In order that "worst-case situation " I discussed earlier the Manchester City
video game has indeed arrived at pass; Liverpool have got gone from getting best
at Christmas to fifth entering the brand new Year. It is not an enormous shock
and it shouldn't change how the team are perceived. No re- assessment of
Liverpool's ambitions is required at this time, contentious defeats at the most
difficult venues in English football do not make the Reds any less of a side
than they were on Christmas Day, if they sat along with the
pile.
Nevertheless, they will have dropped out from the best four and
have to get back again to winning ways rapidly. therefore from that time of view
there is no real damage done. Actually there are numerous of positives to be
studied from both losses. I'd describe it as short-term pain but long-term gain.
The losses hurt, no question about that, but Liverpool have shown over the
Christmas period that they can hang with the best and should take great heart
from their efforts.
- Worrall: Eto'o the man of many moments
- Brewin:
Three Things - Chelsea v Liverpool
Having two such difficult video
games in a four-day time period was always likely to test Liverpool's sources to
the restriction, Yet they so almost obtained something from the overall game and
also have every to feel aggrieved they didn't.
They played nicely and
deserved at least a point, but they didn't get it due to not taking their
chances, giving away bad goals and generally not having a great deal of luck.
either,
Mason was poor on Boxing Day but he didn't especially influence
the results of the overall game. Webb's choices, or absence thereof, most
definitely did.
Samuel Eto'o obtained the winning objective but shouldn't
have even ended up on the pitch to do so, astonishingly, Webb failed to even
produce a yellow card for that one. It shouldn't matter if it's the first minute
or the last, unless it's a Liverpool player, ).
Liverpool scored from the
free kick so there was at least some measure of justice, but Henderson's
incredulous appearance and continuing protests to Webb informed its story.
Regardless of the leniency of Webb, that has been a dream begin for Liverpool,
and against City on Boxing Time, they couldn't store the business lead and
discovered themselves trailing at the split.
that they had too much pace
and strength and Liverpool looked vulnerable up the middle. Some teams can rest
six or seven players,
Mamadou Sakho headed against the crossbar whilst
Luis Suarez was denied two penalty shots by Webb. The first one was the kind of
decision that can go in any event, ) might have been punished.
The next
one, nevertheless, was definitely blatant. It had been stupid, as well, as Eto'o
got you don't need to remove Suarez, but consider him out he do. And Webb had
been looking straight at it. We'll never know because he doesn't have to explain
himself, which is probably a good thing as I highly doubt anything he would have
to say would ease the fury felt by Liverpool fans. If anything, it would likely
increase it.
It is a mark of just how much Suarez provides cooled his
temper this year he didn't react even more highly than he do, as it had been a
scandalous zero contact by the referee.
It's not been a good Christmas
period for the Reds as not only have they been recently on the wrong end of two
near defeats, but almost every other result has gone against them, too. Only
Sunderland's surprise earn at Everton on Boxing Time bucked the development, as
most of Liverpool's various other rivals for the very best four collected
optimum factors. The gap between your Reds and the leaders is currently six
points, the league desk sure looks much less healthy from a Liverpool
perspective as it did less than a week ago.
The good news for Kopites is
usually that it gets a lot easier from here on in, so there is plenty of
opportunity to make up the ground lost on the Christmas time period. The poor
news is an already slim squad is currently beginning to appear positively
anorexic.
Sixteen-year- previous Jordan Rossiter had been on the bench
and could be required in the coming days, and an already pressing need for fresh
signings in January has taken on even more added importance right now. It would
help, too,
Rodgers oddly stated afterward that "Howard was superb.
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