

limpper SG

i reckon the game against sg will be more or less the same

limpper SG

i think xabi really going le.... no 14 youngster take and wear le....

Y_Shun SG

i think xabi really going le.... no 14 youngster take and wear le....

he in squad anot?? if not its usually fine for another youngster to wear the number if hes not there

arsenal played their preseason with 1/2 team of youngsters aganist barnet

limpper SG

he's in

limpper SG

1-1 ended

omgukilledkenny SG

i heard it was hella boring.

Y_Shun SG

got chances la i watched for brief 20mins then i off when malaysia scored the goal...

liverpool's preseason like not very sucesss, but most importantly is the players managed to get a runout

knock-knock SG

did anyone see riera getting pissed off or rather smirking at the number board? wat a scorn...

William weiz SG

Haaha wat an Ass team, although it's a friendly but dud have to play like puss rite? 3 games draw 2 lose 1. how to win BPL next season? Poor you Scouse Fans pay so much money to watch a bunch of puss wearing Liverpool jerseys and most of them are not even 2nd team? this is how Liverpool repays the asia fans. Well done

chrisbenoit SG

Shut the hell up, it is a friendly and more than 23 Liverpool players played in that match.

A draw is no disgrace, considering Thailand are much better than Malaysia, with Peter Reid as their manager. He is a former EPL manager so he knows a lot about English football.

omgukilledkenny SG

Rafa Benitez is awaiting to hear if Martin Skrtel faces a long spell on the sidelines after he limped off in Liverpool's 1-1 draw in Thailand.

Skrtel limped off 10 minutes after coming on at half-time in Bangkok and while Benitez said it was too early to tell how long the defender could be ruled out for, it was nevertheless an unwanted blow.

"I'm really disappointed because Martin has had a problem with his hamstring and a little bit with the ligaments in his knee, so we have to wait," he said.

Jamie Carragher echoed his manager's disappointment over his centre-back partner's exit.

"That's part and parcel of football. It's disappointing but hopefully he will be ready for the start of the season because he's a top player," he said.

teamtalk.

zocoss SG

Ryan Babel, Liverpool

Sutee Sumsomkit's second-half equaliser saw Thailand secure a battling draw with Liverpool in a pre-season friendly at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok.

Ryan Babel put the Barclays Premier League side in front after six minutes but substitute Sutee struck with a consummate finish midway through the second period to ensure the encounter ended all-square.

Thailand had the first sight of goal with just a minute on the clock when Diego Cavalieri's poor clearance fell straight to Datsakorn Thonglao but he shot wide from 30 yards with the Liverpool keeper scrambling back towards goal.

The visitors took the lead when Jamie Carragher hit a long diagonal ball that picked out Babel's run after he had got in front of Suree Sukha. The Dutchman's touch took him away from the defender before he beat keeper Kosin Hathairattanakul with a low finish.

Babel could have doubled the lead five minutes later when Krisztian Nemeth collected a weak headed clearance and played the winger in down the left but Kosin got down well to block.

He had another chance after 20 minutes when he met Lucas' perfectly flighted ball from the left in space at the far post but cushioned his volley wide.

Datsakorn then fired a 25-yard free-kick over the bar as the Thais were unable to convert a decent amount of possession into clear chances.

Liverpool made a host of changes at the break but Martin Skrtel lasted only 10 minutes before limping off and fellow substitute Nabil El Zhar was replaced two minutes later.

Sutee played a neat one-two with Teerasil Dungda and the former's left-footed finish found the bottom corner beyond substitute keeper Peter Gulacsi's outstretched hand.

Andrea Dossena was sent clear by Andriy Vornonin following a swift interchange but shot straight at Kosin before the Ukrainian wasted a glorious chance nine minutes from time when put clean through by Fernando Torres but missed from 10 yards and Glen Johnson curled an effort wide in injury time as Thailand held on.

See the video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdd7xdXUhEQ&feature=player_embedded

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