Personal comments of the game:
Liverpool obviously still lacked the confidence and swagger to keep
attacking the opposition instead of keeping possession and looking
for loopholes in the defence. You can see it from all the loose
balls and passes and the results in the final third of the
field.
Benitez shall give even more attacking mindset to Liverpool, since
they have a rather stable and good defence. Attacking through the
centre does not work in the EPL, since EPL talks about hard tackles
and knocks to disrupt opponents.
Chelsea is strong because they have the twin terrors of Robben and
Duff. Man U and Arsenal also use the flanks very often. Liverpool
kept trying to attack through the centre and it's very frustrating
to see them lose the ball.
Luis Garcia at right midfield simply CMI. I hope he's a temporary
option. Now, I see him as a squad player rather than a first team
player. I'm surprised that they didn't use Zenden often to attack
the flanks, maybe because of the boos from Middlesborough. In the
end, what happen, Stevie G was on left flank, Cisse on the
right.....OMG....
The entire team needs more confidence, determination and luck.
Other than the wingers and the strikers, the entire team actually
played well. Sissoko looks impressive though he can improve
further. Alonso has those probing balls and Stevie G was all over
the place. But they need to keep attacking more like in the last
ten minutes.....
Disappointing result this.....I almost can't sleep last night.
