Everton vs Liverpool EPL 08-09: Preview and Live Score

Liverpool will travel to Goodison Park to face their city rivals Everton in the first Merseyside derby of the season on Saturday. The traditional mouth-watering battle will see both the sides looking to pick up three points courtesy of a moral-boosting victory. However, there is no doubt that it would not be easy for neither side. Referring to last year’s correspondent match up that saw Liverpool winning 2-1 thanks to Dirk Kuyt’s two controversial spot-kicks awarded by referee Mark Clattenburg, you can predict another heated encounter at Goodison Park on Saturday.

Match: Everton vs Liverpool, English Premier League 2008-2009

Date: 27 September 2008, Saturday

Venue: Goodison Park

Kick off: 12:45 BST (British Standard Time)

Live on TV: Sky Sports 1

Liverpool and Everton form one of the most popular and high-profile derby battles in Europe’s club football. Traditionally the football fans of the city get separated on the match day. So, public interest is always at the peak whenever the two rivals take on each other. Last season, Liverpool won both the home and away matches against Everton in premier league. So, Everton might play rough against Liverpool and they will go all out in front of their home crowd. For Liverpool, getting three points from the match is very important because they lost two important points against newly promoted Story City at home last weekend. So, Liverpool needs to be back on track in their pursuit to win much-awaited premier league title this season.

Liverpool started off well in the premier league campaign as the Rafael Benitez boys has not suffered any defeat so far this season. Moreover, Liverpool got a morale-booster home victory over Manchester United on 13 September. However, the Reds lost a large part of that momentum in their goal less disappointing home draw against Stroke City last weekend. However, it is true that Liverpool dominated all through the match against Stroke City, but their strikers failed to outclass the packed Stroke defense, while a Steven Gerrard goal was disallowed by referee on offside, even though television reply showed it could have been a legal goal.

However, Liverpool started their Carling Cup campaign with a 2-1 victory over Crewe Alexandra in the third round. The fans are not happy with the narrow margin victory over Crewe. With three victories and two draws in five premier league matches so far, Liverpool managed 11 points under their belt and currently stands at third position in the league after Arsenal and Chelsea.

Everton could not manage to get a good start in the season as they have already lost two out of five matches they played so far this season. The Blues could manage to win two matches. Interestingly, both the victories came away from home. With two wins, two defeats and a draw, Everton got 7 points so far and secures 9^th place in the premier league. In their recent premier league encounter, Everton had to come from 2-0 down to ensure a point against Hull City. No doubt, it is a disappointing performance for Everton. They encountered another draw just 72 hours after the Hull City match as they were held to a 1-1 stalemate by Standard Liege in UEFA Cup.

Liverpool will miss defender Philipp Degen who picked up with two broken ribs in their 2-1 victory over Crewe. However, Captain Steven Gerrard and Spanish striker Fernando Torres will be back in the starting line up for the Everton match. Manager Rafael Benitez rested his two top guns against Crewe. So, they are now fresh enough to face Everton. Javier Mascherano might be drafted into the midfield to strengthen Liverpool midfield. Ryan Babel is also expected to come back in the match against Everton.

Everton manager David Moye will get two of his key players- Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta- available for the match. New recruit Louis Saha might get his debut match for Everton, while record signing Marouane Fellaini will also be there in the line up to get the experience of a Merseyside derby for the first time.

Online Live Score and Updates

If you want to get the online live score and updates of the match then visit the following online live score websites:

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It is a match that is always unpredictable. With both sides gearing up to give their best against each other, it is always too hard to pick up a favorite between Everton and Liverpool. Everton may not have been in good form, but they will have home advantage. Liverpool, similarly, lost points against Stroke City, but you need to remember their heroic victory over Manchester United. Overall, the upcoming encounter between Everton and Liverpool seems to be a hard-fought affair with full of excitement.

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Bollywood Movie ‘Drona’: Plot and Synopsis

The upcoming adventure thriller, ‘Drona’ will hit the big screen on 2 October 2008. Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles, the movie ‘Drona’ also features Kay Kay Menon in a villainous role alongside Jaya Bachchan playing another important role. The movie is directed by Goldie Behl. The movie features a number of visual effects and that is the reason it took ten months to complete the post-production works. So, ‘Drona’ is expected to be a big hit of Eid festival. The movie was shot in different locations including Prague, Bikaner, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Namibia.

Plot and Background of the movie ‘Drona’

The synopsis of the movie is inspired by the character of Dronacharya from epic Mahabharata of Hindu mythology. Dronacharya is the guru or mentor of Kauravas and the Pandavas in the epic, and is well-known for his skill in advanced military. The protagonist in the movie, Aditya, is also a man with great fight skill and is seen in a number of fighting scenes in the movie.

