3-0. The best display so far this season. Most of the players played in the midweek World Cup fixtures are back and seemed not to be too tired. Rafa started Cisse and Garcia at the front, with Garcia seems to be playing the link between midfield and striker.
We controlled the game very well and thus West Brom did not have much attack and the defense can really take a day off. Gerrard and Garcia linked very well and created 2 of the 3 goals. Credits to Finnan, despite continuous rumor linking him out, he shown a very good display and scored his first ever goal for Liverpool - with his left foot.
One think that may pose a bit worry is that we still seems to be unable to clear cross balls/corners too well. Need to sort it out ASAP.
Even though this is only West Brom, we need to play like this week in, week out. Then no matter where we finish, the fans would be very happy.
Player Rating:
Dudek: 7.5 Not much to do, but did pulled out 3 good saves. His confidence is back, which is good. But we still wnat Kirkland to be back ASAP.
Josemi: 7 Not much to do as well, contained Greening very well.
Carragher: 7 Not much to do, which is good.
Hyypia: 7.5 Almost scored a nice header when one up. Good job!
Riise: 8 A good performance for Riise, both attackin and defending.
Gerrard: 10 So when is the last time we can rest Gerrard at 65 mins? Even though he only played 65 mins, he already performed a Man of the Match performance. I like what Rafa said: "Sometimes when a player plays well it is good that the supporters clap him. For the team it is good that all the players play and we won more time to prepare him for Wednesday."
Hamann: 7 Hamann as usual. He's making sure Alonso need to play very well to challenge his position.
Garcia: 10 mini Jari, this is what Hyypia called him. So there's no need to tell how good he is? His movement is really a joy to watch. Need to improve his shoting and he will be invinsible.
Kewell: 6.5 Very quiet game. Please improve ASAP.
Cisse: 7 Not too bad, despite not too good as well. Seems to adapt to this new system very well. As expected he is very good in using his pace to scare players.
Substitutions:
Alonso: 7 Good performance substituting the captain. Keep on challenge for 1st team place!
Baros: Good performance.
Traore: Not much time to scare us :) Anyway at 3-0 even Traore can't provide the damage.
Rafa: 8. The new formation is very useful. Well done Rafa! And he really meant it when after the Bolton game that Garcia only need 1 week to adapt!
West Brom: 4 To be honest if they play like this they are sure to get relegated. The 3 forwards (Horsfield, Kanu, Earnshaw) have no linkage at all.
Men of the Match: Gerrard & Garcia. Really can't differentiate who is better. So I pick both of them.
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