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If any of you watched the Liverpool game during the weekend, you would understand how frustrating it is. The weekend game against Birmingham at St. Andrews should have been won easily no doubt. But the lack of quality in front of goal and defensive blunders has again failed them this season as they try to salvage the 4th Champions League spot from their disappointing campaign…..
The first half was dull as both sides had their chances limited, but it all changed during the second half as Gerrard scored two minutes after the restart. Gerrard turned the Birmingham defender inside out and before curling a shot to the far post. That is Gerrard’s 10th goal of the season and what a goal it is. Hart had no chance as the ball curled into the far corner of the net. That definitely brings back glimpse of Gerrard’s brilliance, which i truly believe is from playing him in a deeper role of midfield then the support role of a striker, where he is truly more comfortable. However, the lead only lasted nine minutes as Liam Ridgewell took advantage of Liverpool’s awful defending to score the equalizer. If you watched the game, Liverpool could have lost the match if Bowyer scored his open goal opportunity. The Liverpool defense was totally abysmal and they definitely need to work on it. The defensive errors were such elementary football level errors which shouldn’t happen in a professional level.
What made it worst for Liverpool is when their so called “Master Tactician” Rafa Benitez took off their world class striker Fernando Torres during the second half. Gerrard’s facial expression definitely says it all as he is obviously puzzled and frustrated at why Torres has been taken off. The only reason that Rafa gave on the post match press conference is that he is “tired”. If i were to choose Champions League spot or Europa Cup, It should no doubt be Champions League. With Torres off, and Ngog coming on, no wonder the scoreline stayed 1-1. The French youngster missed three golden opportunities that you would have bet Torres score, to win Liverpool all three points. Gerrard was instrumental in creating those chances but it wasn’t going to Liverpool’s day as they miss chance after chance to put Liverpool back in the lead. It is safe to say that Liverpool are very much unlikely to make the champions league spot as they will have to settle for a Europa spot.
Signing off
Prosoc8
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