Characters of the movie ‘Drona’

Abhishek Bachchan Portrays Aditya/ Drona

Abhishek Bachchan plays the title character ‘Aditya/ Drona’ in the movie ‘Drona’. Though Aditya is a descendent of King Virbhadra of Pratapgad, he does not know about his identity as he grows up somewhere else without knowing anything about his identity. However, with time progresses, he meets his destiny and takes up a inherited job assigned to him to protect the human beings from being destroyed.

Priyanka Chopra Plays Sonia

Priyanka Chopra plays the role of Sonia, the closest assistant of Aditya, in the movie. Gown up with the aim of leading her life as a warrior fighting against the evils as her duty, Sonia alongside Aditya also fights against evil powers to save the human race.

Kay Kay Menon in the Villainous Role of Riz Raizada

The movie ‘Drona’ features the most expensive villain ever in the history of Indian film industry. For portraying the role, director hired a big castle in Prague and the castle is seen as the empire of villain in the film. Kay Kay Menon plays the role of a most devastating evil magician, Riz Raizada. Besides inheriting all the evil powers from his ancestors, Riz also adds new skills to his evil powers by his own and wants to achieve eternity, but he needs to confront one man Aditya/ Drona before reaching his goal.

Synopsis of the movie ‘Drona’

Aditya, a young man, is grown up by a Foster family in a place far way and he is unaware about his own identity. However, he later on confronts his destiny and comes to know about his past.

Since his childhood a nightmare came to his mind again and again. However, back from the nightmare, he could not find anything but a blue magical rose petal that brought out his tears but made him laugh.

Riz Raizada, a descendent of demons who in his pursuit to capture the whole universe, wants to get the previous secret. However, to do this, he needs to confront Drona in the battle field. Drona is incidentally the descendant of King Virbhadra of Pratapgad. King Virbhadra was assigned by the Gods to protect a magical ratna (precise secret) and the first born child of his dynasty was supposed to protect the precious thing from the evil forces. Thus, the responsibility fells upon Aditya/ Drona to protect the precious secret.

Riz can recognize Aditya as Drona when the two come face to face. However, till then Aditya was not aware of his own identity. Later on Sonia reveals Aditya about his own identity. Stumbled Aditya and Sonia decide to go back to his birth place kingdom of Pratapgarh where his mother Queen Jayati Devi could answer of all of his questions, but before reaching there, Aditya and Sonia face Riz and his evil powers.

Drona now needs to be the greatest warrior knowing that only he can save the future of mankind from Riz and his evils powers. He was born as Drona in the dynasty. So, it has become his duty to save the human lives by protecting the precious secret.

‘Drona’ is a fantasy movie with full of suspense and adventure. The breathtaking excitement with heroics, evilness would keep the audience questioning- what to come next?

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Drona is Bollywood’s Indiana Jones, Says Director Goldie Behl

Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra starrer upcoming adventure flick, ‘Drona’ is one of the two high-profile films to be released during Eid Festival in Bollywood. A lot of things have been written on the movie ‘Drona’ that tells the story of an adventurous man named Aditya/ Drona who takes up the responsibility to protect the human race from being destroyed. The movie Drona hits the big screen on 2 October world wide.

Director Goldie Behl has recently termed ‘Drona’ as an adventure thriller that revolves around a world that he churned out in his imagination. He also said that the movie fells in the same genre that Harry Potter, Indiana Jones belong to. Aside from his movie, Goldie Bhel is also excited with the performance of Abhishek Bachchan.

Apunkachoice reported:

"It belongs to the Harry Potter, Indiana Jones genre. I started shooting early January last year and completed the film in 12 months. The post production took ten months because of the visual effects," Behl said.

"Abhishek works with several outside directors, but I connect with him very well and he understands what I want even without me saying it," he said.

In "Drona", Abhishek plays Aditya who is unaware of his destiny and the film dwells on how he realises the purpose of his existence and the way he lives up to it.

Abhishek Bachchan has even claimed recently that the movie will show his career best performance. Aside from Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra, the movie also stars Kay Kay Menon and Jaya Bachchan in two important roles.

Abhishek Bachchan: ‘Drona is my biggest and best film so far’

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan has said that his upcoming film ‘Drona’ is his best and biggest film so far in his career. Guru fame Abhishek Bachchan, however, gives the full credit to director Goldie Behl for his performance in the movie. Inspired by Hindu mythology, ‘Drona’ tells the tale of a man (played by Abhishek Bachchan) who saves the human beings from destruction by unraveling the secret of the universe.

