Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Match Report 090922 at Leeds United: A tough win

1-0 and we have a few scares before we finally win the game. Leeds were really up to the game and did scored a goal although it was ruled offside. We did not create too many chances and fortunately Ngog's goal is enough to send us through to last 16.

Players Rating:
Cavalieri: 7.5 A nice clean sheet kept, although he did conceded once but the goal was ruled offside.
Degen: 6 An average performance.
Carragher: 6.5 Surprised player on the pitch but he did lead by example.
Kyriakos: 6.5 A bit slow when facing fast forwards.
Dossena: 6.5 Didn't do much going forward.
Mascherano: 8 Did very well and assisted the goal.
Aurelio: 6.5 Did well in his first start from injury.
Babel: 7 Lively performance.
Spearing: 7 Good performance and will be challenging for first team place.
Riera: 7 Almost scored from a header.
Ngog: 7.5 Well taken goal that bring us through.

Substitutions:
Johnson: 7 Solid in defending.
Gerrard: 7 Provided more steel in midfield when needed.
Skrtel: 6.5 Not enough time to impress.

Rafa: 7 Would be glad to be able to rest most players and get a result, but we need to improve our performance.

Leeds United: 6.5 May consider them unlucky not to win the match, but at the end the difference in quality counts.

Man of the Match: Mascherano: Heartbeat of the team.

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