No reason at all why we can't win it. We'll have Kewell and Momo back fit when it comes down to the nitty gritty. I think Momo's injury has been a blessing in disguise, for me the rest of the team became far too over reliant on his work rate and closing down and it meant we didn't close down or work hard enough as a team overall, since he's been injured we've steadily improved at doing this game by game.
The other plus of Momo being injured is that it has led to gerrard getting some games in the middle at last. A lot of you might disagree with this, but Gerrad always used to play that role and was far better at it than either Momo or Alonso, and it was playing that role that made him the World class player he was. When he played nearly every game out on the right I felt his overall play got progressively worse, he stopped getting his foot in amongst a lot of other things he used to do so well, but crucially he just wasn't as sharp and didn't have the same drive. In last nights game v PSV I thought it was very noticeable that he was beginning to return to the gerrard of old and playing him in the middle is the key.
Even when Momo is fit again I think it's really important that Rafa rotates Alonso, Gerrard and Momo and makes sure Stevie gets an equal amount of games in the middle as the other two, it's what makes him the player he is. If Pennant can get his act together, which he showed signs of last night, then Momo might struggle to get himself back into the side.
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