9 Against 1 for Us against the Top 3 Clubs

[WILF]

It's not as straightforward as it seems. Last season United came to Anfield, got everyone behind the ball and had just one effort on goal - an apologetic free-kick that bounced about three times as it rolled to our goalie. We completely outplayed them but failed to take advantage of our clear superiority. They had Rooney so deep on the left he was getting in the way of the full-back. In the return game we spurned a couple of outstanding chances, had more attempts than they did and fell to a sucker goal from a set-piece right at the death.

We only lost away to Arsenal bacause of a moment of madness when Gerrard made his suicidal back-pass near the end at 1-1, when the commentator had just said that Liverpool looked the more likely to win.

And this season we played Chelsea off the park at Stamford Bridge, hit the woodwork twice, were denied once again a nailed-on penalty, only to lose to a wonder strike completely against the run of play (having deservedly beaten them at Cardiff in the Community Shield).

If we'd been battered in all the games you mention I'd see your point, but the bare results haven't told the whole story.

I agree that it does not tell the whole story, but you don't get points for good performances.4 points out of a possible 18 last season, and 0 out 9 (obviously all away) so far his season is not good enough if we have aspirations to win the league.

There may be a combination of factors which are stopping us winning these games, poor officials, hitting the woodwork, poor finishing, etc , but as with Saturday's game against Arsenal , having lots of possession and not scoring is a big problem for us.

[tomasjj]

It's not as straightforward as it seems. Last season United came to Anfield, got everyone behind the ball and had just one effort on goal - an apologetic free-kick that bounced about three times as it rolled to our goalie. We completely outplayed them but failed to take advantage of our clear superiority. They had Rooney so deep on the left he was getting in the way of the full-back. In the return game we spurned a couple of outstanding chances, had more attempts than they did and fell to a sucker goal from a set-piece right at the death.

We only lost away to Arsenal bacause of a moment of madness when Gerrard made his suicidal back-pass near the end at 1-1, when the commentator had just said that Liverpool looked the more likely to win.

And this season we played Chelsea off the park at Stamford Bridge, hit the woodwork twice, were denied once again a nailed-on penalty, only to lose to a wonder strike completely against the run of play (having deservedly beaten them at Cardiff in the Community Shield).

If we'd been battered in all the games you mention I'd see your point, but the bare results haven't told the whole story.

Thanks a lot for getting my mood up.
Decent post.