0-1 and we missed a golden opportunity to take over 4th place. It was even worse as Everton beat Crystal Palace 4-0, and they are now back to 4 points ahead of us after the derby game. With only 6 games remaining we need to take every points now or risk even for Bolton to take over us.
This is a dull match and we never have any organization. The best players are Carson, Warnock and Carra and that tells you how worst our attack was. Nando was still short of match fitness, but the midfield is no where to be seen. We will also have a problem facing Juventus.
The next 4 games are relatively easy ones, and if we can get 12 points from them, we should be OK. Otherwise we need Everton and Bolton to drop more points.
Player Rating:
Carson: 7 Made a few good saves but sloppy defense denied him another well-deserved clean sheet.
Finnan: 6 An average result just like the team in general.
Carragher: 6.5 One of the few players that can hold his head up.
Pellegrino: 6 Have a few problems holding Fowler but in general not a bad display.
Warnock: 6.5 A good display from the local lad
Garcia: 6 Ineffective and Rafa decided to rest him for the Juventus game.
Gerrard: 5.5 Had our best opportunity but hit the side net.
Biscan: 6 Ineffective.
Riise: 5.5 Is he tired or what? He hasn't have a good game for a long time now.
Le Tallec: 6 Tried very hard, but was ineffective.
Morientes: 5.5 Cannot expect too much as he is still short of match fitness.
Substitutions:
Smicer: 6 Apart from a nice pass to Gerrard for his one-on-one that hit the side net, nothing spectacular.
Welsh/Traore: Unable to shine for the short time on the pitch.
Rafa: 5 Once again the team led him down and he has no plan B...
Fowler: 7 Tried very hard to score on his 30th birthday, but still he won.
James: 6 We never seriously test him.
Manchester City: 6.5 A draw is probably a more appropriate result. We only have ourselves to blame.
Man of the Match: Carson. But the rest of the team let him down.
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