What a wonderful way to get three points. Smashing the Mancs in their own back yard. While Liverpool were not at our very best, we were still so much better than them collectively. Where they looked ponderous and unsure, we were mercilessly direct and brimming with confidence and desire.
Again, and I do feel it bears repeating, the invaluable asset of pace and power was at the heart of the gulf in class. Suarez, Sturridge, Henderson, Sterling, Johnson and Gerrard are all very capable of bursting into dangerous areas, and that threat meant United were always tentative, as evidenced by the multiple fouls, penalties and cards. I love watching Liverpool teams that possess so much sheer pacy menace.
Mig (7) Another rare clean sheet. Had little to do, but made one good save and also claimed a few crosses. Very pleasing
Flanno (8.) Fantastic stuff. He does sometimes need to be a bit more restrained, as he is constantly revving in the red zone, but God Help me, I F***ing love watching him smash into tackles. A few of the players on the receiving end after 'being Flannoed' looked like they'd been through a threshing machine
Agger (7) clobbered by Mignolet but otherwise untroubled. Another fine display.
Skrtel (7) Immovable object. United got nothing out of him or his CB partner.
Johnson (7) United had enough to worry about without Johnson joining in the fun, but he did and was a menace down the flanks, pacy and direct as usual.
Gerrard (
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A colossus. Made United's midfield look a 100 years old. He was sharp, disciplined, a menace with his passing and never took a backwards step. Two nerveless pens, point off the score for hitting the post with the last one. Just fantastic.
Allen (7) Never been a fan, but he had a decent game and worked hard. Together with Henderson, he denied United time and space in the middle. Won a pen too.
Henderson (7) Similar to Allen, he didn't really do an awful lot with the ball, but his energy and pressing ensured that United couldn't either, and he helped win the midfield battle
Sterling (6) not sure his more central role was an unmitigated success, but he's worth a place on the pitch wherever he plays. His industry and speed are huge assets to the team
Sturridge (6) Movement, trickery, pace and skill. Not everything came off, but he gave United's defenders a nightmare of an afternoon
Suarez (7) Probably the player that defenders least look forward to playing against. Perpetual motion, determined, quick, skilful and capable of scoring goals from any angle or situation. Scored again. How boring. A firecracker of a footballer and surely Player Of The Year.