Was just coming in to say that. That red card might have done more to hurt our chances than anything else.
Anything else..... apart from not strengthening the squad when we had the chance.
Henderson has been badly missed, but the problem of his absence has been exacerbated by the lack of viable replacements. Lucas is just not mobile enough for the role and I feel that too many players were having to do too much running to make up for the fact. I think we are already asking the players to do a lot of Gerrard's running for him, asking them to do Lucas' running as well was a bit too much.
Yes it is the end of a very hard season, but the players shouldn't look as leg weary as they did in the last 20 minutes playing one game a week.
While I think most now appreciate Henderson much more than they used to, I think we may all have underestimated just how much he brings to the team.
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