2-0 and Xabi scored another long long range goal. This meant he scored his last 3 goals on an average distance of over 50 yards from the goal. We controlled the game apart from a brief 10 minutes run early in the second half. If it was not luck we may have been 3 or 4 up already. Anyway this is a nice and well deserved win to the Club.
Players Rating:
Reina: 7 Handling the game with confidence.
Finnan: 7.5 A great assist to the first goal, and continues to provide lots of quality crosses from the right.
Carragher: 7 A leader of the defense, and apart from 2 debatable goal to hand claims, he has the Newcastle attacks in his pocket.
Agger: 6.5 Played well in 1H but somehow he seemed to be unable to cope with the physical side of Newcastle attacks.
Aurelio: 6.5 Once again was dangerous on free kicks.
Gerrard: 7 A bit sloopy in 1H but geared up in 2H.
Alonso: 9 Wonderful goal from heaven. Also was the architect for the first goal. The Xabi we know is back. I was thinking Rafa should rest him, but fortunately Rafa knows the team better than I do.
Sissoko: 7 A rock in helping the back 4.
Luis Garcia: 7 Very exciting performance and almost scored, although he was silly to handle the ball and get a yellow card.
Bellamy: 6.5 Missed a glorious chance to kill off the game.
Kuyt: 7.5 First of many goals he will score for us. Could have scored another.
Substitutions:
Crouch and Gonzalez: 6 Not enough time to impress.
Rafa: 7 His confidence on the team pays off well and it is a well deserved win.
Newcastle United: 6 Never really into the game, and could count themselves lucky to have only lose by 2 goals.
Man of the Match: Alonso. A genius.
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