Thursday, November 29, 2007

Match Report 071128 vs Porto: Still hope

4-1 and we are still in the Champions League. Although we need to beat Marseille at their home, but we now have the believe and the strength to do so. And it was nice to see the fans backing Rafa, yet without criticizing the American owners. Everybody should move on and focus in supporting the team, and act for the benefit of the team.

Players Rating:
Reina: 7 Not really tested.
Finnan: 7 A solid performance.
Carragher: 7.5 Arrange the defense well.
Hyypia: 7 Another vintage performance.
Arbeloa: 7 Did well apart from the goal conceded.
Benayoun: 6.5 Average performance.
Gerrard: 8.5 Scored one, made two.
Mascherano: 7.5 Solid display although he is party blamed for the goal conceded.
Babel: 7 Tried hard but just couldn't score a goal.
Voronin: 6.5 Worked very hard but couldn't create any significant chances.
Torres: 8.5 Scored two great goals. Bravo.

Substitutions:
Crouch: 8 Came up and changed the game.
Kewell: 7.5 Created the winning goal with his vision.
Kuyt: 6.5 Not enough time to impress.

Rafa: 7.5 Would be happy about the performance. Now we need to win the next game.

Porto: 6.5 Didn't create much chances.

Men of the Match: Gerrard and Torres. Simply awesome!

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