Firstly, we had a lot of chances to secure the win and where we should of done better, Torres chance, Voronin chance etc. Voronin personally shouldn't of started, I would of put Babel before him. Torres didn't look at his best but ofcourse he isn't fully fit. Lyon had one decent oppurtunity before they scored at the end to our 5/6 decent oppurtunities. They played for the draw and were in the end succesful, but I am truly gutted that we lost. Just when you think we are back from the bad form and bad luck, we get harshly punished at the death. For example, how lucky them jammy mancs were when Valencia struck it from the edge of the box and it was clearly going wide, but the ball decided to hit a defender and bounce in. Why can't we have that luck, its an absolute joke.Also, why did Aquilani travel with the squad to not play. Aquilani, one of our most creative players attacking wise and Rafa decided not to play him and start Voronin instead. WHY!?
Agger I thought had a great game. He was always looking sharp and had a few bursts up front. Kyriakos, is yet another example of a bad transfer, he did well at times but I felt he commit himself into challenges that he shouldn't of. Carragher had a few sparks up the right but was clumsy at times. Insua was out paced and out muscled at times and struggled to stop the attacks down the wing. Lucas had a fairly good stable game, but I suppose you would look stable being next to one of the best defensive midfielders in the world. Mascherano, for me was outstanding and my man of the match. Didn't see Kuyt at times, a usual Kuyt performance I feel, gave his all for the team. Benayoun, was our most creative player on the field as he always looked to play Torres in and a few decent flick ons. Voronin, shouldn't of started, had a chance to put the ball in the net, but decided to play it at the keeper's legs. Torres, didn't look himself but still was 10x better than Voronin. N'gog, came on too late to judge his performance, but I would of liked to see him start rather than Voronin. Babel, wonder strike that I thought won us the game, then we saw the usual-Babel when he hit the free-kick out for a throw in, haven't changed my opinion on Babel.
Anyway, lets move on from this performance. We are still capable of getting through the group, if Lyon win against Fiorentina and we beat Debrecen, then if we beat Fiorentina, we qualify. However, if Lyon draw against Fiorentina, and we beat Debrecen, then we need to beat Fiorentina by 3 goals because they beat us by 2 goals at their ground. Still possible. Still believe.
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