Reina- I'm still unconcerned despite his calamitous error at the end. The game was over. TBH I was more bothered by him getting beat near post for the second. I would've hoped he'd have made Johnson shoot accross him. 5.5/10
Aurelio- Maybe I'm one eyed but I thought he did OK. The free kick was in if it was on target and I didn't think he was personally at fault for either of the goals. Hit Fowler with a quality pass from the back in the first half. He did on a couple of occasions attempt impossible long-range shots and volleys where a little more compusure would have been better employed. 6.5/10
Hyypia- No need to knee-jerk as we already knew that Sami was slow. I'm more liable to criticize his positioning because he got it wrong twice on Johnson today. First time he blocked him off and got away with it, second time he tried to block him off and failed. At fault for both of the first two goals and overall not one of his better games. 5/10
Carragher-Probably shouldn't have played. Dropped in it by his central defensive partner for both the first two goals, he would normally have dealt with both situations but alas, not today. It hurts me to give him a 6/10
Finnan- seemed to become unsettled by Evertons physical approach. I thought he could have been stronger for the first goal but was unlucky not to be given the foul. Unlucky with his shot in the second half. 6.5/10
Gerrard-Poor by his standards but still our best player by a mile. On a different day would have scored at least once and looked like the defeat hurt him more than most. 7.5/10
Alonso- I thought Xabi was nowhere near his best today. As a team we never dealt with their numerical superiority in the centre of the park and whats more Xabi's normally exceptional passing radar was off aswell today. 6/10
Sissoko- Did better in the second half but seems to suffer when Alonso is not at the races. Was not able to impose himself as we know he can. 7/10
Garcia- Very poor and ineffective today I thought. Minimal moments of inspiration and influence, I was very surprised to see him start the game given his recent form. He needs to improve and quickly if he is to feature much this season. 5/10
Crouch-A long way from his best today and looked very jaded. My suspicion is that Crouch and Fowler would probably have been the partnership which everton would most like to play against and for that reason, I wouldn't have gone with it. 6/10
Fowler-Provided more of a threat than Crouch and at times his movement was brilliant. Unfortunately these days he is a player who needs the team to play well around him to have any real influence and obviously today that wasn't the case. 6.5/10
Subs- the only one on long enough to give a mark to was Kuyt and I thought he did really well and contuinues to look a good buy 7/10.
Just a couple of thoughts. Firstly I didn't think we played that bad but didn't get a single break today. Unfortunately, the nature of derbies is that they are very competitive and therefore you are going to lose one occasionally. As an aside, I wonder if the various people on here who screamed about people such as me overreacting to the Sheffield United result are still of the same opinion.
