Was I the only one that took an awful long time to get into the game? I'm not sure if it was the the kit-clashes, which were awful, or the first few minutes of the broken play or everything that happened during the week. I just found it difficult to get into at the start.
The start was not the best, we had a few chances alright but still an awful lot of passes went astray and even Joe Allen was getting caught in possession, which was weird!
We grew into the game which was positive and I think the second half was a great example of what Rodgers describes as 'death by football'. we absolutely battered them on the bi*ch. Dominated, attack after attack. We were unlucky to only get the one goal to be fair now. They had very little shots, I can only remember the 1 to be honest. Even when they brought on pacey subs, they couldnt catch us on the break, such was our dominance on the ball in midfield.
I think that the inclusion of both Downing and Sterling on the pitch at both times can only help Downing and I think he did ok last night. When defenders have 2 pacey widemen to deal with, they won't know which side to be inclined to shadow more, and bringing on pace like Downings against tired legs was a good sub. Maybe we could have brought Sahin on for a bit more energy in the middle of the park, but Shelvey certainly has the penetrative side in him that we also needed.
A decent result I think. A point away to Sunderland. I'll take it. Not many teams will come away from there with 3 points.
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