What a game, what a result and what a way to cap off what had been a F***ing horrible weekend up to that point. Once again we proved we're more than a match for any c**t in this League. We proved that all of City's hype is because teams sh*t themselves against them but if you get into them then they're not the world class stars they're made out to be. Rodgers outclassed Pelligrini. Joe F***ing Allen bossed Yaya Toure. Mark Clattenburg had yet another sh*t game involving Liverpool (fair enough some of those sh*t games have been in our favour but he's still a sh*t ref.)
All in all, F***ing made up. I'll give me usual individual analysis before I head out on the piss. Thank you Reds!
Mignolet - saved his worst forty-five minutes of 2015 for this match. What the F**k he was doing in the first half is anybody's guess. Looked like the Simple Simon of October/November of last year all over again. Second half though he was back to his 2015 resurgence best. Commanded his area, caught well, distributed well and dealt with any little threat those small club cu*ts had.
Can - put in a belting performance after one of his worst Liverpool performances in mid-week. He certainly looked happier on the right side of the back three than the left where he played the other week. Comfortable throughout the game. Couple of those gut bursting runs where the opposition just bounce off him. Marked improvement from the game in Turkey.
Skrtel - is beginning to make me sound like a parrot because every single F***ing game since we've gone with this back three has seen Martin Skrtel be the best centre half in the League. He's dominant in the air, strong in the tackle, decisive and looking very happy in this system. The big bald Slovak has refound the form he showed a few years ago when he was voted our player of the year.
Lovren - had a few dodgy moments, couple of really poor passes but as the game wore on he grew into it. After the disappointment of missing the crucial penalty, he showed some balls to put in a good performance. He looked worse because of how good Can and Skrtel were but generally Dejan did more than enough to keep Aguero shtum for large parts of the game.
Markovic - was once again the biggest disappointment. One clever ball into Lallana but apart from that Lazzy was very wasteful, was never in the line with the other defenders and was basically a passenger. Rightly brought off in the second half.
Henderson - showed his true qualities today. He ran that midfield. Outclassed the likes of Silva, Toure and Fernandinho. And what a F***ing belter of a goal. We know Jordy can score goals like that which makes it more worrying that he doesn't get enough. But when he does, they're special aren't they? Excellent captain display. And he wasn't even the best central midfielder on the pitch today!
Allen - takes the mantle of best central midfielder today. Yes you read that right, me giving a huge amount of praise to Joe Allen. Every time he got it, he looked forward. He made a few good runs with the ball, going past their players. He broke up their attacks when need be. It was comfortably Joe's best performance in a Liverpool shirt. Well F***ing in Joe. Great performance today.
Moreno - continues to be the unsung hero of this side. Against Southampton the other week, we clearly missed him. That's a massive compliment when it's obvious we're missing you. He came on at St Mary's and sured us up at the back. Today, he again did nothing special but put in a very good performance in the process. He's always our outlet down the left wing, they were talking about Zabaletta always being an option for City, well Albert does it for us. Whenever we're going forward, he's making himself available. And defensively he's getting better. Seems to of knocked those silly mistakes on the head that he was making earlier in the season (including the crucial one against City at Maine Road)
Lallana - will undoubtedly get his praise today. Personally I thought he was quite wasteful at times and held on to the ball too long. But I can understand why some will think he played well.
Coutinho - is making it very difficult to find words worthy of describing just how good he is. Everything he did today was magical. He outshone Silva in their little battle of those "number 10" role players. It wasn't even a contest between them to be fair. It's scary to think he's only a kid as well. Still has his best years ahead of him. Against Southampton I said his goal was goal of the season regardless of what else happened between now and May, today's though might just have beaten it. It was a harder goal to score, so I think today's is goal of the season.
Sterling - probably had his best game in a long time but that's not saying a lot. He still weren't at his best and still isn't a centre forward. But he done ok. Kept the City defenders on their toes all game.
Sturridge - was yet again frustrating. You do not need to beat five players to score a goal lad. Put the ball in the net and we'll discuss the other options later. I know his goalscoring record is second to none at Liverpool but these past few weeks he's tried to be too flashy when scoring. And his all round game has been very disappointing. Deserved to be on the bench after the Beskitas game.
Toure - he's the cult hero. He meant business towards the end to by chucking his gloves off
Special mention to the boss as well on this one. He showed balls not to pick a recognised forward and if it went tits up, he'd of copped a lot of flack so he deserves the praise for having the bollocks to not pick Sturridge or Balotelli when neither deserved it after the game on Thursday. Could of very easily not picked Sterling as well for that matter.
Anyway, made up here. I'm off out to get leathered now, a sore head in work tomorrow but it'll be well worth it.
