Finally got to watch the game and to say we deserved at least a point is an understatement.
Mignolet - One costly error. His distribution, both in speed and accuracy, seems to be improving.
Johnson - Absolutely shocking in the first half, improved in the second got a deserved booking. Kind of performance that does nothing to stop me thinking our full backs are our biggest weakness in our squad.
Cissokho - Almost the opposite to Johnson. Good-ish 1st half in which he supported Coutinho well, caught in a couple of 2-on-1 situations when Coutinho didn't reciprocate. Awful second half and will be lucky if he's still here by the end of January.
Skrtel - Aside from his usual hands on approach to defending set pieces he had an impressive game.
Sakho - Looks like he believes he'll win everything doesn't always, but the belief is there. Still early days for his partnership with Skrtel, but like both Mignolet and Skrtel, not vocal enough. Communication with the back 5 is something I hope Rodgers is working on.
Lucas - Our best midfielder on the day. Worked tirelessly protecting the back four and recycled and distributed the ball well.
Henderson - Really starting to look like a player, confident and a defter touch on the ball than some might suspect.
Allen - Where has his 1st touch gone? He's fast starting to make his 2nd touch a tackle and, for me, the chance he wasted because of his touch was every bit as bad as the offside call, professionally speaking. Very unlucky for the equalizer though, if the Mig doesn't get a hand on that, I think Allen clears it off the line and showed his tactical awareness.
Coutinho - Sparkled in the fast half and went flat in the second. Thought he worked well with Cissokho going forward in the first, that evaporated in the second as well.
Sterling - Surprised he's leading the MotM poll, thought he was on the periphery of the game for long periods and offered very little end product. He did spring the offside trap beautifully on a few occasions and though his miss was poor, it did take a little bounce and it's something he will improve at.
Suarez - Best player on the pitch, the penalty decision would have been soft, but justifiable but what was far more irritating was Lescott, on more than one occasion, just going straight through the back of him and gettig away with it. Undeserved booking rounded out his day.
Not much to comment on with the subs excepting Moses soft yellow.
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