At the risk of upsetting everyone here I just have to say that I just don't get all the euphoria on here about this tie....we've just conceded 7 goals in a two-legged European tie...that is one of the worst results in the history of the club....I just can't see where all the pride is coming from.
In the first leg, by all accounts, we just never showed up...at Anfield! To be beaten by a better team is one thing, but to be out fought is inexcusable.
Now the second leg....for 30 minutes we took the game to Chelsea and bossed it....no argument and fair play to all concerned....but then we took the foot off the gas and lost the momentum. After that it was fairly even but we really "lost" the rest of the game 4-2 so to speak, which is another appalling show.
Not only that, Rafa had clearly given up on it with his reluctance to bring on Babel and eventually bringing off Torres. He can't claim any credit for the fight back, that was purely down to the players. Can anyone imagine Shankly, Paisley, Fagan, Souness or Dalglish or even Houllier giving up like that? Shame, shame, shame, and not the first time he's done that either.
All in all we've been out-played, out-thought and out-fought over 120 minutes of football, us being in charge for only about one quarter of it.
If that is good enough to send you all into delirium then that's fine but it is not good enough for me.
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