Can't you just for once say fook the defending, it was just a superb game of attacking football, we needed goals, defending was secondary for us tonight, if Chelsea hadn't have got the break for the first goal, it would have been totally different.
Hardly, they had a bit of pressure on, but Liverpool weren't under sustained and prolonged pressure, Man U had a spell after scoring and Liverpool handled it as they should. Which is my point, how can we do that every week for the last 6 or so weeks and yet fail to do it spectacularly against Chelsea, twice? It doesn't count as anything, that game was over. Each leg is a completely different tie, and so when that second leg kicked off, it was 0-0 and it was all still to be done. Yes Liverpool knew a 0-0 would have been enough, but they didn't go in with that mindset to "defend the lead". You can't do that over 2 legs as a whole, you do it individually in each game. It will when your conceding 4 and dropping 2 pts as you would have, if it had been a league tie, because that's what tonight would have been 2 pts dropped. And before you start yes I realise if it were a league game, it would have been played differently by both sides. Who said anything about Rafa out? That bad you've gotta make things up? Dear me. Well that's kind of obvious, but your blanking the fact they should have learned from their mistakes. So in your little warped world, Liverpool not learning from last week's tie that opening the game up would lead to Chelsea goals was a good thing? Nice one bright spark. To a point, but you can't simply go gung-ho and leave a game that open, as happened tonight, that 4-4 though a great entertaining spectacle of a match, was the equivalent of a 0-0 in the grand scheme. When Chelsea came at us, we should have been the ones hitting them on the break and punishing them. Liverpool have been pretty lethal at that this season, so sitting at 2-0 up, just keep doing what you've been doing, if Chelsea come at you, draw them in and break fast, if Chelsea sit in, pressure them like the first half, at that point we only needed a clean sheet and 1 goal bear in mind. But meh, as long as they give it their all in the league from now on and push the Mancs to the end then I suppose that's all you can ask for now. There is a rather massive difference between sitting back, and defending a lead properly while still going forward. We could have kept Chelsea pinned back under sustained controlled pressure, but they went gung ho the game opened up and it allowed Chelsea to counter with ease. ---------------- But to everyone, I dont wanna argue with other Liverpool fans, this is simply my opinion on the subject, if you don't agree fair enough, but I'm entitled to it, and like I said I've been following Liverpool for 20 years and just because my opinion differs doesn't make me any less of a Liverpool fan YNWA.
BBC Sport's Chelsea 'player rater' - top Chelsea player... Drogba. Having calmed down slightly the mind has just started running through a lot of 'what ifs'... Reina's fumble, Torres' miss, crap marking in the first game, etc... etc.... Oh well, Chelsea did more than enough over the two games - let's hope Man U drop a few points in the coming weeks!
alonso was the best player on the pitch IMO. drogba came to life in the second half and is near unplayable in that form.goes down fairly handy though.great goals from lampard to kill the game...shows why he is one of the most effective midfielders in europe. liverpool should be proud of their team's effort
Even though we're out, i'm proud of the lads on the fight they showed. They want to carry this form into the run in of the season and hopefully they get rewarded.
