by LFC2007 » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:30 pm
Gerrard was head and shoulders above anyone else on the pitch, he drove us forward and created most of our openings, of which there were few.
I'm absolutely over the moon with the result, but I feel relieved more than anything else. I didn't like the line up from the beginning. There was no real need for Lucas to play. Gerrard and Alonso probably would've sufficed in the middle, and Keane or Benayoun could've played up top alongside one another or alongside Kuyt (who had a bad game I thought). I didn't think Babel offered much at all in the way of cutting edge either and often came inside, on the other side, Pennant was very poor, did nothing.
Fairly sound at the back bar the odd moment where we failed to pick up players in the box.
Overall, the intensity wasn't there, the balance wasn't there, and Gerrard pretty much carried us to victory; one which didn't look like coming in all honesty.