Liverpool vs Lille: Match Review

Can someone please tell me who this team is? I don’t recognise them at all!

Jokes aside, that was another fantastic performance! Every single person pitched up and put nothing less than everything they had into the game. Makes me proud to be a red when I see that.

Starters

Pepe – Same old, same old. Nothing all game. One fantastic save.

Johnson – He really does complete our backline. Confident in defence, aggresive in attack. Brilliant.

Carra – Completely unflappable. Fantastic Carra tackle in the box. Great stuff.

Agger – Took one hell of a beating. Performed comfortably but should possibly have had at least one goal to his name. Still, goals from defenders will always be a bonus.

Insua – The lad’s getting tricksy now! Great attacking display. Pertformed comfortably in defence as well. No complaints. Good stuff.

Mascherano – Made the midfield his own. Nothing gets past Masch on his day.

Lucas – One of his very best performances. Pity about the dive.

Kuyt – Been a while since he’s played this well. Was a constant threat down the flank and gave Torres something to work with. Excellent.

Gerrard – Oh how he needed that goal! fantastic Gerrard performance. Ran everywhere, demanded the ball, passed like a champion, got into good areas, brilliant.

Babel – It is soooooo good to see Babel really sprint. Ran his little red heart out, and not just for the onbvious balls. He hassled the defence and really made his pace count. How I have longed to see him play like this!

Torres – 4 goals in 2 games. Not bad. Could be better  . Man of the match.

Subs

Not really worth mentioning any of them. They all came on so late.

This is the first time in a very, very long time that I haven’t had a single negative comment about any individual performance. Well done lads. You’ve done me proud.

Lucas deserves special mention for his truly great performance. If it hadn't been for Torres' brace (without which we would have gone to extra time) then he would have been my Man of the Match. Great job kid. You've given Rafa a real stinker to pick the team for Man U now.

The only thing that irked me was that we pulled off the gas when we were only one goal to the good. 2-0 was not a safe score; all they need is one goal and we go crashing out. Still, we did eventually (and slightly fortunately) get the third, so no harm done.

Now, Lets murder the scum!