Bus Sheffield £1-80
Lunch & tea £6-35
Bus to Anfield £4
Programme £3-50
Pie and tea £5-60
Match ticket £27
Tea and snack £5
Lunch on Sunday £5
Taxi (£10/2) £5
Train £23 each
Dinner c£11 each
Hotel c£50 each
Total £147-25
What is it about West Ham? In the space of about 6 weeks I've now seen them play 3 times (admittedly one was a Ladies game). Liverpool are probably sick of the sight of them too, having lost at Upton Park a couple of times recently and at Anfield back in August.
After Liverpool's replay win over Exeter, this seemed like it could be a decent match. So we headed across on the Saturday, treating ourselves to a hotel in the city centre. These 5:30 kick offs are not great fun in winter, particularly when you're travelling some distance, so I was glad we'd taken the easier option. To be fair this was one of the more reasonably priced games at £27 apiece.
Despite arriving in the city nice and early it turned into a bit of a rush to the ground, where we arrived just after 5. There was no time to have food so we headed straight up to our Kop seats. These were closer to the middle than previously and gave a good view of the action as well as letting us soak up the atmosphere.
I decided not to bother taking notes, instead just to enjoy the match. For these blog reports I often write a match summary but I have found they can become quite repetitive.
This was overall a reasonable cup tie. Liverpool could have won it a few times over, if not for some excellent goalkeeping by Darren Randolph. Benteke, as usual, looked low on confidence and out of place, miscuing a couple of clear cut chances, and generally looking pretty useless.
Liverpool's line up, it has to be said, was a mixture of youth and experience. Brad Smith at left back did incredibly well, while Kevin Stewart and Teixeira put in a good shift in midfield. So West Ham will have been a bit disappointed they couldn't really capitalise on this. The away side did have the odd chance and a half hearted penalty appeal, but nothing more threatening than that. On 90 minutes we came away from Anfield pretty deflated. Again the Red Men had put in a decent performance, but like the Palace game in November, they had nothing to show for it. The pendulum in this tie had perhaps swung towards the Hammers, who would have the advantage of a home match at Upton Park under the lights. Liverpool's fixture list is piling up now.
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