F***ing fantastic. Few downsides, just the goal (which again showed we are a long way from perfect) but when you knock in 4 at the other end then F**k it
Also the Gerrard elbow, bit reckless but hopefully blows over. Browns a c**t, he was all over Stevie from the off trying to tackle him out of the game, so F**k him.
Torres - rampant, he looked right up for it and knocked in his two well, the second just classic Torres - nutmegging the defender then powerfully controlled finish. Arguably his best shot of the night was that one that just missed by hitting the post. Probably MOTM for me, but im still debating in my head
Babel - F**k lad, every time i give up on you, you come out and do this! Quality performance, really owned that left side tonight. Still had a couple times where he lost the ball, but overall he has been showing signs lately that he is ready to turn that corner. Great performance, capped off by a well finished strike. Now just keep it up!
Maxi - Starting to grow into his role now in the team, with another promising show. Ive always liked the guy and i was sure that sooner or later he would start showing us why he is so well-regarded around the world.
Aquilani - f***in' A! Thats what im talkin' bout! Lovely stuff, he was eager and wanting to move the ball forward and showed some real eye for picking a pass. Quality ball through for Torres's second. And was a nice strike for his goal as well.
Gerrard - Looked a completely different player to last week! There was some heart and fight in him again, and he looked something more like the rampaging beast of a man we know him as. His desire to win the ball is what scored us that first goal, and my face really lit up when i saw that - now more of that mate! And maybe just check your surroundings when swatting flies with ya elbow
Just gonna pack the defense into one - Was an average performance up until the goal, with not much to do but still not looking totally sure of themselves. Insua did some good things, along with some bad. Then the goal came, and the average performance went to bad. When you haven't had much to do all game, and then F**k up like that - there's no excuse. Reina deserved a clean sheet after he hadn't had to do much either, but then made a damn good save earlier when called upon.
Overall though, im F***ing buzzing. First time in 6 months we had scored more than 2 in the league, horrible stat but damn good to see it done with. We looked a lot more like that free-flowing team that almost won the league last season.
Roll on red-men! Don't let this be another false dawn!