Will be panned for trying to be objective here, but here goes...great result, couple of good performances, particularly Reina and Masch. Team selection was again odd and put us on the back foot for most of the game. We had Aquilani, Riera and Benayoun, all creative players, on the bench. Our midfield completely lacked creativity and spark, and its balance was wrong wrong wrong. We relied on our great keeper and luck to get the result. I'm relieved to win, but if Rafa goes on selecting his teams in this way, we will drop lots more points. You can not at this level expect to consistently win games without any creative midfielders. The opposition has very little to fear from our midfield this season. We would be a very different proposition with Benayoun, Aquilani and Riera in there. If you were an opposing team, who would you feel more threatened by? Kuyt/Lucas/Aureliio/Gerrard/Masch or Benayoun/Riera/Aquilani/Gerrard/Masch? I know who I'd rather face. Still, great result, and hopefully Rafa will get a more bold, as he did at the end of last season, when we looked like the best team in the country.
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