Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:41 pm
Have to say that while some decisions were perplexing on Saturday the result is one all of us would have accepted beforehand so we should take positives rather than negatives from the match overall.
Gerrard has played alot of football recently, which recovering from an injury so not playing the last 20mins should be beneficial to him come Weds night in Turkey, also his replacement made an impact which ultimately led to the winning goal
Sammi Hypia had Evertons only shot on target, now to go away from home and stiffle a side in that fashion, especially in a heated derby game shows that Rafa's tactics were spot on, and if the finishing had been better, we'd be talking about the hiding the Reds just handed out rather than the current "How could he sub Gerrard?" quagmire the conversation has become bogged down in
For the record I thought it was wrong to sub Gerrard as he had started to impose himself on the game at the time but I did find it ironic that if Gerrard had been dropped from the starting line up no-one on here could have said it wasn't justified after some of his recent performances. As for what Benitez said after the game Im sure something has been lost in translation and it'll be rectified today at training
Can't believe no ones updated the AB Key Moments thread BTW! I'd have thought a last minute penalty against your hometown rivals would be the kinda thing that makes it on to that list?
Gerrard has played alot of football recently, which recovering from an injury so not playing the last 20mins should be beneficial to him come Weds night in Turkey, also his replacement made an impact which ultimately led to the winning goal
Sammi Hypia had Evertons only shot on target, now to go away from home and stiffle a side in that fashion, especially in a heated derby game shows that Rafa's tactics were spot on, and if the finishing had been better, we'd be talking about the hiding the Reds just handed out rather than the current "How could he sub Gerrard?" quagmire the conversation has become bogged down in
For the record I thought it was wrong to sub Gerrard as he had started to impose himself on the game at the time but I did find it ironic that if Gerrard had been dropped from the starting line up no-one on here could have said it wasn't justified after some of his recent performances. As for what Benitez said after the game Im sure something has been lost in translation and it'll be rectified today at training
Can't believe no ones updated the AB Key Moments thread BTW! I'd have thought a last minute penalty against your hometown rivals would be the kinda thing that makes it on to that list?