The FA Cup QF and What Makes Liverpool Special

I think its remarkable the way Liverpool takes care of its fans and players alike. Last month, there were fears that Mohamed Sissoko will never play again after taking a nasty blow on his face (injuring his eye in the process). It was said that even in the best case scenario he'll only have 20% of his vision back. Liverpool dismissed those reports (by top doctors) and continued working with momo, providing him the best assistance money can buy and now he's ready to make a comeback.



Here's the actual story:

Club doctor Mark Waller has revealed Liverpool refused to accept the initial diagnosis that Mohamed Sissoko would never play again after his eye injury, despite the the midfielder being "blind in his right eye for 36 hours."

Sissoko was kicked on the head during Liverpool's Champions League game against Benfica last month, and one of the original doctors who treated the Mali international in Lisbon feared for the player's sight.

But in a Liverpoolfc.tv interview Dr Waller said: "In the first 24 hours we had to listen to the opinion of one eminent specialist, who knows far more about the condition than I do, but we decided we weren't going to accept that a 21-year-old had an injury that was not going to allow him to play football again."

He added: "It's been well publicised one of the doctors in the unit over in Lisbon stated the best case scenario was that Momo could only get back 20% and there was no treatment for his condition. We were not prepared to accept that."

As for the match, I expect us to comfortably make it to the semis. Birmingham have (quite rightly) other, more important things to worry about, ie. survival in England's top flight. Liverpool on the other hand, are confident after the strikers have finally starting pulling their weight. 8 goals in the last two games and against one of the weaker defenses in the premiership, I believe we'll comfortably accomplish the task at hand and move a step closer to what will be our only trophy of the season.