Ratings

[Marky]

Reina 6
Not much to do

Finnan 8
Excellent once again, he's having a great season, very sound defensively, covered brilliantly

Carragher 9
Maybe his best performance of the season to date, hussled, outmuscled, outfought the Chelsea attack, strong game, held us together on occasions, vintage Carra the day

Agger 8
Stayed strong, this game will have done him th world a good, so composed throughout and wasn't afraid to put the boot in

Aurerlio 8
Really coming on isn't he? Surprisingly flew into challenges from the off, not someting u r used to seeing with brazilians, kept the ball and overalll very good, well in lad

Pennant 7.5
Belting goal Jermaine, still a bit to mouthy for my liking but put in a good shift today

Alonso 7.5
Took a bad blow to the mouth which couldn't have helped, passed the ball well and got stuck in

Gerrard 9
Captain's performance and i love saying that, 1st half though he wasdecent without being vinateg Gerrard but 2nd half he
were excellent, kept the lads focused, went charging into the Chelsea players and sprayed the ball about wonderfully, full of running
and drive

Riise 7.5
1st half ok but better in the 2nd, full of running throughout and almost scored another JAR special

Kuyt 8
Worked his balls off the lad, lovely goal, really well taken but if i'm being over critcial maybe should have scored 1 or 2 more, overall very good tho

Crouch 8
Caused them all sorts of problems, should have scored but a threat throughout and he helped us hold the ball.


Subs
Gonzalez n/a
Bellamy n/a

[El Diego]

Agree with your rating but Reina earned a 7.

[Kopite_Colin]

I thought Kuyt was our MoM.

[Guest]

Reina should have been rated a 8 mate. He was brilliant. It's not his shot stopping which is good but the way he reads the game and sweeps at the back. His reading of the game is second to none and the way he launches counter attacks is equally impressive.

[LFCman]

Carra was superb, Dirk class as always and it's so good to have Reina back. He just does everything with so much more conviction then Dudek.

[DeeGame]

Reina 6 7 was superb
Not much to do

Finnan 8 agree
Excellent once again, he's having a great season, very sound defensively, covered brilliantly

Carragher 9 agree
Maybe his best performance of the season to date, hussled, outmuscled, outfought the Chelsea attack, strong game, held us together on occasions, vintage Carra the day

Agger 8 agree
Stayed strong, this game will have done him th world a good, so composed throughout and wasn't afraid to put the boot in

Aurerlio 8 7 - scared me in 2nd half when SWP was attacking him
Really coming on isn't he? Surprisingly flew into challenges from the off, not someting u r used to seeing with brazilians, kept the ball and overalll very good, well in lad

Pennant 7.5 agree
Belting goal Jermaine, still a bit to mouthy for my liking but put in a good shift today

Alonso 7.5 agree
Took a bad blow to the mouth which couldn't have helped, passed the ball well and got stuck in

Gerrard 9 agree
Captain's performance and i love saying that, 1st half though he was decent without being vinatage Gerrard but 2nd half he were excellent, kept the lads focused, went charging into the Chelsea players and sprayed the ball about wonderfully, full of running and drive

Riise 7.5 agree
1st half ok but better in the 2nd, full of running throughout and almost scored another JAR special

Kuyt 8 disagree thought he was on par with carra & stevie so deserves a 9
Worked his balls off the lad, lovely goal, really well taken but if i'm being over critcial maybe should have scored 1 or 2 more, overall very good tho

Crouch 8 agree
Caused them all sorts of problems, should have scored but a threat throughout and he helped us hold the ball.


Subs
Gonzalez n/a
Bellamy n/a

[Red Chilli]

So Marky, I don't want to labour this point, but will you now stop talking about Gerrard going missing in the big matches and not being worthy of the captaincy?

[Marky]

Naw lads not having a go at Pepe, just he wasn't to troubled, still dealt with everything and kicked well.

[REDSCOUSER]

Reina 6 could have gone topless and still stayed clean

Finnan 8 top class once again from Stevie, so underrated
Carra 9 solid as ever, his organisation skill is top notch
Agger 8 the lad is improving all time, very solid, Sami watch out
Riise 6 average,gave the ball away too many times. Good shot in the 2nd half

Pennant 8 that's better lad, fantastic goal and good all around display, links up well with Kuyt most of the time
Gerrard 7 not one of his best matches but did his defensive job well
Alonso 7 same as Stevie G, some nice passes
Aurelio 7 did well, got stuck in when needed but I'm still not convinced

Kuyt 9 tireless work horse & a well taken goal, a striker in every sense of the word
Crouch 6 nothing special apart from a couple of nicely controlled balls

RAFA 10 got his team selection & tactics spot on

Team overall 9 totally outplayed the Chavs, whole team contributed to the win. It proves that with heart, effort & a bit of skill we don't need to spend what the chavs spent on Chavshenko to win games.

happy days

[Sir Bob]

Reina 6 could have gone topless and still stayed clean

Finnan 8 top class once again from Stevie, so underrated
Carra 9 solid as ever, his organisation skill is top notch
Agger 8 the lad is improving all time, very solid, Sami watch out
Riise 6 average,gave the ball away too many times. Good shot in the 2nd half

