Thursday, March 22, 2007

Match Report 070317 at Aston Villa: zzz....

0-0 and this is as bored a game as I have watched over the years. The only real chance for both teams was the header by Fowler in the 90th minutes, and other than that both teams were just trying to play for a draw. Boring.

Players Rating:
Reina: 6.5 Nothing to do.
Finnan: 6 Poor game and should count himself lucky not to be judged to concede a penalty.
Carragher: 7.5 Solid as ever.
Agger: 7 Good in defense.
Aurelio: 6 Not effective as a defender.
Gerrard: 6 Performance was affected by the slight injury and also playing out of position.
Sissoko: 6 Missed too many passes.
Mascherano: 6 Played too deep and not really helping the attacks.
Riise: 6.5 Not going forward enough.
Bellamy: 6 Not effective.
Kuyt: 6 Also ineffective. And he should stay up front more.

Substitutions:
Alonso: 6.5 Played slightly better than Sissoko.
Pennant: 6.5 Tried hard to go pass the Villa players and provided a killer pass to Fowler.
Fowler: 7 Had the only chance of the game but was unfortunately saved.

Rafa: 6 A dull performance and I don't understand why Fowler did not start.

Aston Villa: 6 A draw is a good result for them although they must find themselves unlucky not to get a penalty.

Man of the Match: Carragher. Another good performance.

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