Great result. 3 points is just what the doctor recommended.
Our performance wasn't brilliant but it wasn't poor either i don't think. At times we showed positive movement up top with a couple of neat passes here and there. If we conceeded again it would have looked a lot different. But there were positives in that performance.
Moreno - bundles of energy and does really bring something to our attack once he gets going.
Lallana - Looked so slick and skilfull today, most of our great play came through him and i thought he was easily our MOTM and took his goal so well.
Henderson - Worked hard was able to push forward due to Coutinho being deeper and he made a couple of great runs and looked promising, like Lallana took his goal well.
Gerrard - looked a completelty different player once he was pushed up the field, looked like he really wanted to be on the ball and be positive, made a couple of nice passes, him and Balotelli seemed to link very well.
Balotelli - Looked positive to me, was strong in hold up play and was more aware then usual today in his passes, looked to put Sterling through a couple times and linked up well with Gerrard on 2 occasions with 2 good shots being saved. For me brought more than Lambert instantly.
Unfortunately Lambert, Sterling, Lovren and Manquillo were all disapointing today.
Lambert - Too slow, can play a neat pass here and there but isn't direct enough for me and doesn't seem to show any real threat.
Sterling - Burnt out, his just running and running with no real composure, when the ball was at his feet he seemed uneasy and not in control.
Lovren - Too rash, made poor decisions today and didn't look confident at all.
Manquillo - Did well to get high up the pitch, work rate good but he lost the ball a few times and could have been less wasteful in possession, but i saw nothing from Johnson in his cameo to suggest he is a better RB, so i would stick with the spanish youngster.
All in all glimpses of our great attacking prowess without Suarez but we need to show more bite up top and need to be a lot more stern in defense.
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