Pennant 8 that's better lad, fantastic goal and good all around display, links up well with Kuyt most of the time
Gerrard 7 not one of his best matches but did his defensive job well
Alonso 7 same as Stevie G, some nice passes
Aurelio 7 did well, got stuck in when needed but I'm still not convinced

Kuyt 9 tireless work horse & a well taken goal, a striker in every sense of the word
Crouch 6 nothing special apart from a couple of nicely controlled balls

RAFA 10 got his team selection & tactics spot on

Team overall 9 totally outplayed the Chavs, whole team contributed to the win. It proves that with heart, effort & a bit of skill we don't need to spend what the chavs spent on Chavshenko to win games.

happy days

Pretty much spot on Red mate.
Carra was brilliant today against Drogba, who like it or not is a really top notch striker.

amazed to hear that SG got MOM on Sky. With so many long balls it wasn't the game for SG & Alonso to stamp their class.

Full marks to Rafa. we all get perplexed at times with his team selection but as usual he gets it right more often than not.

[lfc4ever]

Full marks to Rafa. we all get perplexed at times with his team selection but as usual he gets it right more often than not.

And we looked fresh, has all but put the cup exits to bed, but not forgotten.

One, possibly two if avail, quality signings should see us push onwards & upwards in the PL & the CL.

[Kloppster]

Reina 6
Not much to do

Finnan 8
Excellent once again, he's having a great season, very sound defensively, covered brilliantly

Carragher 9
Maybe his best performance of the season to date, hussled, outmuscled, outfought the Chelsea attack, strong game, held us together on occasions, vintage Carra the day

Agger 8
Stayed strong, this game will have done him th world a good, so composed throughout and wasn't afraid to put the boot in

Aurerlio 8
Really coming on isn't he? Surprisingly flew into challenges from the off, not someting u r used to seeing with brazilians, kept the ball and overalll very good, well in lad

Pennant 7.5
Belting goal Jermaine, still a bit to mouthy for my liking but put in a good shift today

Alonso 7.5
Took a bad blow to the mouth which couldn't have helped, passed the ball well and got stuck in

Gerrard 9
Captain's performance and i love saying that, 1st half though he wasdecent without being vinateg Gerrard but 2nd half he
were excellent, kept the lads focused, went charging into the Chelsea players and sprayed the ball about wonderfully, full of running
and drive

Riise 7.5
1st half ok but better in the 2nd, full of running throughout and almost scored another JAR special

Kuyt 8
Worked his balls off the lad, lovely goal, really well taken but if i'm being over critcial maybe should have scored 1 or 2 more, overall very good tho

Crouch 8
Caused them all sorts of problems, should have scored but a threat throughout and he helped us hold the ball.


Subs
Gonzalez n/a
Bellamy n/a

KING KENNY on Sky Sports - "wait a wee minute" - 10/10

[tomasjj]

Reina 6 could have gone topless and still stayed clean

Finnan 8 top class once again from Stevie, so underrated
Carra 9 solid as ever, his organisation skill is top notch
Agger 8 the lad is improving all time, very solid, Sami watch out
Riise 6 average,gave the ball away too many times. Good shot in the 2nd half

Pennant 8 that's better lad, fantastic goal and good all around display, links up well with Kuyt most of the time
Gerrard 7 not one of his best matches but did his defensive job well
Alonso 7 same as Stevie G, some nice passes
Aurelio 7 did well, got stuck in when needed but I'm still not convinced

Kuyt 9 tireless work horse & a well taken goal, a striker in every sense of the word
Crouch 6 nothing special apart from a couple of nicely controlled balls

RAFA 10 got his team selection & tactics spot on

Team overall 9 totally outplayed the Chavs, whole team contributed to the win. It proves that with heart, effort & a bit of skill we don't need to spend what the chavs spent on Chavshenko to win games.

happy days

The most accurate ratings so far.
I thought all our midfield deserved 8's.
Other than that, sound.

[Shaggy]

For once I was delighted to be watching the game on TV - King Kenny did us all ****ing proud. He sat there, with that **** Richard Keys, and answered everything Keys threw at him in exactly the same way any of us would. Didn't stand for any crap, pulled funny faces at the stream of inane questions coming his way and generally did us, and Rafa, proud. He made Keys look a prize ****.

Just what the **** is Keys' problem with us? Is he, like many ex pros-turned pundits, bitter that we dominated for so long? The reason so many of today's pundits hate us is because our domination prevented them from winning anything. What's Keys' excuse?

[Bob]

For once I was delighted to be watching the game on TV - King Kenny did us all ****ing proud. He sat there, with that **** Richard Keys, and answered everything Keys threw at him in exactly the same way any of us would. Didn't stand for any crap, pulled funny faces at the stream of inane questions coming his way and generally did us, and Rafa, proud. He made Keys look a prize ****.

Just what the **** is Keys' problem with us? Is he, like many ex pros-turned pundits, bitter that we dominated for so long? The reason so many of today's pundits hate us is because our domination prevented them from winning anything. What's Keys' excuse?

I agree with Eth's view in the match thread.

I never listen to Keys, even when i had Sky. I'd JUST watch the match. None of this pre-match BS.