They sum it up well here. If I was you I would start looking at this link before anything.
Reina was not that busy today.
Skertel should have done better depsite great movement by steven fletcher.
Offensively Gerrard should have scored but played much better alongside Joe Allen letting Jonjo Shelvey roam further forward.
I also liked that enrique was left out today partly due to injury but I suspect Rodgers may have thought that he wanted kelly back in there as well.
Johnson played well at left back as well showing a lot of his offensive qualities. Defensively he is still suspect but he likes to play on the left as he is able to cut in and shoot. He did that on several occasions today and Craig Gardner struggled all day against him.
This was a game where Joe allen for the first time in a while put a few passes wrong but he redeemed himself as well a few times winning the ball back smartly.
Borini shows no signs of getting better but I hope Rodgers keeps faith in him as I think he will come good. He just needs to keep playing and eventually he will fit in.
When downing came in for him he was probably the better player but Downing could benefit from being moved more centrally at times I think. I just think he packs too much pace and power to not get tried in the position just behind Suarez. If downing only have a little bit of the dribbling skills of Sterling he would do so much better on the wing but he gets found out too often and too many of his crosses are blocked.
Another thing you never see Downing do is cut back on his right to cross at times which would get defenders guessing more often.
He is probably too old to improve too much but you never know what Rodgers is working with them on.
Defence was more solid today and back to the same starting back four as it was against city. Kelly is by far the best quote on quote defender of the wing backs and for that sole reason he should start. One suspect wing back is enough and when Johnson and Enrique starts together there is too much to expose for opposing teams.
Suarez looked good again today but he needs help. Borini is not doing the business and I liked that he was tried centrally. I do not think that is a bad idea since he is more of a finisher than what Suarez is. He could use a goal though to boost his confidence and we need to see more shots from the midfielder. Only one shot from Gerrard today I did not think was good. He should be getting in shooting positions more often and should also at times try his luck from distance the way Adam was renowned for doing it.
I am still not seeing Gerrard back to his best and I was a bit puzzled why we didnt see Sahin in the second half today (at least towards the end). If he is not in shape give Jordan henderson a few minutes in the middle of the park.
Jordan is definitely not going to develop if he is stuck on the bench all the time and there were players that lacked that extra little bit of energy to create a consistent moment and pressure in the last 10 minutes today (the likes of what united always does when they are pushing for a goal).
Personally considering points tally so far for Liverpool I would have allowed Daniel agger to push further up the field towards the end as well. He is a great passing defender that can dribble and packs a bit of power in his left boots as well.
It would just create that extra little bit of incentive to push on and create more two-on-ones in the final third.
YNWA,
Stian
Stian
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