Fantastic result, just when you thought it couldnt get any better after
Champions League win
Man Utd win
Man Utd loss to Fulham
Red Cards to United
Chelsea loss to Spurs
The 5 goals against Villa means
It did get even better....... now the arguement about goal difference has also been taken away, meaning one less point we need to win the title.
Since Middlesborough it looks like Rafa has thrown away the handcuffs and just told them to go out there and attack. In other words, the low point of the season has potentially turned out to be a positive.
We always look better when we attack, and we always look better when the game is end to end, open football.
You always get that from Villa, as you do from United, and Real Madrid had no choice in the matter after conceding on their home patch.
Admittedly we could have conceded early, at 1-0 Villa looked dangerous for a spell, but playing the open game is exactly what allows us to score heavily. We play far better against attacking teams than we do against the parked bus. All this momentum has to keep going, even if we pass United in the league I pray we dont tighten up and return to a more defensive mindset, because it is the "win at all cost" mentality that has been adopted when we seemingly had lost the title, that has put us back in contention.
Alonso is a really important cog, because it is when he plays that Gerrard gets further forward, and when Gerrard gets further forward, we look the most dangerous. Gerrard playing further up the park brings Kuyt and Riera into the match, and today they were both lively, because they received so much service.
I thought we played our strongest side today, and I would like to see that team start all the time, although I do prefer Benayoun coming on as a sub ahead of Lucas. Fulham is a good next game for us because they are pretty safe now, and have no reason to park the bus, they should come out and play football like they did against Man Utd, and that will suit us to a tee.
This attacking Liverpool team, with our recent results, has every football pundit throughout the world opening their eyes and realising that we are capable of things far greater than they imagined.
Just as Man Utd are struggling to find the back of the net it is raining goals at Liverpool. Hiddink and SAF will no doubt be having nightmares about how they can possibly stop this train.
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