EPL 10/2/2008 - Chelsea vs Liverpool

There has been much less focus on this live commentary and play by play English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge compared to previous seasons and encounters due to the fact that Liverpool has now been rubber stamped as an also ran and a club deep in crisis, while Chelsea continue to challenge for the EPL title by grinding out wins but the truth is that while Avram Grant has the charisma to squeeze his way into the manager's seat and a string of wins from his players, he does not have the tactical acumen to overcome Chelsea's major rivals in Manchester United and Arsenal. However, he does belong to the growing club of managers who have shown Rafael Benitez how to actually win in the EPL without the need for rotation and still having a squad strong enough to keep going over the course of a long season.

Liverpool continues to lurch from one disaster to another and despite a morale boosting win over Sunderland last week, it did not paper over the cracks that have been existent in this team and Rafael Benitez's management style for a long time. This live commentary and radio broadcast English Premier League game between Chelsea and Liverpool will continue to show what an ineffective motivator Benitez is - tactics can only get you that far. If your team suffers from a confidence crisis you need to be able to motivate and encourage them, like how Ferguson, Moyes, Wenger, Mourinho or even Grant does. Unfortunately, Benitez has continued to show he is unable to catch hold of his players' attention at crucial times and bring the best out of them. If he really feels that these players deserve the kind of money that Liverpool has paid out for them, then he should be able to unearth the talent from them to be consistently displayed for Liverpool's benefit, such as in this live commentary and TV telecast game that would be crucial to their hopes of securing that fourth Champions League slot.

It is highly likely that Chelsea would once again scrape to another win over Liverpool in this live commentary and radio broadcast English Premier League soccer match. While Chelsea are not crowd pleasers and certainly nothing pretty to watch despite Avram's claim that he would change Mourinho's style of play, they are still extremely effective and should easily remain in third and perhaps usurp second place if Arsenal flops in the run up to the end of the season. Liverpool unfortunately suffer from bad American ownership, bad players and a failing manager. While Benitez is favoured by many fans due to his dedication and for his efforts in winning the Champions League, he does not have the ability to deliver the English Premier League crown to Liverpool now, in the near future, nor ever in the distant. This would once again be evident in this live commentary and TV telecast soccer match in the EPL between Chelsea and Liverpool tonight.