LONDON -- Liverpool regained the lead in the English Premier League but the crown slipped further from its grasp as it threw away a three-goal lead in a 3-3
draw away to Crystal Palace on Monday.
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The stunning outcome put Liverpool a point above Manchester City, but City has a
game in hand and can win its second title in three years with four points from
its last two games. Liverpool was romping to a bonus big win to help its goal
difference thanks to a first-half goal by Joe Allen before Daniel Sturridge and
Luis Suarez scored in quick succession in the second to have the Reds leading
3-0 by the 55th minute. Then, Damian Delaney exposed Liverpools vulnerability to
counterattacks as he scored in the 79th, launching a dramatic turnaround and
deflating the Reds. They didnt recover, as Dwight Gayle cut the deficit to one
two minutes later, and drew level with his second goal in the 88th. Suarez, the
leagues new player of the year, was in tears on the final whistle and covered
his face with his shirt as he left the pitch, with his team now highly unlikely
to claim a first title in 24 years. The title race is certain to go to the last
day of the season on Sunday, and Citys superior goal difference means a win and
a draw from its last two games is almost certain to be enough to clinch the
title. City faces Aston Villa on Wednesday, and West Ham United on Sunday, both
at home. Liverpool started strongly and seemed to have put the preceding 2-0
defeat to Chelsea behind it when Allen darted to the far post to head in Steven
Gerrards corner, his first league goal in over two years. Leading only 1-0 at
the break, Liverpool came out fighting in the second half, forcing Palace
goalkeeper Julian Speroni to tip a Sturridge shot onto the post in acrobatic
style, before Suarez missed an open goal on the rebound. Sturridge doubled
Liverpools lead with a deflected shot on 51 minutes, and Suarez combined with
Raheem Sterling to make it 3-0 with a calm low finish two minutes later. Chasing
a big win to reduce Citys goal-difference advantage, Liverpool continued to pour
men forward and was repeatedly caught on the counterattack as Palace scored
three goals in the space of nine minutes. Delaneys 25-yard speculative shot
veered in off Glen Johnsons leg into the top-right corner of the net, then Gayle
scored his first, coolly finishing off a Yannick Bolasie cross. Gayle levelled
in the 88th, slotting past goalkeeper Simon Mignolet when Glenn Murray
controlled a long pass. Liverpool twice had strong penalty appeals turned down
by referee Mark Clattenburg, first when Johnson was floored by Bolasie midway
through the first half, then shortly after the break when Suarez argued
furiously for a spot kick, but earned himself only a yellow card for doing so.
Palaces final home game of the season saw the home crowd leave in buoyant mood
following a season in which the London team was expected to battle only against
relegation in its first season since returning to the Premier League. Palace can
no longer overtake 10th-place Stoke City, and will secure 11th with a point away
to relegated Fulham on Sunday.
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their home games on the roof of the Plaza Hotel and Casino.When Liverpool take
on Watford on Super Sunday, memories of John Barnes will stir. Having made 296
appearances for the Hornets and played 403 times for the Reds, he is a legend at
both clubs. Adam Bate spoke to former team-mates and coaches to assess just what
made Barnes so special… Barry Endeans goal won Watford an FA Cup quarter-final
against Bill Shanklys Liverpool in 1970. Tommy Mooneys winner gave Watford their
first-ever points at Anfield in 1999. In the most recent meetings last season,
both sides won their respective home encounters. But for many, Liverpool versus
Watford means only one thing - the brilliance of John Barnes.Its not often that
a player makes the all-time best XI at two different clubs but theres no
disputing Barness status. He is widely regarded as the best player to pull on a
Watford shirt and is in the reckoning for that title at Liverpool too. He came
seventh in an internet poll looking at 100 players who shook the Kop but one
Reds great ranks him rather higher than that. Jamie Carragher says Liverpool are
the real deal this season Former Liverpool captain Phil Thompson was a coach at
the club during Barness early years at Anfield and saw up close what the winger
was capable of doing. Thompson tells Sky Sports: For me he was one of the best
three players ever to play for Liverpool, with Kenny Dalglish and Steven
Gerrard, which is high praise given the great players weve had. For me he was
one of the best three players ever to play for Liverpool, with Kenny Dalglish
and Steven Gerrard, which is high praise given the great players weve had. Phil
Thompson on John Barnes Barness life began in Jamaica but it was in the less
exotic environs of Watford that his journey to stardom began in earnest. Even
before hed turned up for pre-season training in 1981, talk of his vast potential
was spreading. Wed heard rumours of this kid that the club had acquired,
remembers Luther Blissett, Watfords star striker then and the clubs all-time top
scorer now.This skinny kid turned up for pre-season and soon showed us all what
an athlete he was. There was nothing any of us could beat him at and this was a
17-year-old boy. He was exceptional in terms of fitness but we were all
thinking, Lets see what he can do when the football comes out. As it turned out,
there was pretty much nothing that he couldnt do with a football at his feet.
