4-2 and we have finally killed off the ghost of 89! Twice we were out of the tie, but twice we fight back and at the end we are through. This is an absolute superb result to the Club, and now we are marching on to face Chelsea once again.
We started the match with 4-4-2, but was full beaten by Arsenal, and they fully deserved to take the lead. After that they sit back a bit and we hit them back with a nice Hyypia header. In the 2H Rafa converted it to 4-2-3-1 with Crouch up front and Torres on the left, and it paid off with a nice flick on from Crouch to set up Torres. We hang on, but then a Stevie G error lead to Walcott ran the whole pitch before passing the ball to Adebayour to score. But we hit back at the next attack, and Toure's clumsy challenge on Babel gave us a penalty, which Stevie G took brilliantly. At the closing minutes we hang on, and Babel took his chance well to kill off the game completely. Brilliant.
Players Rating:
Reina: 6.5 Should have done better on the first goal conceded.
Carragher: 8 Superb performance.
Skrtel: 7 A good display.
Hyypia: 8 Scored a brilliant header to give us hope.
Aurelio: 7 Did well especially in the first half, but couldn't cope with Walcott.
Kuyt: 7.5 Did well as he always does.
Alonso: 7 A whole hearted performance.
Mascherano: 8.5 Run the field up and down.
Gerrard: 7.5 A bit poor in 1H on the left, but became better when moved back into the middle. A great penalty that's down to his nerve.
Torres: 8 A nice taken goal that bring us the lead.
Crouch: 8 Would be happy about Rafa's faith on him.
Substitutions:
Babel: 9 Provided us different options in pace and earned us the vital penalty and scored the goal that killed off the game.
Riise: 7 Did well in defending the league.
Arbeloa: 6 Didn't touch the ball.
Rafa: 9 Superb tactic and great changes to win us the game.
Arsenal: 7 Would be gutted to have lost, but they proved they know nothing about European games.
Man of the Match: Babel. Great contribution to the victory.
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