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Soccer Sunday: Your Running Commentary

Luis Suarez of Liverpool and Kyle Walker of Tottenham Hotspur in action

By JUSTIN FERGUSON

Liverpool’s visit to  Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane headlines a jam-packed Soccer Sunday of action from all over the world.

Liverpool have posted impressive back-to-back victories thanks to the continued hot streak of striker Luis Suarez, but the Reds have not fared well away from Anfield in recent weeks. Suarez and Company will go up against one of the English Premier League’s toughest defenses in Tottenham Hotspur, who have only allowed seven goals at home this season.

Another European match to watch today will be Inter Milan’s visit to Napoli, a Top-4 battle of high-powered offenses in Serie A. Napoli have been extremely tough to beat at home this season, outscoring opponents 17-6 at the San Paolo. Inter Milan are currently on an eight-match unbeaten run in league play and will be looking for an extra boost ahead of next weekend’s Milan Derby.

The day’s action will wrap up in Mexico, where Club Leon hold a 2-0 aggregate lead over defending champions Club America in the Apertura Playoff Final. Leon have one hand on the title after their big win at home earlier in the week, and they will head to the famed Estadio Azteca looking secure the league title.

If you will be watching today’s action, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.

Enjoy the action (Today’s TV schedule is after the jump):

8:30am – Aston Villa vs. Manchester United – NBC Sports Network

8:30am – Norwich City vs. Swansea City – NBC Sports Live Extra

9am – Fiorentina vs. Bologna – beIN Sport USA

11am – Tottenham vs. Liverpool – NBC Sports Network

11am – Lille vs. Bastia – beIN Sport USA

11am – Real Sociedad vs. Real Betis – beIN Sport en Español

11:30am – Bayer Leverkusen vs. Eintracht Frankfurt – GolTV USA

12:30pm – Juventus vs. Sassuolo – beIN Sport USA

1pm – Sevilla vs. Athletic Bilbao – beIN Sport en Español

2:45pm – Napoli vs. Inter Milan – beIN Sport USA

3pm – Lyon vs. Marseille – Univision Deportes

3pm – Atletico Madrid vs. Valencia – beIN Sport en Español

3:30pm – Velez Sarsfield vs. San Lorenzo – GolTV USA

7pm – Club America vs. Club Leon – Univision

Comments

  1. The way things have worked out, it’s a damn shame Dempsey didn’t end up at Liverpool, where he seemed destined to go. He’d probably still be over there.

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  2. Tottenham with a -12 goal difference against the top 5 teams in the table, after playing each once. Yet to win against any and only drawing Everton and Chelsea.

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  3. 5-0

    Reds just tore the Spurs a new butthole.

    And Spurs is a CL contender, or it was once,

    Bring on Man City and Chelsea. Gonna be a fantastic match.

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  4. If Arsenal/Man City shows that Arsenal are pretenders to the EPL throne, this game is proving Tottenham are pretenders to a Champions League spot.

    And Liverpool scores again.

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  5. Nice form on Paulinho’s spinning back heel into Suarez. Way to make a smart play when your team is trying to get back in the game. See ya dip$h$t.

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      • It was deliberate. Luis clearly beat him to the ball and Paulinho planted his raised cleat into the midsection. Now is Luis is swell guy. Nope, he’s a tool (and probably troubled personally given his behavior) so I get some folks won’t mind or perhaps like what happened.

        Cheers all

    • Looks like Paulinho was Kung fu fighting (HAH)
      Cause Suarez was fast as lightning
      That high boot was a little bit frightening
      But it came with shitty timing

      The second goal makes me wonder if Lloris would be an awesome volleyball player.

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    • Yeah. It’s amazing how many flaws can be disguised by a dynamic attacker who can regularly score anytime, and make goals out of almost nothing.

      Amazing to think an 80 million? player could be a steal at the price.

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  6. cracking game so far, but I must say, spurs are a mess in the midfield, where supposedly they spent most of their money. soldado is not a lone forward kind of player., together w/ defoe would help a lot. chadli is the only midfielder doing anything…..liverpool sure are fun to watch….

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  7. Hendo hits the net. Happy for him as he’s been involved in the attacking play. Crazy sequence with two great saves from Lloris. Where is the Tottenham D? Answer shredded.

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  8. Jones on the bench for the 3rd match in a row for Schalke now. Does he try to leave in the January window? Does Klinsmann stick with him even if he goes to a smaller club or is on the bench the rest of the year?

    Johannsson and AZ continue to fall off the pace a bit as they loose and he doesn’t score for a 3rd straight match. Is that something to start to worry about or will they bounce back?

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    • That is a great question with regards to the free kicks. He seems to have a knack at those.

      His performance yesterday is going to cost him. He is usually Sunderland’s best player but his lack of scoring is on him at this point. That missed goal yesterday was inexcusable. He will be bench for the next game because of it.

      Jozy’s a head case. He needs to stop letting his frustrations getting the best of him. Again, one could see it yesterday. He let’s things in the game affect him too much.

      It’s going to be a long year for him. He and Sunderland are in serious trouble.

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  9. Tough day at the office for Guzan. AV with sloppy passing in their third of the pitch leading to that third goal. Maybe Guzan could’ve done better in reacting to get a hand on Cleverly’s shot I dunno. Regardless, thinking Man Poo has 1 or 2 more in them.

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    • How do you think Rodgers adjusts the lineup today without Gerrard? Guessing we have a midfield triangle with Lucas in his holding spot and Allen interchanging with Henderson. Should be a great match and hoping Luis can bang a couple in.

      Cheers

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