Barnes debuted at Watford in 1981 and went on to appear almost 300 times
Blissett, now 58, has seen a thing or two in the game. Ask him to think of the
best players of his era and there are mentions for England team-mates Glenn
Hoddle and Bryan Robson. Michel Platini springs to mind, an opponent during
Blissetts time with AC Milan. But it all comes back to Barnes. You always think
people are exaggerating but he really was that good, he tells Sky Sports.I
remember one of Johns first games. It was against Norwich. He picked the ball up
on the left side and went at the full-back. He rolled the ball towards him with
the sole of his foot and then rolled it back the other way and went past him. It
was one of those moments where you just thought, Wow, did I just see that? To do
that to an experienced pro at that age… Barness trickery on the wing helped
Watford to the 1984 FA Cup final Watford were already on a roll having come up
from the fourth tier under Graham Taylor, but in Blissetts words, it was Barnes
who added something extra that the team was missing. They won promotion to the
top flight as runners-up in the youngsters first season and beat Manchester
United on their way to a League Cup quarter-final too.United boss Ron Atkinson
was impressed and immediately tipped them to go all the way to Wembley. It would
take a couple more years before they made it there, but what was a memorable cup
scalp for the club at the time would become common-place before long. In
1982/83, Watfords first ever season of top-flight football, they stunned
everyone by finishing second behind Liverpool.Barnes was immense. Still only a
teenager, he scored 10 league goals of his own that season but created many
more. We already had Nigel Callaghan on one wing and with John on the other
there wasnt another team in the country that had two players like that in wide
areas, says Blissett. For a striker, it meant opportunities. He took 27 of them
to finish as the top scorer in all four divisions. Barnes in action against USSR
in 1984 - the year of his famous Maracana goal Blissett promptly moved to Milan
but it was Barnes who went global. He might not have been the first black player
to play for England but he remains the best and his slaloming goal against
Brazil in the Maracana in 1984 is arguably the finest of them all. He just got
better and better, says Blissett. In 1987, just days after Taylor left for Aston
Villa, Barnes agreed a £900,000 move to Liverpool.It was the right move at the
right time. The beauty about John going to Liverpool at that time was that he
had the experience, adds Blissett. John was pretty rounded by the time he left.
He was quick and had great endurance but by then he had strength and power too.
Everything about him improved, so when he went to Liverpool that is what
elevated him above everyone else.It just exploded for him. Rather than playing
with three or four very good players, he was now playing with three or four
world-class players and a whole team of very good players. It was frightening
and John just fitted in. It was like he was brought up to play in that team. The
first two or three years there were just phenomenal. Barnes was the outstanding
player in English football in the late 1980s Already a top team, Barnes made
them better. English clubs might have been banned from Europe but that Liverpool
side would surely have been a match for the continents best. John Aldridge
stepped up following Ian Rushs brief departure and the signings of Peter
Beardsley and Ray Houghton added a new dimension. And yet, Barnes still stood
out.I was reserve-team coach when John was at Liverpool, recalls Thompsson.
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Road when he and Beardsley were in their pomp and saying to Kenny Dalglish after
the game that I would have paid to watch him. I would have happily paid at the
turnstiles and sat in the stands drooling with the other fans.He was one of
those players that just excited you every time he got the ball. He had the
ability to pick out a pass, a great first touch and could obviously dribble.
