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Where Did It Go Wrong At Anfield?


Carlos Tevez Scores At AnfieldOne chance on goal was all they got, exploiting an error in defence, and Man United come out winners against Liverpool. Not only that, but Arsenal moved further on up the charts with three points for their efforts against Chelsea. Where did it go wrong at Anfield?

Liverpool were the dominant team, certainly moreso in the second half of the game but chances could not be converted into goals no matter how hard they tried. The goal, by Carlos Tevez just near the stroke of half time, means our first loss of the season at Anfield, we rest in fifth place and coming into the holiday period we’re now four wins off Arsenal and United, a full ten points back.

It’s hard to point at where it went wrong, both sides made their defensive blunders but the corner from Giggs out to Rooney was a shot, space was made in the box and Tevez got his poachers goal. One chance, well taken, one goal. Had Jamie Carragher stood up instead of lunging at Rooney’s strike would it have made a difference? If Reina had stayed behind Tevez would it have made a difference? Though if Tevez was picked up in the first place it would have, but there you go.

Liverpool had their chances too, Torres failing to convert a header for a sure goal in the first half while Dirk Kuyt was just a fraction too slow to slice the ball into the net when Van der Sar had almost cleaned out his own defence with one move.

Press and press, no real chances could come in the second half. Ryan Babel came on for Harry Kewell on the 65th minute and opened up a new avenue for Liverpool with a nice injection of pace down the left flank. Babel too came within inches of scoring with a long range strike that just zipped to the outside of the right post but that would be the height of Liverpool’s goal-scoring opportunities in the second half.

Reina remained relatively untested and although United came away with the 3 points there was nothing between the sides, not a thing.

There were some positives for the squad in the performances by Mascherano throughout the entire game and Babel for the second half. Hopefully it will continue into Chelsea on Wednesday night. We’ve got Portsmouth, Derby and fourth-placed Man City to deal with before December is out, there’s nine points for the taking right there.

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4 Responses to “Where Did It Go Wrong At Anfield?”

  1. Asian Fan on December 17th, 2007 8:56 am

    I hate to say this, but the long ball tactics that sending the ball to either Crouch and Torres don’t bear fruit when facing a team like MU playing very tide defense. Perhaps Benitez should develop certain games plan against such team.

  2. macca710 on December 17th, 2007 9:05 am

    we were unlucky.. so unfortunate not to score.. but as a liverpool fan, the thing that has most disapointed me was to see liverpool supporters leaving the stadium before the final whistle! i don’t undersatnd these fans’ behaviour.. the team played well, there’s nothing to be angry or ashame of! in fact these supporters must learn that liverpool fans never leave the stadium before the end of the match even if the team has not given a good performance .. simply bcoz this is unacceptable!,,this has been shown in so many countries aroung the world, and it’s a shame to see liverpool fans acting like this! never expected that from them,, hope we won’t see this happen again! YoU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE!!!!!!

  3. Ken McGuire on December 17th, 2007 12:21 pm

    Macca710 makes a good point. When Sky cut to the stands just before the 90 minute mark I think I was only one to roar out “get the fuck back in those seats”. I was sorry to see the fans leaving but what can you do? I know the bus back into town from Anfield is usually nuts but still…

    It’s never over ’til it’s over!

  4. Nathan on December 17th, 2007 6:37 pm

    We lack ambition . And the never say die attitude. It all started at reading. Whn are we going 2 win th league. If ferguson was in charge at anfield most of our players wud b booted out .Time 4 150% contribution. We need pace.

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