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Former Liverpool and Real Madrid striker Fernando Morientes admits his old side have their work cut out to get past Villarreal and reach the Europa League final. Liverpool produced a stunning fightback, twice coming from two goals behind to beat Borussia Dortmund 4-3 on Thursday night and 5-4 on aggregate, after Dejan Lovrens injury-time header at Anfield.They were drawn to play the Yellow Submarine in Fridays draw at UEFA headquarters in Nyon but Morientes believes playing the second leg at Anfield gives Liverpool the upper hand. Villarreal is one of the best teams in La Liga at the moment, Morientes told Sky Sports News HQ. Dejan Lovren heads Liverpools winner on Thursday night They have a stadium which might not hold too many people but they play very good football. They have a very strong mentality and the coach always tries to attack. Its always the same.But its the same with Liverpool they always try to score the goal that will win them the match. Villarreal are a very good team and I think next year they will play in the Champions League for sure. Villarreal have former Tottenham striker Roberto Soldado in their ranks Liverpool will need to play with a strong mentality in both games because Villarreal can score and they have good strikers.Asked about the prospect of Jurgen Klopps side playing the second leg at home, Morientes said: That is one point to Liverpool. It is better for them to play the second game in Liverpool. Morientes thinks the Anfield second leg could be key Morientes made 60 appearances during 18 months at Liverpool after joining the Merseysiders from Real Madrid in January 2005.He won the European Super Cup with Liverpool later that year but was cup-tied for the Champions League campaign, which saw the Reds win the competition after coming back from three goals down to beat AC Milan on penalties in an epic final in Istanbul. Morientes (l) celebrates with Djibril Cisse after Liverpools 2005 European Super Cup win Morientes - who also played for Monaco, Marseille and Valencia during his glittering 22-year playing career - admits he saw no way back for Liverpool on Thursday night after they trailed 3-1 with 33 minutes remaining.In Europe, it is always difficult to win if you need to score three goals, he said.It was amazing. It was a very exciting game but after Reus scored Borussias third goal, I thought the game was over. Morientes (l) is a three-time Champions League winner with Real Madrid Istanbul was similar but it was the final of the Champions League.But Liverpool played a great second half and the atmosphere at Anfield was so important in helping them win the game. Players like to play in that kind of atmosphere. It was spectacular. 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Late in the third period of the game one between Chicago and Los Angeles, Dave Bolland took a run at Mike Richards who was behind the net with the puck. Richards was coming around and trying to stuff the puck home. I watched and rewound and watched the play several times. Bolland appears to leave his feet, but its hard to tell because he leaned forward, so well give him the benefit of the doubt on that one. But he definitely elevates his body in an upward direction, and the principal point of contact was the head of Mike Richards. In addition, Richards appears to have been injured on the play. Why was this not at the very least a penalty, and possibly a suspension? We keep hearing that the league wants to crack down on shots to the head but there seems to be no consistency. Not only was a penalty not called, but it appears as of this writing that no suspension will be forthcoming either. Five years ago I wouldnt be sending this email. It would have been a good hit and that would be the end of it. But the league has decided to crack down on hits to the head – unless its the third period of a playoff game. In your opinion, did the hit warrant a penalty and/or suspension? John Lord Hi John:Thank you for this well worded and thought provoking question. The reality is that the elevated hit delivered by Dave Bolland, and which resulted in Mike Richards head becoming the principal point of contact, is currently deemed an acceptable hockey hit by virtue of specific language contained in two relevant rules. The same reasoning and standard of enforcement almost always carries forward in the supplemental discipline process as well. To enhance "player safety" I firmly believe the time has come to readjust the language and thought process on elevated hits where the head of an opponent receives the majority of the impact. We should not be parsing words as "upper body injuries" continue to result from these types of hits but instead tackle the problem head on with a consistent approach. I watched in real-time as Bolland delivered the hit on Richards. Even prior to the replay being shown I sent out the following tweet; "Bolland left his feet big time to hit Richards. Wish that would be called charging." While "big time" was somewhat over reactive, the replay clearly demonstrated that Bolland elevated his body with his right skate well off the ice and the toe/tip of his lefft skate blade in contact with the ice at the instant of impact.dddddddddddd Bollands elevation, combined with Mike Richards lowered posture to play the puck resulted in a solid hit to Richards head. If you freeze frame as the two players meld together in contact both of Bollands skates are clearly off the ice. Rule 41.1 (charging) calls for a minor or major penalty to be assessed on a player who skates or jumps into an opponent. Historically "skates off the ice" has fallen into the "jump" portion of this rule and resulted in a penalty. As elevated hits have been delivered with much more frequency it also became acceptable for the hitters skates to leave the ice at the moment of contact or afterward; even as in this case the contact with the ice was with the toe of one skate blade! As body momentum is moving upward it is often very difficult to determine the instant a players skates leave the ice and the Referees primary focus in on the upper extremities of both players. Moving on to rule 48 (illegal check to the head) we find it describes a hit resulting in contact with an opponents head where the head is targeted and the principal point of contact is not permitted. The next statement in the rule; "However, in determining whether such a hit should have been permitted, the circumstances of the hit, including whether the opponent put himself in a vulnerable position immediately prior to or simultaneously with the hit or the head contact on an otherwise legal body check was avoidable, can be considered" clouds the decision making process for both the Referee and the Player Safety Committee. This places considerable onus on the player receiving the hit if he lowers or alters his body position to make a legitimate play. Mike Richards assumed a lower body posture as he tried to jam the puck past Corey Crawford on a wrap-around. While there was no need for Dave Bolland to elevate and check in an upward fashion given his opponents lowered head position, the parsing of words found in the rule makes it more acceptable to do so. The hitter more often than not receives a free pass on hits like this but the end result is often the same - significant contact to the head and a resulting concussion. John to answer your question directly I want a charging minor penalty assessed on this play and in all cases where a player leaves his skates to check up to the head of an opponent. Until the parsing of words is eliminated it will be inconsistently applied on the ice and in the board room other than in the most obvious cases like Justin Abdelkaders launch on Toni Lydman. Forcing players to keep their skates on the ice through a hit can only help reduce contact to the head. The skates are a great place to focus some meaningful attention in an effort to crack down on needless head hits. ' ' '