There was something Brazilian in the way he played the game, like a downhill
skier, the way he glided in and out of defenders. Liverpool won the league in
his first season, with Barnes picking up the PFA and FWA awards. Barnes won the
league title in 1987/88 - his first season at Liverpool The devastation of
Hillsborough overshadowed his second season, one that looked to be on course for
a double, and subsequent events had given rise to the view that things were
unravelling for the club. The next league title, picked up in 1989/90, remains
Liverpools last. It was the end of their era of dominance. But it didnt feel
that way at the time. Barnes, in particular, was better than ever.This was the
season of the 9-0 win over Crystal Palace. But there was also an 8-0 FA Cup win
over Swansea. Home and away, the Reds put nine past Chelsea and seven past
Manchester City. Everton were beaten at Anfield and Goodison Park with Barnes
scoring in both games. Indeed, he was Liverpools top scorer that season -
finishing second only to Gary Lineker in the country.Once again, Barnes was
honoured by the Football Writers Association. Take a look at the other players
to pick up that award more than once and its a clue to his level. Sir Tom
Finney, Sir Stanley Matthews, Danny Blanchflower and Dalglish were the only men
to do it before Barnes. Lineker, Thierry Henry and Cristiano Ronaldo are the
only ones who have done it since. Barnes on Italia 90 John Barnes discusses his
memories of the 1990 World Cup. If there was a disappointment, it was at
international level. His involvement at the 1986 World Cup was restricted to
just 16 minutes of the quarter-final against Argentina, during which time he
still came close to upstaging Diego Maradona, laying on a goal for Lineker and
almost setting up another. The subsequent European Championship was a failure as
England lost all three games.Barnes finally got his chance to impress at a World
Cup in 1990 but had a goal wrongly disallowed against Belgium and was injured by
the time of Englands semi-final penalty exit. By 1995, hed picked up 79 caps and
was being viewed as no more than a qualified success - a victim of both
scandalous racism and the ludicrous expectations that followed his first
international goal.It was a big burden for him to carry after scoring that goal
against Brazil in Maracana but he carried it gracefully, adds Thompson. That was
the most impressive thing about the man, he was so humble and always played the
game with a smile on his face. Barnes adapted his game in later years to become
an effective holding midfielder In his later career, Barness good character
assumed greater significance as he was asked to take on a senior role at the
club. He eventually inherited the captaincy from Rush but not before inspiring a
new generation. He played alongside Steve McManaman and Robbie Fowler, while
Michael Owens first start also happened to be Barness last game for
Liverpool.Jamie Redknapp scored in that game at Sheffield Wednesday in May 1997
and got to play in midfield with Barnes on almost 200 occasions. He remains
grateful for the support he received during his formative years. When I signed
for Liverpool they were the dominant force in football so there were obviously
some strong characters in that dressing room, Redknapp tells Sky Sports.As a
17-year-old boy, youre wide eyed and extremely nervous. Youre looking for a bit
of support and for people to take you under their wing. Thats exactly what John
did. Ill never forget how much guidance he gave me. He was just a classy guy.
They say never to meet your heroes but it was the complete opposite with John.
He was the one I really wanted to meet and he was brilliant with me. He was the
hero of that era. The best player in the country and one of the best players in
the world. Jamie Redknapp on John Barnes When I was about 21, I started to get
some real belief in what I was doing. Wed just beaten Blackburn and Id scored.
We were sat in the bath afterwards and he just turned to me and said Id play for
England soon. It hadnt crossed my mind that I was anywhere near that level. But
he just told me to keep going. A few weeks later I was picked in the squad. He
just knew football.If you did something good hed be the first to tell you that
youd done well, but if you didnt then hed let you know as well. It fulfilled a
dream in playing alongside him. I cant lie, I had pictures of John Barnes all
over my wall when I was a kid. He was the player that I loved watching. He was
the hero of that era. The best player in the country and one of the best players
in the world.With a 10-year age gap between them, that era was coming to an end
by the time that Redknapp was involved. Barnes had to convert from dazzling
dribbler to holding midfielder. I dont think it was what he wanted because he
was so good going forward, says Redknapp. But you cant be that marauding winger
forever. You have to change your game and the Achilles injury had affected him.
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Sports pass It stopped him being explosive. But he was so good tactically, it
was easy for him to make the change. I think I can count on two hands the amount
of times he gave the ball away in the four or five years that I played alongside
him. I used to love it. It was an education really. He perhaps wasnt at his
absolute peak, but the way he used to move the ball never changed. He was so
skilful.He was a good reader of the game too. He could intercept passes and was
spot on tactically. He was also very good in the air. He was just the complete
footballer. It was all so natural. There wasnt really a weakness. He could even
tackle. Jamie Carragher also claimed that he was the best finisher hed seen. He
used to just caress the ball into the corners, says Redknapp. It was a gift.It
was a gift. That just about sums it up. So where does Barnes rank? He was the
best that I played with and I didnt play with him at his peak, says Redknapp. Id
still say that he was my favourite Liverpool player. When Liverpool host Watford
on Sunday, therell be many more at Anfield who share that opinion. Also See:
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