Whoa, were my fellow Liverpool fans watching the same match I was? I just checked out the Fan's Man of the Match over at the official site and it had Dirk Kuyt voted first by the fans followed by Sami Hyypia and Mascherano?! Holy shit on a stick! Are you serious? Do I have unrealistic expectations of our Argentine midfielder or were you all drunk? Masche was appalling. I will admit that Hyypia started out just as unimpressive, but got better as the match progressed.
The site's picks were Jamie Carragher first followed by Hyypia and then Kuyt. There's just no way I put Kuyt behind Hyypia since it was mostly the latter's fault that they got the penalty. And what about Finney? Kudos for giving credit to one of our unsunge heroes in Carra, but I'd put Finnan above Hyypia as well.
In fact, if I had to rate our players in order from best to worst it would go something like this:
1. Kuyt
1. Carra
Kuyt is my Man of the Match, but I can't put Carragher very far behind him as he was in his inspirational form. The never-say-die Dutchman was relentless and per usual did what ever he was asked when he moved over to the right after Pennant was sent off. Carra was tremendous in keeping Porto and the ball away from the box.
3. Finnan
Another quiet, flawless performance. I'm going to start calling him the ghost because not only does he haunt our opponents, but no one ever seems to notice him.
4. Torres
El Nino did what El Nino was brought on to do, create space for Gerrard and worry the hell out of our opponent's defenses. He sent them scrambling mad on a couple of occasions.
5. Babel
It would have been nice if someone would have gotten open when he had the ball deep down in Porto territory.
6. Reina
Made a great save, but made questionable decisions in the box and on the ball, especially early on.
6. Hyypia
Almost made up for the penalty with his clearance and got better as the match wore on.
8. Gerrard
Was apparently hanging out with Harry Kewell.
9. Arbeloa
Looked tired and made some poor decisions after he was beat. His positioning was questionable as well.
10. Mascherano
His legal issues must be affecting him or he was having flashbacks of the Copa final when he heard the Porto players speaking in Portuguese.
11. Pennant
Thought his name was Ashley Cole again.
I'm not going to bother with the subs. Saturday can't come soon enough. Cheers.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Liverpool 1, Porto 1: Man of the Match
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