Fantastic result to put six past a team that 'parked the bus' so to speak, we were still a bit unconvincing defensively but an improved performance from Carra will help the situation a little.
MOM well you can't go past Torres he got a hat-trick and looks to be getting back to his best. I also thought that Insua had a great game aswell Fabio is going to have a bit of trouble forcing his way back into the side if Jim continues to play like that, Gerrard great goal he had a reasonable game not at his best yet but he's getting there, Yossi I believe had a couple of assists in there his dribbling at times was really causing the hull defence problems and also Kuyt played really well got an assist and had his usual high work rate. Carra isn't back to his best yet but I think his performance will at least for now silence his critics. Pepe not keeping a clean sheet was by all means no fault of his own a pretty good game overall (just please keep away from the half-way line
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Lucas, he didn't have a bad game but it wasn't his best performance of the season he got into the game abit more late in the second half but by then the win was sealed he wasn't poor by any means but he'll need to play better than that if he wants to challenge Aquilani for a spot in the first team once he recovers. Riera well he did one or two good things the problem is he does something good and then goes missing for 15 mins he's lucky he wasn't subbed tbh. Johnson quiet first half got a bit more into the game in the second but I think he needs to improve on that performance. Skrtel didn't have a great game his poor clearance cost us a goal and I'm not convinced that his place in the starting 11 will be safe once Dagger recovers from injury.
As for the subs Babel he got two goals would of had a hat-trick if it wasn't for his shocking attempt at a header, I don't think center forward is his best position but he did what would've been asked of him. Voronin played one or two good passes however he's not first team material at all IMO he tried is about all you could say. Mascha only had 10 mins or so on the pitch so it's pretty hard to comment on his performance I think he'd be disappointed to be left on the bench and will want to prove himself in his next game.
All in all I'm happy with the result we need to improve the defending and one or two players need to improve but apart from that an excellent performance.
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