i have notihng against liverpool (i like steven gerrard)
but it wuold be too early to judge whether liverpool would win the
UCL..
A review from soccernet:
I've used this space to praise the tactical nous of Rafa Benitez in
the past. Liverpool's Spanish manager is rarely outsmarted on big
UEFA Champions League nights.
However, Tuesday's comfortable and comprehensive 3-0 win in
Eindhoven owed more to PSV's fragility then to any brilliant
tactical plan put in place by Benitez.
As a spectacle, this was sadly a complete anti-climax. PSV
lacked the guile and organisation we saw from them in their two
matches against Arsenal. Mind you, it was always going to be a
challenge for Ronald Koeman to devise a winning formula, minus
defensive lynchpin Alex, livewire striker Arouna Kone and new Dutch
international Ibrahim Afellay.
Alex would certainly have been expected to prevent one or perhaps
even two of the Liverpool goals on the night. Poor Timmy Simons,
normally a midfield player, simply wasn't up to the task of dealing
with Liverpool's intelligently constructed attacks.
However, it's an indictment of PSV when I say that Liverpool didn't
have to anything beyond the competent and professional. At least,
we would have expected to see the Dutch champions put up a fight.
Yet there was no closing down the opposition, limited
attempt to force Liverpool mistakes: the passive approach proved to
be the punchless approach.
Liverpool knew in advance that PSV are not a pressing side, but
surely they didn't anticipate such a meek surrender.
The only black mark on an otherwise bright evening for the Reds
concerned Fabio Aurelio, one of the unluckiest players at the top
level of football in recent years. The Brazilian's latest Achilles
injury will end his season.
One of the many things I admire about the Dutch is their brutal
honesty. Ronald Koeman's post-match summary was perfect. 'If I told
my squad to believe they can still advance, then I don't belong on
this planet.'
also note tht MU n Chealsea face a more motivated
opposition..
so it is pretty hard to say
cheers
