I think it was a penalty, a lot of my mates reckon it wasnt but i think Hleb was going at such pace that even the slightest of touches would have been enough to knock him off balance. Ah well, we'll take the slice of luck. No doubt there will be decisions that will go against us in the future, and more that will go for us. Thats football.
For all the paper talk today about Arsenal "laying siege" to the Liverpool goal, i dont recall Reina making too many saves, and Kuyt forced a good one out of Almunia at the other end. Skrtel & Hyypia were superb at the heart of the defence and Mascherano not only put in a fine performance, but mopped up the messes created by the awful Alonso & the disgraceful Babel. Kuyt had one of his better games, good instinct to get the equaliser- he needs to do that a lot more- and nobody worked harder for the cause. I actually would have liked to have seen he and Babel switch sides because Babel was having a mare on the left, but i think the protection Kuyt gave Carragher was the main reason he was left there.
Voronin on for Torres? Had me scratching my head did that one. If i was Peter Crouch i would have left the ground there and then and never come back, the way he has been treated at times this season is disgusting, disrespectful and completely unnecessary. I can just about understand taking Torres off if he was tiring or had a knock, but to thrust this talentless, lazy shit straight into the side after he has been missing since Boxing Day is inexplicable, absolutely inexplicable.
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