This is, in fact, the most expensive movie Abhishek Bachchan ever involved in. After the excellent performances in the movies like Yuva, Guru, Sarkar and Sarkar Raj, Abhishek Bachchan is now confident that Bollywood moviegoers will see another powerful performance from him in the movie ‘Drona’.

Abhishek Bachchan started his career, creating huge splash, but he took some time to set himself as a front line actors in the industry. After a number of hit films over the last few years, the actor is now regarded as one of the best and most popular actors of Bollywood. Specially, after his superb performance in Guru took a new turn in his career. Now, Abhishek Bachchan is very much confident about his film ‘Drona’ opposite Priyanka Chopra. He has claimed himself ‘supremely confident’ while stating that ‘Drona’ is his best film he has associated with so far in his career. Now, let us see if Abhishek Bachchan can show another masterpiece performance like ‘Guru’ in the upcoming movie ‘Drona’, slated for release on 2 October.

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ICL Forms Cheerleading Squad 'ICL Zeebras' Led by Rakhi Sawant from Bollywood

Usually known for her item numbers, Rakhi Sawant will now be known for her cheerleading skill with 'ICL Zeebras', the new squad formed by Indian Cricket League (ICL) authorities recently. ICL recently launched India’s first indigenous cheerleading squad led by Bollywood sensation Rakhi Sawant. All the eight beautiful girls were picked up by Rakhi Sawant following the audition.

With ICL’s second season going underway from October 10, Indian Cricket League organizers are now busy with their last minute preparation. 'ICL Zeebras' will perform during ICL matches across its four venues- Gurgaon, Panchkula, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. 'ICL Zeebras' will be seen performing for the first time at the opening ceremony at Hyderabad on 10 October.

Rakhi Sawant is happy with ‘ICL Zeebras' squad and is looking forward to lead the squad during ICL tournament.

Rediff reported:

"It was after my performance at Panchkula during ICL's Season One, that I saw a huge opportunity about a possible Indian cheerleading squad. That dialogue got resumed a few months later and culminated in the formation of the ICLs Zeebras. I can't wait to don my Zeebra outfit and break into a jig every time Rohan (Gavaskar) or Raviraj (Patil) hits a six. I am sure, this will be one cheerleading squad that the country will remember for a long time to come.", added Rakhi.

This year, Indian premier league teams hired cheerleaders from America. However, the American cheerleaders created criticism with their short outfits while cheerleading during the IPL matches. Now, it will be interesting to see how Indian people will react to the performances of ICL Zeebras during ICL matches. However, we can assume that ICL authority will keep the Indian culture in mind while featuring cheerleaders to entertain the crowd.

Sony Ericsson introduces new PlayNow plus

In order to compete with Nokia’s “Comes With Music” music service, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB has declared to start its own song download service. The music service named “PlayNow plus,” will be launched in Sweden on the networks of Swedish mobile phone operator, Telenor ASA (OSL:TEL), in 2008. Next year, the service will be launched around the world. The “PlayNow plus” service will be available with the special edition of its new W902 Walkman phone. Nokia is going to launch its “Comes With Music” on October 2, 2008 in the U.K. Information Week reports:

The service, PlayNow Pus, will be powered by Omnifone and will offer all-you-can-eat music from the four largest recording labels and independent labels for a monthly fee. The music will come with digital rights management, but executives said users will be able to keep 100 DRM-free songs for each six months of their contract.

For allowing the music service to operate on the network, the operator will get a share of the monthly revenue. This puts Sony Ericsson’s music service in a serious competition with that of Nokia because Nokia offers music phones through subscription. It does not sell tracks and albums. Under “PlayNowplus” system, mobile phone users will not have to worry about paying high data charges for downloading music.

“PlayNow plus” will offer customers to choose from a collection of five million DRM music tracks from four major international music companies: EMI, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group and Warner Music. In addition, there will be thousands of independent local music labels.

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Bollywood Seeking New Market in Czech Republic

As part of Bollywood’s expansion policy in the unearthed markets, a ‘Festival of Bollywood Film’ will take place at Prague, the capital of Czech Republic. With the theme of ‘India Reality…?’, film festival is set to showcase the life in real India. Some of the super hit Bollywood movies of recent time including Shah Rukh Khan starrer, last year’s flick OM Shanti Om, Aamir Khan’s Rang de Basanti will be shown in the festival.

There will be other events on the occasion of the Bollywood film festival in Czech Republic. Actor Kabir Bedi, who is a popular face in Czech Republic thanks to his Italian television series Sandokan, will be chief guest in the festival. There will be Indian food, Bollywood music and many other things to give the Czechs an overall idea about Bollywood and its culture. The film festival will kick off on October 6 and will continue till October 12. Now, let us see if Bollywood organizers can successfully explore the Czech Republic market for Bollywood.

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