That was the tribute sung by the Liverpool fans about Robbie Keane, who answered their prayers with the equaliser which put the Reds two points clear at the top of the Premier League.
The £20million Irishman has been under increasing pressure to deliver and speculation rages he will be moved on in the January transfer window despite only arriving at Anfield from Spurs last summer.
But there’s nothing like a goal — particularly one as good as this — to get the critics off your back.
Yet, while Liverpool succeeded in getting something against Arsenal, where Chelsea and Manchester United failed, they headed back north with the nagging feeling a big chance had gone.
Arsenal were reduced to 10 men for the last 28 minutes when striker Emmanuel Adebayor was dismissed by referee Howard Webb for a second yellow card — a decision which incensed manager Arsene Wenger.
And The Gunners played the whole of the second half minus their most influential player, skipper Cesc Fabregas, who was injured in a challenge with fellow Spaniard Xabi Alonso.
Liverpool did not really go for broke despite dominating possession in the closing stages and Wenger even accused them of being ‘scared’.
Reds boss Rafa Benitez was not fit enough to travel following an operation to remove kidney stones.
But he directed proceedings from his sick-bed and kept relaying messages to assistant Sammy Lee, via his goalkeeping coach Xavi Valero, whose pen must have run out of ink with the amount of scribbling he was doing. Benitez would not have been resting easy when Arsenal took the lead on 24 minutes through a quite magnificent Robin van Persie goal.
Samir Nasri’s raking pass was a peach, but Van Persie still had plenty of work to do as he chested down on the edge of the area.
The Dutch ace swivelled to take the ball on with his left foot before smashing it with his right beyond the despairing Pepe Reina.
Liverpool’s defence looked at each other wondering who to blame, but sometimes you just have to hold your hands up and acknowledge the greatness of an opponent.
The visitors’ equaliser, three minutes before the interval, also came from a long ball but this one was more of a hoofed clearance than a measured pass by Daniel Agger.
Wenger completely lost it, going eyeball to eyeball with fourth official Steve Tanner time and again until the end of the game.
It was difficult to understand his argument, but when has Wenger ever admitted a dismissal against his own team was the right one?
He argued that if Adebayor had to go, then Keane should have gone too for an early tackle from behind on Gael Clichy but the Irishman was booked for that challenge.
Wenger did have a point though about Liverpool’s inability to punish Arsenal from then on.
With Alonso in excellent form as the holding midfield player, Liverpool really should have been able to push forward with confidence.
But, under Benitez’s instructions, they opted for caution although Daniel Agger fizzed in a 30-yard strike which narrowly cleared the angle of post and bar and sub Nabil El Zhar’s last-gasp header missed by inches.
Defeat probably would have meant the end for Arsenal in this title race. As it is they are still hanging in by their finger-tips but the loss of Fabregas will make life increasingly difficult.
The £20million Irishman has been under increasing pressure to deliver and speculation rages he will be moved on in the January transfer window despite only arriving at Anfield from Spurs last summer.
But there’s nothing like a goal — particularly one as good as this — to get the critics off your back.
Yet, while Liverpool succeeded in getting something against Arsenal, where Chelsea and Manchester United failed, they headed back north with the nagging feeling a big chance had gone.
Arsenal were reduced to 10 men for the last 28 minutes when striker Emmanuel Adebayor was dismissed by referee Howard Webb for a second yellow card — a decision which incensed manager Arsene Wenger.
And The Gunners played the whole of the second half minus their most influential player, skipper Cesc Fabregas, who was injured in a challenge with fellow Spaniard Xabi Alonso.
Liverpool did not really go for broke despite dominating possession in the closing stages and Wenger even accused them of being ‘scared’.
Reds boss Rafa Benitez was not fit enough to travel following an operation to remove kidney stones.
But he directed proceedings from his sick-bed and kept relaying messages to assistant Sammy Lee, via his goalkeeping coach Xavi Valero, whose pen must have run out of ink with the amount of scribbling he was doing. Benitez would not have been resting easy when Arsenal took the lead on 24 minutes through a quite magnificent Robin van Persie goal.
Samir Nasri’s raking pass was a peach, but Van Persie still had plenty of work to do as he chested down on the edge of the area.
The Dutch ace swivelled to take the ball on with his left foot before smashing it with his right beyond the despairing Pepe Reina.
Liverpool’s defence looked at each other wondering who to blame, but sometimes you just have to hold your hands up and acknowledge the greatness of an opponent.
The visitors’ equaliser, three minutes before the interval, also came from a long ball but this one was more of a hoofed clearance than a measured pass by Daniel Agger.
Wenger completely lost it, going eyeball to eyeball with fourth official Steve Tanner time and again until the end of the game.
It was difficult to understand his argument, but when has Wenger ever admitted a dismissal against his own team was the right one?
He argued that if Adebayor had to go, then Keane should have gone too for an early tackle from behind on Gael Clichy but the Irishman was booked for that challenge.
Wenger did have a point though about Liverpool’s inability to punish Arsenal from then on.
With Alonso in excellent form as the holding midfield player, Liverpool really should have been able to push forward with confidence.
But, under Benitez’s instructions, they opted for caution although Daniel Agger fizzed in a 30-yard strike which narrowly cleared the angle of post and bar and sub Nabil El Zhar’s last-gasp header missed by inches.
Defeat probably would have meant the end for Arsenal in this title race. As it is they are still hanging in by their finger-tips but the loss of Fabregas will make life increasingly difficult.
