An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What Happened on Tuesday, November 4
Liverpool loses but only by a little: Liverpool was expected to be blown out by star-studded Real Madrid but managed to hold them to one goal in a 1-0 defeat. Liverpool’s coach made a controversial decision to actually not play some of his best (but older) players to rest them for an important game this weekend in the British Premiere League. This game vs. Real Madrid was part of the UEFA Champions League. All these different leagues make following European soccer bewildering at times but the British Premiere League is like a normal NBA/NFL/NHL league while the Champions League is different. Here’s how the Champions League works. Line: As losses go, it wasn’t a bad one for Liverpool.
The rich keep winning: In the NHL, the two games were were keeping an eye on were the St. Louis Blues at New Jersey Devils and the Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild. The Blues were on a five game winning streak and the Penguins on a four game streak. Both of them continued their streaks by winning last night. The Blues beat the Devils 1-0 and the Penguins beat the Wild 4-1.
Line: It’s early still but the Blues and the Penguins look good.
Matchup of unbeaten teams: The NBA lineup last night featured a matchup of two unbeaten teams, the Houston Rockets at the Miami Heat. These two teams were both pleasant early season surprises for their fans because they both kind of struck out during the off-season. The Heal lost LeBron James to free-agency and the Rockets lost Chandler Parsons and weren’t able to lure anyone else to play with them, not even the Heat’s Chris Bosh who they targeted aggressively. The game itself wasn’t that close — the Rockets won 108 – 91. Line: With all the noise about the Cavaliers, these two teams deserve some respect and attention as well.
