I'm absolutely gutted, but for a change it's not because we've been dogshit. We were by far the best side out there today and it's the best I've seen us play all season. I guess today is an example of the difference between the so called top 4 and the rest of the league; they take their chances whenever they come. Today we didn't do that and it cost us big time . How the fuck did Carragher get MOTM on Sky btw?
Howard - Made a few good saves and I don't think he could have done anything for either of their goals.
Hibbert - Offers literally nothing going forward and that left Pienaar surrounded by 3 Liverpool players a lot of the time. Not the worst defensive performance I've seen from him though.
Yobo - His hoofing without even looking where our players were really got to me today. He was the better of our CB's today but I wouldn't say he was rock solid or anything.
Distin - Gets worse by the game. I can't believe we've spent £5.5million on him. He's slow to react to anything, it's unbelievable.
Baines - Struggled to link up with Bily, but I think that's more to do with Bily being static than Baines being off his game. He made some good forward runs but he didn't look all that comfortable defensively for me.
Pienaar - How we've missed his spark? The difference he brings to our side was there for all to see in that first half. He was everywhere and constantly looking to move us forward and to create without a hoof being part of the plan. Faded in the second half and that's why he didn't get my MOTM vote.
Fellaini - I thought he was immense today. He broke up most Liverpool attacks with ease, won header after header, controlled the ball in tight situations, switched the play when it was called for, brought other players into the game all the time. My MOTM.
Heitinga - Another excellent performance from him. Some of tackles were fucking brutal and I loved every single one of them. The man is a monster but a loveable monster . Him and Fellaini should be a CM pairing for sure. We're really going to miss him now he's suspended .
Bily - For the love of god do something with the ball when you have it! He really frustrated me today. He didn't try and go past the man and he barely moves to create space to receive the ball from his team mates.
Cahill - The best I've seen him play this season. He was much more like the Cahill the opposition hate to play against. He was like an annoying little fly that just won't go away. Hopefully this means Timmy's back.
Jo - I thought he played really well today. He had a tough time up there on his own but more often than not he held the ball up well when he had his back to the goal. Well played.